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03/10/15 9:31 AM
Here are the National League Award winners
Matty Alou was the batting champ at 345
Hank Aaron led in HR and RBIs (53 and 141)
Mike Cuellar led in ERA at 2.17
Sandy Koufax led with 26 wins and in strikeouts with 299
Since the voters decided to have a separate Cy Young for both leagues Sandy Koufax was the easy choice. He was 26 and 7 with a 3.08 ERA. He also pitched 298 innings. Mike Cuellar was the Sabermetrics choice as he had the best CERA and led in WHIP. Since the vast majority of voters had not even heard of sabermetrics both of the sabermetric fans were shown to the door and Sandy was easily elected the Cy Young Award. In a surprise announcement Sandy Koufax said that the cold San Francisco air bothered his arm and he had to pitch all year with a sore arm so he is retiring for health reasons. NL batters were jubilant but they had a hard time believing he could pitch this well with a sore arm.
The NL MVP was a tougher call. Hank Aaron , Richie (Dick) Allen, Ron Santo and Willie Mays all got
some support from the voters. Hank Aaron and Dick (Don't call me Richie) Allen were eliminated because they played for losing teams. Willie Mays then easily won over Ron Santo.
In another surprise development Bob (I must be in the front row) Uecker again did not receive any
votes for MVP despite posting a .203 BA with 6 HR and 22 RBI. His highlight for the year
was getting ejected for arguing balls and strikes with the line that pitch was just a
bit outside.
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