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Willie Stargell was named MLB MVP, LCS MVP, and World Series MVP in 1979. Six pitchers have won the Cy Young Award and the World Series MVP in the same season: Bob Turley (1958), Whitey Ford (1961), Koufax (1963, 1965), Bret Saberhagen (1985), Orel Hershiser (1988), and Johnson (2001). The Cy Young Award was initiated in 1956, as one award for ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The 1980 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1980 season. The 77th edition of the World Series , it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals .
December 14 – Elston Howard, 51, twelve-time All-Star catcher for the New York Yankees from 1955 to August 3, 1967, who was that team's first black player; 1963 American League MVP and two-time Gold Glove winner; also coached for Yanks from 1969 to 1979 and won six World Series rings between 1956 and 1978; Yankees posthumously retired his #32 ...
This is a list of players who have won the World Series Most Valuable Player award (World Series MVP Award). Pages in category "World Series Most Valuable Player Award winners" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
His production on the field declined after rehab, and he never again approached his 1979 levels. He went on to play in three World Series—in 1980 with the Royals and in 1982 and 1985 with the St. Louis Cardinals. Porter won both the 1982 National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award and the 1982 World Series MVP Award.
1.1 World Series Most Valuable Player. ... Toggle the table of contents. ... 1980 – Bill Buckner; 2005 – Derrek Lee;
1.11 World Series Most Valuable Player Award. 1.12 DHL Hometown Heroes ... Toggle the table of contents. ... 1980: 19: Billy Pierce: P: 1949–1961 ...