1968 ROY Rehash..... (1 Viewer)

Chemical X

Footballguy

• Aug 8, 2018

• #1

do not ask......was watching a bit of reds v mets last night and in the dreary, there was a trivia question about reds ROYs.  bench in 1968 had mets announcer gary cohen, who is real good, state that jerry koosman should’ve won over bench, but there has always been a bias for everyday players over pitchers.

here is the link to the voting and stats......

https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1968.shtml#all_NL_ROY_voting

 

Eephus

Footballguy

• Aug 8, 2018

• #2

Too soon

 

Doctor Detroit

Please remove your headgear

• Aug 9, 2018

• #3

I interviewed Jerry Koosman along with Darrell Evans and Jesse Barfield when I was an overseas broadcaster. Need to find that. 

I’ll say this, I bet Jerry has a Trump bumper sticker. Nttatwwt 

 

Eephus

Footballguy

• Aug 9, 2018

• #4

Koosman had the better year by modern analytical methods.  Winning 19 games for a 73 win team is pretty impressive, even if it happened during the year of the pitcher.

Bench played for a better team and was a hyped candidate.  He had appeared on a SI cover before the season.

Both Bench were deserving RoY candidates.  Some years you get more than one while others have zero.

 

Don Quixote

Footballguy

• Aug 9, 2018

• #5

I can't help but focus on how Del Unser got first place votes in the AL ROY voting, despite hitting .230 with 1 HR.  

 

Eephus

Footballguy

• Aug 9, 2018

• #6

1968 MLB stats are ridiculous

 

Chemical X

Footballguy

• Aug 9, 2018

• #7

koosman’s stats were virtually identical to bahnsen.  interesting also that koosman finished ahead of bench in MVP voting.