Worst Player to Win an MVP (1 Viewer)

[Koya]

Don Baylor 1B/OF/DH:

MVP Year: .296 .371 .530 144(OPS+)

Career: .260 .342 .436 118

Or

Zoilo Versalles SS:

MVP Year: .273 .319 .462 116

Career: .242 .290 .367 82

Now, Versalles played in a different era at the most important defensive position, but still. a .290 career OBP and a MEASLY 82 overall? Has to be the worst MVP ever. Don Baylor isnt exactly stellar though, with no All Star appearances outside of his MVP year. Versalles was an All Star twice.

 

[whoknew]

How about Willie Hernandez? He was a closer, for crying out loud! And only had 2 really good years.

Having said that, I looked up what he did in 1984 when he won the Cy and MVP -- he threw 140 innings. Different times.

 

[Koya]

How about Willie Hernandez? He was a closer, for crying out loud! And only had 2 really good years.Having said that, I looked up what he did in 1984 when he won the Cy and MVP -- he threw 140 innings. Different times.

I thought about Willie, but he had a couple really good years it looked like, as I quickly checked the stats. He would be in the conversation though.

 

[David Yudkin]

Maury Wills had an OPS+ of 99 in 1962. Going farther back, Marty Marion (1944) and Roger Peckinpaugh (1925) both had OPS+ scores of 91.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

What about the year Kirk Gibson won it?

 

[Ike Turner]

The first one that came to mind was Terry Pendleton.

Edit: removed Keith Hernandez, who had a pretty good season in his MVP year

 

[JohnDoe]

The first one that came to mind was Kirk Gibson in 1988.

He hit .290 with 25 HR and 76 RBI

 

[Workhorse]

Marty Marion in 1944 won the MVP with this line:

.267/.324/.362 - OPS+: 91

Sure, it was WWII but couldn't he at least have been league average????

 

[posty]

1950

Jim Konstanty, P, PHI - 16-7, 2.66 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 152 IP

Should have been Stan Musial...

.346/.437/.596 - 28 HR, 109 RBI

I guess the only reason is that Philadelphia won the pennant...

 

[posty]

The first one that came to mind was Terry Pendleton.Edit: removed Keith Hernandez, who had a pretty good season in his MVP year

I thought Pendleton deserved it that year, Braves went from worst-to-first...But we can give another MVP to Bonds, that is fine with me...

 

[Koya]

Maury Wills had an OPS+ of 99 in 1962. Going farther back, Marty Marion (1944) and Roger Peckinpaugh (1925) both had OPS+ scores of 91.

I was looking more for career than the weakest actual MVP season. That doesnt preclude those three from being mentioned, however.