I was forwarded this SABR Baseball Trivia Question this morning. Pretty good one.
The first 10 winners of back-to-back league MVPs fit perfectly on a baseball diamond. One and only one for each position, including DH. Such perfect symmetry.
1B __________________________________________________ [1932-33 AL]
P ___________________________________________________ [1944-45 AL]
C ___________________________________________________ [1954-55 AL]
CF __________________________________________________ [1956-57 AL]
SS __________________________________________________ [1958-59 NL]
RF __________________________________________________ [1960-61 AL]
2B __________________________________________________ [1975-76 NL]
3B __________________________________________________ [1980-81 NL]
LF __________________________________________________ [1982-83 NL]
DH __________________________________________________[1993-94 AL]
Trivia
Re: Trivia
To be fair, the '82, '83 winner played mostly in Center Field both years and was known as a CF during his career.
It's wierd and funny that those were the ONLY two years in which he played more than four games ( 66 in '82, 28 in '83) in Left Field.
It's wierd and funny that those were the ONLY two years in which he played more than four games ( 66 in '82, 28 in '83) in Left Field.
On my tombstone-
Wait! I never had the perfect draft!
Wait! I never had the perfect draft!
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I realized there's a actually a mistake on this question. A pretty well known left fielder won the NL MVP in 92-93, so he was actually the 10th back-to-back MVP, not Frank Thomas and a better fit for this question than the 82-83 winner.