Can you name the Best MLB Position Players to never be named MVP? by bhal

Can you name the Best MLB Position Players to never be named MVP?

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Source: Baseball-Reference.com
Only players who debuted after 1920 are included. Players may have played for other teams, but only the teams they played for at the beginning of end of their careers are listed. *Hall of Fame
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Baseball-Reference.com All-Time Batters	Player	Years Active (First Team/Last Team)
18*		1926-1947 (New York Giants)
20*		1952-1968 (Boston Braves/Detroit Tigers)
26*		1953-1974 (Detroit Tigers)
34*		1978-1998 (Milwaukee Brewers/Minnesota Twins)
35*		1924-1944 (Philadelphia Athletics)
37*		1947-1964 (Brooklyn Dodgers/San Francisco Giants
38*		1936-1953 (St. Louis Cardinals/New York Yankees)
43*		1982-2001 (San Diego Padres)
47*		1977-1997 (Baltimore Orioles/Los Angeles Dodgers)
48*		1982-1999 (Boston Red Sox/Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
49*		1959-1976 (Chicago Cubs/Oakland Athletics)

Baseball-Reference.com All-Time Batters	Player	Years Active (First Team/Last Team)
50		1988-2007 (Houston Astros)
56		1995-Present (New York Yankees)
61*		1921-1938 (Washington Senators)
62		1991-Present (Cleveland Indians/Minnesota Twins)
63		1992-2007 (Los Angeles Dodgers/Oakland Athletics)
66*		1932-1948 (Pittsburgh Pirates/Brooklyn Dodgers)
70		1988-2009 (Milwaukee Brewers/New York Mets)
73*		1930-1950 (Chicago White Sox)
74*		1988-2004 (San Diego Padres/Chicago White Sox)
75		1979-2002 (Montreal Expos/Florida Marlins)

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Best MLB Players to never be named MVP Quiz

by bhal

Created Aug 16, 2011 in Sports
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	lazermike:	Aug 16th, 2011 at 13:57 GMT	1 point
	Very fun. I'd maybe mention that it's batters only (unless I missed that).

	CorneliusTree:	Aug 16th, 2011 at 15:11 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz, but I really don't hold with that EloRater. Barry Bonds is at #60 because people hate him (and it's not just steroids, A-Rod is at #29), Lou Gehrig is at #4 because people love him. On the batting side, Clemens is at #34, behind Rivera and Glavine, among others. Pete (Grover Cleveland) Alexander doesn't even crack the top 10.

	Suffron_SD:	Aug 16th, 2011 at 18:54 GMT	2 points
	I would think Dave Winfield would show up somewhere here, unless I'm blanking on when he won an MVP.

	rats60:	Aug 16th, 2011 at 19:07 GMT	2 points
	Way too much time, really easy quiz with the teams and years.

	sinatra22:	Aug 16th, 2011 at 20:25 GMT	1 point
	Tim Raines' last team was not the Oakland Athletics, it was the Florida Marlins.

	bhal:	Aug 16th, 2011 at 20:53 GMT	1 point
	sinatra22 - Thanks, I fixed it. Cornelius - You're right, the list is definitely subjective. I could have gone with the Hall of Fame Monitor, WAR or something like that, but every list has its pros and cons. Is there a list that you think is better? Suffron - Dave Winfield is #78 on this list. I only went up to #75 because beyond that most of them never won an MVP. Thanks for the feedback

	CorneliusTree:	Aug 16th, 2011 at 22:51 GMT	1 point
	bhal - There's no perfect list. There's plenty with WAR, HoF monitor, or the rankings of one sportswriter or publication, so it's good to get some variety, and I think the EloRater was a fine idea. It's just that there are a few ridiculous ratings that you can't take seriously - like the idea that there are 62 players better than Barry Bonds, or even that Willie Mays isn't a top 6 all time player (Stan Musial was a nice guy and an overlooked great, but better than Mays?) In general, it worked fine for the quiz, but the quiz made me click on the EloRater and reminded me of the problems I have with it (Schmidt behind Mathews and Brett? Joe Morgan stuck at #44, Gaylord Perry at #20? Jackie Robinson behind Biggio and Sandberg?)

	bluerum29:	Aug 17th, 2011 at 03:25 GMT	1 point
	Don't complain about Bonds not being higher on ranks like this. I don't even consider him in my mind when it comes to all time greats, ranks, or lists. And I usually love all things ASU.

	CorneliusTree:	Aug 17th, 2011 at 04:26 GMT	2 points
	All standards of objectivity break down for some people when it comes to Barry Bonds, but pretending he didn't play baseball as well as he did doesn't contribute to anyone's knowledge of the game or any serious discussion of it. And treating him differently than Ty Cobb, Cap Anson, Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, etc., doesn't send any kind of moral message.