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Originally posted by jgross68
Er... Trying to steer it back on-topic...
FWIW, here are the Win Shares for each of the top 5 vote getters in the 1934 MVP balloting:
1. M. Cochrane, 23
2. C. Gehringer, 37
3. L. Gomez, 31
4. S. Rowe, 28
5. L. Gehrig, 41
Bill James would conclude that Gehrig should have been the MVP in 1934, or at least it should have been a two-man race between Gehringer and Gehrig. In any case, I would agree Yzlin's guess that the Tigers big turnaround and the fact that Cochrane was also the manager swayed the voting.
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It was Cochrane's intangibles, leadership skills and clutch hitting that won the MVP for him.