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20 Years Review 1946-1965

I thought I would just give a review of the first 20 years of the sim history. A little about some of the games stars and the up and coming young players.

Two of the Biggest stars had to be Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle as they won 13 of the 20 MVP's in the AL.
Williams dominated the 40's and 50's with 15 All Star selections and 4 MVP Awards. He played 20 seasons with the Red Sox.

Mantle joined the Yankees in 1950 and only trails Babe Ruth as he currently has 590 career HR's at age 34. He has 9 MVP Awards and 15 All Star game appearances.

Only 3 players in the NL had won multiple MVP awards, Duke Snider (3), Ernie Banks (2) and Willie Mays (2).

Snider played all 17 seasons with the Dodgers and retired after the 1963 season with 481 HR's.

Mr. Cub Ernie Banks will begin his 14th season with he Cubs, ROY, 10 time AS and 6 Gold Gloves.

Willie Mays 14 AS selections in 15 seasons with the Giants. His 521 HR's rank him 5th All Time. He has also won 8 straight Gold Gloves (9 overall)5.

The Dodgers dominating the pitching stats as their pitchers won 10 of the 20 Cy Young Awards, including the last. With Koufax, Drysdale and now Sutton LA looks to be a dominate pitching force into the last 60's.

14 different pitchers have won the honor in the AL with nobody winning more than twice.

Here is a look at some of the accomplishments of some of the games biggest stars that are still active

Hank Aaron (31) 14 seasons with the Braves .318/418/1277
Brooks Robinson (28) 8 seasons with the Orioles .307/6 Gold Gloves
Carl Yastrzemski (26) 7 seasons with Boston .300/95/484 All Star (3)
Billy Williams (27) 8 seasons with the Cubs .307/198/710
Frank Robinson (30) 13 seasons with the Reds .309/391/1188
Harmon Killebrew (29) 4 seasons with Washington, 2 1/2 with Minnesota, 2 1/ with SF and just traded prior to the 1966 season to Cleveland .262/304/772 ROY and MVP
Al Kaline (31) 12 seasons with the Tigers .297/210/852 ROY 5 time AS
Sandy Koufax (30) 11 seasons with the Dodgers 157-61 ERA 2.18 Two 300+ strikeout seasons. Koufax retired in real life after the 1966 season, can't wait to see what happens the rest of his career'
Roberto Clemente (31) 11 seasons with the Dodgers (seems odd) .322/103/631 ROY, WS MVP and 3 Gold Gloves
Whitey Ford (37) NYY 16 seasons 208-85 2.88 ERA
Juan Marichal (28) Giants 8 seasons 137-85 ERA 2.51 ROY 6 time All Star
Bob Gibson (30) Cardinals 8 seasons 95-61 ERA 2.85

Next up young players to watch headed toward the 70's......

Washington Senators-SP Denny McLain (22), SP Luis Tiant (25)
St. Louis Cardinals-SP Steve Carlton (21), C Tim McCarver (24)
Pittsburgh Pirates-OF Willie Stargell (26), OF Bobby Bonds (20)
Philadelphia Phillies-SP Fergie Jenkins (23), 3B Dick Allen, 2B Larry Bowa (20)
New York Mets-SP Tom Seaver (21), RF Cleon Jones (23), RP Tug McGraw (21), Nolan Ryan (19)
New York Yankees -SP Al Downing (24), SS Bobby Murcer
Minnesota Twins-2B Rod Carew (20), CF Craig Nettles (21), RF Reggie Smith (21)
Los Angeles Dodgers-SP Mel Stottlemyre (24), SP Don Sutton (21), CF Willie Davis (25)
Kansas City Athletics-1B Ken "Hawk" Harrelson (24), SS Bert Campaneris (24), LF Reggie Jackson (19), RF Rick Monday (20), SP Rollie Fingers (19), SP Catfish Hunter (21)
Houston Astros-SP Larry Dierker (19), 2B Joe Morgan (22), RF Rusty Staub (22), C Bob Watson (20)
Detroit Tigers-SP Mickey Lolich (25), C Bill Freehan (24), RF Willie Horton (23)
Cleveland Indians-SP Tommy John (22), SP Sam McDowell (23)
Cincinnati Reds-SP Gary Nolan (17), SP Bill Singer (21), C Johnny Bench (18), 2B Hal McRae (20), 2B Pete Rose (24), CF Jimmy Wynn (24)
Chicago Cubs-SP Kenny Holtzman (20)
California Angels-SS Jim Fregosi (24)
Boston Red Sox-1B George Scott (22), SS Rico Petrocelli (22), RF Tony Conigliaro (21)
Baltimore Orioles -SP Dean Chance (24), SP Dave McNally (23), LF Boog Powell (24)
Atlanta Braves-C Joe Torre (25)

If you would like to see the past performance or anything on a player or team just send a reply