Seeding Round League 14
Settings year:
1975 without DH
Highlights:
Going into the finals, the 1971 Oakland Athletics were looking to make it the 2nd As champion in as many leagues but in the end the 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates won 4-2. They are the 2nd Pittsburgh Pirates team to earn a birth in the top 300. Vida Blue (1971 Oakland Athletics) won the unanimous Cy Young as his team earned a bye to the third round. League MVP Pete Browning was not as lucky as the 1882 Louisville Eclipse did not make it out of the Seeding Round. He is the only MVP to date who wont be able to defend his title. The final team to sneak in was the 1947 Detroit Tigers, who beat the 1968 Boston Red Sox 4-2 in the play-in final.
MVP:
1. Pete Browning (1882 Louisville Eclipse) .419/13/103/11.4 (and 1.9 batting WAR) 574 (32)
2. Vince DiMaggio (1940 Cincinnati Reds) .367/36/105/9.4 490 (12)
3. Kiki Cuyler (1924 Pittsburgh Pirates) .360/27/93/8.7 420 (4)
Note: The other first place votes went as follows:
1 to Vida Blue (1971 Oakland Athletics) who won the Cy Young and finished 8th in MVP voting
Cy Young:
1. Vida Blue (1971 Oakland Athletics) 22-7/1.94/197/8.6 343 (49)
2. Claude Osteen (1966 Los Angeles Dodgers) 21-7/2.11/126/7.9 184
3. Babe Adams (1911 Pittsburgh Pirates) 17-7/1.91/151/9.1 126
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