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We continue our series for the voting for the best player in baseball for a given year, the MVP. Its the American League and the year is 1970. For the 3rd time in the history of the award, a little bird can be on his cap. 1st baseman Boog Powell of the Orioles wins the award. The other Orioles would be the Robinson, Frank and Brooks. The Lakeland Florida born Powell has 35 homeruns, 114 rbis and bats .296. Powell finished 2nd the season before in 1969. This time he collects 234 points and 11st place votes and thats enough to win the award. Here are the next 3 Tony Oliva -Minnesota -23-107-.325 ....157 points 5 1st place votes Harmon Killebrew -Minnesota -41-113-.271 ....152 points 1 1st place vote Carl Yastrzemski-Boston -40-102-.329...136 points 2 1st place votes. ....sidenotes..... Others to get 1st place votes Frank Howard-Washington-1 Tommy Harper-Milwaukee-1 Brooks Robinson-Baltimore-2 Ron Perranoski-Minnesota-1 1st pitcher -Jim Perry -Minnesota 9th
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 16:00:00 +0000

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