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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3699184, member: 289"] Some players are the victims of the thinking that an MVP needs to exceed expectations. Willie Mays won 2 MVPs in 22 years, one in his first big year and one in his last big year. In between he had tens straight years in his prime when somebody else won MVP. That included seasons when he hit 51, 49 and 47 home runs. Some of the players he lost to were also superstars like Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Frank Robinson. But Willie was clearly superior to Don Newcombe, Dick Groat and Maury Wills. In 1962, Wills won because he'd broken Cobb's record for steals with 105. Maury scored 130 runs that year. So did Willie. Willie hit 49 homers and drove in 141 runs. Maury drove in 42. Willie's team won the pennant in a playoff with the Dodgers. And yet Maury was MVP. [/QUOTE]