baseball trivia

[olaugh]

(a) Of all players never to win the award, who has the most MVP votes of all time?
(b) Same as (a) but among only active players.
(c, d) Same questions but with Cy Young award.

Comments

[vinylchances]

Hmmm, wild guesses:

a- Eddie Mathews
b- Derek Jeter
c- Nolan Ryan
d- Josh Beckett

[olaugh]

Jeter is second among actives, with more votes than Eddie Mathews. Nolan Ryan is third all-time, and Beckett is eighth among actives.

[vinylchances]

ok, new batch of guesses, then I'll move out of the way and let someone else try:

a- Tony Gwynn
b- Manny Ramirez
c- Whitey Ford
d- Mariano Rivera

[olaugh]

Manny is correct.

[hector31]

That is a great question. I'm too fried to really think about it, but I'd guess Derek Jeter for B and Nolan Ryan for C.

(I initially posted this before looking at EC's reply. Like Jeter and Ryan, I'm close, but not a winner.)

[hector31]

Just looked up the answers, excellent (and fun) question.

The pitcher who's 37th in career Cy Young shares (and fourth among non-winners) I never, ever, ever would have guessed, though I saw his entire career.