1965 Awards Voting

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--Only 3 games to play so please be working on your ballots. Ballots will be due on midnight EST on Monday, June 4.
--MVP ballots will have 10 names, counted 12, 9, 8, etc. Cy Young and RoY ballots will have 3 names, counted 5, 3, 1. Please use the next couple days to make nominations, sales pitches for your teams candidates. Identifying the top rookies will be very helpfull. A deserving candidate could easily go overlooked otherwise, simply because some voters may not realize he is a rookie in out legue this season.

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MVP: Willie Mays (Billy Williams and Willie Horton also ballot worthy)
Cy Young: Vern Law
ROY: Willie Horton

[baseballPAP]

MVP
1- Willie Mays
2- Frank Robinson
3- Joe Morgan
4- Hank Aaron
5- Johnny Callison
6- Jimmy Wynn
7- Ron Fairly
8- Dick Allen
9- Billy Williams
10- Willie Stargell

Cy Young
1- Jim Bunning
2- Sandy Koufax
3- Jim Maloney

ROY
1- Jimmy Wynn
2- Willie Horton
3- Nelson Briles ( abit of a homer vote, but with 9-6 record, 7 saves and a 1.59 ERA in 90 or so innings, he is deserving)

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MVP
1) Willie Mays
2) Hank Aaron
3) Johnny Callison
4) Carl Yastrzemski
5) Joe Morgan
6) Frank Robinson
7) Jimmy Wynn
8) Billy Williams
9) Ron Fairly
10) Tony Oliva
--9 of 10 are outfielders, which doesn't seem quite right - but who besides Morgan had a great season in the IF?

Cy Young
1) Sandy Koufax
2) Jim Maloney
3) Juan Marichal
--apologies to Jim Bunning

Rookie of the Year
1) Willie Horton
2) Ted Abernathy
3) Jimmy Wynn

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--Three games to go. Time to start getting those ballots in. Deadline has been set for midnight EST on Monday, June 4.

[538280]

MVP
1. Willie Mays
2. Carl Yastrzemski (sorry Hank, you're my man, but Yaz was just a little better this year)
3. Hank Aaron (on numbers alone I'd prefer Morgan, 6.8 RC/27 vs. 7.2 from a 2B vs. a RF, but Aaron is a much better defensive RF than Morgan is a 2B, and he got a little homer push)
4. Joe Morgan
5. Johnny Callison
6. Jimmy Wynn (almost as good a hitter as Robinson, plus extra value on the bases and VG in CF vs. Robinson's RF)
7. Frank Robinson
8. Leon Wagner
9. Billy Williams
10. Dick Allen

CYA
1. Sandy Koufax
2. Jim Maloney
3. Jim Bunning

ROY
1. Jimmy Wynn
2. Ted Abernathy
3. Willie Horton

[jkc32]

MVP
1. Willie Mays
2. Hank Aaron
3. Joe Morgan
4. Carl Yastrzemski
5. Frank Robinson
6. Johnny Callison
7. Jimmy Wynn
8. Billy Williams
9. Dick Allen
10. Leon Wagner

CY
1. Sandy Koufax
2. Jim Maloney
3. Juan Marichal

ROY
1. Jimmy Wynn
2. Willie Horton
3. Ted Abernathy

[J W]

MVP

...Willie Mays has been unanimous so far, but he lost 2/3 of the triple crown (which would've given him my vote of course) and the Hard Cider finished with the best record. Joe Morgan had a few errors, but his range at 2B is VG and his offensive output was light years ahead of any other middle infielder (Pete Rose came closest). Therefore:

1. Joe Morgan
2. Willie Mays
3. Carl Yastrzemski
4. Hank Aaron
5. Johnny Callison
6. Jimmy Wynn
7. Frank Robinson
8. Dick Allen
9. Billy Williams
10. Tony Oliva

CY
1. Sandy Koufax
2. Jim Bunning
3. Jim Maloney
-- apologies to Juan Marichal

ROY
1. Jimmy Wynn
2. Ted Abernathy (homer nod to Frank Linzy, but he had about half Ted's IP)
3. Willie Horton

[Wasp]

MVP
1. Willie Mays
2. Carl Yastrzemski
3. Hank Aaron
4. Joe Morgan
5. Johnny Callison
6. Frank Robinson
7. Jimmy Wynn
8. Billy Williams
9. Leon Wagner
10. Dick Allen

CY
1) Sandy Koufax
2) Jim Maloney
3) Juan Marichal

ROY
1. Jimmy Wynn
2. Ted Abernathy
3. Willie Horton

[catcher24]

Most Valuable Player

1. Willie Mays Simply another amazing season to lead the Knights again!
2. Frank Robinson A great season to lead the Hard Cider to the league's best record.
3. Johnny Callison A tremendous season.
4. Carl Yastrzemski Keeps getting better. Can't wait to see 1967!
5. Jimmy Wynn A terrific offensive season for this rookie.
6. Leon Wagner He and Callison were the Gold Sox offense.
7. Hank Aaron Another great season from this perennial force.
8. Billy Williams Quietly put together a great season for the Knights.
9. Johnny Romano A catcher with his offensive stats has to be in my top 10.
10. Joe Morgan Offensive force at middle infield. Edges out Jim Gilliam.

Cy Young Award

1. Juan Marichal The Pirates didn't make it, but they would've been gone a lot sooner without this guy.
2. Sandy Koufax Goes 8-2, 2.22 ERA, with 6 complete games and two shutouts after the trade to lead Skipjacks to title - and he was no slouch for the Gold Sox, either.
3. Fred Newman Nearly got the Diablos into the post season.

Apologies to Jim Bunning and Jim Maloney, among others.

Rookie of the Year

1. Jimmy Wynn I can in good conscience put Abernathy ahead of Horton, but not Wynn. Without Wynn, the Cannons don't make the playoffs.
2. Ted Abernathy The Legends would've been out of sight without him. A real force as a rookie.
3. Willie Horton A truly great rookie season.

[mac195]

MVP
1. Willie Mays
2. Carl Yastrzemski
3. Hank Aaron
4. Joe Morgan
5. Frank Robinson
6. Johnny Callison
7. Jimmy Wynn
8. Leon Wagner
9. Billy Williams
10. Tony Oliva

CYA
1. Sandy Koufax
2. Juan Marichal
3. Jim Bunning

ROY
1. Jimmy Wynn
2. Ted Abernathy
3. Willie Horton

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1) Willie Mays 93
2) Hank Aaron 60
3) Joe Morgan 56
3) Carl Yastrzemski 56
5) Johnny Callison 50
6) Frank Robinson 48
7) Jimmy Wynn 37
8) Billy Williams 20
9) Leon Wagner 13
10) Dick Allen 10

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1) Sandy Koufax 36
2) Jim Maloney 14
3) Juan Marichal 11
4) Jim Bunning 10
5) Fred Newman 1

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1) Jimmy Wynn 36
2) Ted Abernathy 19
3) Willie Horton 16
4) Nelson Briles 1

[catcher24]

Mark - I don't know if you intended to include every vote in the above totals, but if so you missed my one vote for Johnny Romano. I had him listed ninth, so I think he gets 2 points. I couldn't remember if you list all the totals, or just those with over 10 points.

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--I just listed the top 10, but others receiving votes included; Romano 2, Fairly 6, Stargell 1 and Oliva 3. I did list all the players receiving votes for CY and RoY as there were only 5 and 4 vote getters, respectively.

[J W]

He didn't include every MVP vote; Tony Oliva for example got a homer 10th place vote from me.

Thanks for including Fred Newman, Lew -- he needed a cursory vote too. He had a great year.

Sandy (in character) politely thanks everyone for his next CYA, and gives all credit to the Gold Sox and Skipjacks, who I believe share their first major seasonal award each.

Willie Mays I'm sure repeats Koufax's mannerisms for his additional MVP. Though deep down inside both players know they're the top dogs and they deserve every award they get. :p

The Toy Cannon is very excited about his award and thanks the Cannons for giving him every opportunity to prove his worth as a player. Wynn looks forward to the playoffs and says the Cannons will give the Knights a run for their money.