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Who is the only Major League Baseball player to win the Most Valuable Player Award while playing for a last place team?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Yes.
MVPs that played on a losing team are Ernie Banks for the 1958 Chicago Cubs (record was 72-82) and 1959 Cubs (74-80), Cal Ripken Jr. of the 1991 Baltimore Orioles (67-95), and Andre Dawson of the 1987 Chicago Cubs (76-85).
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoActually, it's been done twice.
Andre Dawson was the NL MVP in 1987, despite playing for the last place Chicago Cubs.
Alex Rodriquez repeated this "feat" in 2003 for the AL last place Texas Rangers.
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