THE TEAMBROWN BLOG

The most MVP’s were won by Barry Bonds (7), followed by Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Joe DiMaggio, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Albert Pujols, Mike Schmidt & Alex Rodriguez (3) and 2...

Once Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, former negro league players would win MVP’s in ’49 (Jackie Robinson), ’51, ’53, ‘55 (Roy Campanella), ’54, ‘65 (Willie Mays), ’56 (Don Newcombe), ’57 (...

The first winner of the Cy Young was Don Newcombe of the Dodgers after going 27-7 with a 3.06 ERA. He had previously starred in the Negro Leagues for the Newark Eagles.

At 32 years old, Sam Jethroe is the oldest player to win the ROY award (33 days older than Kazuhiro Sasaki) 

16 players that would win ROY would go on to be elected to the Hall of Fame including Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays (pictured), Orlando Cepeda, Frank Robinson, Willie McCovey, Billy Williams, Tom Se...

This week we celebrate the award winners from this MLB season – Today’s announcement will be the Rookie of the Year award - Originally named the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award, it was renamed in ...

Negro League Players who served their country at War - https://nlbmmlb.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/negro-leagues-players-played-major-role-in-world-war-ii/

Oriole Park was home to the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League, the league that would sue MLB – leading to the exemption of Baseball from Antitrust Laws

May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field, Babe Ruth hit his final 3 home runs with the Boston Braves – The last HR cleared the right field stands making him the first player to ever do so (picture is after hi...