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Ziegler wins Player of the Year in '50
AAGPBL

Ziegler wins Player of the Year in '50

#Spotlight – Alma Ziegler of the Grand Rapids Chicks won the 1950 Player of Year, going 19-7 with 1.38 ERA
Sams wins 2nd Player of the Year award, 1st to do so!
AAGPBL

Sams wins 2nd Player of the Year award, 1st to do so!

The AAGPBL’s Doris Sams of the Muskegon Lassies wins 1949 Player of the Year, becoming the 1st player to win 2 awards. She was 15-10 with 1.58 ERA and hitting .279 with 35 runs and 35 RBI's.
Award Season - Wagner wins 1948 Player of the Year
AAGPBL

Award Season - Wagner wins 1948 Player of the Year

Audrey Wagner of the Kenosha Comets wins the AAGPBL’s 1948 Player of the Year award, hitting .312 with 56 RBI’s, 70 runs and 53 stolen bases.
Lassies' Sams wins Player of the Year in 1947
AAGPBL

Lassies' Sams wins Player of the Year in 1947

Doris Sams was the 1947 Player of the Year for the Muskegon Lassies, she went 11-4 with a 0.98 ERA and also hit .280 
Kurys steals 201 bases - Player of the Year in '46
AAGPBL

Kurys steals 201 bases - Player of the Year in '46

’46 saw Sophie Kurys of the Racine Belles win Player of the Year, hitting .286, with 117 runs and an astounding 201 stolen bases, she would steal 1,114 bases in her career
AAGPBL's 1st Player of the Year
AAGPBL

AAGPBL's 1st Player of the Year

The AAGPBL did not have a player of the year until their 3rd year when Connie Wisniewski won in ’45 for the Grand Rapids Chicks. She was 32-11 with a 0.81 era, she would win 107 games in career
MLB Award Week - Newcombe wins them all!
MLB

MLB Award Week - Newcombe wins them all!

This week we have been celebrating the award winners from this MLB season with a look at award winners from the past – Including Don Newcombe becoming the 1st former Negro League Player to win ROY,...
MVP Leaders
MLB

MVP Leaders

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...
Negro League Stars Dominate MLB Awards
MLB

Negro League Stars Dominate MLB Awards

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 (...