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Well, Jackson capped off a 105 win season by defeating Mobile (103 wins) 4 games to 3 to take the crown in 1959. Once again, Vada Pinson, Boog Powell and Tony Perez led the charge.
The Cy Young once again went to Van Mungo(Mobile) 22-8 2.15 298 strikeouts. This is Mungo's 3rd Cy Young.
MVP honors went to Lou Gehrig(Mobile). Lou hit .337, 42 home runs, 108 RBI, .466 OBP, .662 SLG and 1.128 OPS. 9.9 WAR
Graig Nettles took home Rookie of the Year honors. The Alexandria 3B hit .291/.367/.555 30 Home Runs and 5.4 WAR
Strange offseason free agent signing. Jackson a team that already has Tony Perez and Boog Powell signed free agent 1B/3B Paul Konerko. Now the logjam could be lessened if the AI would simply start Puig to RF and move Pinson to LF. But, so far, they have Puig at DH, Pinson in RF and some cat named Bill Collins in LF. It looks like the computer has set up a Powell/Perez platoon. In the end, I expect a trade.
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