SJL:
Three time All-Star Kyle Doss put together four straight seasons- from 1971 through 1974- with at least 3.6 WAR a season, walking more than 100 times in three straight seasons and leading the league in OBP twice and OPS once. And then after a slight decline in 1975, things went south for the fragile slugger. While at age 31 he isn't exactly having a renaissance season in 1978, for the month of August he did seem to recapture his youth temporarily and earned the Player of the Month honors in the process.
MGL:
Chris Murphy was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1967 draft by Phoenix and was a modest prospect when he was traded by Phoenix shortly before the trading deadline in 1972, along with the great Austrian reliever Benni Heregger to Brooklyn for catcher Joe Merritt and a starting pitcher who never made the big leagues and is now retired. Murphy proved to be a late bloomer, not getting a chance to start with the Aces until 1976 at the age of 27. And while he hasn't yet exactly emerged as a star (he has been in one All-Star game), he is having his best season yet in 1978 and is the team captain. He doesn't receive many accolades, but he fully deserves every honor that comes his way, and more.