Briefly Valuable Mets (A Quiz)

[G-Fafif]

Roger McDowell

1986's 17th-place pitcher (tied, kind of ironically, with Dave Smith), collecting 5 points for each hot foot delivered on camera.

Closers seem to get some love, and we need someone in the range of the 1988 team. Randall K. Myers?

Voters loved to love Myers, at least 3 points worth for 16th place that divisional championship season.

Great quiz. Missed it by that much.

Thank you. And thanks all for playing!

1. Ron Hunt
2. Tommy Davis
3. Cleon Jones
4. Donn Clendenon
5. Felix Millan
6. Jesse Orosco
7. Bobby Ojeda
8. Lenny Dykstra
9. Roger McDowell
10. Ray Knight
11. Randy Myers
12. Kevin McReynolds
13. David Cone
14. Dave Magadan
15. Bret Saberhagen
16. John Franco
17. Lance Johnson
18. Todd Hundley
19. Bernard Gilkey
20. John Olerud
21. Robin Ventura
22. Cliff Floyd
23. Johan Santana
24. R.A. Dickey

Repeatedly valuable: Carlos Delgado (2), Dave Kingman (2), Jerry Koosman (3), Jose Reyes (5), Gary Carter (2), Dwight Gooden (3), Howard Johnson (3), Carlos Beltran (3 + the year he was traded away)

Not valuable: Al Leiter, Frank Viola, Mike Hampton, Ron Darling, Bobby Bonilla, Sid Fernandez

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Great job, G-FAFIF!

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The rest of the Mets with MVP votes over the years:

Tom Seaver (7 + the year he was traded away)
David Wright (6)
Mike Piazza (4, including the year he was traded here)
Bud Harrelson (3)
Keith Hernandez (3)
Darryl Strawberry (3)
Edgardo Alfonzo (3)
Tommie Agee (2)
Rusty Staub (2)
Tug McGraw (2)

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metsguyinmichigan wrote: Great job, G-FAFIF!

Thanks. I couldn't have done it without sporadically recognized performances.

[Edgy MD]

Awards voting data is interesting stuff that can be sliced a lot of ways. We remember the winners but looking at who else also ran and where they finished is really useful.

Did you know Mookie Wilson once won MVP support? It's true! But here's the funky part: The only year he ever appeared on a ballot, it was an AL ballot for the Blue Jays. What's more, it was 1989, the year he got traded. So somebody gave him some MVP love for a season of merely 54 games.

I wish all PS awards (MotY, RotY) had 10 slots on the ballot.

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Edgy MD wrote: I wish all PS awards (MotY, RotY) had 10 slots on the ballot.

I wish all postseason awards had Mets names engraved on them.