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...Nellie Fox, 31, whose slick fielding (.988) and slap-hitting (.306; two home runs, 149 singles) led the Chicago White Sox to their first pennant in 40 years, won the American League's most-valuable-player award of the Baseball Writers' Association. The National League's MVP: Slugging Shortstop Ernie Banks, 28, of the fifth-place Chicago Cubs, who led the majors in runs batted in (143), finished second in the majors in home runs (45), set a league fielding record for shortstops (.985), became the first player ever to win the award two years running...
...choice of Mickey Mantle as MVP is a sound one, and the cry of prejudice against Williams should ring hollow. Because Ted Williams spits at fans and because he is impolite to sportswriters are not the reasons why he was bypassed as the Most Valuable Player in the American League. Even if the writers who rated Williams ninth and tenth had placed him first and second, the Splinter's revised point total still would have lagged behind Mantle...
...MVP is the player who has helped his team most. At 39, Williams has neither the speed nor the fielding ability to do so. At 39 a player such as Williams, who is frequently walked, can be doubled up easily. Williams had a great individual season; there can be little question that he won individual batting honors...
...batting champion and MVP are not corollary awards. The sparkplug value of a player cannot be evaluated by statistics, which are the sole arguments which Williams partisans muster. Mantle approached Williams in most batting departments, and beat...
According to Holy Cross sources, Farino won the MVP award pitching against Brooklyn Dodger rookies, and was highly sought after by professional scouts in general upon graduation from Mamaroneck, N.Y., high school, where he was an All-Westchester County selection for two years...