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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Congratulations to the Most Valuable Canadian in MLB!

By Tangotiger, 04:23 PM

But MVP?  Here is one of those “Morneau and Player B” comparisons: 

G.. AB. H.. 1B 2B 3B HR SB R.. RBI BB SO. AVG.. OBP.. SLG..
157 592 190 118 37 1 34 03 097 130 53 093 0.321 0.375 0.559 Morneau
153 591 187 117 34 3 34 18 117 117 94 110 0.317 0.415 0.555 Player B

Pretty dead-on match in most categories, with a clear win to Morneau on RBI (+13), and a clear win to Player B on Runs (+20), SB (+15), and walks (+41).  While Morneau was the 10th best clutch hitter in the AL, Player B was the second-best clutch hitter in the AL.  Fielding-wise, they were likely a match.

Wanna guess?  The answer is…

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