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| 1984 |
Chicago second baseman Ryne Sandberg (.314, 19, 84) is overwhelmingly selected as the National League's Most Valuable Player, receiving 22 of the 24 first-place votes in the BBWAA balloting. The Gold Glove infielder known as Ryno becomes the first Cub to capture the award since the writers honored Ernie Banks in 1959.
(Ed. Note: Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez and Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn received the other first-place votes cast by the writers. - LP) |
| 1987 | Jim Frey, the team's former manager and broadcaster, is named the Cubs' Director of Baseball Operations. The first major move made by the skipper of the 1984 Chicago squad that won the NL East title will be to name long-time friend Don Zimmer as Chicago's field boss. |
| 2012 | The BBWAA selects Davey Johnson, who led the Nationals to the most victories in the major leagues with a 98-64 record, as the National League Manager of the Year, receiving 23 of the 32 first-place votes cast by the writers. The 69-year-old manager, honored by the BBWAA in 1997 for his managerial skills with the Orioles, joins Bobby Cox (Blue Jays, Braves), Tony La Russa (White Sox and A's, Cardinals), Lou Piniella (Mariners, Cubs), and Jim Leyland (Pirates, Tigers) as the fifth skipper to have won the award in both leagues. |
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