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Baseball

kairos12

(13,356 posts) Wed Feb 5, 2020, 02:52 PM Feb 2020

Only NL player to win the MVP in his first year in that League [View all]

Kirk Gibson

Dodgers

1988.

Came to the Dodgers after a distinguished career with the Tigers.

I'm pretty sure I have this one right. I couldn't think of another example in the NL.

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Only NL player to win the MVP in his first year in that League [View all] kairos12 Feb 2020 OP

I'll always remember him Ohiogal Feb 2020 #1

Fred Lynn in 1975 and Ichiro Suzuki in 2001 for the American League exboyfil Feb 2020 #2

That's what makes only one time in the NL kairos12 Feb 2020 #3