The Weirdest World Series MVP of All Time
Folks who know a little something about the history of the World Series, or who have looked at the history of the World Series MVP Award , or who are really old and remember mid-century baseball probably won't find this one particularly hard to guess. There's only one World Series MVP winner (through the 2024 season) who came from the losing team. That, by itself, is pretty weird. The winner is Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson , the year is 1960 . It was, in fact, one of the weirdest World Series ever as well. The Yankees lost to the Pirates , 4 games to 3. The Pirates, in their four victories, had a total margin of victory of 7. The Yankees, in their three victories, had a total margin of victory of 35, meaning that the Yankees outscored the Pirates by four runs a game, and still lost. Richardson led both teams with 12 RBI in the Series, putting up an impressive .367 batting average on 11 hits, with five of them going for extra bases. While Mickey Mantle had more imp...