Here are the single season award winners from 1924-1929:
Code:
YEAR OUTSTANDING BATTER OUTSTANDING PITCHER ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1924 Jim Bottomley (WAS) Jim Jessup (CLE) Freddy Leach (SF)
1925 Jim Bottomley (WAS) Colton Blanton (SF) Lou Gehrig (PIT}
1926 Mule Suttles (WAS) Rudy Johnson (DET) Lloyd Waner (CIN)
1927 Lou Gehrig (PIT) Ken Grewar (LA) Chuck Klein (POR)
1928 Rick Mar (BAL) Hector Orozoco (CIN) Dale Alexander (CIN)
1929 Al Simmons (NYY) Mike Crawford (BAL) Bernie James (NYG)
- Bottomley was the first "real" major leaguer to win the OBA.
- "Sunny Jim" is also the only player to win the OBA twice.
- No "real" pitcher has won the OPA.
- Crawford and Orozoco are the only pitcher to win two OPAs.
- No fictional player has won the ROY since 1920.
- Bernie James was real, but he only made 260 plate appearances in the "real" big leagues.
Here are the statistics for the award-winning batters of each season:
Code:
PLAYER BA/OBP/SLG HR RBI VORP
Bottomley '24 .347/.396/.541 19 108 70.2
Bottomley '25 .356/.401/.622 32 126 89.1
Suttles '26 .384/.421/.688 45 145 107.0
Gehrig '27 .338/.406/.571 32 116 68.9
Mar '28 .383/.458/.607 11 77 108.8
Simmons '29 .376/.431/.717 37 133 109.0
Leach '24 .339/.371/.469 9 62 37.8
Gehrig '25 .349/.424/.548 26 126 64.2
Waner '26 .398/.424/.479 2 38 38.5
Klein '27 .413/.442/.673 22 77 63.6
Alexander '28 .372/.411/.573 12 58 34.7
James '29 .316/.373/.472 13 72 33.0
- The last three OBA winners have had monster years.
- Waner, Klein, and Alexander each put up those numbers in half a season; they each came straight to the Show the year they were drafted and won the ROY for a half-season's work.
And here are the statistics for each season's award-winning pitcher:
Code:
PITCHER W-L ERA IP K VORP
Jessup '24 24-5 2.41 272.1 135 74.4
Blanton '25 21-7 2.88 275.0 97 68.0
Johnson '26 19-5 2.42 257.0 136 77.9
Grewar '27 22-8 2.35 275.1 90 84.4
Orozoco '28 21-11 3.15 291.2 138 68.2
Crawford '29 21-11 2.80 276.2 112 83.5
- Johnson also earned a save in 1925.