1942

How Mort Cooper won the 1942 NL MVP Award

After a dominant season in which he led all of baseball with 22 wins – including 10 shutouts – and paced the National League with a 1.78 ERA, Cardinals right-hander Mort Cooper was named the National League MVP. On a Cardinals team that won the World Series with contributions from most of its roster, Cooper …

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January 20, 1942: Rogers Hornsby is named a Hall of Famer

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On January 20, 1942, Rogers Hornsby, the greatest right-handed hitter in baseball history, was getting his hair cut when he received the official word that he had been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. “Wait’ll I get out of here and to the ballpark,” he said. “That’s the place to talk about this.” …

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