Ok...what happens if a player gets traded to another league....?

Question

and he was going to be considered for MVP or CY Young or an award like that....what legue would he get the award for?
Like say Jimmy Rollins was traded to the Mariners (not saying it's gunna happen but just for example's sake...) would he be AL MVP or NL?

Answer 1

You are eligible for the award if you played 1 inning in a league.

If you played 150 games in the A.L., putting up MVP numbers, then got traded to the N.L., you whould still be eligible for the A.L. MVP. Technically you'd also be eligible for the N.L. MVP, but obviously wouldn't have the numbers for it.

Long story short, you're stats are kept separate when you switch leagues.
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Answer 2

$C-Note$ is right and slightly wrong. A guy COULD win the NL MVP. Let's suppose Rollins were traded in the last two weeks of the season. He goes to a team hoping to make the playoffs and the Phils are way out of it. He COULD still win the MVP for the NL IF his record there warranted it. Most likely it would not. Usually anyway, as with Colon, a guy's season is just too split up by the trade to qualify. But Willie McGee won the NL batting title one year when he spent the last month or so with the Oakland A's because he had the plate appearances in the NL to qualify. It could happen with an MVP or Cy Young winner, it just hasn't yet and isn't too likely ever to.

Answer 3

Good question but honestly, I don't think no team will trade that player that soon before the MVP was announce. I believe if that would ever happened, he will not be AL MVP unless he leads in numbers in the AL.

Similar situation happened with Carlos Beltran and when he was traded from the Royals to the Astors, right before the 01 All-Star game (I believe) and was picked to be on the AL All-Star and when he was traded to the NL, his all-star status had change. Lucky the NL All-Star added him on the team after someone was injured.

Answer 4

His stats would be considered for both league awards as if he was two different players. If he played 5 months for one league and 1 month for the other, and was a dominant player he could win it for the league he was in for 5 months EVEN if he ENDED with the OTHER league. You would actually be eligible to vote on in both leagues so in theory someone could win the MVP or Cy Young in both leagues the same yr. Though considering the fact he'd only have half a yr in each league it would be highly unlikely. Perhaps if he went 16-0 with an ERA of 1 in both leagues ;)

Answer 5

A participant is voted a Gold Glove via his friends in the league that he performed. there is not any longer something combating him from triumphing the Gold Glove after he's traded to the different league. notice: Trades are nonetheless available even after the July thirty first time decrease. the version is that the participant might desire to bypass by waivers and be claimed via the receiving team earlier the commerce might properly be made. The time decrease for being on a post-season roster is August thirty first. Trades can take place after that element, however the participant should not be eligible for the playoffs or international sequence. countless years in the past Willie McGee grew to become into the national League Batting Champ even nevertheless he grew to become into traded in the direction of the top of the season to the Oakland Athletics. He had adequate plate appearances as a St. Louis Cardinal to qualify for the batting identify, so he gained.

Answer 6

the league votes on its own MVP, so if it happened, it would be for that particular league, though its not likely to happen. Rick Sutcliffe was the NL Cy Young winner in 1984 after going 4-5 for Cleveland and then going 16-1 for the Cubbies that year. Also Willie McGee won a batting championship in the NL after getting traded in late August...but he squeked by and had the required times at bat by then

Answer 7

He would not be able to get the MVP award for either league. This happened w/ the Cy Young award in the year Bartolo Colon had 10 wins in both leagues.

Edit: I am very aware that it COULD happen, but it's pointless to point that out. It will NEVER happen and thus in effect is impossible. There is no reason to give more info than is needed for the question. Everything else is a waste of words and pointless "analysis". I deal in the hard stuff.

Answer 8

A player needs only to meet the minimum requirements for the
award, e.g. 501 plate appearances for batting avg. Rick
Sutcliffe won the Cy Young award in the 1984 for the Cubs after
being traded (June 13, 1984) from Cleveland. Award is based
only on performance in the one league.

Answer 9

I know what your saying but that probably will not happen ever. If someone is producing MVP like numbers then there is no reason to trade him. The only reason a team would trade a player like that is if that team has no chance of winning, but i think the player would be MVP in the league that they would be currently in respectively

Answer 10

It would depend on which voters cast ballots; the separate league awards use a different, rotating set of voters every season. (At least no one is supposed to repeat consecutively.)

Randy Johnson finished seventh (of seven) in the 1998 NL CYA voting (2 third-place votes, 2 points) despite being traded to the Astros on 31-July. (He did post an AMAZING two months.)

Closest real situation I can think of is Willie McGee winning the 1990 NL batting title despite finishing the season in the AL with Oakland. He qualified, Murray didn't catch him, he won. But a championship isn't quite the same as an award.