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From: lip@gcc-bill.ARPA (Seth Lipkin)
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Subject: Re: AL MVP - Its Gotta Be...
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Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 19:21:58 EDT
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In article <4500060@hpmtla.UUCP> roy@hpmtla.UUCP (roy) writes:
>>   Carlton won the MVP
>> when he won 27 for the lowly Phils in the early 70s.  
>
>How many games did the Phils win that year, and which year was it?
>It seems to me they lost in excess of 100. 

It was 1972, and the Phillies won 59 games.  Carlton did NOT win the
MVP that year, just the Cy Young.  He won 15 straight at one point, until
beaten by Phil Niekro and the Braves.

I believe (someone check this!) that Johnny Bench won the MVP that year, 
as well as in 1970.