This day in baseball: First MVPs
Posted: April 4, 2017 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Frank Schulte, history, Hugh Chalmers, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, MLB, sports, Ty Cobb 4 CommentsThe Most Valuable Player award was introduced April 4, 1911, sponsored by automobile manufacturer Hugh Chalmers. The first winners of the MVP award would be Ty Cobb of the Tigers and Frank “Wildfire” Schulte of the Cubs.
Frank Schulte (Wikipedia)
I really miss oldtime nicknames like “Wildfire.”
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It has a nice ring to it. Someone ought to come up with nickname like this for me…
“Wildfire Sanders”? It has a certain ring.
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Nice – I love it 🙂