Who was the first relief pitcher to win the World Series MVP?

makebeleaffan

Joe Page 1949 http://www.thebaseballpage.com/stats/ws_baberuth.htm Editor's note: Joseph Francis Page (October 28, 1917 - April 21, 1980), nicknamed Fireman and The Gay Reliever, was a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Page, who was left-handed played with the New York Yankees from 1944 to 1950 and with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954. Page won the inaugural Babe Ruth Award for his stellar pitching in the 1949 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers, winning game three of the Series. He also finished 3rd in the American League MVP voting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Page The Babe Ruth Award was an annual award given to the Major League Baseball player with the best performance in the World Series, similar to the World Series MVP Award. The award was created by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America in honor of the late New York Yankees legend, Babe Ruth, and was typically presented several weeks after the Series. It was first awarded a year after Ruth's death in 1948. However, the award was discontinued after David Eckstein won it in 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth_Award Dec 27 01, 5:28 PM

EricVG16

The first World Series MVP award was not given until 1955. The first relief pitcher to win is Larry Sherry of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1959 World Series, in which the Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox, 4-2. http://baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1959ws.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_MVP_Award [Added second reference link - McG] May 29 08, 4:02 PM

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