Today we go an add former thumper George Scott of the Milwaukee Brewers to my long-running 1975 "In-Action" thread:
Scott
was right in the middle of an impressive career-run by 1975, on his way
to a home run title, hitting 36, with a league-leading 106 runs batted
in and 318 total bases, as well as his seventh Gold Glove for his
defensive work at first base.
All
those numbers would get him an eight-place finish for the MVP Award by
season's end, MVP attention that he'd receive for the fifth straight
year at that point.
Overall he put together an excellent career playing for the Red
Sox, Brewers, Royals and Yankees between 1966 and 1979, slamming 271
home runs with 1051 RBI's, 1992 hits and a .268 batting average.
Defensively all he managed to do was take home eight Gold Gloves
for his work at first base, and though he was only named to three
all-star games, he garnered MVP attention in seven seasons, or half his
career!
Not too shabby to say the least...
