What was the BIGGEST MVP ROBBERY ever in baseball history?

In 1942 Ted Williams hit 36 HR, 137 RBI and batted .356 in winning the Triple Crown for the American League. However he came in second in the MVP voting to Joe Gordon of the Yankees who had 18 HR, 103 RBI and batted .322. Gordon did win a Triple Crown of his own....he led the league in errors with 28, strikeouts with 95 and grounding into double plays with 22.

This was a year after Williams hit .406 and lost the 1941 MVP to Joe DiMaggio.

I think the team record should have some say in who wins but only if the statistics are very close which they weren't in this case. Gordon's Yankees won 103 game but Williams' Red Sox won 93 of their own. Even though the Yankees won more games I'm pretty sure Williams' contributed more to his team's total than Gordon did.

For me it has to be 1987 when Ron Guidry went 25-3, era 1.74, whip 0.946, 248 k's, 16 complete games, and 9 shut outs. He was a pitching "GOD" that year! He won the Cy Young obviously but should have won the MVP that year as well.

If a pitcher was to post those kinds of numbers today and not win the MVP fans would lose all respect for a lot of writers out there.

The award went to Jim Rice that year who had a great year and was not doubt the most valuable Red Sox that year but not the most vaulable player in the AL that's for damn sure!

Till this very day so many players both AL and NL said Guidry was robbed and it was a damn shame.

Edit: Chaos's answer is money no bout but Ted Williams screwded himself out of multiple MVP's when he spat on reporters and showed them and fans little to no respect. He was so full of himself. It came back to bite him in the rear. He should have won the MVP in 1941 and 1942 but the voters taught him a lesson twice.

the year is 1986, Roger Clemens beat out Don Mattingly for the MVP.

Mattingly had a monster season and still was edged out Clemens.

I am not trying to start the pitchers vs everyday players debate but this was a shame.

Definitely Williams in '42 is the biggest.

I also think that Pujols should have definitely won it in 2003. Look at these stats in the source. I hate Bonds he robbed about three MVP's from Pujols. 2002-2004

Have to agree with utter chaos. Good answer. The baseball writers despised Ted Williams and I believe they voted for mvp back then.

How about Terry Pendelton over Barry Bonds 1991

Rollie Fingers over Rickey Henderson 1981

Willie Hernandez over Kent Hrbek

Dennis Eckersley over Kirby Puckett

Mo Vaughn over Albert Belle 1995

Ted Williams in 1942, or Rogers Hornsby the year he hit .424.

If you have gotten this far, go back and reread Utter Chaos. Writers had no love for the Splendid Splinter.

1986 Strawberry losing out it main reason his career spiraled out of control. That and the Cocaine.

agree with utter chaos.