As a kid I used to mull over scenarios in which a dude could have 100 RBI with zero homers*, mostly inspired by the above season. Two Cardinals, this era, came roughly the closest: T. Herr 8-110 in ‘85; Ozzie 0-75 in ‘87. Ozzie’s runner-up MVP ‘87 season held the following line: .303/.392/.393 .775 OPS which was v. Rollins-like for a guy “paid $2M a year for his superb glove” as put by an almanacy baseball book I read back then. In a live-ball season it was totally impressive ballot-wise. *won’t ever happen

As a kid I used to mull over scenarios in which a dude could have 100 RBI with zero homers*, mostly inspired by the above season. Two Cardinals, this era, came roughly the closest: T. Herr 8-110 in ‘85; Ozzie 0-75 in ‘87. Ozzie’s runner-up MVP ‘87 season held the following line: .303/.392/.393 .775 OPS which was v. Rollins-like for a guy “paid $2M a year for his superb glove” as put by an almanacy baseball book I read back then. In a live-ball season it was totally impressive ballot-wise.

*won’t ever happen

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