Joe Gordon, 1942 AL MVP
The only thing the Yankees second baseman led the AL in for the 1942 season was strikeouts, going down 95 times. Ted Williams won the triple crown that season, doubling Gordon’s home run total, scoring 53 more times, and driving in 34 more runs, but missed out on what would have been his second MVP trophy, probably because of his prickly relationship with the voting media.