A nice start to the card back - "It took him awhile, but Keith finally put it together for the Cardinals last season...". By a while did they mean he started the season slowly or where the Cardinals waiting during 1975 - 1978 for better things to happen?
He won the batting title and led the league in runs scored in 1979. His batting title put him in company with Stan Musial, who Kellogg's mentioned. Nice.
He was a Gold Glove winner and he shared MVP honors with Willie Stargell. I like it when the card mentions other players.
I checked out the MVP voting since it is difficult to imagine a tie happening. There have been a few different methods of voting, but if you are ready for some intense reading check this out from Bill James - https://www.billjamesonline.com/the_perfect_mvp_voting_structure/
Stargell got 10 first-place votes while Hernandez and Dave Winfield got four each. I didn't find the exact votes but first place was worth 14 points and second was worth nine points.
Stargell - 216 points - 10 first-place votes (140). That means that the remaining 18 voters gave him a total of 76 points, or just over four points per voter. Four points is an average of a 7th place vote.
Hernandez - 216 points - 4 first place votes (56). That means that the remaining 24 voters gave him 160 points or just over six points per voter. Six points is an average of a 5th place vote.
Lots to read in the Bill James article.
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