re: #465 Sir John Barron

I’m reading that Robinson was/is the only player to win the MVP in both leagues.

That’s really hard to believe. As in, it’s hard to believe no one else has done that.

Baseball historically hasn’t had a lot of free agent movement. Even into the late 80s, when free agency was supposedly allowed, teams would engage in collusion to prevent players from changing teams (this happened with guys like Andre Dawson and Kirk Gibson). And the way contracts work now, by the time players can typically reach free agency, they’re likely to be on the decline.