17 Facts About NL MVP

1. NL MVP became the ninth player overall, and the second in the NL, to be named MVP in his first season after being traded to a new team.

2. NL MVP proceeded to help the Brewers finish with the best record in the National League.

3. NL MVP has three second-place finishes and two-first place finishes.

4. NL MVP joined Johnny Mize as the only players to pull that off twice.

5. NL MVP spent his final three years in the minor leagues.

6. NL MVP spent most of his time on the disabled list, including his famous "bruised buttocks" injury.

7. NL MVP had a minus-0.9 bWAR in his only "full" season with the Red Sox, then played only 35 games for the Sox the next two seasons before he was released.

8. NL MVP was supposed to help fuel another playoff push.

9. NL MVP was released the next spring, but because of deferred payments, the franchise didn't finish paying Vaughn until December 31, 2007.

10. NL MVP made 68 starts over four seasons and posted a 5.79 ERA before he was traded to San Diego.

11. NL MVP played three games before breaking his foot, and he never played in the bigs again.

12. NL MVP was better in 2011 and was traded to Arizona.

13. NL MVP was finally released in January 1982, with many years remaining on that 10-year deal.

14. NL MVP lasted just 23 starts with the Diamondbacks before he was traded to the Mets at the 1998 non-waiver trade deadline.

15. NL MVP finished the season with a 5.12 ERA and was shipped to Pittsburgh in the offseason.

16. NL MVP spent most of 2007 on the DL and then was claimed on waivers that August by the Dodgers.

17. NL MVP voting takes place before the postseason, but the results are not announced until after the World Series.