Earlier this month, José Ramírez officially came in third in this year’s American League MVP voting, confirming what had been a foregone conclusion from the moment he was announced as a finalist along with Cal Raleigh and Aaron Judge.
It marked the eighth time that Ramírez earned MVP votes, along with being the fifth season where he finished in the top-four in MVP voting.
And, in a new story for MLB.com, the great Sarah Langs breaks down why those stats may mean that Ramírez is the greatest player in MLB history to have never won an MVP.