He was voted the American League’s Most Valuable Player and won its Cy Young Award in a championship season with the Detroit Tigers. “It’s unbelievable,” he said. An obituary by Richard Goldstein for The New York Times. Willie Hernández, who won the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1984 when his brilliant relief pitching…
Three-time All-Star relief pitcher Willie Hernández, who won the 1984 Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards as part of the World Series champion Detroit Tigers, has died. He was
Three-time All-Star relief pitcher Willie Hernández, who won the 1984 AL Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards for the World Series champion Detroit Tigers, has died. He was 69.