Chalmers Award honored baseball's best
In the furor that followed, Chalmers gave cars to both Cobb and Lajoie. Then on April 4, 1911, Chalmers announced a change in the award structure. From that point on, Chalmers would give the award to the player who “should prove himself as the most important and useful player to his club and to the league at large in point of deportment and value of services rendered.”
Chalmers Award Winners
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Ty Cobb (AL), Napoleon Lajoie (AL)
1911
Wildfire Schulte (NL), Ty Cobb (AL)
1912
Larry Doyle (NL), Tris Speaker (AL)
1913
Jake Daubert (NL), Walter Johnson (AL)
1914
Johnny Evers (NL), Eddie Collins (AL)
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