On This Day: January 17
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1970
The Sporting News names the San Francisco Giants’ Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s. During the decade, Willie led the NL in home runs in three seasons, won 9 out of 10 Gold Gloves, was the NL MVP in 1965 (and in the top ten for MVP votes in 8 of the 10 years! TSN got it right.
