The 2005 season after I finished playing every danged game on MVP Baseball 2005 (Sox finished 133-29, thanks to some ridiculous pitching):
Tim Wakefield won not only the Cy Young, but, in a shocker, pipped David Ortiz at the final stretch to win the AL MVP award. Of course, going 25-4 with a 1.42 ERA, 179 Ks, 1 BB (yeah, a 179 K/BB ratio is ridiculous, especially for a knuckleballer) over 253 1/3 innings probably earns you that.
Ortiz must have felt hard done by. 66 homers, 138 RBIs, 1.030 OPS, and nothing to show for it. On the other hand, Wakefield led all in OPS with a 1.500 OPS, accumulated, admittedly, in just 4 plate appearances (3 singles in 4 plate appearances, 1 run scored.)
As for the rest of the regulars: Trot had a monster season in the 2-hole: 43 homers, 94 RBI, 1.000 OPS. Manny flopped out, with 29 homers and a .724 OPS. Damon, Bellhorn, and Mueller spent significant time on the DL. David Wells was the All-Star Game MVP (!). Johnny Damon won a Gold Glove (!).
And the last series with the Yankees was a doozy, with 3 come-from-behind wins in a row: Trot hits a homer in extra innings off Tom Gordon for the Sox to win 4-3; Randy Johnson inexplicably loses control and walks 8 people in a game, including 4 or 5 in one inning (Sox win 6-5, with the winner coming off a Manny groundout RBI); Ortiz hits a 3-run homer in the 8th off Tom Gordon for the Sox to win 6-4.
And Kevin Millar won the batting title, with a .365 average (Joe Mauer was second at .329). Now that’s how you really know this is fantasy.