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Johnson won five titles and three MVP awards in Los Angeles with the Lakers.
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He has won three MVP awards and only once finished outside the top four (a ninth place finish in 2007).
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And fans have never really warmed to him, despite two MVP Awards.
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He had 15 All-Star Game appearances, 4 NBA titles, 3 Finals MVP awards and a league MVP award (along with several near misses).
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Andrews repaired the joint, and a year later Clemens led the Red Sox to the World Series, and earned both the American League's Cy Young and MVP awards.
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Bonds won a record seven MVP awards, which is four more than any other player (we are going to ignore if he had any extra help getting those awards).
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But Rodriguez has also won two MVP awards with New York, been selected to seven All-Star teams and practically carried the club to its most recent World Series title in 2009.
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On the field, Bonds is acknowledged as ONE of the great players of his generation, with a string of MVP awards to back the notion that he may be THE best.
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Louis had first baseman Albert Pujols, who hit three home runs in game three and has won multiple MVP awards, and shortstop Rafael Furcal, both born in the Dominican Republic, as well as Mexican-born starting pitcher Jaime Garcia.
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But in any case, Cal Ripken, of course, won two MVP awards, played in 2, 632 consecutive games and really stood for a lot of the virtue in baseball, and a lot of the good things that baseball represents to a lot of people.
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Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (six), Michael Jordan (five), Bill Russell (five) and Wilt Chamberlain (four) have as many MVP awards, only Russell won four in a five-year span, and only Abdul-Jabbar went back-to-back twice, like James did with trophies in 2009 and 2010 and now again in 2012 and 2013.
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