Clemente was voted the Most Valuable Player of that year's World Series.

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Robinson took it a step further and won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award as the Orioles won their first world championship in a four game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Roger Maris had achieved a distinction that was far greater than any World Series victory, Most Valuable Player Award or standing ovation heard throughout the cavernous Yankee Stadium during his accomplished, yet abbreviated life.

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