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Harper and Wheeler can do something the Phillies have only done once before

It’s no EGOT, but it’s quite rare when one team features both their league’s MVP and Cy Young Award winner in the same season.

It’s only happened 19 times since 1957, not counting pitchers who won by the Cy Young and MVP award. Consider the chart below, courtesy of Beyond the Box Score:

The Phillies are one of the few teams to have pulled off this rarity. In 1980, Mike Schmidt led the NL in HRs (48), RBIs (121), slugging (.624), OPS (1.