The Mitchell's next door neighbor in Memphis was future Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance, who was still playing in the minors at the time.
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Walter Johnson had won both of these awards while pitching for the Washington Senators (1913, 1924) and Dazzy Vance of the Brooklyn Robins had won the League Award in 1924.
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