The NBA and NHL will be lucky to get in a full playoff if they even return. Major League Baseball certainly won’t play a full 162-game schedule. And who knows about the NFL?
But while coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the calendars of every sports league, each organization has experience with playing shortened seasons. They’ve always adapted, just as the players within them have.
With that in mind, here’s a look at some of the best short season performances from athletes of every stripe.
Mark Moseley
A players’ strike shortened the NFL season to only nine games and there were some weird results. The biggest one: A placekicker being named MVP! Moseley won the award by making 20 of 21 field goals for the Redskins (though none over 50 yards) and recorded 76 total points. Moseley is the only pure special teams player to ever win MVP (Kicker Lou Groza won in 1954, but was also an offensive tackle at the time.)