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In Washington, Peck played alongside Bucky Harris. The two would become one of the most formidable double-play combinations in the game. Roger played in two more World Series, bringing home a championship in 1924. In game two of that series, against the New York Giants, the score was tied going into the bottom of the ninth inning. With a runner on base, Roger laced a double to win the game. The Senators took the series four games to three. The winners’ share totaled a handsome $6,000 per man.

The Senators repeated in 1925, but lost the series to the Pittsburgh Pirates. A number of the games were played in poor field conditions, leaving the diamond a sea of mud. Roger had a fielding nightmare, charged with eight errors for the seven games. Despite the awful time at shortstop he was voted Most Valuable Player in the American League. He beat out players including Al Simmons, Harry Heilmann, and Mickey Cochrane. The vote was handled by the senior sportswriters in each American League city. The writers had a complicated point system where the maximum points a player could get was sixty-five. Peck totaled forty-five, just slightly ahead of Simmons.