The Dodgers won a surprise pennant, their only flag between 1956 (the end of the Boys of Summer run) and 1963 (the first of the Koufax/Drysdale teams) with a transitional team. The Dodgers and Braves ended the season in a tie, and LA won two to take the playoff. The Giants led down the stretch but finished third, four games back. Pittsburgh was 4th, Chicago and Cincinnati tied for 5th, and St. Louis and Philadelphia brought up the rear.
Hank Aaron led the league in batting with a .355 mark, outpacing Joe Cunningham at .345. Cunningham led in on-base, while Aaron led in slugging and OPS. Eddie Mathews led in HR with 46, edging Ernie Banks at 45, while it was Banks in RBI with 145, followed by Frank Robinson with 125. Willie Mays led in steals with 27, Vada Pinson in runs with 131 and doubles with 47. Wally Moon and Charlie Neal tied with 11 triples.
The lead in wins was a three-way tie between Lew Burdette, Warren Spahn, and Sam Jones at 21 apiece, with Jones edging Stu Miller and Bob Buhl in the ERA race, checking in at 2.83, 2.84, and 2.86 respectively. Don Drysdale led in strikeouts with 242, followed by Jones at 209, Harvey Haddix in WHIP (13 hitless innings helped) with Lindy McDaniel and Don McMahon tied for the lead in saves at 15. Spahn tossed 21 complete games and led in innings with 292, just ahead of teammate Burdette at 290.
Win Shares leaders, players; Hank Aaron (Milwaukee) 38, Eddie Mathews (Milwaukee) 37, Ernie Banks (Chicago) 33, Willie Mays (San Francisco) 32, Vada Pinson (Cincinnati) 27, Frank Robinson (Cincinnati), Wally Moon and Charlie Neal (Los Angeles) 25, Ken Boyer (St. Louis) 24, Orlando Cepeda (San Francisco) 23, Johnny Temple (Cincinnati) and Don Hoak (Pittsburgh) 22, Jim Gilliam (Los Angeles), Del Crandall (Milwaukee) and Joe Cunningham (St. Louis) 20.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Vern Law (Pittsburgh) 24, Warren Spahn (Milwaukee) 23, Don Drysdale (Los Angeles) and Sam Jones (San Francisco) 22, Don Newcombe (Cincinnati) and Larry Jackson (St. Louis) 21, Johnny Antonelli (San Francisco) 20, Roger Craig (Los Angeles), Gene Conley (Milwaukee) and Harvey Haddix (Pittsburgh) 17.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Aaron 11.9, Mathews 11.1, Banks 10.8, Mays 10.0, Hoak 7.4, Crandall 7.2, Pinson 6.7, Boyer 6.5, Robinson, Ed Bailey (Cincinnati), Daryl Spencer (San Francisco) 6.1, Cepeda 5.9, Neal 5.8.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Law 8.8, Spahn 7.5, Newcombe 7.4, Drysdale 7.0, Conley 6.9, Jim Owens (Philadelphia) 6.4, Haddix 6.1.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Banks 10.4, Mathews 9.1, Aaron 9.0, Mays 8.1, Boyer 6.5, Robinson 6.1, Pinson 6.0, Moon 5.8, Crandall 5.1, Neal 4.9, Logan 4.6, Hoak and Cepeda 4.2, Temple 4.1, Cunningham 3.9. Pitchers (bWAR): Jackson and Law 7.0, Drysdale 6.7, Spahn 6.5, Jones 5.9, Antonelli 5.7, Newcombe 5.3, Owens 5.1, Conley and Craig 4.8, Haddix 4.2, Sanford 4.0.
Actual award winners:
MVP: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+----+-----
1 Ernie Banks CHC 10 232 336 0.69 | 589 179 45 .304 .970 2
2 Eddie Mathews MLN 5 189 336 0.56 | 594 182 46 .306 .983 2
3 Hank Aaron MLN 2 174 336 0.52 | 629 223 39 .355 1.037 8
4 Wally Moon LAD 4 161 336 0.48 | 543 164 19 .302 .890 15
5 Sam Jones SFG 0 130 336 0.39 | 85 11 0 .129 .298 0| 21-15 271 2.83 1.260 209 4
6 Willie Mays SFG 0 85 336 0.25 | 575 180 34 .313 .964 27
7 Roy Face PIT 0 67 336 0.20 | 13 3 0 .231 .462 0| 18-1 93 2.70 1.243 69 10
8 Charlie Neal LAD 0 64 336 0.19 | 616 177 19 .287 .802 17
9 Frank Robinson CIN 0 52 336 0.15 | 540 168 36 .311 .975 18
10 Ken Boyer STL 0 37 336 0.11 | 563 174 28 .309 .892 12
11 Del Crandall MLN 0 27 336 0.08 | 518 133 21 .257 .741 5
12 Lew Burdette MLN 0 14 336 0.04 | 104 21 0 .202 .520 0| 21-15 290 4.07 1.208 105 1
13 Roger Craig LAD 0 12 336 0.04 | 52 3 0 .058 .133 0| 11-5 153 2.06 1.094 76
13 Joe Cunningham STL 0 12 336 0.04 | 458 158 7 .345 .931 2
15 Vada Pinson CIN 0 11 336 0.03 | 648 205 20 .316 .880 21
16 Johnny Temple CIN 0 8 336 0.02 | 598 186 8 .311 .809 14
17 Don Hoak PIT 0 6 336 0.02 | 564 166 8 .294 .773 9
18 Gil Hodges LAD 0 4 336 0.01 | 413 114 25 .276 .880 3
19 Orlando Cepeda SFG 0 3 336 0.01 | 605 192 27 .317 .878 23
19 Vern Law PIT 0 3 336 0.01 | 96 16 1 .167 .411 0| 18-9 266 2.98 1.120 110 1
19 Warren Spahn MLN 0 3 336 0.01 | 104 24 2 .231 .541 0| 21-15 292 2.96 1.205 143
22 Gene Conley PHI 0 1 336 0.00 | 67 16 0 .239 .519 0| 12-7 180 3.00 1.117 102 1
22 Willie McCovey SFG 0 1 336 0.00 | 192 68 13 .354 1.085 2
22 Duke Snider LAD 0 1 336 0.00 | 370 114 23 .308 .935 1
Cy Young: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Early Wynn CHW 13 13 16 0.81 | 22-10 256 3.17 1.255 179
2 Sam Jones SFG 2 2 16 0.12 | 21-15 271 2.83 1.260 209 4
3 Bob Shaw CHW 1 1 16 0.06 | 18-6 231 2.69 1.175 89 3
Rookie: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+---+--+
1 Willie McCovey SFG 24 24 24 1.00 | 192 68 13 .354 1.085 2|
I believe Vada Pinson was not eligible by the rules of the time.
Top player: Ernie Banks won another MVP, and he was arguably the best player in the league this year. It was close, and would continue to be, but Banks is a good pick here.
#1 Ernie Banks, #2 Hank Aaron, #3 Eddie Mathews, #4 Willie Mays, #5 Vada Pinson, #6 Ken Boyer.
Top pitcher: Vern Law got overlooked with a poor Pirate team, but led in Win Shares and WARP. He was 18-9.
#1 Vern Law, #2 Warren Spahn, #3 Don Drysdale, #4 Sam Jones, #5 Gene Conley.
Top rookie: Willie McCovey by rules then in existence, in 54 incredible games. Vada Pinson would probably win by today's rules, since he would likely be eligible.
Top manager: Walter Alston guided the Dodgers to the championship with a cobbled-together team of old guard (Hodges, Gilliam, Snider, Podres) youngsters who would be part of the coming great LA teams (Koufax, Drysdale, Wills, Roseboro) and transitional guys (Moon, Neal, Craig).
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