The St. Louis Cardinals won 101 games and their second World Series of the decade in spite of ace Bob Gibson missing six weeks with a broken leg. Orlando Cepeda won the MVP in his first full year with the Cards as he led the league in RBI. St. Louis won handily over San Francisco, 10.5 games back in second. Chicago was putting together a pitching staff and surged to 3rd, with Cincinnati 4th, Philadelphia 5th, Pittsburgh 6th at exactly .500, Atlanta 7th, a Koufax-less Dodger team 8th, Houston 9th, and the Mets last with 101 losses.
Roberto Clemente won the batting title at .357, well ahead of Tony Gonzalez at .339 or Matty Alou at .338. Clemente also led with 209 hits. Hank Aaron led in homers with 39 as well as in slugging. Lou Brock led in steals with 52. Dick Allen led in on-base and OPS. Rusty Staub had 44 doubles, Vada Pinson 13 triples. Aaron and Brock tied with 113 runs. Second to Aaron in homers with Jimmy Wynn with 37. The RBI leaders went Cepeda with 111, Clemente with 110, Aaron with 109, Wynn with 107.
Mike McCormick led in wins with 22, and Fergie Jenkins won 20. Phil Niekro led in ERA with a 1.87 mark, followed by Jim Bunning at 2.29 and Chris Short at 2.39. Bunning led in strikeouts with 253, followed by Jenkins at 236. Ted Abernathy led in saves with 28.
Doin' the Win Shares thing...
Players; Ron Santo (Chicago) 38, Roberto Clemente (Pittsburgh) 35, Hank Aaron (Atlanta) and Orlando Cepeda (St. Louis) 34, Lou Brock and Tim McCarver (both St. Louis) 30, Dick Allen (Philadelphia) and Jim Ray Hart (San Francisco) 29, Billy Williams (Chicago), Rusty Staub and Jim Wynn (Houston) 28 each, Adolpho Phillips (Chicago), Joe Morgan (Houston), Tony Gonzalez (Philadelphia) and Curt Flood (St. Louis) 26, Vada Pinson and Pete Rose (Cincinnati) and Willie McCovey (San Francisco) 24. No Willie Mays!
Pitchers: Jim Bunning (Philadelphia) 25, Ted Abernathy (Cincinnati) 24, Phil Niekro (Atlanta), Fergie Jenkins (Chicago), and Tom Seaver (New York) 21 each, Mike McCormick and Gaylord Perry (San Francisco) 20, Gary Nolan (Cincinnati) 19, Don Drysdale (Los Angeles) and Dick Hughes (St. Louis) 18, Mel Queen (Cincinnati) 17.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Santo 9.4, McCarver and Cepeda 8.9, Clemente and Aaron 8.2, Wynn 8.0, Hart 7.3, Brock and Flood 7.2, Gonzalez and Maury Wills (Pittsburgh) 7.0, Allen and Morgan 6.7, Staub 6.5, Gene Alley (Pittsburgh) 6.3, Rose 5.9, Phillips and Joe Torre (Atlanta) 5.8.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Bunning 9.1, Seaver 7.5, Niekro 7.1, Jankins 6.9, Chris Short (Philadelphia) 6.3, McCormick and Perry 6.0, Ken Johnson (Atlanta) 5.9, Nolan 5.8, Abernathy and Claude Osteen (Los Angeles) 5.7, Drysdale 5.6.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Santo 10.2, Clemente 8.5, Aaron 8.1, Cepeda 7.6, Allen 6.8, McCarver 6.6, Hart 6.3, Brock and Gonzalez 6.1, Phillips 5.8, Wynn 5.7, Torre 5.6, Alley and McCovey 5.5, Flood and Staub 5.4, Williams 5.3, Morgan 5.2. Pitchers (bWAR): Bunning 8.4, Nolan 6.8, Short 6.6, Seaver 6.4, Perry 6.3, Abernathy 5.8, Niekro 5.7, Drysdale 5.5, Jenkins 5.4, McCormick 5.0, Queen 4.9, Maloney and Singer 4.7.
Actual award winners:
MVP (top 20): | 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 Orlando Cepeda STL 20 280 280 1.00 | 563 183 25 .325 .923 11
2 Tim McCarver STL 0 136 280 0.49 | 471 139 14 .295 .822 8
3 Roberto Clemente PIT 0 129 280 0.46 | 585 209 23 .357 .954 9
4 Ron Santo CHC 0 103 280 0.37 | 586 176 31 .300 .906 1
5 Hank Aaron ATL 0 79 280 0.28 | 600 184 39 .307 .943 17
6 Mike McCormick SFG 0 73 280 0.26 | 84 10 1 .119 .336 0| 22-10 262 2.85 1.148 150
7 Lou Brock STL 0 49 280 0.18 | 689 206 21 .299 .799 52
8 Tony Perez CIN 0 43 280 0.15 | 600 174 26 .290 .818 0
9 Julian Javier STL 0 41 280 0.15 | 520 146 14 .281 .718 6
10 Pete Rose CIN 0 40 280 0.14 | 585 176 12 .301 .808 11
11 Jimmy Wynn HOU 0 29 280 0.10 | 594 148 37 .249 .826 16
12 Fergie Jenkins CHC 0 26 280 0.09 | 93 14 0 .151 .404 0| 20-13 289 2.80 1.082 236
13 Curt Flood STL 0 24 280 0.09 | 514 172 5 .335 .793 2
14 Ernie Banks CHC 0 22 280 0.08 | 573 158 23 .276 .765 2
15 Nelson Briles STL 0 20 280 0.07 | 40 6 0 .150 .359 0| 14-5 155 2.43 1.153 94 6
16 Rusty Staub HOU 0 12 280 0.04 | 546 182 10 .333 .871 0
17 Jim Ray Hart SFG 0 10 280 0.04 | 578 167 29 .289 .882 1
17 Dick Hughes STL 0 10 280 0.04 | 78 10 0 .128 .278 0| 16-6 222 2.67 0.954 161 3
19 Dick Allen PHI 0 9 280 0.03 | 463 142 23 .307 .970 20
20 Ted Abernathy CIN 0 8 280 0.03 | 17 1 0 .059 .118 0| 6-3 106 1.27 0.978 88 28
Cepeda was a unanimous selection.
Cy Young: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Mike McCormick SFG 18 18 20 0.90 | 22-10 262 2.85 1.148 150
2 Jim Bunning PHI 1 1 20 0.05 | 17-15 302 2.29 1.039 253
2 Fergie Jenkins CHC 1 1 20 0.05 | 20-13 289 2.80 1.082 236
McCormick's gaudy win total got him the award.
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 Tom Seaver NYM 11 11 20 0.55 | 77 11 0 .143 .399 2| 16-13 251 2.76 1.203 170
2 Dick Hughes STL 6 6 20 0.30 | 78 10 0 .128 .278 0| 16-6 222 2.67 0.954 161 3
3 Gary Nolan CIN 3 3 20 0.15 | 67 7 0 .104 .297 0| 14-8 227 2.58 1.125 206
Seaver takes a fairly close vote split among three successful pitchers.
Top player: Ron Santo. He didn't lead the league in any flashy categories, but he was a force in the Cubs rising to 3rd place. This went ignored as Cepeda got what was partly a career achievement award for sparking the Cards to the pennant with a big RBI year. Santo was a significantly better player in 1967, though.
#1 Ron Santo, #2 Roberto Clemente, #3 Hank Aaron, #4 Orlando Cepeda, #5 Tim McCarver, #6 Tony Gonzalez.
Top pitcher: Jim Bunning, at age 35, was the best pitcher in the league. In the first year of the post-Koufax era, there was no real dominant pitcher. Bunning was certainly the best one, and gets my vote. Bunning was 2nd in ERA, tied for 3rd in wins, first in innings and strikeouts, but had a record just above .500 at 17-15. Therefore, the voters mostly ignored him. Niekro was better per inning, but started the year in the bullpen and didn't throw as many innings.
#1 Jim Bunning, #2 Fergie Jenkins, #3 Tom Seaver, #4 Phil Niekro, #5 Ted Abernathy.
Top rookie was Seaver. Much as I would love to pick Gary Nolan, it was Tom Terrific all the way.
Top manager: Red Schoendienst kept the Birds together even when Gibson was out.
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17 January 2009
1967 American League
It was the year of "The Impossible Dream," and an impossible pennant race. Four teams went to the wire, as 1966 winners the Orioles faded to 6th with Frank Robinson hurting. There was the Twins, 1965 pennant winners, with their balanced team; the White Sox, sporting the best pitching; Detroit, building a pitching staff to make a run; and the surprise Red Sox, after finishing 9th in 1966 and a non-factor in the race for years, since before Ted Williams retired. Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown with a magical season, and a roster of youngsters and castoffs around him won on the last day, finishing one game ahead of Minnesota and Detroit and three ahead of Chicago. California was 5th, Washington tied the Orioles for 6th, and Cleveland, New York, and Kansas City rounded out the standings.
Nobody wins the Triple Crown since Mantle, then two guys win it consecutive years. Yaz won the Triple Crown with a .321 average, 44 HR, and 121 RBI, tying Harmon Killebrew for the home run lead. Frank Robinson was second in average with a .311 mark. Yaz led in runs with 112 and hits with 189. Tony Oliva led with 34 doubles and Paul Blair with 12 triples. Killebrew was second in RBI with 113. Bert Campaneris led in steals again with 55.
Jim Lonborg and Earl Wilson tied for the lead in wins with 22, and Dean Chance won 20. Joe Horlen lead in ERA at 2.06 followed by Gary Peters at 2.28. Lonborg led in strikeouts with 246, followed by Sam McDowell at 236. Minnie Rojas took the saves lead at 27. Chance led in complete games and innings.
Win Shares numbers:
Carl Yastrzemski (Boston) 42, Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota) 38, Frank Robinson (Baltimore), Bill Freehan and Al Kaline (both Detroit) 30 each, Jim Fregosi and Don Mincher (California) and Frank Howard (Washington) 28 each, Dick McAuliffe (Detroit) 27, Tony Oliva (Minnesota) and Mickey Mantle (New York) 25, Paul Blair and Brooks Robinson (Baltimore) and Bob Allison (Minnesota) 24, Rico Petrocelli and George Scott (Boston) 23, Horace Clarke (New York) 22, Norm Cash (Detroit) and Cesar Tovar (Minnesota) 21.
For pitchers, Joel Horlen (Chicago) 23, Gary Peters (Chicago) 21, Dean Chance (Minnesota) 20, Jim Lonborg (Boston) and Jim Merritt (Minnesota) 19, Earl Wilson (Detroit) 18, Luis Tiant (Cleveland), Catfish Hunter (Kansas City) and Jim Kaat (Minnesota) 17, Minnie Rojas (California), Bob Locker (Chicago), Steve Hargan (Cleveland), Al Downing and Mel Stottlemyre (New York) 16.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Yastrzemski 11.1, Killebrew 8.5, Kaline 8.4, B. Robinson 7.7, F. Robinson 7.5, Freehan 7.3, Blair 6.9, Fregosi 5.9, McAuliffe 5.8, Oliva and Petrocelli 5.6, Mincher and Scott 5.5, Howard 4.7.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Horlen 8.8, Peters 6.8, Downing 6.7, Sonny Siebert (Cleveland) 6.2, Merritt 6.1, Stottlemyre 5.6, Hargan and Dave Boswell (Minnesota) 5.4, Hunter and Phil Ortega (Washington) 5.0, Tiant 4.8, Wilson 4.7, Lonborg and Bill Monbouquette (New York) 4.5.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Yaz 12.1, B. Robinson 8.6, Killebrew 8.0, Kaline 7.8, Blair 7.7, Freehan 6.6, F. Robinson 6.5, Fregosi 6.1, MacAuliffe 5.8, Scott 5.3, McMullen and Mincher 5.1, Petrocelli 4.9, Agee and Oliva 4.8. Pitchers (bWAR): Merritt 5.4, Chance 4.9, Horlen 4.6, Downing 4.4, Hargan and Siebert 4.2, Boswell and Hunter 4.0, Tiant 3.9, Lonborg and Stottlemyre 3.7, Kaat 3.3, Peters 3.2.
Actual award winners:
MVP (top 15): | 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 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 19 275 280 0.98 | 579 189 44 .326 1.040 10
2 Harmon Killebrew MIN 0 161 280 0.58 | 547 147 44 .269 .965 1
3 Bill Freehan DET 0 137 280 0.49 | 517 146 20 .282 .835 1
4 Joe Horlen CHW 0 91 280 0.32 | 83 14 0 .169 .367 0| 19-7 258 2.06 0.953 103
5 Al Kaline DET 0 88 280 0.31 | 458 141 25 .308 .952 8
6 Jim Lonborg BOS 0 82 280 0.29 | 99 14 0 .141 .346 1| 22-9 273 3.16 1.138 246
7 Jim Fregosi CAL 0 70 280 0.25 | 590 171 9 .290 .744 9
7 Cesar Tovar MIN 1 70 280 0.25 | 649 173 6 .267 .691 19
9 Gary Peters CHW 0 37 280 0.13 | 99 21 2 .212 .556 0| 16-11 260 2.28 1.069 215
10 George Scott BOS 0 33 280 0.12 | 565 171 19 .303 .839 10
11 Frank Robinson BAL 0 31 280 0.11 | 479 149 30 .311 .979 2
12 Earl Wilson DET 0 20 280 0.07 | 108 20 4 .185 .563 0| 22-11 264 3.27 1.167 184
13 Dean Chance MIN 0 19 280 0.07 | 92 3 0 .033 .151 0| 20-14 284 2.73 1.100 220 1
14 Ron Hansen CHW 0 13 280 0.05 | 498 116 8 .233 .638 0
15 Jerry Adair TOT 0 11 280 0.04 | +414 112 3 .271 .640 1
Yaz was not quite unanimous. Tovar snuck in a first-place vote. The guy who cast the vote should have been drummed out of the union.
Cy Young: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Jim Lonborg BOS 18 18 20 0.90 | 22-9 273 3.16 1.138 246
2 Joe Horlen CHW 2 2 20 0.10 | 19-7 258 2.06 0.953 103
First time for each league to award a Cy.
Rookie: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+---+-----+---+--+
1 Rod Carew MIN 19 19 20 0.95 | 514 150 8 .292 .750 5
2 Reggie Smith BOS 1 1 20 0.05 | 565 139 15 .246 .704 16
Top player: Yaz was without a doubt the best. He was also clutch down the stretch, with 22 hits in his last 44 ABs when the Red Sox simply had to win. It was an all-time great season.
#1 Carl Yastrzemski, #2 Harmon Killebrew, #3 Al Kaline, #4 Bill Freehan, #5 Brooks Robinson, #6 Frank Robinson.
Top pitcher: Joel Horlen. Cy Young winner Lonborg got the press as the Bosox won, but was not the best pitcher. ERA leader Horlen, a not-too-shabby 19-7 himself, was the best pitcher this year.
#1 Joel Horlen, #2 Gary Peters, #3 Jim Merritt, #4 Jim Lonborg, #5 Dean Chance.
Top rookie to Rod Carew, with honorable mention to a contribution to the winners from Reggie Smith. But the Twins were in it to the wire, too.
Top manager: Dick Williams for bringing the Bosox to their first pennant in 23 years.
Nobody wins the Triple Crown since Mantle, then two guys win it consecutive years. Yaz won the Triple Crown with a .321 average, 44 HR, and 121 RBI, tying Harmon Killebrew for the home run lead. Frank Robinson was second in average with a .311 mark. Yaz led in runs with 112 and hits with 189. Tony Oliva led with 34 doubles and Paul Blair with 12 triples. Killebrew was second in RBI with 113. Bert Campaneris led in steals again with 55.
Jim Lonborg and Earl Wilson tied for the lead in wins with 22, and Dean Chance won 20. Joe Horlen lead in ERA at 2.06 followed by Gary Peters at 2.28. Lonborg led in strikeouts with 246, followed by Sam McDowell at 236. Minnie Rojas took the saves lead at 27. Chance led in complete games and innings.
Win Shares numbers:
Carl Yastrzemski (Boston) 42, Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota) 38, Frank Robinson (Baltimore), Bill Freehan and Al Kaline (both Detroit) 30 each, Jim Fregosi and Don Mincher (California) and Frank Howard (Washington) 28 each, Dick McAuliffe (Detroit) 27, Tony Oliva (Minnesota) and Mickey Mantle (New York) 25, Paul Blair and Brooks Robinson (Baltimore) and Bob Allison (Minnesota) 24, Rico Petrocelli and George Scott (Boston) 23, Horace Clarke (New York) 22, Norm Cash (Detroit) and Cesar Tovar (Minnesota) 21.
For pitchers, Joel Horlen (Chicago) 23, Gary Peters (Chicago) 21, Dean Chance (Minnesota) 20, Jim Lonborg (Boston) and Jim Merritt (Minnesota) 19, Earl Wilson (Detroit) 18, Luis Tiant (Cleveland), Catfish Hunter (Kansas City) and Jim Kaat (Minnesota) 17, Minnie Rojas (California), Bob Locker (Chicago), Steve Hargan (Cleveland), Al Downing and Mel Stottlemyre (New York) 16.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Yastrzemski 11.1, Killebrew 8.5, Kaline 8.4, B. Robinson 7.7, F. Robinson 7.5, Freehan 7.3, Blair 6.9, Fregosi 5.9, McAuliffe 5.8, Oliva and Petrocelli 5.6, Mincher and Scott 5.5, Howard 4.7.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Horlen 8.8, Peters 6.8, Downing 6.7, Sonny Siebert (Cleveland) 6.2, Merritt 6.1, Stottlemyre 5.6, Hargan and Dave Boswell (Minnesota) 5.4, Hunter and Phil Ortega (Washington) 5.0, Tiant 4.8, Wilson 4.7, Lonborg and Bill Monbouquette (New York) 4.5.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Yaz 12.1, B. Robinson 8.6, Killebrew 8.0, Kaline 7.8, Blair 7.7, Freehan 6.6, F. Robinson 6.5, Fregosi 6.1, MacAuliffe 5.8, Scott 5.3, McMullen and Mincher 5.1, Petrocelli 4.9, Agee and Oliva 4.8. Pitchers (bWAR): Merritt 5.4, Chance 4.9, Horlen 4.6, Downing 4.4, Hargan and Siebert 4.2, Boswell and Hunter 4.0, Tiant 3.9, Lonborg and Stottlemyre 3.7, Kaat 3.3, Peters 3.2.
Actual award winners:
MVP (top 15): | 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 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 19 275 280 0.98 | 579 189 44 .326 1.040 10
2 Harmon Killebrew MIN 0 161 280 0.58 | 547 147 44 .269 .965 1
3 Bill Freehan DET 0 137 280 0.49 | 517 146 20 .282 .835 1
4 Joe Horlen CHW 0 91 280 0.32 | 83 14 0 .169 .367 0| 19-7 258 2.06 0.953 103
5 Al Kaline DET 0 88 280 0.31 | 458 141 25 .308 .952 8
6 Jim Lonborg BOS 0 82 280 0.29 | 99 14 0 .141 .346 1| 22-9 273 3.16 1.138 246
7 Jim Fregosi CAL 0 70 280 0.25 | 590 171 9 .290 .744 9
7 Cesar Tovar MIN 1 70 280 0.25 | 649 173 6 .267 .691 19
9 Gary Peters CHW 0 37 280 0.13 | 99 21 2 .212 .556 0| 16-11 260 2.28 1.069 215
10 George Scott BOS 0 33 280 0.12 | 565 171 19 .303 .839 10
11 Frank Robinson BAL 0 31 280 0.11 | 479 149 30 .311 .979 2
12 Earl Wilson DET 0 20 280 0.07 | 108 20 4 .185 .563 0| 22-11 264 3.27 1.167 184
13 Dean Chance MIN 0 19 280 0.07 | 92 3 0 .033 .151 0| 20-14 284 2.73 1.100 220 1
14 Ron Hansen CHW 0 13 280 0.05 | 498 116 8 .233 .638 0
15 Jerry Adair TOT 0 11 280 0.04 | +414 112 3 .271 .640 1
Yaz was not quite unanimous. Tovar snuck in a first-place vote. The guy who cast the vote should have been drummed out of the union.
Cy Young: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Jim Lonborg BOS 18 18 20 0.90 | 22-9 273 3.16 1.138 246
2 Joe Horlen CHW 2 2 20 0.10 | 19-7 258 2.06 0.953 103
First time for each league to award a Cy.
Rookie: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+---+-----+---+--+
1 Rod Carew MIN 19 19 20 0.95 | 514 150 8 .292 .750 5
2 Reggie Smith BOS 1 1 20 0.05 | 565 139 15 .246 .704 16
Top player: Yaz was without a doubt the best. He was also clutch down the stretch, with 22 hits in his last 44 ABs when the Red Sox simply had to win. It was an all-time great season.
#1 Carl Yastrzemski, #2 Harmon Killebrew, #3 Al Kaline, #4 Bill Freehan, #5 Brooks Robinson, #6 Frank Robinson.
Top pitcher: Joel Horlen. Cy Young winner Lonborg got the press as the Bosox won, but was not the best pitcher. ERA leader Horlen, a not-too-shabby 19-7 himself, was the best pitcher this year.
#1 Joel Horlen, #2 Gary Peters, #3 Jim Merritt, #4 Jim Lonborg, #5 Dean Chance.
Top rookie to Rod Carew, with honorable mention to a contribution to the winners from Reggie Smith. But the Twins were in it to the wire, too.
Top manager: Dick Williams for bringing the Bosox to their first pennant in 23 years.
1966 National League
The Dodgers won their third pennant in four years, then got swept in the World Series in a classic upset. Sandy Koufax retired after the season, and the Dodgers took eight years to win another pennant. The 1966 race was another good one, with San Francisco finishing just a game and a half back, and Pittsburgh only three games out. Philadelphia was a solid 4th, Atlanta was 5th in its new home, and St. Louis 6th. Below .500 were the fading Reds, expansion Astros, excited Mets (first finish out of the cellar) and the Cubs in last with 103 losses in spite of a talented team.
Roberto Clemente won the MVP even though he did not win the batting title. He was 2nd in RBI with 119 and the Pirates were in the race to the final week. Matty Alou won the batting title at .342, followed by brother Felipe at .327. Felipe led in runs with 122, hits with 218, and total bases. Johnny Callison had 40 doubles, Tim McCarver 13 triples. Hank Aaron led in HR and RBI with 44 and 127. Ron Santo led in on-base, Dick Allen led in slugging and OPS, and was second in homers with 40. Lou Brock led in steals with 74.
Sandy Koufax won another Triple Crown, leading in wins with 27, ERA with a 1.73 mark, and strikeouts with 317, his best season ever as well as his last. Juan Marichal was second in wins with 25, Bob Gibson and Jim Perry had 21 each. Mike Cuellar was second in ERA at 2.22, with Marichal right behind at 2.23. Jim Bunning had 252 strikeouts. Phil Regan led in saves with 21.
Win Shares leaders, players; Willie Mays (San Francisco) 37, Dick Allen (Philadelphia) 35, Willie McCovey (San Francisco) 34, Ron Santo (Chicago) 30, Joe Torre (Atlanta) and Roberto Clemente (Pittsburgh) 29, Felipe Alou (Atlanta) 28, Hank Aaron (Atlanta) and Jim Ray Hart (San Francisco) 27, Pete Rose (Cincinnati), Jim Lefebvre (Los Angeles) and Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh) 25, Bill White (Philadelphia) 24, Donn Clendenon (Pittsburgh) 23, Gene Alley (Pittsburgh) and Tom Haller (San Francisco) 22.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles) 35, Juan Marichal (San Francisco) 33, Jim Bunning (Philadelphia) 30, Bob Gibson (St. Louis) 26, Phil Regan (Los Angeles) 23, Jim Maloney (Cincinnati) and Gaylord Perry (San Francisco) 21, Mike Cuellar (Houston), Larry Jackson (Chicago/Philadelphia) and Al Jackson (St. Louis) 19.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Santo 10.5, Torre 10.3, Mays 9.4, Allen 8.9, Alou 8.1, Clemente and Stargell 7.6, Aaron 7.4, McCovey 7.0, White 6.3, Clendenon, Alley, and Rico Carty (Atlanta) 6.1.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Marichal 12.2, Koufax 9.9, Bunning 9.0, Gibson 8.2, Maloney 8.0, Cuellar 6.3, Bobby Bolin (San Francisco) 6.0, Perry 5.9, Regan and A. Jackson 5.6.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Mays and Santo 9.2, Allen 8.2, Clemente 8.0, Aaron 7.8, Torre 7.6, F. Alou and Hart 6.9, McCovey 6.7, Lefebvre 5.8, Alley 5.7, Carty and Stargell 5.5, White 5.2, Clendenon and Rose 4.6, Williams 4.1. Pitchers (bWAR): Koufax 10.8, Marichal 9.0, Bunning 8.7, Maloney 6.6, Cuellar 6.5, Gibson 6.4, Perry 5.8, Veale 5.3, Bolin 4.6, Jackson 4.5, Sutton 4.3, Regan 4.1, Dierker 4.0.
Actual award voting:
MVP (top 20): | 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 Roberto Clemente PIT 8 218 280 0.78 | 638 202 29 .317 .896 7
2 Sandy Koufax LAD 9 208 280 0.74 | 118 9 0 .076 .215 0| 27-9 323 1.73 0.985 317
3 Willie Mays SFG 0 111 280 0.40 | 552 159 37 .288 .924 5
4 Dick Allen PHI 1 107 280 0.38 | 524 166 40 .317 1.027 10
5 Felipe Alou ATL 2 83 280 0.30 | 666 218 31 .327 .894 5
6 Juan Marichal SFG 0 74 280 0.26 | 112 28 1 .250 .585 0| 25-6 307 2.23 0.859 222
7 Phil Regan LAD 0 66 280 0.24 | 21 3 0 .143 .393 0| 14-1 117 1.62 0.934 88 21
8 Hank Aaron ATL 0 57 280 0.20 | 603 168 44 .279 .895 21
9 Matty Alou PIT 0 36 280 0.13 | 535 183 2 .342 .793 23
10 Pete Rose CIN 0 31 280 0.11 | 654 205 16 .313 .811 4
11 Gene Alley PIT 0 24 280 0.09 | 579 173 7 .299 .752 8
12 Ron Santo CHC 0 23 280 0.08 | 561 175 30 .312 .950 4
13 Orlando Cepeda TOT 0 22 280 0.08 | +501 151 20 .301 .834 9
13 Johnny Roseboro LAD 0 22 280 0.08 | 445 123 9 .276 .740 3
15 Willie Stargell PIT 0 19 280 0.07 | 485 153 33 .315 .962 2
16 Joe Torre ATL 0 18 280 0.06 | 546 172 36 .315 .943 0
17 Willie McCovey SFG 0 12 280 0.04 | 502 148 36 .295 .977 2
18 Jim Lefebvre LAD 0 8 280 0.03 | 544 149 24 .274 .793 1
18 Gaylord Perry SFG 0 8 280 0.03 | 86 16 0 .186 .393 0| 21-8 256 2.99 1.103 201
20 Curt Flood STL 0 7 280 0.02 | 626 167 10 .267 .663 14
A virtual dead heat in the voting between Clemente and Koufax. This would have been a good year for Koufax to win it, but Clemente pulled out a points victory.
Cy Young: Koufax was a unanimous choice, again.
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 Tommy Helms CIN 12 12 20 0.60 | 542 154 9 .284 .695 3
2 Sonny Jackson HOU 3 3 20 0.15 | 596 174 3 .292 .674 49
3 Tito Fuentes SFG 2 2 20 0.10 | 541 141 9 .261 .637 6
4 Randy Hundley CHC 1 1 20 0.05 | 526 124 19 .236 .682 1
4 Larry Jaster STL 1 1 20 0.05 | 45 8 1 .178 .453 0| 11-5 152 3.26 1.114 92
4 Cleon Jones NYM 1 1 20 0.05 | 495 136 8 .275 .689 16|
Top player: At the end of the day, it's Mays again. You could vote for Ron Santo, who may have had a better year, but the Cubs lost 103 games. Maybe that shouldn't matter, but it does.
#1 Willie Mays, #2 Ron Santo, #3 Roberto Clemente, #4 Dick Allen, #5 Joe Torre, #6 Hank Aaron.
Top pitcher: Sandy Koufax. Again, Marichal has an argument, but the Triple Crown is hard to argue with, even if it was park-aided.
#1 Sandy Koufax, #2 Juan Marichal, #3 Jim Bunning, #4 Bob Gibson, #5 Jim Maloney.
Top rookie: Sonny Jackson's numbers were about the same as the others, but when you add in the park effects for the Astrodome he comes out way ahead. He was still below average, and never had another year nearly as good.
Top manager: Walt Alston won another close pennant race over better-looking talent.
Roberto Clemente won the MVP even though he did not win the batting title. He was 2nd in RBI with 119 and the Pirates were in the race to the final week. Matty Alou won the batting title at .342, followed by brother Felipe at .327. Felipe led in runs with 122, hits with 218, and total bases. Johnny Callison had 40 doubles, Tim McCarver 13 triples. Hank Aaron led in HR and RBI with 44 and 127. Ron Santo led in on-base, Dick Allen led in slugging and OPS, and was second in homers with 40. Lou Brock led in steals with 74.
Sandy Koufax won another Triple Crown, leading in wins with 27, ERA with a 1.73 mark, and strikeouts with 317, his best season ever as well as his last. Juan Marichal was second in wins with 25, Bob Gibson and Jim Perry had 21 each. Mike Cuellar was second in ERA at 2.22, with Marichal right behind at 2.23. Jim Bunning had 252 strikeouts. Phil Regan led in saves with 21.
Win Shares leaders, players; Willie Mays (San Francisco) 37, Dick Allen (Philadelphia) 35, Willie McCovey (San Francisco) 34, Ron Santo (Chicago) 30, Joe Torre (Atlanta) and Roberto Clemente (Pittsburgh) 29, Felipe Alou (Atlanta) 28, Hank Aaron (Atlanta) and Jim Ray Hart (San Francisco) 27, Pete Rose (Cincinnati), Jim Lefebvre (Los Angeles) and Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh) 25, Bill White (Philadelphia) 24, Donn Clendenon (Pittsburgh) 23, Gene Alley (Pittsburgh) and Tom Haller (San Francisco) 22.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles) 35, Juan Marichal (San Francisco) 33, Jim Bunning (Philadelphia) 30, Bob Gibson (St. Louis) 26, Phil Regan (Los Angeles) 23, Jim Maloney (Cincinnati) and Gaylord Perry (San Francisco) 21, Mike Cuellar (Houston), Larry Jackson (Chicago/Philadelphia) and Al Jackson (St. Louis) 19.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Santo 10.5, Torre 10.3, Mays 9.4, Allen 8.9, Alou 8.1, Clemente and Stargell 7.6, Aaron 7.4, McCovey 7.0, White 6.3, Clendenon, Alley, and Rico Carty (Atlanta) 6.1.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Marichal 12.2, Koufax 9.9, Bunning 9.0, Gibson 8.2, Maloney 8.0, Cuellar 6.3, Bobby Bolin (San Francisco) 6.0, Perry 5.9, Regan and A. Jackson 5.6.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Mays and Santo 9.2, Allen 8.2, Clemente 8.0, Aaron 7.8, Torre 7.6, F. Alou and Hart 6.9, McCovey 6.7, Lefebvre 5.8, Alley 5.7, Carty and Stargell 5.5, White 5.2, Clendenon and Rose 4.6, Williams 4.1. Pitchers (bWAR): Koufax 10.8, Marichal 9.0, Bunning 8.7, Maloney 6.6, Cuellar 6.5, Gibson 6.4, Perry 5.8, Veale 5.3, Bolin 4.6, Jackson 4.5, Sutton 4.3, Regan 4.1, Dierker 4.0.
Actual award voting:
MVP (top 20): | 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 Roberto Clemente PIT 8 218 280 0.78 | 638 202 29 .317 .896 7
2 Sandy Koufax LAD 9 208 280 0.74 | 118 9 0 .076 .215 0| 27-9 323 1.73 0.985 317
3 Willie Mays SFG 0 111 280 0.40 | 552 159 37 .288 .924 5
4 Dick Allen PHI 1 107 280 0.38 | 524 166 40 .317 1.027 10
5 Felipe Alou ATL 2 83 280 0.30 | 666 218 31 .327 .894 5
6 Juan Marichal SFG 0 74 280 0.26 | 112 28 1 .250 .585 0| 25-6 307 2.23 0.859 222
7 Phil Regan LAD 0 66 280 0.24 | 21 3 0 .143 .393 0| 14-1 117 1.62 0.934 88 21
8 Hank Aaron ATL 0 57 280 0.20 | 603 168 44 .279 .895 21
9 Matty Alou PIT 0 36 280 0.13 | 535 183 2 .342 .793 23
10 Pete Rose CIN 0 31 280 0.11 | 654 205 16 .313 .811 4
11 Gene Alley PIT 0 24 280 0.09 | 579 173 7 .299 .752 8
12 Ron Santo CHC 0 23 280 0.08 | 561 175 30 .312 .950 4
13 Orlando Cepeda TOT 0 22 280 0.08 | +501 151 20 .301 .834 9
13 Johnny Roseboro LAD 0 22 280 0.08 | 445 123 9 .276 .740 3
15 Willie Stargell PIT 0 19 280 0.07 | 485 153 33 .315 .962 2
16 Joe Torre ATL 0 18 280 0.06 | 546 172 36 .315 .943 0
17 Willie McCovey SFG 0 12 280 0.04 | 502 148 36 .295 .977 2
18 Jim Lefebvre LAD 0 8 280 0.03 | 544 149 24 .274 .793 1
18 Gaylord Perry SFG 0 8 280 0.03 | 86 16 0 .186 .393 0| 21-8 256 2.99 1.103 201
20 Curt Flood STL 0 7 280 0.02 | 626 167 10 .267 .663 14
A virtual dead heat in the voting between Clemente and Koufax. This would have been a good year for Koufax to win it, but Clemente pulled out a points victory.
Cy Young: Koufax was a unanimous choice, again.
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 Tommy Helms CIN 12 12 20 0.60 | 542 154 9 .284 .695 3
2 Sonny Jackson HOU 3 3 20 0.15 | 596 174 3 .292 .674 49
3 Tito Fuentes SFG 2 2 20 0.10 | 541 141 9 .261 .637 6
4 Randy Hundley CHC 1 1 20 0.05 | 526 124 19 .236 .682 1
4 Larry Jaster STL 1 1 20 0.05 | 45 8 1 .178 .453 0| 11-5 152 3.26 1.114 92
4 Cleon Jones NYM 1 1 20 0.05 | 495 136 8 .275 .689 16|
Top player: At the end of the day, it's Mays again. You could vote for Ron Santo, who may have had a better year, but the Cubs lost 103 games. Maybe that shouldn't matter, but it does.
#1 Willie Mays, #2 Ron Santo, #3 Roberto Clemente, #4 Dick Allen, #5 Joe Torre, #6 Hank Aaron.
Top pitcher: Sandy Koufax. Again, Marichal has an argument, but the Triple Crown is hard to argue with, even if it was park-aided.
#1 Sandy Koufax, #2 Juan Marichal, #3 Jim Bunning, #4 Bob Gibson, #5 Jim Maloney.
Top rookie: Sonny Jackson's numbers were about the same as the others, but when you add in the park effects for the Astrodome he comes out way ahead. He was still below average, and never had another year nearly as good.
Top manager: Walt Alston won another close pennant race over better-looking talent.
13 January 2009
1966 American League
For years, the greatest players had been in the National League. Mays, Aaron, Clemente and others had been far more productive than any the AL had to offer. After the 1965 season one of those players, Frank Robinson, was traded from Cincinnati to Baltimore. The Orioles promptly won the pennant and the World Series, with Robinson dominating the league. Baltimore's long-excellent pitching took a back seat to their league-leading offense in 1966. The Orioles were 9 games in front of defending champs Minnesota and 10 ahead of Detroit, with Chicago finishing 4th and Cleveland 5th. California was 6th, Kansas City 7th, Washington 8th, Boston 9th, and the once-mighty Yankees slid all the way to last place. They weren't horrible at 70-89, but it was a far cry from the glory years.
Robinson dominated the hitting categories in winning the Triple Crown and leading by a wide margin in OPS. Robinson had a .316 average. The only other .300 hitter was Tony Oliva at .307. Robinson had 49 home runs and 122 RBI. Harmon Killebrew was second in both categories with 39 HR and 110 RBI. Robinson also led with 122 runs. Carl Yastrzemski had 39 doubles, Bobby Knoop 11 triples. Bert Campaneris led in steals with 52, edging Don Buford at 51.
Jim Kaat led in wins with 25. The league's other 20-game winner was Denny McLain with exactly that many. Gary Peters led in ERA with a 1.98 mark, ahead of Joe Horlen with a 2.43 effort. Sam McDowell led in strikeouts with 225, followed by Kaat at 205. Jack Aker led in saves with 32. Kaat had 19 complete games and 305 innings.
Win Shares leaders, players; Frank Robinson (Baltimore) 41, Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota) 33, Al Kaline (Detroit) 31, Tommie Agee (Chicago) and Tony Oliva (Minnesota) 28, Norm Cash (Detroit) 27, Boog Powell (Baltimore), Jim Fregosi (California) and Dick McAuliffe (Detroit) 26, Brooks Robinson (Baltimore) and Fred Valentine (Washington) 24, Luis Aparicio (Baltimore), Joe Foy (Boston), Bert Campaneris (Kansas City) and Tom Tresh (New York) 22, Carl Yastrzemski (Boston), Don Buford (Chicago), Willie Horton (Detroit) and Frank Howard (Washington) 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Jim Kaat (Minnesota) 26, Earl Wilson (Boston/Detroit) 24, Gary Peters (Chicago), Sonny Siebert (Cleveland) and Jack Aker (Kansas City) 20, Steve Hargan (Cleveland) 18, Sam McDowell (Cleveland) and Jim Perry (Minnesota) 17, Gary Bell (Cleveland) and Mudcat Grant (Minnesota) 16.
WARP3 leaders, position players: F. Robinson 10.9, McAuliffe 8.6, Kaline 7.2, Killebrew 6.7, Agee 6.2, Oliva 6.0, Valentine 5.3, B. Robinson 5.2, Powell 5.0, Aparicio and Curt Blefary (Baltimore) 4.8, Fregosi 4.6.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Peters 6.6, Kaat 6.4, Siebert 6.1, Hargan 6.0, Wilson and Bell 5.5, Aker and McDowell 5.4, Perry and Luis Tiant (Cleveland) 5.3, Fritz Peterson (New York) 4.7.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): F. Robinson 9.1, Agee 7.2, Killebrew 6.8, Oliva 6.6, Kaline 6.4, McAuliffe 6.2, Tresh and Yastrzemski 5.9, Fregosi 5.8, B. Robinson 5.5, Powell 5.1, Foy 4.9, Aparicio and Cash 4.8, Buford 4.7. Pitchers (bWAR): Wilson 5.3, Hargan 4.6, McDowell 4.5, Peters 4.3, Siebert 4.2, Kaat 3.9, Bell 3.8, Tiant 3.7, Nash 3.6, Aker 3.5, Barber 3.2, Horlen 3.1, Perry 3.0, Stange 2.8.
Actual award winners:
MVP (top 20): | 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 Frank Robinson BAL 20 280 280 1.00 | 576 182 49 .316 1.047 8
2 Brooks Robinson BAL 0 153 280 0.55 | 620 167 23 .269 .776 2
3 Boog Powell BAL 0 122 280 0.44 | 491 141 34 .287 .903 0
4 Harmon Killebrew MIN 0 96 280 0.34 | 569 160 39 .281 .929 0
5 Jim Kaat MIN 0 84 280 0.30 | 118 23 2 .195 .507 0| 25-13 305 2.75 1.070 205
6 Tony Oliva MIN 0 71 280 0.25 | 622 191 25 .307 .854 13
7 Al Kaline DET 0 66 280 0.24 | 479 138 29 .288 .927 5
8 Tommie Agee CHW 0 63 280 0.22 | 629 172 22 .273 .773 44
9 Luis Aparicio BAL 0 51 280 0.18 | 659 182 6 .276 .676 25
10 Bert Campaneris KCA 0 36 280 0.13 | 573 153 5 .267 .681 52
11 Stu Miller BAL 0 27 280 0.10 | 19 2 0 .105 .211 0| 9-4 92 2.25 0.946 67 18
12 Norm Cash DET 0 23 280 0.08 | 603 168 32 .279 .829 2
13 Jack Aker KCA 0 22 280 0.08 | 21 2 0 .095 .238 0| 8-4 113 1.99 0.965 68 32
14 Earl Wilson TOT 0 13 280 0.05 | + 96 23 7 .240 .799 0|+18-11 264 3.07 1.091 200
15 Denny McLain DET 0 12 280 0.04 | 93 17 0 .183 .429 1| 20-14 264 3.92 1.169 192
16 Bill Freehan DET 0 9 280 0.03 | 492 115 12 .234 .646 5
17 Andy Etchebarren BAL 0 7 280 0.02 | 412 91 11 .221 .657 0
18 Bobby Knoop CAL 0 6 280 0.02 | 590 137 17 .232 .669 1
19 Mickey Mantle NYY 0 5 280 0.02 | 333 96 23 .288 .927 1
19 Tom Tresh NYY 0 5 280 0.02 | 537 125 27 .233 .762 5
F. Robby was a unanimous winner, as it should be.
Cy Young was NLer Sandy Koufax in a unanimous vote.
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 Tommie Agee CHW 16 16 20 0.80 | 629 172 22 .273 .773 44
2 Jim Nash KCA 2 2 20 0.10 | 49 5 0 .102 .265 0| 12-1 127 2.06 1.118 98 1
3 Davey Johnson BAL 1 1 20 0.05 | 501 129 7 .257 .649 3
3 George Scott BOS 1 1 20 0.05 | 601 147 27 .245 .757 4
Top player: Frank Robinson. Rarely since Babe Ruth had someone so dominated a league for a season. No one else was close.
#1 Frank Robinson, #2 Harmon Killebrew, #3 Al Kaline, #4 Tommie Agee, #5 Tony Oliva, #6 Dick McAuliffe.
Top pitcher: Jim Kaat, the 25-game winner, with Earl Wilson nearby.
#1 Jim Kaat, #2 Earl Wilson, #3 Gary Peters, #4 Jack Aker, #5 Sonny Siebert.
Top rookie: Tommie Agee, sticking after four cups of coffee.
Top manager: Hank Bauer rode the Orioles home.
Robinson dominated the hitting categories in winning the Triple Crown and leading by a wide margin in OPS. Robinson had a .316 average. The only other .300 hitter was Tony Oliva at .307. Robinson had 49 home runs and 122 RBI. Harmon Killebrew was second in both categories with 39 HR and 110 RBI. Robinson also led with 122 runs. Carl Yastrzemski had 39 doubles, Bobby Knoop 11 triples. Bert Campaneris led in steals with 52, edging Don Buford at 51.
Jim Kaat led in wins with 25. The league's other 20-game winner was Denny McLain with exactly that many. Gary Peters led in ERA with a 1.98 mark, ahead of Joe Horlen with a 2.43 effort. Sam McDowell led in strikeouts with 225, followed by Kaat at 205. Jack Aker led in saves with 32. Kaat had 19 complete games and 305 innings.
Win Shares leaders, players; Frank Robinson (Baltimore) 41, Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota) 33, Al Kaline (Detroit) 31, Tommie Agee (Chicago) and Tony Oliva (Minnesota) 28, Norm Cash (Detroit) 27, Boog Powell (Baltimore), Jim Fregosi (California) and Dick McAuliffe (Detroit) 26, Brooks Robinson (Baltimore) and Fred Valentine (Washington) 24, Luis Aparicio (Baltimore), Joe Foy (Boston), Bert Campaneris (Kansas City) and Tom Tresh (New York) 22, Carl Yastrzemski (Boston), Don Buford (Chicago), Willie Horton (Detroit) and Frank Howard (Washington) 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Jim Kaat (Minnesota) 26, Earl Wilson (Boston/Detroit) 24, Gary Peters (Chicago), Sonny Siebert (Cleveland) and Jack Aker (Kansas City) 20, Steve Hargan (Cleveland) 18, Sam McDowell (Cleveland) and Jim Perry (Minnesota) 17, Gary Bell (Cleveland) and Mudcat Grant (Minnesota) 16.
WARP3 leaders, position players: F. Robinson 10.9, McAuliffe 8.6, Kaline 7.2, Killebrew 6.7, Agee 6.2, Oliva 6.0, Valentine 5.3, B. Robinson 5.2, Powell 5.0, Aparicio and Curt Blefary (Baltimore) 4.8, Fregosi 4.6.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Peters 6.6, Kaat 6.4, Siebert 6.1, Hargan 6.0, Wilson and Bell 5.5, Aker and McDowell 5.4, Perry and Luis Tiant (Cleveland) 5.3, Fritz Peterson (New York) 4.7.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): F. Robinson 9.1, Agee 7.2, Killebrew 6.8, Oliva 6.6, Kaline 6.4, McAuliffe 6.2, Tresh and Yastrzemski 5.9, Fregosi 5.8, B. Robinson 5.5, Powell 5.1, Foy 4.9, Aparicio and Cash 4.8, Buford 4.7. Pitchers (bWAR): Wilson 5.3, Hargan 4.6, McDowell 4.5, Peters 4.3, Siebert 4.2, Kaat 3.9, Bell 3.8, Tiant 3.7, Nash 3.6, Aker 3.5, Barber 3.2, Horlen 3.1, Perry 3.0, Stange 2.8.
Actual award winners:
MVP (top 20): | 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 Frank Robinson BAL 20 280 280 1.00 | 576 182 49 .316 1.047 8
2 Brooks Robinson BAL 0 153 280 0.55 | 620 167 23 .269 .776 2
3 Boog Powell BAL 0 122 280 0.44 | 491 141 34 .287 .903 0
4 Harmon Killebrew MIN 0 96 280 0.34 | 569 160 39 .281 .929 0
5 Jim Kaat MIN 0 84 280 0.30 | 118 23 2 .195 .507 0| 25-13 305 2.75 1.070 205
6 Tony Oliva MIN 0 71 280 0.25 | 622 191 25 .307 .854 13
7 Al Kaline DET 0 66 280 0.24 | 479 138 29 .288 .927 5
8 Tommie Agee CHW 0 63 280 0.22 | 629 172 22 .273 .773 44
9 Luis Aparicio BAL 0 51 280 0.18 | 659 182 6 .276 .676 25
10 Bert Campaneris KCA 0 36 280 0.13 | 573 153 5 .267 .681 52
11 Stu Miller BAL 0 27 280 0.10 | 19 2 0 .105 .211 0| 9-4 92 2.25 0.946 67 18
12 Norm Cash DET 0 23 280 0.08 | 603 168 32 .279 .829 2
13 Jack Aker KCA 0 22 280 0.08 | 21 2 0 .095 .238 0| 8-4 113 1.99 0.965 68 32
14 Earl Wilson TOT 0 13 280 0.05 | + 96 23 7 .240 .799 0|+18-11 264 3.07 1.091 200
15 Denny McLain DET 0 12 280 0.04 | 93 17 0 .183 .429 1| 20-14 264 3.92 1.169 192
16 Bill Freehan DET 0 9 280 0.03 | 492 115 12 .234 .646 5
17 Andy Etchebarren BAL 0 7 280 0.02 | 412 91 11 .221 .657 0
18 Bobby Knoop CAL 0 6 280 0.02 | 590 137 17 .232 .669 1
19 Mickey Mantle NYY 0 5 280 0.02 | 333 96 23 .288 .927 1
19 Tom Tresh NYY 0 5 280 0.02 | 537 125 27 .233 .762 5
F. Robby was a unanimous winner, as it should be.
Cy Young was NLer Sandy Koufax in a unanimous vote.
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 Tommie Agee CHW 16 16 20 0.80 | 629 172 22 .273 .773 44
2 Jim Nash KCA 2 2 20 0.10 | 49 5 0 .102 .265 0| 12-1 127 2.06 1.118 98 1
3 Davey Johnson BAL 1 1 20 0.05 | 501 129 7 .257 .649 3
3 George Scott BOS 1 1 20 0.05 | 601 147 27 .245 .757 4
Top player: Frank Robinson. Rarely since Babe Ruth had someone so dominated a league for a season. No one else was close.
#1 Frank Robinson, #2 Harmon Killebrew, #3 Al Kaline, #4 Tommie Agee, #5 Tony Oliva, #6 Dick McAuliffe.
Top pitcher: Jim Kaat, the 25-game winner, with Earl Wilson nearby.
#1 Jim Kaat, #2 Earl Wilson, #3 Gary Peters, #4 Jack Aker, #5 Sonny Siebert.
Top rookie: Tommie Agee, sticking after four cups of coffee.
Top manager: Hank Bauer rode the Orioles home.
03 January 2009
1965 National League
A wild race to the finish had the Dodgers finish just 2 games ahead of the Giants, with Pittsburgh 3rd and Cincinnati 4th, Milwaukee 5th and Philadelphia 6th. It was the Braves' last year in Milwaukee, their honeymoon over. Defending champs St. Louis fell to 7th, just below .500. All seven teams were still in the race until into September, and fell off one by one. Chicago finished 8th, Houston 9th, and the Mets lost 112 games for last. The pennant race was a match between Cincy's offense, LA's pitching (magnified by their home park) and the better balance displayed by the other teams. The Dodgers are regarded as one of the weakest hitting teams to win a World Series, but they actually had a good offense held down by Dodger Stadium. LA was fourth in runs scored on the road, .02 runs from second, but 8th overall.
Roberto Clemente won the batting title with a .329 average, and Hank Aaron ran second at .318. Deron Johnson leading in RBI with 130, followed by Frank Robinson at 113. Maury Wills led in steals with 94. Aaron had 40 doubles, Pete Rose 209 hits, Johnny Callison 16 triples, Tommy Harper 126 runs. Meanwhile, Willie Mays led in HR, on-base, slugging and OPS. Mays also won the MVP.
Sandy Koufax won the pitching triple crown, leading with 26 wins, a 2.04 ERA and a new 20th century record 382 strikeouts. Tony Cloninger was second with 24 wins, Don Drysdale had 23, Sammy Ellis and Juan Marichal 22 each. Marichal was second with a 2.13 ERA, followed by Vern Law at 2.15. Bob Veale was second with 276 strikeouts. Ted Abernathy led in saves with 31. Koufax led with 336 innings and 27 complete games. Marichal had 10 shutouts.
Win Shares leaders, players; Willie Mays (San Francisco) 43, Billy Williams (Chicago) and Dick Allen (Philadelphia) 33, Ron Santo (Chicago) 32, Jim Wynn (Houston) and Hank Aaron (Milwaukee) 31, Joe Morgan (Houston) 30, Willie McCovey (San Francisco) 29, Maury Wills (Los Angeles) and Johnny Callison (Philadelphia) 28, Pete Rose (Cincinnati) and Roberto Clemente (Pittsburgh) 27, Frank Robinson (Cincinnati) and Ron Fairly (Los Angeles) 26, Jim Ray Hart (San Francisco) 25, Vada Pinson (Cincinnati) and Curt Flood (St. Louis) 24.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles) 33, Juan Marichal (San Francisco) 30, Don Drysdale (Los Angeles) and Jim Bunning (Philadelphia) 27, Bob Gibson (St. Louis) 26, Chris Short (Philadelphia) 24, Jim Maloney (Cincinnati) 23, Vern Law (Pittsburgh) 21, Tony Cloninger (Milwaukee) and Bob Shaw (San Francisco) 19, Ted Abernathy (Chicago), Claude Osteen (Los Angeles) and Bob Veale (Pittsburgh) 18.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Mays 11.7, Wills 9.9, Rose 9.1, Aaron 8.6, Wynn 8.3, Santo 8.0, Robinson and Pinson 7.8, Allen 7.5, Joe Torre (Milwaukee) 7.2, Clemente 6.9, Leo Cardenas (Cincinnati) 6.8, Bill White (St. Louis) 6.5, Williams and Johnny Edwards (Cincinnati) 6.1, Morgan and Felipe Alou (Milwaukee) 5.9.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Marichal 11.6, Koufax 8.6, Bunning 8.2, Gibson 7.5, Maloney 7.4, Short 7.0, Drysdale and Bob Bolin (San Francisco) 5.5.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Mays 11.5, Santo 8.5, Aaron 8.4, Williams 7.9, Allen and Wynn 7.2, Clemente 6.7, McCovey 6.5, Pinson 6.2, Rose 6.1, Morgan, Robinson, and Wills 6.0, Mathews and Torre 5.9, Alou and Callison 5.8. Pitchers (bWAR): Marichal 9.2, Bunning 8.3, Koufax 8.2, Maloney 8.0, Short 7.6, Gibson 6.4, Shaw 5.2, Law and Osteen 4.5, Veale 4.1, Ellis 4.0, Bolin 3.6, Drysdale and Linzy 3.3.
Actual award winners;
MVP (top 20): 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 Mays SFG 9 224 280 0.80 | 558 177 52 .317 1.043 9
2 Sandy Koufax LAD 6 177 280 0.63 | 113 20 0 .177 .437 0| 26-8 336 2.04 0.855 382 2
3 Maury Wills LAD 5 164 280 0.59 | 650 186 0 .286 .660 94
4 Deron Johnson CIN 0 108 280 0.39 | 616 177 32 .287 .854 0
5 Don Drysdale LAD 0 77 280 0.28 | 130 39 7 .300 .839 0| 23-12 308 2.77 1.090 210 1
6 Pete Rose CIN 0 67 280 0.24 | 670 209 11 .312 .828 8
7 Hank Aaron MLN 0 58 280 0.21 | 570 181 32 .318 .938
8 Roberto Clemente PIT 0 56 280 0.20 | 589 194 10 .329 .842 8
9 Juan Marichal SFG 0 26 280 0.09 | 98 17 0 .173 .384 0| 22-13 295 2.13 0.914 240 1
10 Willie McCovey SFG 0 25 280 0.09 | 540 149 39 .276 .920 0
11 Joe Torre MLN 0 23 280 0.08 | 523 152 27 .291 .862 0
12 Billy Williams CHC 0 21 280 0.08 | 645 203 34 .315 .929 10
13 Frank Linzy SFG 0 16 280 0.06 | 18 4 1 .222 .611 0| 9-3 82 1.43 1.212 35 21
14 Willie Stargell PIT 0 15 280 0.05 | 533 145 27 .272 .829 1
15 Curt Flood STL 0 13 280 0.05 | 617 191 11 .310 .788 9
15 Jim Ray Hart SFG 0 13 280 0.05 | 591 177 23 .299 .837 6
17 Vern Law PIT 0 12 280 0.04 | 82 20 1 .244 .524 0| 17-9 217 2.15 0.999 101
18 Frank Robinson CIN 0 11 280 0.04 | 582 172 33 .296 .925 13
18 Ron Santo CHC 0 11 280 0.04 | 608 173 33 .285 .888 3
20 Eddie Mathews MLN 0 8 280 0.03 | 546 137 32 .251 .810 1
Mays, Koufax and Wills with a clear though small margin for Mays.
Koufax was the unanimous Cy Young winner.
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 Jim Lefebvre LAD 14 13 20 0.65 | 544 136 12 .250 .706 3
2 Joe Morgan HOU 4 4 20 0.20 | 601 163 14 .271 .791 20
3 Frank Linzy SFG 3 3 20 0.15 | 18 4 1 .222 .611 0| 9-3 82 1.43 1.212 35 21
Top player: Willie Mays. Mays was not head-and-shoulders ahead, but he was clearly the best. It was a great year for a great player, but not quite enough to push his team to victory.
#1 Willie Mays, #2 Ron Santo, #3 Hank Aaron, #4 Jim Wynn, #5 Billy Williams, #6 Roberto Clemente.
Top pitcher: Sandy Koufax. I am tempted to commit sacrilege and name Marichal here, but the Triple Crown, even park-aided, is too much to ignore. Marichal's ERA was just .09 runs higher, even though he pitched in a tougher park for pitchers. But not this time.
#1 Sandy Koufax, #2 Juan Marichal, #3 Jim Bunning, #4 Jim Maloney, #5 Bob Gibson.
Top rookie: Joe Morgan was robbed by his home park, the Astrodome, but had a great season.
Top manager: Walter Alston won, so that makes him the candidate here.
Roberto Clemente won the batting title with a .329 average, and Hank Aaron ran second at .318. Deron Johnson leading in RBI with 130, followed by Frank Robinson at 113. Maury Wills led in steals with 94. Aaron had 40 doubles, Pete Rose 209 hits, Johnny Callison 16 triples, Tommy Harper 126 runs. Meanwhile, Willie Mays led in HR, on-base, slugging and OPS. Mays also won the MVP.
Sandy Koufax won the pitching triple crown, leading with 26 wins, a 2.04 ERA and a new 20th century record 382 strikeouts. Tony Cloninger was second with 24 wins, Don Drysdale had 23, Sammy Ellis and Juan Marichal 22 each. Marichal was second with a 2.13 ERA, followed by Vern Law at 2.15. Bob Veale was second with 276 strikeouts. Ted Abernathy led in saves with 31. Koufax led with 336 innings and 27 complete games. Marichal had 10 shutouts.
Win Shares leaders, players; Willie Mays (San Francisco) 43, Billy Williams (Chicago) and Dick Allen (Philadelphia) 33, Ron Santo (Chicago) 32, Jim Wynn (Houston) and Hank Aaron (Milwaukee) 31, Joe Morgan (Houston) 30, Willie McCovey (San Francisco) 29, Maury Wills (Los Angeles) and Johnny Callison (Philadelphia) 28, Pete Rose (Cincinnati) and Roberto Clemente (Pittsburgh) 27, Frank Robinson (Cincinnati) and Ron Fairly (Los Angeles) 26, Jim Ray Hart (San Francisco) 25, Vada Pinson (Cincinnati) and Curt Flood (St. Louis) 24.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles) 33, Juan Marichal (San Francisco) 30, Don Drysdale (Los Angeles) and Jim Bunning (Philadelphia) 27, Bob Gibson (St. Louis) 26, Chris Short (Philadelphia) 24, Jim Maloney (Cincinnati) 23, Vern Law (Pittsburgh) 21, Tony Cloninger (Milwaukee) and Bob Shaw (San Francisco) 19, Ted Abernathy (Chicago), Claude Osteen (Los Angeles) and Bob Veale (Pittsburgh) 18.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Mays 11.7, Wills 9.9, Rose 9.1, Aaron 8.6, Wynn 8.3, Santo 8.0, Robinson and Pinson 7.8, Allen 7.5, Joe Torre (Milwaukee) 7.2, Clemente 6.9, Leo Cardenas (Cincinnati) 6.8, Bill White (St. Louis) 6.5, Williams and Johnny Edwards (Cincinnati) 6.1, Morgan and Felipe Alou (Milwaukee) 5.9.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Marichal 11.6, Koufax 8.6, Bunning 8.2, Gibson 7.5, Maloney 7.4, Short 7.0, Drysdale and Bob Bolin (San Francisco) 5.5.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Mays 11.5, Santo 8.5, Aaron 8.4, Williams 7.9, Allen and Wynn 7.2, Clemente 6.7, McCovey 6.5, Pinson 6.2, Rose 6.1, Morgan, Robinson, and Wills 6.0, Mathews and Torre 5.9, Alou and Callison 5.8. Pitchers (bWAR): Marichal 9.2, Bunning 8.3, Koufax 8.2, Maloney 8.0, Short 7.6, Gibson 6.4, Shaw 5.2, Law and Osteen 4.5, Veale 4.1, Ellis 4.0, Bolin 3.6, Drysdale and Linzy 3.3.
Actual award winners;
MVP (top 20): 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 Mays SFG 9 224 280 0.80 | 558 177 52 .317 1.043 9
2 Sandy Koufax LAD 6 177 280 0.63 | 113 20 0 .177 .437 0| 26-8 336 2.04 0.855 382 2
3 Maury Wills LAD 5 164 280 0.59 | 650 186 0 .286 .660 94
4 Deron Johnson CIN 0 108 280 0.39 | 616 177 32 .287 .854 0
5 Don Drysdale LAD 0 77 280 0.28 | 130 39 7 .300 .839 0| 23-12 308 2.77 1.090 210 1
6 Pete Rose CIN 0 67 280 0.24 | 670 209 11 .312 .828 8
7 Hank Aaron MLN 0 58 280 0.21 | 570 181 32 .318 .938
8 Roberto Clemente PIT 0 56 280 0.20 | 589 194 10 .329 .842 8
9 Juan Marichal SFG 0 26 280 0.09 | 98 17 0 .173 .384 0| 22-13 295 2.13 0.914 240 1
10 Willie McCovey SFG 0 25 280 0.09 | 540 149 39 .276 .920 0
11 Joe Torre MLN 0 23 280 0.08 | 523 152 27 .291 .862 0
12 Billy Williams CHC 0 21 280 0.08 | 645 203 34 .315 .929 10
13 Frank Linzy SFG 0 16 280 0.06 | 18 4 1 .222 .611 0| 9-3 82 1.43 1.212 35 21
14 Willie Stargell PIT 0 15 280 0.05 | 533 145 27 .272 .829 1
15 Curt Flood STL 0 13 280 0.05 | 617 191 11 .310 .788 9
15 Jim Ray Hart SFG 0 13 280 0.05 | 591 177 23 .299 .837 6
17 Vern Law PIT 0 12 280 0.04 | 82 20 1 .244 .524 0| 17-9 217 2.15 0.999 101
18 Frank Robinson CIN 0 11 280 0.04 | 582 172 33 .296 .925 13
18 Ron Santo CHC 0 11 280 0.04 | 608 173 33 .285 .888 3
20 Eddie Mathews MLN 0 8 280 0.03 | 546 137 32 .251 .810 1
Mays, Koufax and Wills with a clear though small margin for Mays.
Koufax was the unanimous Cy Young winner.
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 Jim Lefebvre LAD 14 13 20 0.65 | 544 136 12 .250 .706 3
2 Joe Morgan HOU 4 4 20 0.20 | 601 163 14 .271 .791 20
3 Frank Linzy SFG 3 3 20 0.15 | 18 4 1 .222 .611 0| 9-3 82 1.43 1.212 35 21
Top player: Willie Mays. Mays was not head-and-shoulders ahead, but he was clearly the best. It was a great year for a great player, but not quite enough to push his team to victory.
#1 Willie Mays, #2 Ron Santo, #3 Hank Aaron, #4 Jim Wynn, #5 Billy Williams, #6 Roberto Clemente.
Top pitcher: Sandy Koufax. I am tempted to commit sacrilege and name Marichal here, but the Triple Crown, even park-aided, is too much to ignore. Marichal's ERA was just .09 runs higher, even though he pitched in a tougher park for pitchers. But not this time.
#1 Sandy Koufax, #2 Juan Marichal, #3 Jim Bunning, #4 Jim Maloney, #5 Bob Gibson.
Top rookie: Joe Morgan was robbed by his home park, the Astrodome, but had a great season.
Top manager: Walter Alston won, so that makes him the candidate here.
02 January 2009
1965 American League
Breaking news: the Yankees did not win the pennant! They weren't even contenders, finishing 6th and under .500, while the Minnesota Twins wielded the best offense (by a large margin) in the league and won 102 games to take the pennant. Pitching-based Chicago and Baltimore finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, with Detroit 4th and Cleveland 5th. California (formerly Los Angeles, now playing in Anaheim) was 7th and Washington 8th, while Boston lost 100 games and Kansas City dropped 103. The Twins then lost the World Series in 7 games. It was the first pennant for the franchise in Minnesota, and the first pennant for the franchise since 1933 in Washington. They would win a couple of division titles, but no more pennants until 1987.
Tony Oliva won the batting title with a .321 average, while Carl Yastrzemski led in OBA, slugging, and OPS. He was also second with a .312 average. The only other .300 hitter was Vic Davalillo at .301. Tony Conigliaro led in HR with 32, followed by Norm Cash at 30. Rocky Colavito led in RBI with 108, and Willie Horton at 104 was the only other player in triple digits. Bert Campaneris led in steals with 51. Zoilo Versalles led in total bases, runs with 126, and tied Yaz with 45 doubles and Campy with 12 triples. Versalles won the MVP as the pennant club's shortstop in his career year.
Jim "Mudcat" Grant led in wins with 21, followed by Mel Stottlemyre with 20. Sam McDowell led in both ERA and strikeouts, posting a 2.18 ERA and punching out 325 batters. Eddie Fisher's 2.40 ERA was second-best, as was Mickey Lolich with 226 strikeouts. Ron Kline led in saves with 29. Stottlemyre led in innings with 291 and complete games with 18, while Grant hurled six shutouts. McDowell also led the league in walks and wild pitches. Satchel Paige made his last pro appearance, starting one game for Kansas City and pitching three innings in a publicity stunt. He allowed just one hit and no runs, though.
Win Shares leaders, players; Tony Oliva (Minnesota) 33, Zoilo Versalles (Minnesota) 32, Don Buford (Chicago) 30, Rocky Colavito (Cleveland) 28, Curt Blefary and Brooks Robinson (Baltimore) and Jimmie Hall (Minnesota) 26, Tom Tresh (New York) and Frank Howard (Washington) 25, Jim Fregosi (California), Floyd Robinson (Chicago), Leon Wagner (Cleveland), and Norm Cash (Detroit) 24, Bob Allison, Earl Battey, and Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota) 22, Carl Yastrzemski (Boston), Don Wert (Detroit) and Ken McMullen (Washington) 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Sam McDowell (Cleveland) 25, Mel Stottlemyre (New York) 23, Stu Miller (Baltimore) 22, Bob Lee (California), Eddie Fisher (Chicago) and Denny McLain (Detroit) 20, Hoyt Wilhelm (Chicago) 19, Sonny Siebert (Cleveland), Mudcat Grant and Jim Kaat (Minnesota) 17.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Versalles 8.5, Fregosi 8.2, Oliva 6.8, Colavito and Buford 6.0, Ron Hansen (Chicago) 5.3, Battey 4.9, Killebrew 4.7, Tony Conigliaro (Boston) 4.5, Blefary 4.3, B. Robinson and Johnny Romano (Chicago) 4.0.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Stottlemyre 9.2, McDowell 6.8, Pete Richert (Washington) 6.4, Miller 6.0, McLain 5.7, Ford 5.6, Wilhelm 5.5, Siebert 4.8, Earl Wilson (Boston) 4.7, Lee 4.5.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Versalles 7.9, Buford 7.2, Fregosi 6.3, Robinson 6.1, Cash and Oliva 5.9, Yastrzemski 5.4, Blefary and Tresh 5.0, McMullen 4.9, Hall 4.8, Colavito 4.7, Wert 4.5, Allison 4.4, Aparicio and Davalillo 4.2, Hansen 4.1. Pitchers (bWAR): McDowell 8.0, Stottlemyre 6.7, Richert 4.9, Newman and Siebert 4.4, McLain 4.1, Brunet 3.9, Lee and Miller 3.7, Ford 3.5, Chance 3.4, Lopez 3.2, Barber 3.0, McNally and Wilhelm 2.9.
Actual award winners;
MVP (top 20): 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 Zoilo Versalles MIN 19 275 280 0.98 | 666 182 19 .273 .781 27
2 Tony Oliva MIN 1 174 280 0.62 | 576 185 16 .321 .870 19
3 Brooks Robinson BAL 0 150 280 0.54 | 559 166 18 .297 .797 3
4 Eddie Fisher CHW 0 122 280 0.44 | 29 4 0 .138 .339 0| 15-7 165 2.40 0.974 90 24
5 Rocky Colavito CLE 0 89 280 0.32 | 592 170 26 .287 .851 1
6 Mudcat Grant MIN 0 74 280 0.26 | 97 15 0 .155 .438 0| 21-7 270 3.30 1.158 142
7 Stu Miller BAL 0 45 280 0.16 | 16 1 0 .062 .243 0| 14-7 119 1.89 0.997 104 24
8 Willie Horton DET 0 24 280 0.09 | 512 140 29 .273 .831 5
9 Tom Tresh NYY 0 23 280 0.08 | 602 168 26 .279 .825 5
10 Earl Battey MIN 0 22 280 0.08 | 394 117 6 .297 .783 0
10 Don Wert DET 0 22 280 0.08 | 609 159 12 .261 .704 5
10 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 0 22 280 0.08 | 494 154 20 .312 .932 7
13 Jimmie Hall MIN 0 19 280 0.07 | 522 149 20 .285 .810 14
14 Mel Stottlemyre NYY 0 17 280 0.06 | 99 13 2 .131 .372 0| 20-9 291 2.63 1.162 155
15 Harmon Killebrew MIN 0 15 280 0.05 | 401 108 25 .269 .885 0
16 Al Kaline DET 0 9 280 0.03 | 399 112 18 .281 .859 6
17 Jerry Adair BAL 0 7 280 0.02 | 582 151 7 .259 .653 6
17 Ron Hansen CHW 0 7 280 0.02 | 587 138 11 .235 .649 1
17 Sam McDowell CLE 0 7 280 0.02 | 95 12 0 .126 .272 0| 17-11 273 2.18 1.136 325 4
20 Bobby Richardson NYY 0 6 280 0.02 | 664 164 6 .247 .609 7
Versalles won an easy victory, even though teammate Oliva was roughly as deserving. A good case could be made for Sam McDowell as MVP, but Versalles and Oliva were on the winning team.
The NL's Sandy Koufax was a unanimous Cy Young.
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 Curt Blefary BAL 12 12 20 0.60 | 462 120 22 .260 .851 4
2 Marcelino Lopez CAL 8 8 20 0.40 | 69 14 1 .203 .498 1| 14-13 215 2.93 1.240 122 1
Top player: Zoilo Versalles, in a close race with Tony Oliva. Either is a good choice, but we'll give the voters of the time the benefit of the doubt, and so Versalles gets the nod here.
#1 Zoilo Versalles, #2 Tony Oliva, #3 Don Buford, #4 Brooks Robinson, #5 Rocky Colavito, #6 Carl Yastrzemski.
Top pitcher: Sam McDowell was the best in this season, leading in both ERA and Ks. He won 17 games as well.
#1 Sam McDowell, #2 Stu Miller, #3 Mel Stottlemyre, #4 Bob Lee, #5 Sonny Siebert.
Top rookie: Curt Blefary, who was never quite able to duplicate this success.
Top manager: Sam Mele, for the pennant winners.
Tony Oliva won the batting title with a .321 average, while Carl Yastrzemski led in OBA, slugging, and OPS. He was also second with a .312 average. The only other .300 hitter was Vic Davalillo at .301. Tony Conigliaro led in HR with 32, followed by Norm Cash at 30. Rocky Colavito led in RBI with 108, and Willie Horton at 104 was the only other player in triple digits. Bert Campaneris led in steals with 51. Zoilo Versalles led in total bases, runs with 126, and tied Yaz with 45 doubles and Campy with 12 triples. Versalles won the MVP as the pennant club's shortstop in his career year.
Jim "Mudcat" Grant led in wins with 21, followed by Mel Stottlemyre with 20. Sam McDowell led in both ERA and strikeouts, posting a 2.18 ERA and punching out 325 batters. Eddie Fisher's 2.40 ERA was second-best, as was Mickey Lolich with 226 strikeouts. Ron Kline led in saves with 29. Stottlemyre led in innings with 291 and complete games with 18, while Grant hurled six shutouts. McDowell also led the league in walks and wild pitches. Satchel Paige made his last pro appearance, starting one game for Kansas City and pitching three innings in a publicity stunt. He allowed just one hit and no runs, though.
Win Shares leaders, players; Tony Oliva (Minnesota) 33, Zoilo Versalles (Minnesota) 32, Don Buford (Chicago) 30, Rocky Colavito (Cleveland) 28, Curt Blefary and Brooks Robinson (Baltimore) and Jimmie Hall (Minnesota) 26, Tom Tresh (New York) and Frank Howard (Washington) 25, Jim Fregosi (California), Floyd Robinson (Chicago), Leon Wagner (Cleveland), and Norm Cash (Detroit) 24, Bob Allison, Earl Battey, and Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota) 22, Carl Yastrzemski (Boston), Don Wert (Detroit) and Ken McMullen (Washington) 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Sam McDowell (Cleveland) 25, Mel Stottlemyre (New York) 23, Stu Miller (Baltimore) 22, Bob Lee (California), Eddie Fisher (Chicago) and Denny McLain (Detroit) 20, Hoyt Wilhelm (Chicago) 19, Sonny Siebert (Cleveland), Mudcat Grant and Jim Kaat (Minnesota) 17.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Versalles 8.5, Fregosi 8.2, Oliva 6.8, Colavito and Buford 6.0, Ron Hansen (Chicago) 5.3, Battey 4.9, Killebrew 4.7, Tony Conigliaro (Boston) 4.5, Blefary 4.3, B. Robinson and Johnny Romano (Chicago) 4.0.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Stottlemyre 9.2, McDowell 6.8, Pete Richert (Washington) 6.4, Miller 6.0, McLain 5.7, Ford 5.6, Wilhelm 5.5, Siebert 4.8, Earl Wilson (Boston) 4.7, Lee 4.5.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Versalles 7.9, Buford 7.2, Fregosi 6.3, Robinson 6.1, Cash and Oliva 5.9, Yastrzemski 5.4, Blefary and Tresh 5.0, McMullen 4.9, Hall 4.8, Colavito 4.7, Wert 4.5, Allison 4.4, Aparicio and Davalillo 4.2, Hansen 4.1. Pitchers (bWAR): McDowell 8.0, Stottlemyre 6.7, Richert 4.9, Newman and Siebert 4.4, McLain 4.1, Brunet 3.9, Lee and Miller 3.7, Ford 3.5, Chance 3.4, Lopez 3.2, Barber 3.0, McNally and Wilhelm 2.9.
Actual award winners;
MVP (top 20): 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 Zoilo Versalles MIN 19 275 280 0.98 | 666 182 19 .273 .781 27
2 Tony Oliva MIN 1 174 280 0.62 | 576 185 16 .321 .870 19
3 Brooks Robinson BAL 0 150 280 0.54 | 559 166 18 .297 .797 3
4 Eddie Fisher CHW 0 122 280 0.44 | 29 4 0 .138 .339 0| 15-7 165 2.40 0.974 90 24
5 Rocky Colavito CLE 0 89 280 0.32 | 592 170 26 .287 .851 1
6 Mudcat Grant MIN 0 74 280 0.26 | 97 15 0 .155 .438 0| 21-7 270 3.30 1.158 142
7 Stu Miller BAL 0 45 280 0.16 | 16 1 0 .062 .243 0| 14-7 119 1.89 0.997 104 24
8 Willie Horton DET 0 24 280 0.09 | 512 140 29 .273 .831 5
9 Tom Tresh NYY 0 23 280 0.08 | 602 168 26 .279 .825 5
10 Earl Battey MIN 0 22 280 0.08 | 394 117 6 .297 .783 0
10 Don Wert DET 0 22 280 0.08 | 609 159 12 .261 .704 5
10 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 0 22 280 0.08 | 494 154 20 .312 .932 7
13 Jimmie Hall MIN 0 19 280 0.07 | 522 149 20 .285 .810 14
14 Mel Stottlemyre NYY 0 17 280 0.06 | 99 13 2 .131 .372 0| 20-9 291 2.63 1.162 155
15 Harmon Killebrew MIN 0 15 280 0.05 | 401 108 25 .269 .885 0
16 Al Kaline DET 0 9 280 0.03 | 399 112 18 .281 .859 6
17 Jerry Adair BAL 0 7 280 0.02 | 582 151 7 .259 .653 6
17 Ron Hansen CHW 0 7 280 0.02 | 587 138 11 .235 .649 1
17 Sam McDowell CLE 0 7 280 0.02 | 95 12 0 .126 .272 0| 17-11 273 2.18 1.136 325 4
20 Bobby Richardson NYY 0 6 280 0.02 | 664 164 6 .247 .609 7
Versalles won an easy victory, even though teammate Oliva was roughly as deserving. A good case could be made for Sam McDowell as MVP, but Versalles and Oliva were on the winning team.
The NL's Sandy Koufax was a unanimous Cy Young.
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 Curt Blefary BAL 12 12 20 0.60 | 462 120 22 .260 .851 4
2 Marcelino Lopez CAL 8 8 20 0.40 | 69 14 1 .203 .498 1| 14-13 215 2.93 1.240 122 1
Top player: Zoilo Versalles, in a close race with Tony Oliva. Either is a good choice, but we'll give the voters of the time the benefit of the doubt, and so Versalles gets the nod here.
#1 Zoilo Versalles, #2 Tony Oliva, #3 Don Buford, #4 Brooks Robinson, #5 Rocky Colavito, #6 Carl Yastrzemski.
Top pitcher: Sam McDowell was the best in this season, leading in both ERA and Ks. He won 17 games as well.
#1 Sam McDowell, #2 Stu Miller, #3 Mel Stottlemyre, #4 Bob Lee, #5 Sonny Siebert.
Top rookie: Curt Blefary, who was never quite able to duplicate this success.
Top manager: Sam Mele, for the pennant winners.
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