The Pittsburgh Pirates ruled the league, with 97 wins plus seven more in the postseason. The Buccos bludgeoned their opposition with the top offense in the league, and average pitching. The Reds, bullies the year before, receded to 4th in the West as Bobby Tolan missed all season with a torn Achilles tendon, and the pitching problems that accumulated during 1970 continued. St. Louis was second in the East behind Joe Torre's MVP season, with Chicago and New York tied for 3rd. Montreal was 5th and Philadelphia last. The Giants claimed first in the West by one game over the Dodgers in another excellent pennant race, somewhat less inspiring because it wasn't for the flag of the whole league, just a division. Atlanta was 3rd, Cincy and Houston tied for 4th, and San Diego last. The Pirates started the first MLB all-black lineup on September 1.
Joe Torre won the batting title and led in RBI, while Willie Stargell led in homers and Lou Brock in steals. Torre batted .363, with Ralph Garr at .343, Glenn Beckert at .342, and Roberto Clemente at .341. Stargell had 48 homers and Hank Aaron 47. Torre had 137 RBI, Stargell 125, Aaron 118. Lou Brock had 126 runs, Torre 230 hits, Cesar Cedeno 40 doubles, Brock 64 steals. Aaron had the top OPS.
Fergie Jenkins led in winswith 24. Steve Carlton, Al Downing, and Tom Seaver each won 20. Seaver took honors in ERA and strikeouts. His 1.76 ERA was followed by Dave Roberts at 2.10 and Don Wilson at 2.45. Seaver's 289 strikeouts were trailed by Jenkins at 263. Dave Giusti led in saves with 30.
Win Shares leaders, players; Joe Torre (St. Louis) 41, Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh) 35, Hank Aaron (Atlanta) 33, Rusty Staub (Montreal) and Bobby Bonds (San Francisco) 32, Lou Brock (St. Louis) 30, Joe Morgan (Houston) and Dick Allen (Los Angeles) 29, Pete Rose (Cincinnati) 28, Willie Mays (San Francisco) 27, Billy Williams (Chicago) and Ron Hunt (Montreal) 26, Ralph Garr (Atlanta) and Willie Davis (Los Angeles) 25, Lee May (Cincinnati), Cleon Jones (New York), Roberto Clemente and Manny Sanguillen (Pittsburgh) 24.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Fergie Jenkins (Chicago) 37, Tom Seaver (New York) 32, Dave Roberts (San Diego) 24, Rick Wise (Philadelphia) 23, Phil Niekro (Atlanta) and Don Wilson (Houston) 22, Don Sutton (Los Angeles) 21, Milt Pappas (Chicago) and Bill Stoneman (Montreal) 20, Al Downing (Los Angeles) 19.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Stargell 9.7, Torre 9.3, Mays 7.3, Maury Wills (Los Angeles) 7.2, Aaron and Bonds 7.0, Morgan 6.6, Sanguillen 6.4, Jones 6.3, Allen 6.2, Clemente 6.1, May, Johnny Bench (Cincinnati) and Richie Hebner (Pittsburgh) 6.0, Davis 5.6.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Jenkins 11.7, Seaver 10.6, Roberts 10.1, Pappas 7.4, Stoneman 7.0, Niekro 6.8, Wilson and Wise 6.7, Clay Kirby (San Diego) 5.7, Bill Hands (Chicago) 5.6, Tug McGraw (New York) 5.3.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Stargell 8.8, Torre 7.7, Aaron 7.6, Clemente 7.1, Bonds 6.9, Mays and Staub 6.4, Morgan 6.1, Allen 5.8, May 5.7, Perez and Sanguillen 5.6, Garr 5.5, Davis 5.3, Hunt, Jones, and Rose 5.2, Williams 5.1. Pitchers (bWAR): Jenkins and Seaver 9.2, Roberts 8.5, Wilson 6.4, Pappas 5.7, Stoneman 5.4, Niekro 5.1, Kirby and Sutton 5.0, Gibson 4.7, Blass 4.5, Carlton 4.3, Downing and McGraw 4.0.
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 Joe Torre STL 21 318 336 0.95 | 634 230 24 .363 .976 4
2 Willie Stargell PIT 3 222 336 0.66 | 511 151 48 .295 1.026 0
3 Hank Aaron ATL 0 180 336 0.54 | 495 162 47 .327 1.079 1
4 Bobby Bonds SFG 0 139 336 0.41 | 619 178 33 .288 .867 26
5 Roberto Clemente PIT 0 87 336 0.26 | 522 178 13 .341 .871 1
6 Maury Wills LAD 0 74 336 0.22 | 601 169 3 .281 .652 15
7 Fergie Jenkins CHC 0 71 336 0.21 | 115 28 6 .243 .761 0| 24-13 325 2.77 1.049 263
8 Manny Sanguillen PIT 0 49 336 0.15 | 533 170 7 .319 .771 6
9 Tom Seaver NYM 0 46 336 0.14 | 92 18 1 .196 .506 0| 20-10 286 1.76 0.947 289
10 Al Downing LAD 0 36 336 0.11 | 92 16 0 .174 .420 0| 20-9 262 2.68 1.254 136
11 Glenn Beckert CHC 0 35 336 0.10 | 530 181 2 .342 .773 3
12 Lee May CIN 0 28 336 0.08 | 553 154 39 .278 .864 3
13 Lou Brock STL 0 20 336 0.06 | 640 200 7 .312 .810 64
14 Dave Giusti PIT 0 16 336 0.05 | 17 1 0 .059 .170 0| 5-6 86 2.93 1.279 55 30
15 Willie McCovey SFG 0 15 336 0.04 | 329 91 18 .277 .876 0
Torre's RBI lead and impressive batting average got him the award over Stargell playing with the winners. If Stargell had led in RBI, he would have won. This actually would have been a sensible year for Jenkins or Seaver to win, as they were at least as valuable, but their teams didn't win.
Cy Young: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Fergie Jenkins CHC 17 97 120 0.81 | 24-13 325 2.77 1.049 263
2 Tom Seaver NYM 6 61 120 0.51 | 20-10 286 1.76 0.947 289
3 Al Downing LAD 1 40 120 0.33 | 20-9 262 2.68 1.254 136
4 Dock Ellis PIT 0 9 120 0.08 | 19-9 227 3.06 1.191 137
5 Bob Gibson STL 0 3 120 0.02 | 16-13 246 3.04 1.184 185
6 Jerry Johnson SFG 0 2 120 0.02 | 12-9 109 2.97 1.294 85 18
6 Dave Roberts SDP 0 2 120 0.02 | 14-17 270 2.10 1.109 135
8 Juan Marichal SFG 0 1 120 0.01 | 18-11 279 2.94 1.075 159
8 Bill Stoneman MON 0 1 120 0.01 | 17-16 295 3.15 1.320 251
Jenkins' wins lead trumped ERA and strikeouts leader Seaver, who also had already won. They didn't worry about park effects, but that plays into it as well. Downing got a weird vote in his sole 20-win season.
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 Earl Williams ATL 18 18 24 0.75 | 497 129 33 .260 .815 0
2 Willie Montanez PHI 6 6 24 0.25 | 599 153 30 .255 .798 4|
Neither of these guys came to much, although both lasted for some years. They both hit a bunch of homers as rookies.
Top player: Willie Stargell. It's a tough choice, but I am giving Stargell some props for his team winning. Torre was impressive as well, but this is one of those times when the WS and WARP split, and I usually give the tie-breaker to the guy on the winning team. That means Stargell.
#1 Willie Stargell, #2 Joe Torre, #3 Hank Aaron, #4 Roberto Clemente, #5 Bobby Bonds, #6 Willie Mays.
Top pitcher: Fergie Jenkins. Another tough call, as Seaver was so good with a lesser team. But the meta-stats both go for Jenkins. With hindsight saying that Seaver will get more shots, it's easier to go with Fergie.
#1 Fergie Jenkins, #2 Tom Seaver, #3 Dave Roberts, #4 Don Wilson, #5 Phil Niekro.
Top rookie: Earl Williams, who would never be so good again.
Top manager: Danny Murtaugh, with another winner for Pittsburgh.
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