The Dodgers were hailed as the new dynasty over the winter and into May. Then the Reds moved Pete Rose to third base, installed George Foster in the lineup and kicked into high gear, not stopping until they won 108 games. They went on to win their first World Series since 1940. LA was left in the dust with 88 wins. San Francisco was 3rd, San Diego 4th, then Atlanta and Houston. Pittsburgh won the East, 6.5 games ahead of the renewed Phillies. The Mets and Cardinals tied for 3rd, with Chicago and Montreal tied for 5th.
Bill Madlock led the league in average with a .354 mark, Ted Simmons was second at .332, Manny Sanguillen checked in at .328, Joe Morgan .327, Bob Watson .324. Mike Schmidt hit 38 home runs, Dave Kingman 36, Greg Luzinski 34. Luzinski had 120 RBI, Johnny Bench 110, Tony Perez 109. Pete Rose scored 112 runs and hit 47 doubles, Dave Cash had 213 hits, Dave Lopes 77 steals. Joe Morgan led in on-base and OPS and won the MVP.
Tom Seaver led in wins (22) and strikeouts (243) and won the Cy Young. Randy Jones led in ERA with a 2.24 mark and was second in wins with 20. Andy Messersmith was second with a 2.29 ERA. John Montefusco was second with 215 strikeouts. Rawly Eastwick and Al Hrabosky tied in saves with 22.
Win Shares leaders, players; Joe Morgan (Cincinnati) 44, Pete Rose (Cincinnati) 31, Johnny Bench (Cincinnati) 30, Darrell Evans (Atlanta), Greg Luzinski and Mike Schmidt (Philadelphia) and Ted Simmons (St. Louis) 28 each, Ron Cey (Los Angeles) 27, Jose Cardenal and Bill Madlock (Chicago) and Dave Parker (Pittsburgh) 26, Steve Garvey and Dave Lopes (Los Angeles) and Rusty Staub (New York) 25, Dave Cash (Philadelphia) 24, Andre Thornton (Chicago) and Manny Sanguillen (Pittsburgh) 23, Rick Monday (Chicago), Willie Stargell and Richie Zisk (Pittsburgh) 22.
Pitchers; Andy Messersmith (Los Angeles) and Randy Jones (San Diego) 28, Tom Seaver (New York) 26, Bob Forsch (St. Louis) 21, Jerry Reuss (Pittsburgh) and John Montefusco (San Francisco) 20, Phil Niekro (Atlanta), Steve Rogers (Montreal) and Al Hrabosky (St. Louis) 19, Carl Morton (Atlanta), Burt Hooton (Chicago/Los Angeles), Don Sutton (Los Angeles) and Jim Barr (San Francisco) 17.
WARP3, players: Morgan 13.0 in a season for the ages; Bench 9.8, Schmidt 8.8, Lopes 7.9, Dave Concepcion (Cincinnati) 7.6, Parker 7.4, Cey 7.1, Luzinski 7.0, Rose and George Foster (Cincinnati) 6.7, Cesar Cedeno (Houston) 6.2, Garvey 6.1, Cash 5.9, Jimmy Wynn (Los Angeles) 5.7, Simmons and Sanguillen 5.6, Staub 5.4, Bob Watson (Houston) 5.2, Rennie Stennett (Pittsburgh) 4.8, Chris Speier (San Francisco) 4.7.
WARP3, pitchers: Jones 10.7, Niekro and Morton 9.5, Seaver 8.4, Messersmith 6.8, Forsch 6.6, Montefusco 6.4, Barr 6.3, Reuss 5.4, Rick Reuschel (Chicago) 5.3, Hrabosky 5.2, Rogers 4.7, Steve Stone and Ray Burris (both Chicago) 4.6, Dan Warthen (Montreal) 4.4, Brent Strom (San Diego) 4.3, Bob Apodaca (New York) 4.1, Sutton, Hooton, and Woodie Fryman (Montreal) 3.7.
WAR from Fangraphs, position player leaders: Morgan 11.4, Schmidt 8.4, Bench 7.2, Cey 7.1, Parker 6.9, Simmons 6.1, Rose 5.8, Lopes 5.6, Foster 5.5, Wynn 5.4, Garvey 5.3, Sanguillen and Stennett 5.1, Cash 5.0, Zisk 4.9.
Pitchers: Seaver 8.0, Reed 7.5, Montefusco 7.0, Messersmith 5.8, Sutton 5.4, Reuschel 5.2, Rogers 4.9, Rau and Reuss 4.7, Matlack 4.5, Jones 4.3, Bonham 4.2, Carlton, Morton, and Niekro 4.0.
Actual award voting:
MVP (top 12)
Place Name Team 1st Place Points
1 Joe Morgan CIN 21 321
2 Greg Luzinski PHI 0 154
3 Dave Parker PIT 0 120
4 Johnny Bench CIN 0 117
5 Pete Rose CIN 2 114
6 Ted Simmons STL 0 103
7 Willie Stargell PIT 0 69
8 Al Hrabosky STL 0 66
9 Tom Seaver NYM 0 65
10 Randy Jones SDP 0 54
11 Steve Garvey LAD 0 50
12 Bill Madlock CHC 0 45
Cy Young
Place Name Team 1st Place Points
1 Tom Seaver NYM 15 98
2 Randy Jones SDP 7 80
3 Al Hrabosky STL 2 33
4 John Montefusco SFG 0 2
5 Don Gullett CIN 0 1
5 Andy Messersmith LAD 0 1
5 Don Sutton LAD 0 1
Rookie
Place Name Team Votes
1 John Montefusco SFG 12
2 Gary Carter MON 9
3 Rawly Eastwick CIN 1
3 Larry Parrish MON 1
3 Manny Trillo CHC 1
Best player: Joe Morgan is head and shoulders above the crowd. Rose got a couple of first-place votes based on his in-season move to 3B, but Morgan should have swept this award.
#1 Joe Morgan, #2 Johnny Bench, #3 Mike Schmidt, #4 Pete Rose, #5 Ron Cey, #6 Dave Parker.
Best Pitcher: Tom Seaver. It's between Seaver, Messersmith and Jones. No one else is close. Jones was a non-strikeouts sinkerballer who had a couple good years, Messersmith had a solid year, but Tom was terrific.
#1 Tom Seaver, #2 Randy Jones, #3 Andy Messersmith, #4 Jerry Reuss, #5 John Montefusco.
Best rookie: John Montefusco was the top rookie. He burned out, and Gary Carter would have the better career. But for one season, it was Montefusco.
Best manager: Sparky Anderson had the courage to move Rose to 3B, and it proved the catalyst for the team. He also nursemaided a mediocre pitching staff through the long season, and then the postseason.
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