1992 National League

Atlanta won its second straight pennant, Pittsburgh their third straight division title even without Bobby Bonilla. The Braves won 98 to beat out Cincinnati by 8 games, San Diego was third at 82 wins, just ahead of Houston 4th with a .500 record, San Francisco lost 90 and Los Angeles lost 99. The Pirates' 96 wins were 9 more than Montreal, St. Louis won 83, and in the second division Chicago lost 84, New York lost 90, and Philadelphia lost 92. Gary Sheffield led in batting average with a .330 mark, outpacing Andy Van Slyke at .324, while John Kruk and Bip Roberts came in at .323. Van Slyke led with 45 doubles and tied with Terry Pendleton at 199 hits. Deion Sanders led with 14 triples, Marquis Grissom with 78 steals. Fred McGriff led with 35 homers, followed by Barry Bonds at 34 and Sheffield at 33. Darren Daulton led with 109 RBI, trailed by Pendleton at 105, McGriff at 104, and Bonds at 103. Bonds also led in on-base, slugging, and OPS, and runs with 109. Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine each won 20 games. Next highest was 16. Bill Swift led with a 2.08 ERA, followed by Bob Tewksbury at 2.16 and Maddux at 2.18. John Smoltz had 215 strikeouts, David Cone 214. Maddux led with 268 innings. Lee Smith had 43 saves. Terry Mulholland pitched 12 complete games. Win Shares leaders, players; Barry Bonds (Pittsburgh) 41, Terry Pendleton (Atlanta) and Andy Van Slyke (Pittsburgh) 35, Ryne Sandberg (Chicago) 33, Barry Larkin (Cincinnati), Craig Biggio (Houston) and Gary Sheffield (San Diego) 32, Darren Daulton (Philadelphia) and Ray Lankford (St. Louis) 31, Jeff Bagwell (Houston) 29, Bip Roberts (Cincinnati), Steve Finley (Houston) and Will Clark (San Francisco) 28, Marquis Grissom (Montreal), Dave Hollins (Philadelphia) and Fred McGriff (San Diego) 27, Larry Walker (Montreal) 26, Mark Grace (Chicago) 25, Brett Butler (Los Angeles), John Kruk (Philadelphia) and Jay Bell (Pittsburgh) 24, David Justice (Atlanta) 23, Ken Caminiti (Houston) 21. Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Greg Maddux (Chicago) 27, Bob Tewksbury (St. Louis) 21, Doug Drabek (Pittsburgh) 20, Tom Glavine (Atlanta), Mike Morgan (Chicago) and Jose Rijo (Cincinnati) 19, John Smoltz (Atlanta) and Doug Jones (Houston) 18, Ken Hill and Dennis Martinez (Montreal) and Curt Schilling (Philadelphia) 17, Greg Swindell (Cincinnati), Mel Rojas (Montreal), Sid Fernandez (New York), Andy Benes (San Diego), Rod Beck and Bill Swift (San Francisco) 16. WARP3 scores: Bonds 12.3 (last season in Pittsburgh), Sandberg 9.9, Sheffield 9.3 (best season), Daulton 8.7 (best season), Van Slyke 8.3 (best season), Larkin 7.9, Ozzie Smith (St. Louis) 7.8, Lankford 7.4 (best season), Walker 7.3, Pendleton 6.8, Bagwell 6.7, McGriff 6.6, Clark 6.5, Kruk 6.1, Justice 5.6, Grace (best season) and Bell 5.4, Hollins (best season) and Butler 4.9, Roberts 4.8, Caminiti 4.7, Finley 4.6, Grissom 4.5. Pitchers, Maddux 9.4, Fernandez 7.1 (best season), Schilling 6.4, Jones 6.3 (best season), Rijo 5.7, Swift 5.0, Glavine and Martinez 4.9, Tewksbury (best season), Drabek, and Benes 4.8, Hill 4.7, Tom Candiotti (Los Angeles) 4.6, John Franco (New York) 4.4, Smoltz and Rojas 4.3, Morgan (last good season) and Swindell 4.2. WAR leaders, position players: Bonds 9.8, Sandberg 7.6, Daulton 7.4, Sheffield 6.8, Van Slyke 6.7, Hollins 6.0, McGriff and Walker 5.8, Finley and Grissom 5.7, Larkin and Pendleton 5.5, O. Smith 5.4, Justice 5.3, Lankford 5.1, Butler and Roberts 5.0, Bagwell and Jackson 4.8, Grace, Gwynn, and Kruk 4.6. WAR leaders, pitchers: Maddux 7.3, Drabek and Smoltz 5.2, Rijo 5.1, Fernandez 5.0, Benes and Glavine 4.8, Schilling and Swindell 4.5, Cone 4.4, Mulholland 4.2, Tewksbury 4.1, Liebrandt 3.9, Avery and Martinez 3.7, Gooden 3.6, Morgan 3.5. 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 Barry Bonds PIT 18 304 336 0.90 | 473 147 34 .311 1.080 39 2 Terry Pendleton ATL 4 232 336 0.69 | 640 199 21 .311 .818 5 3 Gary Sheffield SDP 2 204 336 0.61 | 557 184 33 .330 .965 5 4 Andy Van Slyke PIT 0 145 336 0.43 | 614 199 14 .324 .886 12 5 Larry Walker MON 0 111 336 0.33 | 528 159 23 .301 .859 18 6 Darren Daulton PHI 0 100 336 0.30 | 485 131 27 .270 .908 11 6 Fred McGriff SDP 0 100 336 0.30 | 531 152 35 .286 .950 8 8 Bip Roberts CIN 0 64 336 0.19 | 532 172 4 .323 .826 44 9 Marquis Grissom MON 0 54 336 0.16 | 653 180 14 .276 .741 78 10 Tom Glavine ATL 0 18 336 0.05 | 77 19 0 .247 .557 0| 20-8 225 2.76 1.19 129 11 Greg Maddux CHC 0 14 336 0.04 | 88 15 1 .170 .418 0| 20-11 268 2.18 1.01 199 12 Barry Larkin CIN 0 12 336 0.04 | 533 162 12 .304 .831 15 12 Ryne Sandberg CHC 0 12 336 0.04 | 612 186 26 .304 .881 17 14 Doug Jones HOU 0 8 336 0.02 | 4 0 0 .000 .000 0| 11-8 112 1.85 1.01 93 36 14 John Kruk PHI 0 8 336 0.02 | 507 164 10 .323 .881 3 Bonds over Pendleton this time. Cy Young: | Season Results Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Greg Maddux CHC 20 112 120 0.93 | 20-11 268 2.18 1.01 199 2 Tom Glavine ATL 4 78 120 0.65 | 20-8 225 2.76 1.19 129 3 Bob Tewksbury STL 0 22 120 0.18 | 16-5 233 2.16 1.02 91 4 Lee Smith STL 0 3 120 0.02 | 4-9 75 3.12 1.17 60 43 5 Doug Drabek PIT 0 1 120 0.01 | 15-11 257 2.77 1.06 177 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 Eric Karros LAD 22 116 120 0.97 | 545 140 20 .257 .730 2 2 Moises Alou MON 0 30 120 0.25 | 341 96 9 .282 .783 16 3 Tim Wakefield PIT 2 29 120 0.24 | 28 2 0 .071 .175 0| 8-1 92 2.15 1.21 51 4 Reggie Sanders CIN 0 23 120 0.19 | 385 104 12 .270 .819 16 5 Donovan Osborne STL 0 12 120 0.10 | 58 7 0 .121 .276 0| 11-9 179 3.77 1.29 104 6 Mike Perez STL 0 2 120 0.02 | 4 0 0 .000 .000 0| 9-3 93 1.84 1.10 46 7 Ben Rivera TOT 0 1 120 0.01 | + 33 3 0 .091 .234 0|+ 7-4 117 3.07 1.23 77 7 Frank Seminara SDP 0 1 120 0.01 | 34 4 0 .118 .261 0| 9-4 100 3.68 1.44 61 7 Brian Williams HOU 0 1 120 0.01 | 30 4 0 .133 .296 0| 7-6 96 3.92 1.39 54 7 Mark Wohlers ATL 0 1 120 0.01 | 2 0 0 .000 .000 0| 1-2 35 2.55 1.19 17 4 Manager: Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share | W-L Rank +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+ 1 Jim Leyland PIT 20 109 120 0.91 | 96-66 1 2 Felipe Alou MON 3 65 120 0.54 | 70-55 2 3 Bobby Cox ATL 1 29 120 0.24 | 98-64 1 4 Art Howe HOU 0 9 120 0.08 | 81-81 4 5 Lou Piniella CIN 0 4 120 0.03 | 90-72 2 Top player: Barry Bonds. Bonds was clearly established as the best player in the league by this time. #1 Barry Bonds, #2 Andy Van Slyke, #3 Ryne Sandberg, #4 Gary Sheffield, #5 Darren Daulton, #6 Fred McGriff. Top pitcher: Greg Maddux stepped it up a notch this season, and would be the league's best for the next several seasons. #1 Greg Maddux, #2 Bob Tewksbury, #3 Jose Rijo, #4 Tom Glavine, #5 Doug Drabek. Top rookie: Reggie Sanders was the best of an unimpressive lot. Top manager: Bobby Cox edging Jim Leyland.