It was the year of the home run chase in the NL, as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa waged war on Roger Maris' single-season home run record. McGwire finished with 70, and Sosa with 66, as both surpassed the record. The Padres won the pennant, although they had the least victories of any division winner, but that total was still 98. It served as a capstone for Tony Gwynn's career. Atlanta won 106 games to take the East, Houston won 102 to claim the Central, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants in a one-game playoff to claim the Wild Card spot when both finished the regular schedule with 89 wins. The Mets won 88. Meanwhile, the stripped Florida Marlins lost 108 games, the new Arizona Diamondbacks lost 97, as did the Expos, and the new (to the NL) Brewers were also-rans in the Central.
The big story, of course, was the assault on the home run record, with Mark McGwire's 70 and Sammy Sosa's 66 both topping the all-time mark of 61. Steroids were barely a whisper, but would become a shout a few years later. Greg Vaughn was third in homers with 50.
In other categories, to which scant attention was paid at the time, Larry Walker won the batting title with a .363 mark while John Olerud hit .354. Third was Dante Bichette at .331. Sosa led with 134 runs, McGwire had 130, Jeff Bagwell 124. Bichette had 219 hits, Craig Biggio 210. Biggio had 51 doubles, Bichette and Dmitri Young 48. David Delucci had 12 triples and Barry Larkin 10. Sosa posted 158 RBI, McGwire 147, Vinny Castilla 144. Tony Womack had 58 steals, Biggio 50.
Tom Glavine was the sole 20-game winner, Shane Reynolds and Kevin Tapani won 19, Kevin Brown and Greg Maddux won 18 each. Maddux led with a 2.22 ERA followed by Brown at 2.38 then Glavine and Al Leiter at 2.47. Curt Schilling had 300 strikeouts, Brown 257 and Kerry Wood 233. Trevor Hoffman set the pace with 53 saves and Rod Beck had 51.
Win Shares leaders, players; Mark McGwire (St. Louis) 41, Sammy Sosa (Chicago) and Craig Biggio (Houston) 35, John Olerud (New York) and Barry Bonds (San Francisco) 34, Mike Piazza (Los Angeles/Florida/New York) 33, Fernando Vina (Milwaukee), Scott Rolen (Philadelphia) and Greg Vaughn (San Diego) 30, Chipper Jones (Atlanta), Moises Alou and Jeff Bagwell (Houston) and Vladimir Guerrero (Montreal) 29, Andres Galarraga (Atlanta), Mark Grace (Chicago) and Ray Lankford (St. Louis) 27, Andruw Jones (Atlanta), Jeff Cirillo (Milwaukee), Bobby Abreu (Philadelphia) and Jason Kendall (Pittsburgh) 26, Javier Lopez (Atlanta), Barry Larkin (Cincinnati) and Jeff Kent (San Francisco) 25.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Kevin Brown (San Diego) 26, Greg Maddux (Atlanta) 25, Tom Glavine (Atlanta) 23, Curt Schilling (Philadelphia) 22, Al Leiter (New York) 21, Trevor Hoffman (San Diego) 20, Robb Nen (San Francisco) 19, Ugueth Urbina (Montreal) 17, John Smoltz (Atlanta), Pete Harnisch (Cincinnati), Shane Reynolds (Houston) and Rick Reed (New York) 16.
WARP3 scores: McGwire 11.5 (best season), Sosa 9.6, Biggio 9.6, Olerud 10.9, Bonds 12.5, Piazza 9.4, Vina 8.3 (best season), Rolen 10.1, Vaughn 9.9 (career year), C. Jones 8.7, Alou 9.0 (best season), Bagwell 9.3, Guerrero 6.7, Galarraga 6.1 (last big year), Grace 7.9, Lankford 7.5 (last big year), A. Jones 9.1, Cirillo 9.3 (best year), Abreu 6.7, Kendall 9.3 (best year), Lopez 8.3, Larkin 7.7, Kent 7.3.
Pitchers, Brown 9.8, Maddux 10.6, Glavine 9.9, Schilling 8.8, Leiter 8.0 (best season), Hoffman 8.2, Nen 8.3 (best season), Urbina 8.0, Smoltz 6.1, Harnisch 6.1, Reynolds 5.7, Reed 6.1.
WAR leaders, position players: Bonds and McGwire 8.8, Olerud 8.4, C. Jones and Sosa 7.4, A. Jones and Rolen 7.3, Brian Jordan (Atlanta) 7.2, Alou 7.1, Bagwell and Guerrero 7.0, Piazza 6.8, Biggio, Cirillo, and Abreu 6.7, Lankford 6.5, Larkin 6.2, Kendall and Vaughn 6.1, Bell 6.0, Galarraga 5.3, Walker 5.2.
WAR leaders, pitchers: Brown 9.3, Schilling 8.6, Maddux 7.6, Smoltz 5.3, Glavine 4.9, Leiter 4.7, Reynolds 4.6, Darryl Kile (Colorado) and Kerry Wood (Chicago) 4.4, Mark Clark (Chicago) 4.1, Dreifort 3.8, Daal 3.7, Cordova and Tomko 3.6, Benes and Perez 3.5, Johnson, Millwood, Nen, and Thomson 3.4. RJ was 10-1 down the stretch for the Astros.
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 Sammy Sosa CHC 30 438 448 0.98 | 643 198 66 .308 1.024 18|
2 Mark McGwire STL 2 272 448 0.61 | 509 152 70 .299 1.222 1|
3 Moises Alou HOU 0 215 448 0.48 | 584 182 38 .312 .981 11|
4 Greg Vaughn SDP 0 185 448 0.41 | 573 156 50 .272 .960 11|
5 Craig Biggio HOU 0 163 448 0.36 | 646 210 20 .325 .906 50|
6 Andres Galarraga ATL 0 147 448 0.33 | 555 169 44 .305 .991 7|
7 Trevor Hoffman SDP 0 117 448 0.26 | 3 0 0 .000 .000 0| 4-2 73 1.48 0.85 86 53
8 Barry Bonds SFG 0 66 448 0.15 | 552 167 37 .303 1.047 28|
9 Chipper Jones ATL 0 56 448 0.12 | 601 188 34 .313 .951 16|
9 Jeff Kent SFG 0 56 448 0.12 | 526 156 31 .297 .914 9|
11 Vinny Castilla COL 0 49 448 0.11 | 645 206 46 .319 .951 5|
12 John Olerud NYM 0 38 448 0.08 | 557 197 22 .354 .998 2|
13 Vladimir Guerrero MON 0 25 448 0.06 | 623 202 38 .324 .960 11|
14 Mike Piazza TOT 0 15 448 0.03 | +561 184 32 .328 .960 1|
15 Tony Gwynn SDP 0 11 448 0.02 | 461 148 16 .321 .865 3|
16 Kevin Brown SDP 0 8 448 0.02 | 82 17 0 .207 .488 0| 18-7 257 2.38 1.07 257
17 Larry Walker COL 0 7 448 0.02 | 454 165 23 .363 1.075 14|
18 Rod Beck CHC 0 5 448 0.01 | 1 0 0 .000 .000 0| 3-4 80 3.02 1.32 81 51
19 Jeromy Burnitz MIL 0 4 448 0.01 | 609 160 38 .263 .838 7|
20 Scott Rolen PHI 0 3 448 0.01 | 601 174 31 .290 .923 14|
21 Dante Bichette COL 0 2 448 0.00 | 662 219 22 .331 .866 14|
21 Tom Glavine ATL 0 2 448 0.00 | 71 17 0 .239 .532 0| 20-6 229 2.47 1.20 157
21 Randy Johnson TOT 0 2 448 0.00 | 32 2 0 .062 .156 0| 10-1 84 1.28 0.98 116
24 Javy Lopez ATL 0 1 448 0.00 | 489 139 34 .284 .868 5|
24 Mickey Morandini CHC 0 1 448 0.00 | 582 172 8 .296 .765 13|
Sosa easily won, probably because of the combination of RBI total and the Cubs making the postseason.
Cy Young: Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Tom Glavine ATL 11 99 160 0.62 | 20-6 229 2.47 1.20 157
2 Trevor Hoffman SDP 13 88 160 0.55 | 4-2 73 1.48 0.85 86 53
3 Kevin Brown SDP 8 76 160 0.48 | 18-7 257 2.38 1.07 257
4 Greg Maddux ATL 0 10 160 0.06 | 18-9 251 2.22 0.98 204
4 John Smoltz ATL 0 10 160 0.06 | 17-3 168 2.90 1.13 173
6 Al Leiter NYM 0 3 160 0.02 | 17-6 193 2.47 1.15 174
7 Randy Johnson TOT 0 2 160 0.01 | 10-1 84 1.28 0.98 116
Interesting three-way race, but they ignored the ERA leader.
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 Kerry Wood CHC 16 128 160 0.80 | 54 7 2 .130 .386 0| 13-6 167 3.40 1.21 233
2 Todd Helton COL 15 119 160 0.74 | 530 167 25 .315 .911 3|
3 Travis Lee ARI 0 21 160 0.13 | 562 151 22 .269 .775 8|
4 Kerry Ligtenberg ATL 1 18 160 0.11 | | 3-2 73 2.71 1.03 79 30
5 Brad Fullmer MON 0 2 160 0.01 | 505 138 13 .273 .773 6|
Manager: 1st Max |
Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Larry Dierker HOU 16 102 160 0.64 | 102-60 1
2 Bruce Bochy SDP 5 70 160 0.44 | 98-64 1
3 Jim Riggleman CHC 5 55 160 0.34 | 90-73 2
4 Dusty Baker SFG 6 39 160 0.24 | 89-74 2
5 Bobby Cox ATL 0 17 160 0.11 | 106-56 1
6 Bobby Valentine NYM 0 5 160 0.03 | 88-74 2
Top player: Mark McGwire. I just can't ignore the 70-homer year.
#1 Mark McGwire, #2 Barry Bonds, #3 Sammy Sosa, #4 John Olerud, #5 Craig Biggio, #6 Scott Rolen.
Top pitcher: Kevin Brown in his best overall year.
#1 Kevin Brown, #2 Greg Maddux, #3 Tom Glavine, #4 Curt Schilling, #5 Robb Nen.
Top rookie: Todd Helton, over Kerry Wood. Hindsight helps here.
Top manager: Larry Dierker for me as well. Bochy, Cox and Riggelman are also good choices.
17 August 2011
12 August 2011
1998 American League
The New York Yankees had an incredible season, winning 114 games in the regular season and then eleven more in the postseason to win the World Series, their second in three years. The Yankees finished 22 games in front of Boston, which had the second-best record in the league and won the Wild Card. Toronto was 3rd in the division with 88 wins. Baltimore won 79 and new entry Tampa Bay lost 99 games, as Detroit moved to the Central and Milwaukee to the NL. Cleveland took the Central crown with 89 wins, 9 ahead of the White Sox. Texas won 88 games to take the West, three ahead of Anaheim.
Bernie Williams took the batting title with a .339 average even though he missed nearly a month with injuries. Mo Vaughn was second at .337, Albert Belle third at .328, then Eric Davis at .327 and Derek Jeter at .324. Jeter led with 127 runs scored, followed by Ray Durham at 126. Alex Rodriguez had 213 hits, Vaughn 205, Jeter 203 and Belle 200. Juan Gonzalez led with 50 doubles followed by Belle at 48 and Edgar Martinez at 46. Jose Offerman had 13 triples and Johnny Damon 10. Ken Griffey, Jr. belted 56 home runs, leading an early charge on Roger Maris. Belle had 49 and Jose Canseco 46. Gonzalez had 157 RBI, Belle 152 and Griffey 146. Rickey Henderson had 66 steals, Kenny Lofton 54 and Shannon Stewart 51.
Roger Clemens, David Cone, and Rick Helling tied with 20 wins each. Pedro Martinez and Aaron Sele won 19 apiece. Clemens led with a 2.65 ERA, Pedro was at 2.89, Kenny Rogers 3.17. Clemens completed a pitchers' triple crown with 271 strikeouts, Pedro had 251 and Randy Johnson 213 with Chuck Finley at 212. Tom Gordon led relievers with 46 saves, Troy Percival and John Wetteland had 42.
Win Shares leaders, players; Albert Belle (Chicago) 37, Alex Rodriguez (Seattle) 30, Jose Offerman (Kansas City) and Ken Griffey, Jr. (Seattle) 29, Nomar Garciaparra (Boston), Scott Brosius, Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams (New York) and Ivan Rodriguez (Texas) 27, Paul O'Neill (New York) 26, Mo Vaughn (Boston), Ray Durham and Frank Thomas (Chicago), Manny Ramirez (Cleveland) and Juan Gonzalez (Texas) 25, Jim Edmonds (Anaheim), Rafael Palmeiro (Baltimore), Edgar Martinez (Seattle) and Carlos Delgado (Toronto) 24, Damion Easley (Detroit) and Jason Giambi (Oakland) 23, Tim Salmon (Anaheim), Chuck Knoblauch (New York) and Ben Grieve (Oakland) 22.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Roger Clemens (Toronto) 25, Pedro Martinez (Boston) 21, Kenny Rogers (Oakland) 19, Chuck Finley (Anaheim), Tom Gordon (Boston), Brian Moehler (Detroit), Tim Belcher (Kansas City), David Cone (New York) and Rolando Arrojo (Tampa Bay) 17, Bartolo Colon and Mike Jackson (Cleveland) 16.
WARP3 scores: Belle 11.7, A. Rodriguez 11.3, Offerman 8.7 (best season), Griffey 12.5, Garciaparra 9.3, Brosius 8.3 (best season), Jeter 9.1, Williams 9.2, I. Rodriguez 11.0, O'Neill 8.9 (last big season), Vaughn 8.7 (last big season), Durham 9.1, Thomas 6.7, Ramirez 8.7, Gonzalez 7.6, Edmonds 9.2, Palmeiro 10.3, E. Martinez 9.2, Delgado 8.6, Easley 8.0 (best season), Giambi 5.8, Salmon 7.0, Knoblauch 7.7, Grieve 5.5 (rookie).
Pitchers, Clemens 11.2, P. Martinez 9.8, Rogers 10.3 (best season), Finley 7.4, Gordon 7.9 (best season), Moehler 8.2 (career year), Belcher 7.2, Cone 7.1, Arrojo 8.2 (rookie, career year), Colon 7.9, Jackson 6.7 (career year).
WAR position player leaders: A. Rodriguez 8.4, Garciaparra 7.5, Belle 7.4, Palmeiro 7.2, Griffey 7.1, I. Rodriguez 6.7, Vaughn 6.6, Jeter 6.5, Ventura 6.1, E. Martinez 6.0, Delgado and Lofton 5.9, O'Neill 5.8, Ramirez 5.7, Brosius and J. Gonzalez 5.3, Williams 5.2, Easley 5.1, Offerman 5.0, Valentin 4.8.
WAR pitching leaders: Clemens 8.8, P. Martinez 6.7, Moyer, Cone, Erickson, and Sele 5.3, Mussina 5.2, Colon and Radke 5.0, Rogers 4.9, Finley 4.8, Burkett and Wells 4.6, Thompson 4.5, Johnson 4.4, Helling 4.1.
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 Juan Gonzalez TEX 21 357 392 0.91 | 606 193 45 .318 .997 2|
2 Nomar Garciaparra BOS 5 232 392 0.59 | 604 195 35 .323 .946 12|
3 Derek Jeter NYY 2 180 392 0.46 | 626 203 19 .324 .864 30|
4 Ken Griffey SEA 0 135 392 0.34 | 633 180 56 .284 .977 20|
4 Mo Vaughn BOS 0 135 392 0.34 | 609 205 40 .337 .993 0|
6 Manny Ramirez CLE 0 127 392 0.32 | 571 168 45 .294 .976 5|
7 Bernie Williams NYY 0 103 392 0.26 | 499 169 26 .339 .997 15|
8 Albert Belle CHW 0 98 392 0.25 | 609 200 49 .328 1.055 6|
9 Alex Rodriguez SEA 0 92 392 0.23 | 686 213 42 .310 .919 46|
10 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 0 50 392 0.13 | 579 186 21 .321 .871 9|
11 Roger Clemens TOR 0 49 392 0.12 | 4 0 0 .000 .200 0| 20-6 235 2.65 1.10 271
12 Paul O'Neill NYY 0 36 392 0.09 | 602 191 24 .317 .882 15|
13 Tom Gordon BOS 0 27 392 0.07 | | 7-4 79 2.72 1.01 78 46
14 Darin Erstad ANA 0 7 392 0.02 | 537 159 19 .296 .839 20|
14 Tim Salmon ANA 0 7 392 0.02 | 463 139 26 .300 .943 0|
16 David Wells NYY 0 3 392 0.01 | 4 1 0 .250 .500 0| 18-4 214 3.49 1.05 163
16 John Wetteland TEX 0 3 392 0.01 | | 3-1 62 2.03 0.98 72 42
18 Eric Davis BAL 0 2 392 0.01 | 452 148 28 .327 .970 7|
18 Travis Fryman CLE 0 2 392 0.01 | 557 160 28 .287 .845 10|
18 Rafael Palmeiro BAL 0 2 392 0.01 | 619 183 43 .296 .945 11|
21 Carlos Delgado TOR 0 1 392 0.00 | 530 155 38 .292 .978 3|
21 Rick Helling TEX 0 1 392 0.00 | 5 1 0 .200 .400 0| 20-7 216 4.41 1.33 164
21 Mike Jackson CLE 0 1 392 0.00 | | 1-1 64 1.55 0.88 55 40
21 Pedro Martinez BOS 0 1 392 0.00 | 7 0 0 .000 .000 0| 19-7 234 2.89 1.09 251
21 Jim Thome CLE 0 1 392 0.00 | 440 129 30 .293 .997 1|
Cy Young: Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Roger Clemens TOR 28 140 140 1.00 | 20-6 235 2.65 1.10 271
2 Pedro Martinez BOS 0 65 140 0.46 | 19-7 234 2.89 1.09 251
3 David Wells NYY 0 31 140 0.22 | 18-4 214 3.49 1.05 163
4 David Cone NYY 0 16 140 0.11 | 20-7 208 3.55 1.18 209
Rookie: Season Results
Rk Name Team 1stPlace Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+-
1 Ben Grieve OAK 23 130 140 0.93 | 583 168 18 .288 .844 2|
2 Rolando Arrojo TBD 4 61 140 0.44 | 3 0 0 .000 .000 0| 14-12 202 3.56 1.29 152
3 Mike Caruso CHW 0 34 140 0.24 | 523 160 5 .306 .721 22|
4 Orlando Hernandez NYY 1 25 140 0.18 | 7 0 0 .000 .000 0| 12-4 141 3.13 1.17 131
5 Magglio Ordonez CHW 0 1 140 0.01 | 535 151 14 .282 .741 9|
5 Sidney Ponson BAL 0 1 140 0.01 | 4 2 0 .500 1.000 0| 8-9 135 5.27 1.47 85 1
Manager:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Joe Torre NYY 23 128 140 0.91 | 114-48 1
2 Jimy Williams BOS 3 59 140 0.42 | 92-70 2
3 Terry Collins ANA 2 38 140 0.27 | 85-77 2
4 Johnny Oates TEX 0 11 140 0.08 | 88-74 1
5 Mike Hargrove CLE 0 8 140 0.06 | 89-73 1
6 Tim Johnson TOR 0 4 140 0.03 | 88-74 3
6 Jerry Manuel CHW 0 4 140 0.03 | 80-82 2
Top player: Derek Jeter. Working the "best player/best team" theme here, in the absence of an outstanding candidate. This is the year Jeter should have won, with a 114-win team.
#1 Derek Jeter, #2 Albert Belle, #3 Alex Rodriguez, #4 Ken Griffey Jr., #5 Nomar Garciaparra, #6 Ivan Rodriguez.
Top pitcher: Roger Clemens, easily.
#1 Roger Clemens, #2 Pedro Martinez, #3 Kenny Rogers, #4 David Cone, #5 Chuck Finley.
Top rookie: Ben Grieve, although Magglio Ordonez would have the better career.
Top manager: Joe Torre. It's tough to win 114 games.
Bernie Williams took the batting title with a .339 average even though he missed nearly a month with injuries. Mo Vaughn was second at .337, Albert Belle third at .328, then Eric Davis at .327 and Derek Jeter at .324. Jeter led with 127 runs scored, followed by Ray Durham at 126. Alex Rodriguez had 213 hits, Vaughn 205, Jeter 203 and Belle 200. Juan Gonzalez led with 50 doubles followed by Belle at 48 and Edgar Martinez at 46. Jose Offerman had 13 triples and Johnny Damon 10. Ken Griffey, Jr. belted 56 home runs, leading an early charge on Roger Maris. Belle had 49 and Jose Canseco 46. Gonzalez had 157 RBI, Belle 152 and Griffey 146. Rickey Henderson had 66 steals, Kenny Lofton 54 and Shannon Stewart 51.
Roger Clemens, David Cone, and Rick Helling tied with 20 wins each. Pedro Martinez and Aaron Sele won 19 apiece. Clemens led with a 2.65 ERA, Pedro was at 2.89, Kenny Rogers 3.17. Clemens completed a pitchers' triple crown with 271 strikeouts, Pedro had 251 and Randy Johnson 213 with Chuck Finley at 212. Tom Gordon led relievers with 46 saves, Troy Percival and John Wetteland had 42.
Win Shares leaders, players; Albert Belle (Chicago) 37, Alex Rodriguez (Seattle) 30, Jose Offerman (Kansas City) and Ken Griffey, Jr. (Seattle) 29, Nomar Garciaparra (Boston), Scott Brosius, Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams (New York) and Ivan Rodriguez (Texas) 27, Paul O'Neill (New York) 26, Mo Vaughn (Boston), Ray Durham and Frank Thomas (Chicago), Manny Ramirez (Cleveland) and Juan Gonzalez (Texas) 25, Jim Edmonds (Anaheim), Rafael Palmeiro (Baltimore), Edgar Martinez (Seattle) and Carlos Delgado (Toronto) 24, Damion Easley (Detroit) and Jason Giambi (Oakland) 23, Tim Salmon (Anaheim), Chuck Knoblauch (New York) and Ben Grieve (Oakland) 22.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Roger Clemens (Toronto) 25, Pedro Martinez (Boston) 21, Kenny Rogers (Oakland) 19, Chuck Finley (Anaheim), Tom Gordon (Boston), Brian Moehler (Detroit), Tim Belcher (Kansas City), David Cone (New York) and Rolando Arrojo (Tampa Bay) 17, Bartolo Colon and Mike Jackson (Cleveland) 16.
WARP3 scores: Belle 11.7, A. Rodriguez 11.3, Offerman 8.7 (best season), Griffey 12.5, Garciaparra 9.3, Brosius 8.3 (best season), Jeter 9.1, Williams 9.2, I. Rodriguez 11.0, O'Neill 8.9 (last big season), Vaughn 8.7 (last big season), Durham 9.1, Thomas 6.7, Ramirez 8.7, Gonzalez 7.6, Edmonds 9.2, Palmeiro 10.3, E. Martinez 9.2, Delgado 8.6, Easley 8.0 (best season), Giambi 5.8, Salmon 7.0, Knoblauch 7.7, Grieve 5.5 (rookie).
Pitchers, Clemens 11.2, P. Martinez 9.8, Rogers 10.3 (best season), Finley 7.4, Gordon 7.9 (best season), Moehler 8.2 (career year), Belcher 7.2, Cone 7.1, Arrojo 8.2 (rookie, career year), Colon 7.9, Jackson 6.7 (career year).
WAR position player leaders: A. Rodriguez 8.4, Garciaparra 7.5, Belle 7.4, Palmeiro 7.2, Griffey 7.1, I. Rodriguez 6.7, Vaughn 6.6, Jeter 6.5, Ventura 6.1, E. Martinez 6.0, Delgado and Lofton 5.9, O'Neill 5.8, Ramirez 5.7, Brosius and J. Gonzalez 5.3, Williams 5.2, Easley 5.1, Offerman 5.0, Valentin 4.8.
WAR pitching leaders: Clemens 8.8, P. Martinez 6.7, Moyer, Cone, Erickson, and Sele 5.3, Mussina 5.2, Colon and Radke 5.0, Rogers 4.9, Finley 4.8, Burkett and Wells 4.6, Thompson 4.5, Johnson 4.4, Helling 4.1.
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 Juan Gonzalez TEX 21 357 392 0.91 | 606 193 45 .318 .997 2|
2 Nomar Garciaparra BOS 5 232 392 0.59 | 604 195 35 .323 .946 12|
3 Derek Jeter NYY 2 180 392 0.46 | 626 203 19 .324 .864 30|
4 Ken Griffey SEA 0 135 392 0.34 | 633 180 56 .284 .977 20|
4 Mo Vaughn BOS 0 135 392 0.34 | 609 205 40 .337 .993 0|
6 Manny Ramirez CLE 0 127 392 0.32 | 571 168 45 .294 .976 5|
7 Bernie Williams NYY 0 103 392 0.26 | 499 169 26 .339 .997 15|
8 Albert Belle CHW 0 98 392 0.25 | 609 200 49 .328 1.055 6|
9 Alex Rodriguez SEA 0 92 392 0.23 | 686 213 42 .310 .919 46|
10 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 0 50 392 0.13 | 579 186 21 .321 .871 9|
11 Roger Clemens TOR 0 49 392 0.12 | 4 0 0 .000 .200 0| 20-6 235 2.65 1.10 271
12 Paul O'Neill NYY 0 36 392 0.09 | 602 191 24 .317 .882 15|
13 Tom Gordon BOS 0 27 392 0.07 | | 7-4 79 2.72 1.01 78 46
14 Darin Erstad ANA 0 7 392 0.02 | 537 159 19 .296 .839 20|
14 Tim Salmon ANA 0 7 392 0.02 | 463 139 26 .300 .943 0|
16 David Wells NYY 0 3 392 0.01 | 4 1 0 .250 .500 0| 18-4 214 3.49 1.05 163
16 John Wetteland TEX 0 3 392 0.01 | | 3-1 62 2.03 0.98 72 42
18 Eric Davis BAL 0 2 392 0.01 | 452 148 28 .327 .970 7|
18 Travis Fryman CLE 0 2 392 0.01 | 557 160 28 .287 .845 10|
18 Rafael Palmeiro BAL 0 2 392 0.01 | 619 183 43 .296 .945 11|
21 Carlos Delgado TOR 0 1 392 0.00 | 530 155 38 .292 .978 3|
21 Rick Helling TEX 0 1 392 0.00 | 5 1 0 .200 .400 0| 20-7 216 4.41 1.33 164
21 Mike Jackson CLE 0 1 392 0.00 | | 1-1 64 1.55 0.88 55 40
21 Pedro Martinez BOS 0 1 392 0.00 | 7 0 0 .000 .000 0| 19-7 234 2.89 1.09 251
21 Jim Thome CLE 0 1 392 0.00 | 440 129 30 .293 .997 1|
Cy Young: Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Roger Clemens TOR 28 140 140 1.00 | 20-6 235 2.65 1.10 271
2 Pedro Martinez BOS 0 65 140 0.46 | 19-7 234 2.89 1.09 251
3 David Wells NYY 0 31 140 0.22 | 18-4 214 3.49 1.05 163
4 David Cone NYY 0 16 140 0.11 | 20-7 208 3.55 1.18 209
Rookie: Season Results
Rk Name Team 1stPlace Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+-
1 Ben Grieve OAK 23 130 140 0.93 | 583 168 18 .288 .844 2|
2 Rolando Arrojo TBD 4 61 140 0.44 | 3 0 0 .000 .000 0| 14-12 202 3.56 1.29 152
3 Mike Caruso CHW 0 34 140 0.24 | 523 160 5 .306 .721 22|
4 Orlando Hernandez NYY 1 25 140 0.18 | 7 0 0 .000 .000 0| 12-4 141 3.13 1.17 131
5 Magglio Ordonez CHW 0 1 140 0.01 | 535 151 14 .282 .741 9|
5 Sidney Ponson BAL 0 1 140 0.01 | 4 2 0 .500 1.000 0| 8-9 135 5.27 1.47 85 1
Manager:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Joe Torre NYY 23 128 140 0.91 | 114-48 1
2 Jimy Williams BOS 3 59 140 0.42 | 92-70 2
3 Terry Collins ANA 2 38 140 0.27 | 85-77 2
4 Johnny Oates TEX 0 11 140 0.08 | 88-74 1
5 Mike Hargrove CLE 0 8 140 0.06 | 89-73 1
6 Tim Johnson TOR 0 4 140 0.03 | 88-74 3
6 Jerry Manuel CHW 0 4 140 0.03 | 80-82 2
Top player: Derek Jeter. Working the "best player/best team" theme here, in the absence of an outstanding candidate. This is the year Jeter should have won, with a 114-win team.
#1 Derek Jeter, #2 Albert Belle, #3 Alex Rodriguez, #4 Ken Griffey Jr., #5 Nomar Garciaparra, #6 Ivan Rodriguez.
Top pitcher: Roger Clemens, easily.
#1 Roger Clemens, #2 Pedro Martinez, #3 Kenny Rogers, #4 David Cone, #5 Chuck Finley.
Top rookie: Ben Grieve, although Magglio Ordonez would have the better career.
Top manager: Joe Torre. It's tough to win 114 games.
07 August 2011
1997 National League
The Florida Marlins won the pennant and the World Series in just their fifth year of existence, coming from the Wild Card spot. The team was almost immediately dismantled by an owner crying poverty in spite of obscene profits, and was soon sold, then won another title six years later. Puts a lie to teams crying poverty and poor stadiums, doesn't it? At any rate, Atlanta won the NL East and had the league's most victories with 101, with Florida nine games behind and the Mets 13 games back. Houston won the Central with but 84 victories, five games ahead of Pittsburgh, and San Francisco won the West with 90 victories, two games ahead of Los Angeles and seven games ahead of Colorado. The Marlins, although they were the Wild Card winners, actually had the second-best record in the league.
Tony Gwynn won the batting title with a .372 mark, finishing just ahead of Larry Walker (.366) and Mike Piazza (.362). Walker led in home runs (49), OPS and total bases and won the MVP. Andres Galarraga led in RBI (140) followed by Jeff Bagwell with 135 and Walker with 130, Tony Womack in steals with 60 trailed by Deion Sanders at 56 and Delino Deshields at 55, Craig Biggio in runs with 146 followed by Walker with 143, and Mark Grudzielanek in doubles with 54 as next was Gwynn with 49. Second in homers was Bagwell with 43, then Galarraga at 41 and Piazza, Barry Bonds, and Vinny Castilla at 40 each.
Pedro Martinez won the ERA title (1.90) and the Cy Young, with Greg Maddux (2.20) second, Darryl Kile third (2.57) Ismael Valdes fourth (2.65) and Kevin Brown fifth (2.69). Denny Neagle led in victories with 20, then came Maddux, Kile, and Shawn Estes at 19 and Martinez, Curt Schilling, and Alex Fernandez at 17. Schilling led in strikeouts with 319 trailed by Pedro at 305. Jeff Shaw led in saves with 42 followed by Trevor Hoffman and Rod Beck at 37.
Win Shares leaders, players; Mike Piazza (Los Angeles) and Tony Gwynn (San Diego) 39, Craig Biggio (Houston) 38, Barry Bonds (San Francisco) 36, Larry Walker (Colorado) and Jeff Bagwell (Houston) 32, Scott Rolen (Philadelphia) 29, Edgardo Alfonzo (New York) and J.T. Snow (San Francisco) 28, Jeff Blauser (Atlanta) and John Olerud (New York) 27, Ken Caminiti (San Diego) 26, Raul Mondesi (Los Angeles) and Ray Lankford (St. Louis) 24, Chipper Jones (Atlanta) and Moises Alou (Florida) 23, Gary Sheffield (Florida), Todd Hundley (New York), Jason Kendall (Pittsburgh) and Jeff Kent (San Francisco) 22.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Greg Maddux (Atlanta) and Pedro Martinez (Montreal) 26, Kevin Brown (Florida) 23, Curt Schilling (Philadelphia) 22, Tom Glavine, Denny Neagle and John Smoltz (Atlanta), Jeff Shaw (Cincinnati) and Darryl Kile (Houston) 21, Rick Reed (New York) 17.
WARP3 scores: Piazza 12.4 (best season), Gwynn 7.6 (last big year), Biggio 12.3 (best season), Bonds 11.4, Walker 10.5 (best season), Bagwell 9.3, Rolen 8.3 (rookie), Alfonzo 7.4 (breakout year), Snow 5.5, Blauser 8.7 (best year, last good year), Olerud 7.3, Caminiti 8.4 (last good year), Mondesi 8.5, Lankford 7.4, Jones 5.4, Alou 5.9, Sheffield 6.7, Hundley 7.5 (last good year), Kendall 8.3.
Pitchers, Maddux 10.5, Martinez 10.9, Brown 8.7, Schilling 9.4, Glavine 8.0, Neagle 7.6 (best year), Smoltz 8.5, Shaw 7.2 (best year), Kile 8.3 (best year), Reed 6.9.
WAR leaders, players: Biggio 9.7, Walker and Piazza 9.4, Bonds 9.2, Bagwell 8.3, Mondesi 6.0, Alfonso and Lankford 5.9, Blauser and Kenny Lofton (Atlanta) 5.5, Rondell White (Expos) 5.1, Mark Grace (Cubs) and Charles Johnson (Florida) 5.0, Kendall 4.8, Olerud 4.7, Hundley, Rolen, and Bill Spiers (Houston) 4.6, Gwynn 4.5.
Pitchers: Martinez 8.8, Schilling 8.6, Maddux 8.2, Smoltz 6.9, Brown 6.4, Neagle 5.4, Andy Benes (St. Louis) 5.1, Matt Morris (St. Louis) 4.9, Kile 4.3, John Thomson (Rockies) 4.2, Glavine 3.8, Reed and Valdez 3.6.
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 Larry Walker COL 22 359 392 0.92 | 568 208 49 .366 1.172 33|
2 Mike Piazza LAD 3 263 392 0.67 | 556 201 40 .362 1.070 5|
3 Jeff Bagwell HOU 3 233 392 0.59 | 566 162 43 .286 1.017 31|
4 Craig Biggio HOU 0 157 392 0.40 | 619 191 22 .309 .916 47|
5 Barry Bonds SFG 0 123 392 0.31 | 532 155 40 .291 1.031 37|
6 Tony Gwynn SDP 0 113 392 0.29 | 592 220 17 .372 .957 12|
7 Andres Galarraga COL 0 85 392 0.22 | 600 191 41 .318 .974 15|
8 Jeff Kent SFG 0 80 392 0.20 | 580 145 29 .250 .789 11|
9 Chipper Jones ATL 0 70 392 0.18 | 597 176 21 .295 .850 20|
10 Moises Alou FLA 0 60 392 0.15 | 538 157 23 .292 .866 9|
11 Charles Johnson FLA 0 22 392 0.06 | 416 104 19 .250 .802 0|
12 Greg Maddux ATL 0 16 392 0.04 | 67 7 0 .104 .301 1| 19-4 233 2.20 0.95 177
13 Edgardo Alfonzo NYM 0 10 392 0.03 | 518 163 10 .315 .823 11|
14 Curt Schilling PHI 0 9 392 0.02 | 81 14 0 .173 .366 1| 17-11 254 2.97 1.05 319
15 Raul Mondesi LAD 0 8 392 0.02 | 616 191 30 .310 .901 32|
16 Ray Lankford STL 0 6 392 0.02 | 465 137 31 .295 .996 21|
16 Pedro Martinez MON 0 6 392 0.02 | 69 8 0 .116 .327 0| 17-8 241 1.90 0.93 305
16 Mark McGwire TOT 0 6 392 0.02 | 174 44 24 .253 1.095 2|
19 Sammy Sosa CHC 0 5 392 0.01 | 642 161 36 .251 .779 22|
19 Kevin Young PIT 0 5 392 0.01 | 333 100 18 .300 .867 11|
21 Jeff Blauser ATL 0 4 392 0.01 | 519 160 17 .308 .886 5|
22 Vinny Castilla COL 0 3 392 0.01 | 612 186 40 .304 .904 2|
22 Darryl Kile HOU 0 3 392 0.01 | 89 11 0 .124 .336 0| 19-7 256 2.57 1.18 205
24 Rod Beck SFG 0 2 392 0.01 | | 7-4 70 3.47 1.07 53 37
24 Tony Womack PIT 0 2 392 0.01 | 641 178 6 .278 .700 60|
26 Kenny Lofton ATL 0 1 392 0.00 | 493 164 5 .333 .837 27|
26 J.T. Snow SFG 0 1 392 0.00 | 531 149 28 .281 .898 6|
Cy Young:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points MaxPoints Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Pedro Martinez MON 25 134 140 0.96 | 17-8 241 1.90 0.93 305
2 Greg Maddux ATL 3 75 140 0.54 | 19-4 233 2.20 0.95 177
3 Denny Neagle ATL 0 24 140 0.17 | 20-5 233 2.97 1.08 172
4 Curt Schilling PHI 0 12 140 0.09 | 17-11 254 2.97 1.05 319
5 Darryl Kile HOU 0 7 140 0.05 | 19-7 256 2.57 1.18 205
Rookie:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+-
1 Scott Rolen PHI 28 140 140 1.00 | 561 159 21 .283 .846 16|
2 Livan Hernandez FLA 0 25 140 0.18 | 29 5 0 .172 .441 0| 9-3 96 3.18 1.24 72
2 Matt Morris STL 0 25 140 0.18 | 73 15 0 .205 .489 0| 12-9 217 3.19 1.28 149
4 Rich Loiselle PIT 0 22 140 0.16 | 1 0 0 .000 .000 0| 1-5 73 3.10 1.38 66 29
5 Andruw Jones ATL 0 15 140 0.11 | 399 92 18 .231 .745 20|
6 Vladimir Guerrero MON 0 9 140 0.06 | 325 98 11 .302 .833 3|
7 Jose Guillen PIT 0 4 140 0.03 | 498 133 14 .267 .712 1|
7 Brett Tomko CIN 0 4 140 0.03 | 36 5 0 .139 .329 0| 11-7 126 3.43 1.21 95
9 Jeremi Gonzalez CHC 0 3 140 0.02 | 40 4 0 .100 .263 0| 11-9 144 4.25 1.35 93
9 Tony Womack PIT 0 3 140 0.02 | 641 178 6 .278 .700 60|
11 Kevin Orie CHC 0 1 140 0.01 | 364 100 8 .275 .781 2|
11 Neifi Perez COL 0 1 140 0.01 | 313 91 5 .291 .777 4|
Manager:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Dusty Baker SFG 17 110 140 0.79 | 90-72 1
2 Gene Lamont PIT 10 92 140 0.66 | 79-83 2
3 Larry Dierker HOU 1 34 140 0.24 | 84-78 1
4 Bobby Valentine NYM 0 7 140 0.05 | 88-74 3
5 Bobby Cox ATL 0 6 140 0.04 | 101-61 1
6 Terry Francona PHI 0 2 140 0.01 | 68-94 5
7 Jim Leyland FLA 0 1 140 0.01 | 92-70 2
Top player: Mike Piazza. The two best players in the league were Piazza and Biggio. Biggio played for a division-winning team, but Piazza's team actually won more games. That's the trouble with these three-division setups, they make things more confusing. I'll go with Piazza by a nose.
#1 Mike Piazza, #2 Craig Biggio, #3 Larry Walker, #4 Barry Bonds, #5 Jeff Bagwell, #6 Jeff Blauser.
Top pitcher: Pedro Martinez. Like with the players, it could have been either of two, here Pedro and Maddux. I'll go with Pedro, but just barely.
#1 Pedro Martinez, #2 Greg Maddux, #3 Curt Schilling, #4 Kevin Brown, #5 John Smoltz.
Top rookie: Scott Rolen, who was almost not a rookie off the previous year's strong performance.
Top manager: With the benefit of the postseason to work with, Jim Leyland.
Tony Gwynn won the batting title with a .372 mark, finishing just ahead of Larry Walker (.366) and Mike Piazza (.362). Walker led in home runs (49), OPS and total bases and won the MVP. Andres Galarraga led in RBI (140) followed by Jeff Bagwell with 135 and Walker with 130, Tony Womack in steals with 60 trailed by Deion Sanders at 56 and Delino Deshields at 55, Craig Biggio in runs with 146 followed by Walker with 143, and Mark Grudzielanek in doubles with 54 as next was Gwynn with 49. Second in homers was Bagwell with 43, then Galarraga at 41 and Piazza, Barry Bonds, and Vinny Castilla at 40 each.
Pedro Martinez won the ERA title (1.90) and the Cy Young, with Greg Maddux (2.20) second, Darryl Kile third (2.57) Ismael Valdes fourth (2.65) and Kevin Brown fifth (2.69). Denny Neagle led in victories with 20, then came Maddux, Kile, and Shawn Estes at 19 and Martinez, Curt Schilling, and Alex Fernandez at 17. Schilling led in strikeouts with 319 trailed by Pedro at 305. Jeff Shaw led in saves with 42 followed by Trevor Hoffman and Rod Beck at 37.
Win Shares leaders, players; Mike Piazza (Los Angeles) and Tony Gwynn (San Diego) 39, Craig Biggio (Houston) 38, Barry Bonds (San Francisco) 36, Larry Walker (Colorado) and Jeff Bagwell (Houston) 32, Scott Rolen (Philadelphia) 29, Edgardo Alfonzo (New York) and J.T. Snow (San Francisco) 28, Jeff Blauser (Atlanta) and John Olerud (New York) 27, Ken Caminiti (San Diego) 26, Raul Mondesi (Los Angeles) and Ray Lankford (St. Louis) 24, Chipper Jones (Atlanta) and Moises Alou (Florida) 23, Gary Sheffield (Florida), Todd Hundley (New York), Jason Kendall (Pittsburgh) and Jeff Kent (San Francisco) 22.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Greg Maddux (Atlanta) and Pedro Martinez (Montreal) 26, Kevin Brown (Florida) 23, Curt Schilling (Philadelphia) 22, Tom Glavine, Denny Neagle and John Smoltz (Atlanta), Jeff Shaw (Cincinnati) and Darryl Kile (Houston) 21, Rick Reed (New York) 17.
WARP3 scores: Piazza 12.4 (best season), Gwynn 7.6 (last big year), Biggio 12.3 (best season), Bonds 11.4, Walker 10.5 (best season), Bagwell 9.3, Rolen 8.3 (rookie), Alfonzo 7.4 (breakout year), Snow 5.5, Blauser 8.7 (best year, last good year), Olerud 7.3, Caminiti 8.4 (last good year), Mondesi 8.5, Lankford 7.4, Jones 5.4, Alou 5.9, Sheffield 6.7, Hundley 7.5 (last good year), Kendall 8.3.
Pitchers, Maddux 10.5, Martinez 10.9, Brown 8.7, Schilling 9.4, Glavine 8.0, Neagle 7.6 (best year), Smoltz 8.5, Shaw 7.2 (best year), Kile 8.3 (best year), Reed 6.9.
WAR leaders, players: Biggio 9.7, Walker and Piazza 9.4, Bonds 9.2, Bagwell 8.3, Mondesi 6.0, Alfonso and Lankford 5.9, Blauser and Kenny Lofton (Atlanta) 5.5, Rondell White (Expos) 5.1, Mark Grace (Cubs) and Charles Johnson (Florida) 5.0, Kendall 4.8, Olerud 4.7, Hundley, Rolen, and Bill Spiers (Houston) 4.6, Gwynn 4.5.
Pitchers: Martinez 8.8, Schilling 8.6, Maddux 8.2, Smoltz 6.9, Brown 6.4, Neagle 5.4, Andy Benes (St. Louis) 5.1, Matt Morris (St. Louis) 4.9, Kile 4.3, John Thomson (Rockies) 4.2, Glavine 3.8, Reed and Valdez 3.6.
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 Larry Walker COL 22 359 392 0.92 | 568 208 49 .366 1.172 33|
2 Mike Piazza LAD 3 263 392 0.67 | 556 201 40 .362 1.070 5|
3 Jeff Bagwell HOU 3 233 392 0.59 | 566 162 43 .286 1.017 31|
4 Craig Biggio HOU 0 157 392 0.40 | 619 191 22 .309 .916 47|
5 Barry Bonds SFG 0 123 392 0.31 | 532 155 40 .291 1.031 37|
6 Tony Gwynn SDP 0 113 392 0.29 | 592 220 17 .372 .957 12|
7 Andres Galarraga COL 0 85 392 0.22 | 600 191 41 .318 .974 15|
8 Jeff Kent SFG 0 80 392 0.20 | 580 145 29 .250 .789 11|
9 Chipper Jones ATL 0 70 392 0.18 | 597 176 21 .295 .850 20|
10 Moises Alou FLA 0 60 392 0.15 | 538 157 23 .292 .866 9|
11 Charles Johnson FLA 0 22 392 0.06 | 416 104 19 .250 .802 0|
12 Greg Maddux ATL 0 16 392 0.04 | 67 7 0 .104 .301 1| 19-4 233 2.20 0.95 177
13 Edgardo Alfonzo NYM 0 10 392 0.03 | 518 163 10 .315 .823 11|
14 Curt Schilling PHI 0 9 392 0.02 | 81 14 0 .173 .366 1| 17-11 254 2.97 1.05 319
15 Raul Mondesi LAD 0 8 392 0.02 | 616 191 30 .310 .901 32|
16 Ray Lankford STL 0 6 392 0.02 | 465 137 31 .295 .996 21|
16 Pedro Martinez MON 0 6 392 0.02 | 69 8 0 .116 .327 0| 17-8 241 1.90 0.93 305
16 Mark McGwire TOT 0 6 392 0.02 | 174 44 24 .253 1.095 2|
19 Sammy Sosa CHC 0 5 392 0.01 | 642 161 36 .251 .779 22|
19 Kevin Young PIT 0 5 392 0.01 | 333 100 18 .300 .867 11|
21 Jeff Blauser ATL 0 4 392 0.01 | 519 160 17 .308 .886 5|
22 Vinny Castilla COL 0 3 392 0.01 | 612 186 40 .304 .904 2|
22 Darryl Kile HOU 0 3 392 0.01 | 89 11 0 .124 .336 0| 19-7 256 2.57 1.18 205
24 Rod Beck SFG 0 2 392 0.01 | | 7-4 70 3.47 1.07 53 37
24 Tony Womack PIT 0 2 392 0.01 | 641 178 6 .278 .700 60|
26 Kenny Lofton ATL 0 1 392 0.00 | 493 164 5 .333 .837 27|
26 J.T. Snow SFG 0 1 392 0.00 | 531 149 28 .281 .898 6|
Cy Young:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points MaxPoints Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Pedro Martinez MON 25 134 140 0.96 | 17-8 241 1.90 0.93 305
2 Greg Maddux ATL 3 75 140 0.54 | 19-4 233 2.20 0.95 177
3 Denny Neagle ATL 0 24 140 0.17 | 20-5 233 2.97 1.08 172
4 Curt Schilling PHI 0 12 140 0.09 | 17-11 254 2.97 1.05 319
5 Darryl Kile HOU 0 7 140 0.05 | 19-7 256 2.57 1.18 205
Rookie:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+-
1 Scott Rolen PHI 28 140 140 1.00 | 561 159 21 .283 .846 16|
2 Livan Hernandez FLA 0 25 140 0.18 | 29 5 0 .172 .441 0| 9-3 96 3.18 1.24 72
2 Matt Morris STL 0 25 140 0.18 | 73 15 0 .205 .489 0| 12-9 217 3.19 1.28 149
4 Rich Loiselle PIT 0 22 140 0.16 | 1 0 0 .000 .000 0| 1-5 73 3.10 1.38 66 29
5 Andruw Jones ATL 0 15 140 0.11 | 399 92 18 .231 .745 20|
6 Vladimir Guerrero MON 0 9 140 0.06 | 325 98 11 .302 .833 3|
7 Jose Guillen PIT 0 4 140 0.03 | 498 133 14 .267 .712 1|
7 Brett Tomko CIN 0 4 140 0.03 | 36 5 0 .139 .329 0| 11-7 126 3.43 1.21 95
9 Jeremi Gonzalez CHC 0 3 140 0.02 | 40 4 0 .100 .263 0| 11-9 144 4.25 1.35 93
9 Tony Womack PIT 0 3 140 0.02 | 641 178 6 .278 .700 60|
11 Kevin Orie CHC 0 1 140 0.01 | 364 100 8 .275 .781 2|
11 Neifi Perez COL 0 1 140 0.01 | 313 91 5 .291 .777 4|
Manager:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Dusty Baker SFG 17 110 140 0.79 | 90-72 1
2 Gene Lamont PIT 10 92 140 0.66 | 79-83 2
3 Larry Dierker HOU 1 34 140 0.24 | 84-78 1
4 Bobby Valentine NYM 0 7 140 0.05 | 88-74 3
5 Bobby Cox ATL 0 6 140 0.04 | 101-61 1
6 Terry Francona PHI 0 2 140 0.01 | 68-94 5
7 Jim Leyland FLA 0 1 140 0.01 | 92-70 2
Top player: Mike Piazza. The two best players in the league were Piazza and Biggio. Biggio played for a division-winning team, but Piazza's team actually won more games. That's the trouble with these three-division setups, they make things more confusing. I'll go with Piazza by a nose.
#1 Mike Piazza, #2 Craig Biggio, #3 Larry Walker, #4 Barry Bonds, #5 Jeff Bagwell, #6 Jeff Blauser.
Top pitcher: Pedro Martinez. Like with the players, it could have been either of two, here Pedro and Maddux. I'll go with Pedro, but just barely.
#1 Pedro Martinez, #2 Greg Maddux, #3 Curt Schilling, #4 Kevin Brown, #5 John Smoltz.
Top rookie: Scott Rolen, who was almost not a rookie off the previous year's strong performance.
Top manager: With the benefit of the postseason to work with, Jim Leyland.
1997 American League
Baltimore and New York had the best regular season records as East Division and Wild Card winners, respectively, but Cleveland won the Central crown and their second pennant in three years. Seattle took the West, and Anaheim was the only other AL team over .500. Oakland lost 97 games for the league's worst record. Baltimore beat Seattle and Cleveland beat New York in the Division Series, then the Indians topped the Orioles in six in the ALCS.
Frank Thomas easily took the batting average race with a .347 mark. Edgar Martinez was second at .330, followed by David Justice at .329 and Manny Ramirez and Bernie Williams at .328. Ken Griffey, Jr. led the loop with 125 runs and Nomar Garciaparra was second with 122. Garciaparra led the way with 209 hits. John Valentin led with 47 doubles and Jeff Cirillo had 46. Garciaparra produced 11 triples, Chuck Knoblauch 10.
Griffey chased history and ended with 56 home runs, Tino Martinez placing second with 44. Juan Gonzalez had 42, Jay Buhner and Jim Thome 40. Griffey also led with 147 RBI, Martinez had 141, Gonzalez 131. Brian Hunter had 74 steals, Knoblauch 62 and Tom Goodwin 50. Martinez and Thomas posted .456 on-base averages, Griffey led with a .647 slugging.
Roger Clemens led the way with 21 wins, while Randy Johnson and Brad Radke were 20-game winners. Clemens completed a pitcher's Triple Crown by leading in ERA with 2.05 and strikeouts with 292. Johnson was second in ERA with 2.29 and strikeouts with 291. Third place in ERA went to David Cone at 2.82 and Andy Pettitte put up a 2.88 mark. Cone was also third in strikeouts with 222, Mike Mussina fourth with 218. Randy Myers led with 45 saves, Mariano Rivera had 43.
Win Shares leaders, players; Frank Thomas (Chicago) 39, Ken Griffey (Seattle) 36, Tim Salmon (Anaheim) 29, Paul O'Neill (New York) 28, Tino Martinez (New York) and Edgar Martinez (Seattle) 27, Brady Anderson (Baltimore), Nomar Garciaparra (Boston), David Justice and Jim Thome (Cleveland) and Ivan Rodriguez (Texas) 26, Bobby Higginson (Detroit) 25, Tony Clark (Detroit), Jeff Cirillo (Milwaukee) and Bernie Williams (New York) 24, Chuck Knoblauch (Minnesota) 23, Mo Vaughn (Boston) and Alex Rodriguez (Seattle) 22, Roberto Alomar (Baltimore), John Valentin (Boston), Manny Ramirez (Cleveland), Jay Bell (Kansas City) and Dan Wilson (Seattle) 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Roger Clemens (Toronto) 32, Randy Johnson (Seattle) 23, Justin Thompson (Detroit) 21, Andy Pettitte (New York) 20, Mike Mussina (Baltimore), Doug Jones (Milwaukee) and Pat Hentgen (Toronto) 19, Kevin Appier (Kansas City) 18, Jimmy Key (Baltimore) and Jeff Fassero (Seattle) 17, Scott Erickson (Baltimore), Brad Radke (Minnesota), David Cone (New York) and John Wetteland (Texas) 16.
WARP3 scores: Thomas 10.4, Griffey 12.4, Salmon 8.3, O'Neill 9.0, T. Martinez 10.2 (peak season), E. Martinez 9.6, Anderson 7.8, Garciaparra 9.0 (rookie), Justice 8.4 (best year), Thome 7.9, I. Rodriguez 10.7, Higginson 8.4, Clark 6.8 (best season), Cirillo 8.5, Williams 8.6, Knoblauch 7.8, Vaughn 7.0, A. Rodriguez 7.5, Alomar 7.5, Valentin 9.4, Ramirez 9.1, Bell 10.2, Wilson 7.6 (best year).
Pitchers, Clemens 14.8 (best year), Johnson 11.1, Thompson 9.7 (career year), Pettitte 9.9 (best year), Mussina 8.2, Jones 8.2 (last big year), Hentgen 8.8, Appier 8.4, Key 7.7 (last good year), Fassero 8.2, Erickson 6.9, Radke 8.3, Cone 7.3, Wetteland 6.8.
WAR for position players: Griffey 9.4, Thomas 7.3, Garciaparra 6.6, Martinez and I. Rodriguez 6.4, Knoblauch 6.3, Bell 5.6, T. Martinez 5.5, Thome and B. Williams 5.3, Cirillo 5.1, Jeromy Burnitz (Milwaukee) 5.0, Ramirez 4.8, Salmon 4.7, A. Rodriguez 4.6, Cameron and Valentin 4.5. WAR for pitchers: Clemens 11.1, Pettitte 7.4, Johnson 7.0, Mussina and Radke 5.5, Appier 5.3, Burkett, Cone, and Gordon 5.0, Fassero and Thompson 4.9, Erickson 4.7, Tewksbury and Wells 4.4, Hentgen 4.2. 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 Ken Griffey SEA 28 392 392 1.00 | 608 185 56 .304 1.028 15|
2 Tino Martinez NYY 0 248 392 0.63 | 594 176 44 .296 .948 3|
3 Frank Thomas CHW 0 172 392 0.44 | 530 184 35 .347 1.067 1|
4 Randy Myers BAL 0 128 392 0.33 | | 2-3 60 1.51 1.16 56 45
5 David Justice CLE 0 90 392 0.23 | 495 163 33 .329 1.013 3|
6 Jim Thome CLE 0 89 392 0.23 | 496 142 40 .286 1.001 1|
7 Tim Salmon ANA 0 84 392 0.21 | 582 172 33 .296 .911 9|
8 Nomar Garciaparra BOS 0 83 392 0.21 | 684 209 30 .306 .875 22|
9 Juan Gonzalez TEX 0 66 392 0.17 | 533 158 42 .296 .924 0|
10 Roger Clemens TOR 0 56 392 0.14 | 2 1 0 .500 1.667 0| 21-7 264 2.05 1.03 292
11 Randy Johnson SEA 0 42 392 0.11 | | 20-4 213 2.28 1.05 291
12 Paul O'Neill NYY 0 37 392 0.09 | 553 179 21 .324 .912 10|
13 Rafael Palmeiro BAL 0 36 392 0.09 | 614 156 38 .254 .815 5|
14 Sandy Alomar CLE 0 22 392 0.06 | 451 146 21 .324 .900 0|
14 Edgar Martinez SEA 0 22 392 0.06 | 542 179 28 .330 1.009 2|
Griffey was an easy winner.
Cy Young: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Roger Clemens TOR 25 134 140 0.96 | 21-7 264 2.05 1.03 292
2 Randy Johnson SEA 2 77 140 0.55 | 20-4 213 2.28 1.05 291
3 Brad Radke MIN 0 17 140 0.12 | 20-10 240 3.87 1.19 174
4 Randy Myers BAL 1 14 140 0.10 | 2-3 60 1.51 1.16 56 45
5 Andy Pettitte NYY 0 9 140 0.06 | 18-7 240 2.88 1.24 166
6 Mike Mussina BAL 0 1 140 0.01 | 15-8 225 3.20 1.12 218
What idiot voted for Myers?
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 Nomar Garciaparra BOS 28 140 140 1.00 | 684 209 30 .306 .875 22|
2 Jose Cruz TOT 0 61 140 0.44 | +395 98 26 .248 .814 7|
3 Jason Dickson ANA 0 27 140 0.19 | 2 0 0 .000 .000 0| 13-9 204 4.29 1.43 115
4 Deivi Cruz DET 0 12 140 0.09 | 436 105 2 .241 .577 3|
5 Jaret Wright CLE 0 7 140 0.05 | 3 0 0 .000 .000 0| 8-3 90 4.38 1.28 63
6 Mike Cameron CHW 0 5 140 0.04 | 379 98 14 .259 .789 23|
Manager:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Davey Johnson BAL 10 88 140 0.63 | 98-64 1
2 Buddy Bell DET 4 50 140 0.36 | 79-83 3
3 Phil Garner MIL 5 42 140 0.30 | 78-83 3
4 Lou Piniella SEA 3 30 140 0.21 | 90-72 1
5 Terry Collins ANA 4 24 140 0.17 | 84-78 2
6 Mike Hargrove CLE 2 13 140 0.09 | 86-75 1
7 Joe Torre NYY 0 5 140 0.04 | 96-66 2
A very divided vote.
Top player: Ken Griffey, Jr. is the tops. Thomas was actually a better hitter, but had no defensive value while Griffey certainly did.
#1 Ken Griffey, #2 Frank Thomas, #3 Tino Martinez, #4 Ivan Rodriguez, #5 Edgar Martinez, #6 Paul O'Neill.
Top pitcher: Roger Clemens is the clear winner.
#1 Roger Clemens, #2 Randy Johnson, #3 Andy Pettitte, #4 Justin Thompson, #5 Mike Mussina.
Top rookie: Nomar Garciaparra was head and shoulders above the rest.
Top manager: Dave Johnson, who managed Baltimore to the most wins in the league.
Frank Thomas easily took the batting average race with a .347 mark. Edgar Martinez was second at .330, followed by David Justice at .329 and Manny Ramirez and Bernie Williams at .328. Ken Griffey, Jr. led the loop with 125 runs and Nomar Garciaparra was second with 122. Garciaparra led the way with 209 hits. John Valentin led with 47 doubles and Jeff Cirillo had 46. Garciaparra produced 11 triples, Chuck Knoblauch 10.
Griffey chased history and ended with 56 home runs, Tino Martinez placing second with 44. Juan Gonzalez had 42, Jay Buhner and Jim Thome 40. Griffey also led with 147 RBI, Martinez had 141, Gonzalez 131. Brian Hunter had 74 steals, Knoblauch 62 and Tom Goodwin 50. Martinez and Thomas posted .456 on-base averages, Griffey led with a .647 slugging.
Roger Clemens led the way with 21 wins, while Randy Johnson and Brad Radke were 20-game winners. Clemens completed a pitcher's Triple Crown by leading in ERA with 2.05 and strikeouts with 292. Johnson was second in ERA with 2.29 and strikeouts with 291. Third place in ERA went to David Cone at 2.82 and Andy Pettitte put up a 2.88 mark. Cone was also third in strikeouts with 222, Mike Mussina fourth with 218. Randy Myers led with 45 saves, Mariano Rivera had 43.
Win Shares leaders, players; Frank Thomas (Chicago) 39, Ken Griffey (Seattle) 36, Tim Salmon (Anaheim) 29, Paul O'Neill (New York) 28, Tino Martinez (New York) and Edgar Martinez (Seattle) 27, Brady Anderson (Baltimore), Nomar Garciaparra (Boston), David Justice and Jim Thome (Cleveland) and Ivan Rodriguez (Texas) 26, Bobby Higginson (Detroit) 25, Tony Clark (Detroit), Jeff Cirillo (Milwaukee) and Bernie Williams (New York) 24, Chuck Knoblauch (Minnesota) 23, Mo Vaughn (Boston) and Alex Rodriguez (Seattle) 22, Roberto Alomar (Baltimore), John Valentin (Boston), Manny Ramirez (Cleveland), Jay Bell (Kansas City) and Dan Wilson (Seattle) 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Roger Clemens (Toronto) 32, Randy Johnson (Seattle) 23, Justin Thompson (Detroit) 21, Andy Pettitte (New York) 20, Mike Mussina (Baltimore), Doug Jones (Milwaukee) and Pat Hentgen (Toronto) 19, Kevin Appier (Kansas City) 18, Jimmy Key (Baltimore) and Jeff Fassero (Seattle) 17, Scott Erickson (Baltimore), Brad Radke (Minnesota), David Cone (New York) and John Wetteland (Texas) 16.
WARP3 scores: Thomas 10.4, Griffey 12.4, Salmon 8.3, O'Neill 9.0, T. Martinez 10.2 (peak season), E. Martinez 9.6, Anderson 7.8, Garciaparra 9.0 (rookie), Justice 8.4 (best year), Thome 7.9, I. Rodriguez 10.7, Higginson 8.4, Clark 6.8 (best season), Cirillo 8.5, Williams 8.6, Knoblauch 7.8, Vaughn 7.0, A. Rodriguez 7.5, Alomar 7.5, Valentin 9.4, Ramirez 9.1, Bell 10.2, Wilson 7.6 (best year).
Pitchers, Clemens 14.8 (best year), Johnson 11.1, Thompson 9.7 (career year), Pettitte 9.9 (best year), Mussina 8.2, Jones 8.2 (last big year), Hentgen 8.8, Appier 8.4, Key 7.7 (last good year), Fassero 8.2, Erickson 6.9, Radke 8.3, Cone 7.3, Wetteland 6.8.
WAR for position players: Griffey 9.4, Thomas 7.3, Garciaparra 6.6, Martinez and I. Rodriguez 6.4, Knoblauch 6.3, Bell 5.6, T. Martinez 5.5, Thome and B. Williams 5.3, Cirillo 5.1, Jeromy Burnitz (Milwaukee) 5.0, Ramirez 4.8, Salmon 4.7, A. Rodriguez 4.6, Cameron and Valentin 4.5. WAR for pitchers: Clemens 11.1, Pettitte 7.4, Johnson 7.0, Mussina and Radke 5.5, Appier 5.3, Burkett, Cone, and Gordon 5.0, Fassero and Thompson 4.9, Erickson 4.7, Tewksbury and Wells 4.4, Hentgen 4.2. 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 Ken Griffey SEA 28 392 392 1.00 | 608 185 56 .304 1.028 15|
2 Tino Martinez NYY 0 248 392 0.63 | 594 176 44 .296 .948 3|
3 Frank Thomas CHW 0 172 392 0.44 | 530 184 35 .347 1.067 1|
4 Randy Myers BAL 0 128 392 0.33 | | 2-3 60 1.51 1.16 56 45
5 David Justice CLE 0 90 392 0.23 | 495 163 33 .329 1.013 3|
6 Jim Thome CLE 0 89 392 0.23 | 496 142 40 .286 1.001 1|
7 Tim Salmon ANA 0 84 392 0.21 | 582 172 33 .296 .911 9|
8 Nomar Garciaparra BOS 0 83 392 0.21 | 684 209 30 .306 .875 22|
9 Juan Gonzalez TEX 0 66 392 0.17 | 533 158 42 .296 .924 0|
10 Roger Clemens TOR 0 56 392 0.14 | 2 1 0 .500 1.667 0| 21-7 264 2.05 1.03 292
11 Randy Johnson SEA 0 42 392 0.11 | | 20-4 213 2.28 1.05 291
12 Paul O'Neill NYY 0 37 392 0.09 | 553 179 21 .324 .912 10|
13 Rafael Palmeiro BAL 0 36 392 0.09 | 614 156 38 .254 .815 5|
14 Sandy Alomar CLE 0 22 392 0.06 | 451 146 21 .324 .900 0|
14 Edgar Martinez SEA 0 22 392 0.06 | 542 179 28 .330 1.009 2|
Griffey was an easy winner.
Cy Young: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Roger Clemens TOR 25 134 140 0.96 | 21-7 264 2.05 1.03 292
2 Randy Johnson SEA 2 77 140 0.55 | 20-4 213 2.28 1.05 291
3 Brad Radke MIN 0 17 140 0.12 | 20-10 240 3.87 1.19 174
4 Randy Myers BAL 1 14 140 0.10 | 2-3 60 1.51 1.16 56 45
5 Andy Pettitte NYY 0 9 140 0.06 | 18-7 240 2.88 1.24 166
6 Mike Mussina BAL 0 1 140 0.01 | 15-8 225 3.20 1.12 218
What idiot voted for Myers?
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 Nomar Garciaparra BOS 28 140 140 1.00 | 684 209 30 .306 .875 22|
2 Jose Cruz TOT 0 61 140 0.44 | +395 98 26 .248 .814 7|
3 Jason Dickson ANA 0 27 140 0.19 | 2 0 0 .000 .000 0| 13-9 204 4.29 1.43 115
4 Deivi Cruz DET 0 12 140 0.09 | 436 105 2 .241 .577 3|
5 Jaret Wright CLE 0 7 140 0.05 | 3 0 0 .000 .000 0| 8-3 90 4.38 1.28 63
6 Mike Cameron CHW 0 5 140 0.04 | 379 98 14 .259 .789 23|
Manager:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Davey Johnson BAL 10 88 140 0.63 | 98-64 1
2 Buddy Bell DET 4 50 140 0.36 | 79-83 3
3 Phil Garner MIL 5 42 140 0.30 | 78-83 3
4 Lou Piniella SEA 3 30 140 0.21 | 90-72 1
5 Terry Collins ANA 4 24 140 0.17 | 84-78 2
6 Mike Hargrove CLE 2 13 140 0.09 | 86-75 1
7 Joe Torre NYY 0 5 140 0.04 | 96-66 2
A very divided vote.
Top player: Ken Griffey, Jr. is the tops. Thomas was actually a better hitter, but had no defensive value while Griffey certainly did.
#1 Ken Griffey, #2 Frank Thomas, #3 Tino Martinez, #4 Ivan Rodriguez, #5 Edgar Martinez, #6 Paul O'Neill.
Top pitcher: Roger Clemens is the clear winner.
#1 Roger Clemens, #2 Randy Johnson, #3 Andy Pettitte, #4 Justin Thompson, #5 Mike Mussina.
Top rookie: Nomar Garciaparra was head and shoulders above the rest.
Top manager: Dave Johnson, who managed Baltimore to the most wins in the league.
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