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.
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