The Atlanta Braves won the pennant, then got swept in the Series. The Braves won 103 regular season games, ahead of the Mets, who won 97 counting the playoff with the Reds to earn the Wild Card spot. Houston won 97 in regulation to take the Central, and Arizona won 100 to take the West. San Francisco, with 86 wins, was the only other team above .500. Florida's Marlins fell from World Champions to the worst team in the league at 98 losses, after selling off their players.
Larry Walker led the league in the percentage categories: batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, from altitude-aided Colorado. Walker batted .379, Luis Gonzalez .336, Bobby Abreu .335, Sean Casey .332. Mark McGwire led in HR and RBI, belting 65 homers while Sammy Sosa hit 63. McGwire had 147 RBI to 142 for Matt Williams and 141 for Sosa. Jeff Bagwell in walks and runs, Craig Biggio in doubles, Luis Gonzalez in hits, Tony Womack in steals. McGwire led in adjusted OPS+, just ahead of Chipper Jones, who led in runs created. Jones won the MVP.
Mike Hampton led in wins, winning 22 with Houston teammate Jose Lima winning 21 and Greg Maddux winning 19. Randy Johnson led in ERA with a 2.48 mark, followed by Kevin Millwood at 2.68 and Hampton at 2.90. Johnson also led in strikeouts with 364, while Kevin Brown had 221 and Pedro Astacio 210. Ugueth Urbina led in saves with 41, Trevor Hoffman had 40 and Billy Wagner 39. Johnson won the Cy Young.
Win Shares leaders, players; Jeff Bagwell (Houston) 37, Chipper Jones (Atlanta) 32, Craig Biggio (Houston) 31, Robin Ventura (New York) and Mark McGwire (St. Louis) 30, Edgardo Alfonzo (New York) 29, Andruw Jones (Atlanta) and Vladimir Guerrero (Montreal) 28, Brian Giles (Pittsburgh) 27, Luis Gonzalez and Matt Williams (Arizona), Sammy Sosa (Chicago), John Olerud (New York) and Bobby Abreu (Philadelphia) 26, Carl Everett (Houston) 25, Steve Finley (Arizona), Barry Larkin and Greg Vaughn (Cincinnati), Larry Walker (Colorado), Gary Sheffield (Los Angeles) and Ellis Burks (San Francisco) 24.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Randy Johnson (Arizona) and Mike Hampton (Houston) 26, Kevin Millwood (Atlanta) 22, Billy Wagner (Houston) 20, Pedro Astacio (Colorado), Kevin Brown (Los Angeles) and Armando Benitez (New York) 19, John Smoltz (Atlanta) and Jose Lima (Houston) 18, Greg Maddux (Atlanta) and Scott Williamson (Cincinnati) 17.
WARP3 scores: Bagwell 9.3, C. Jones 8.4, Biggio 7.1, Ventura 9.2, McGwire 9.1, Alfonzo 7.7, A. Jones 9.1, Guerrero 6.7, Giles 9.3, Gonzalez 7.7, Williams 8.2 (last good year), Sosa 7.6, Olerud 9.1, Abreu 6.9, Everett 7.6 (best season), Finley 7.0, Larkin 9.0 (last big season), Vaughn 5.8, Walker 7.9, Sheffield 7.6, Burks 5.8.
Pitchers, Johnson 9.7, Hampton 10.3, Millwood 8.6 (best year), Wagner 7.2, Astacio 6.6 (best year), Brown 7.9, Benitez 5.6, Smoltz 7.5, Lima 6.8 (career year), Maddux 7.1, Williamson 7.0 (rookie, career year).
WAR leaders, players: Bagwell 8.2, Ventura and C. Jones 7.7, A. Jones 7.3, Giles 7.0, Gonzalez 6.9, Abreu 6.7, McGwire 6.4, Alfonzo 6.3, Olerud 6.2, Everett 6.1, Sosa 5.7, Cameron and Young 5.6, Larkin 5.4, Biggio 5.3, Cirillo and Karros 5.2, Bell and Rolen 5.1, Walker 5.0.
Pitchers: Johnson 9.8, Brown 6.8, Reynolds 6.2, Maddux 5.8, Millwood 5.7, Smoltz and Astacio 5.5, Hampton 5.1, Lima 4.9, Lieber 4.5, Glavine 4.4, Hermanson 4.2, Daal 4.0, Benson 3.7, Schilling and Wagner 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 Chipper Jones ATL 29 432 448 0.96 | 567 181 45 .319 1.074 25|
2 Jeff Bagwell HOU 1 276 448 0.62 | 562 171 42 .304 1.045 30|
3 Matt Williams ARI 2 269 448 0.60 | 627 190 35 .303 .880 2|
4 Greg Vaughn CIN 0 121 448 0.27 | 550 135 45 .245 .881 15|
5 Mark McGwire STL 0 115 448 0.26 | 521 145 65 .278 1.120 0|
6 Robin Ventura NYM 0 113 448 0.25 | 588 177 32 .301 .908 1|
7 Mike Piazza NYM 0 109 448 0.24 | 534 162 40 .303 .936 2|
8 Edgardo Alfonzo NYM 0 88 448 0.20 | 628 191 27 .304 .886 9|
9 Sammy Sosa CHC 0 87 448 0.19 | 625 180 63 .288 1.002 7|
10 Larry Walker COL 0 35 448 0.08 | 438 166 37 .379 1.168 11|
11 Vladimir Guerrero MON 0 34 448 0.08 | 610 193 42 .316 .978 14|
12 Craig Biggio HOU 0 32 448 0.07 | 639 188 16 .294 .843 28|
13 Jay Bell ARI 0 31 448 0.07 | 589 170 38 .289 .931 7|
14 Sean Casey CIN 0 23 448 0.05 | 594 197 25 .332 .938 0|
15 Randy Johnson ARI 0 21 448 0.05 | 97 12 0 .124 .289 0| 17-9 272 2.48 1.02 364
16 Billy Wagner HOU 0 19 448 0.04 | | 4-1 75 1.57 0.78 124 39
17 Carl Everett HOU 0 15 448 0.03 | 464 151 25 .325 .969 27|
18 Luis Gonzalez ARI 0 12 448 0.03 | 614 206 26 .336 .952 9|
19 Brian Giles PIT 0 11 448 0.02 | 521 164 39 .315 1.032 6|
19 Brian Jordan ATL 0 11 448 0.02 | 576 163 23 .283 .811 13|
21 Mike Hampton HOU 0 10 448 0.02 | 74 23 0 .311 .806 0| 22-4 239 2.90 1.28 177
22 Barry Larkin CIN 0 7 448 0.02 | 583 171 12 .293 .810 30|
23 Bobby Abreu PHI 0 6 448 0.01 | 546 183 20 .335 .995 27|
24 Barry Bonds SFG 0 3 448 0.01 | 355 93 34 .262 1.006 15|
24 Matt Mantei TOT 0 3 448 0.01 | + 1 0 0 .000 .000 0|+ 1-3 65 2.76 1.35 99 32
26 Jeff Kent SFG 0 2 448 0.00 | 511 148 23 .290 .877 13|
26 Kevin Millwood ATL 0 2 448 0.00 | 78 12 1 .154 .393 0| 18-7 228 2.68 1.00 205
28 Trevor Hoffman SDP 0 1 448 0.00 | 3 1 0 .333 1.000 0| 2-3 67 2.14 0.94 73 40
Bagwell was a distant second, just behind Chipper in hitting. But Bagwell was a good first baseman, while Jones was a bad third baseman.
Cy Young: Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Randy Johnson ARI 20 134 160 0.84 | 17-9 272 2.48 1.02 364
2 Mike Hampton HOU 11 110 160 0.69 | 22-4 239 2.90 1.28 177
3 Kevin Millwood ATL 1 36 160 0.22 | 18-7 228 2.68 1.00 205
4 Jose Lima HOU 0 3 160 0.02 | 21-10 246 3.58 1.22 187
4 Billy Wagner HOU 0 3 160 0.02 | 4-1 75 1.57 0.78 124 39
6 Kevin Brown LAD 0 1 160 0.01 | 18-9 252 3.00 1.07 221
6 Trevor Hoffman SDP 0 1 160 0.01 | 2-3 67 2.14 0.94 73 40
Hampton's 2.90 ERA in Houston was actually more impressive than Johnson's 2.48 in Phoenix.
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 Scott Williamson CIN 17 118 160 0.74 | 7 0 0 .000 .125 0| 12-7 93 2.41 1.04 107 19
2 Preston Wilson FLA 9 88 160 0.55 | 482 135 26 .280 .852 11|
3 Warren Morris PIT 6 69 160 0.43 | 511 147 15 .288 .787 3|
4 Kris Benson PIT 0 5 160 0.03 | 65 10 0 .154 .391 0| 11-14 197 4.07 1.36 139
5 Joe McEwing STL 0 3 160 0.02 | 513 141 9 .275 .730 7|
6 Kevin McGlinchy ATL 0 1 160 0.01 | 2 0 0 .000 .000 0| 7-3 70 2.82 1.36 67
Manager:
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Jack McKeon CIN 17 115 160 0.72 | 96-67 2
2 Bobby Cox ATL 10 98 160 0.61 | 103-59 1
3 Larry Dierker HOU 4 48 160 0.30 | 97-65 1
4 Buck Showalter ARI 1 17 160 0.11 | 100-62 1
5 Bobby Valentine NYM 0 10 160 0.06 | 97-66 2
Top player: Jeff Bagwell, who tops the WS, WARP, and WAR lists. It was a matter of defense, mostly the poor glove of Chipper. He loses status in the meta systems because he doesn't play good defense.
#1 Jeff Bagwell, #2 Chipper Jones, #3 Robin Ventura, #4 Mark McGwire, #5 Andruw Jones, #6 Brian Giles.
Top pitcher: Randy Johnson, still rolling on.
#1 Randy Johnson, #2 Mike Hampton, #3 Kevin Millwood, #4 Kevin Brown, #5 Greg Maddux.
Top rookie: Scott Williamson leads a field of future journeymen. Williamson had 19 WS, Warren Morris 16, Wilson 13, Benson 12.
Top manager: Bobby Cox, another pennant.
09 January 2012
1999 American League
The Yankees won the pennant and then swept the World Series. New York won 98 regular season games, down from the previous year but still enough. Boston was 2nd in the East with 94 wins and took the Wild Card. Toronto won 84. Cleveland won the Central with 97 victories and was the only team in the division with a .500 record. Kansas City and Minnesota each lost 97. Texas won the West with 95 victories, eight games ahead of Oakland. In the playoffs, New York topped Texas and Boston overcame Cleveland, then the Yankees beat the Red Sox to make the Series against the Braves.
Nomar Garciaparra won the batting title at .357; Derek Jeter was second at .349, Bernie Williams third with a .342 mark. Ken Griffey led in homers 48, Rafael Palmeiro had 47, Manny Ramirez and Carlos Delgado had 44. Manny Ramirez led in RBI (165), slugging and OPS. Palmeiro had 148 RBI, Delgado and Griffey each 134. Jeter led in hits with 219 (B.J. Surhoff had 202), Roberto Alomar in runs with 138, Shawn Green in total bases and doubles, Brian Hunter in steals with 44 followed by Omar Vizquel with 42. Edgar Martinez edged Manny in on-base. Ivan Rodriguez won the MVP.
Pedro Martinez led in wins, ERA and strikeouts and took the Cy Young. Martinez won 23 while second place was Aaron Sele, Mike Mussina, and Bartolo Colon with 18. Martinez's 2.07 ERA was trailed badly by David Cone at 3.44 and Mussina at 3.50. Strikeouts weren't any closer, as Martinez had 313 while Chuck Finley was second with 200. David Wells led with seven complete games and 232 innings. Mariano Rivera led in saves with 45, Roberto Hernandez and John Wetteland had 43.
Win Shares leaders, players; Roberto Alomar and Manny Ramirez (Cleveland) and Derek Jeter (New York) 35, Bernie Williams (New York) 33, Nomar Garciaparra (Boston) 32, Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle) and Rafael Palmeiro (Texas) 31, Jason Giambi (New York) 30, Ivan Rodriguez (Texas) 28, Jim Thome (Cleveland) 26, Chuck Knoblauch (New York) 25, Albert Belle (Baltimore), Fred McGriff (Tampa Bay), Juan Gonzalez and Rusty Greer (Texas) and Shawn Green (Toronto) 24, Brady Anderson (Baltimore) and Alex Rodriguez (Seattle) 23, Omar Vizquel (Cleveland), John Jaha (Oakland) and Edgar Martinez (Seattle) 22, Carlos Delgado (Toronto) 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Pedro Martinez (Boston) 27, Derek Lowe (Boston) 19, Jaime Moyer (Seattle) 18, Mike Mussina (Baltimore), Brad Radke (Minnesota) and Mariano Rivera (New York) 17, Keith Foulke (Chicago), Bartolo Colon (Cleveland) and Freddy Garcia (Seattle) 16, Dave Burba (Cleveland) and David Cone (New York) 15.
WARP3 scores: Alomar 10.7, Ramirez 10.5, Jeter 11.0, Williams 10.8, Garciaparra 11.0, Griffey 9.0, Palmeiro 8.7, Giambi 7.8, I. Rodriguez 10.6, Thome 8.4, Knoblauch 6.5 (last big season), Belle 10.3, McGriff 6.3, Gonzalez 7.0, Greer 6.4 (last good season), Green 9.3, Anderson 8.8 (last big season), A. Rodriguez 8.1, Vizquel 6.2, Jaha 6.7 (best year), Edgar 7.2, Delgado 7.4.
Pitchers, P. Martinez 12.7, Lowe 6.3, Moyer 8.5, Mussina 7.7, Radke 9.2, Rivera 8.1, Foulke 5.5, Colon 7.1, Garcia 8.0 (rookie), Burba 7.0, Cone 6.7 (last big season).
WAR leaders from Fangraphs: (position players) Ramirez and Jeter 7.5, Alomar 7.4, Rodriguez 6.9, Garciaparra 6.3, Velarde and Vizquel 6.1, Green 6.0, Ordonez and Palmeiro 5.5, E. Martinez 5.4, Anderson 5.3, Giambi 5.2, Griffey and Williams 5.0, Lofton and A. Rodriguez 4.8, Singleton and Surhoff 4.7, Bordick 4.5, Beltran and Damon 4.4.
Pitchers: P. Martinez 12.1, Mussina 5.9, Sele 5.2, Finley 4.7, Moyer 4.6, Wells and Radke 4.4, Milton 4.2, Heredia and Rosado 4.1, Colon and Sirotka 4.0, Garcia 3.8, Nagy 3.5, Cone 3.4.
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 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 7 252 392 0.64 | 600 199 35 .332 .914 25|
2 Pedro Martinez BOS 8 239 392 0.61 | 2 0 0 .000 .000 0| 23-4 213 2.07 0.92 313
3 Roberto Alomar CLE 4 226 392 0.58 | 563 182 24 .323 .955 37|
3 Manny Ramirez CLE 4 226 392 0.58 | 522 174 44 .333 1.105 2|
5 Rafael Palmeiro TEX 4 193 392 0.49 | 565 183 47 .324 1.050 2|
6 Derek Jeter NYY 1 177 392 0.45 | 627 219 24 .349 .989 19|
7 Nomar Garciaparra BOS 0 137 392 0.35 | 532 190 27 .357 1.022 14|
8 Jason Giambi OAK 0 49 392 0.12 | 575 181 33 .315 .975 1|
9 Shawn Green TOR 0 44 392 0.11 | 614 190 42 .309 .972 20|
10 Ken Griffey SEA 0 42 392 0.11 | 606 173 48 .285 .960 24|
11 Bernie Williams NYY 0 21 392 0.05 | 591 202 25 .342 .971 9|
12 Carlos Delgado TOR 0 16 392 0.04 | 573 156 44 .272 .948 1|
13 Juan Gonzalez TEX 0 10 392 0.03 | 562 183 39 .326 .980 3|
14 Mariano Rivera NYY 0 9 392 0.02 | | 4-3 69 1.83 0.88 52 45
15 Alex Rodriguez SEA 0 4 392 0.01 | 502 143 42 .285 .943 21|
16 Omar Vizquel CLE 0 3 392 0.01 | 574 191 5 .333 .833 42|
17 Matt Stairs OAK 0 2 392 0.01 | 531 137 38 .258 .899 2|
18 John Jaha OAK 0 1 392 0.00 | 457 126 35 .276 .970 2|
18 B.J. Surhoff BAL 0 1 392 0.00 | 673 207 28 .308 .839 5|
One of the most unusual MVP votes in history. Only 19 players received votes, and the most deserving finished 6th, although that in itself is not unheard of. Six players got first-place votes, which is a lot.
Cy Young: Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Pedro Martinez BOS 28 140 140 1.00 | 23-4 213 2.07 0.92 313
2 Mike Mussina BAL 0 54 140 0.39 | 18-7 203 3.50 1.27 172
3 Mariano Rivera NYY 0 27 140 0.19 | 4-3 69 1.83 0.88 52 45
4 Bartolo Colon CLE 0 14 140 0.10 | 18-5 205 3.95 1.27 161
5 Aaron Sele TEX 0 4 140 0.03 | 18-9 205 4.79 1.53 186
6 David Cone NYY 0 3 140 0.02 | 12-9 193 3.44 1.31 177
6 Jamie Moyer SEA 0 3 140 0.02 | 14-8 228 3.87 1.24 137
6 John Wetteland TEX 0 3 140 0.02 | 4-4 66 3.68 1.30 60 43
9 Freddy Garcia SEA 0 2 140 0.01 | 17-8 201 4.07 1.47 170
10 Keith Foulke CHW 0 1 140 0.01 | 3-3 105 2.22 0.88 123 9
10 Roberto Hernandez TBD 0 1 140 0.01 | 2-3 73 3.07 1.38 69 43
There, that was easy.
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 Carlos Beltran KCR 26 133 140 0.95 | 663 194 22 .293 .791 27|
2 Freddy Garcia SEA 1 45 140 0.32 | 4 1 0 .250 .500 0| 17-8 201 4.07 1.47 170
3 Jeff Zimmerman TEX 0 27 140 0.19 | | 9-3 88 2.36 0.83 67 3
4 Brian Daubach BOS 1 16 140 0.11 | 381 112 21 .294 .921 0|
5 Tim Hudson OAK 0 13 140 0.09 | 4 1 0 .250 .650 0| 11-2 136 3.23 1.34 132
6 Chris Singleton CHW 0 9 140 0.06 | 496 149 17 .300 .818 20|
7 Billy Koch TOR 0 4 140 0.03 | 1 0 0 .000 .000 0| 0-5 64 3.39 1.34 57 31
7 Carlos Lee CHW 0 4 140 0.03 | 492 144 16 .293 .775 4|
9 Trot Nixon BOS 0 1 140 0.01 | 381 103 15 .270 .830 3|
Manager: 1st Max |
Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Jimy Williams BOS 20 115 140 0.82 | 94-68 2
2 Art Howe OAK 5 85 140 0.61 | 87-75 2
3 Joe Torre NYY 0 21 140 0.15 | 98-64 1
4 Johnny Oates TEX 1 18 140 0.13 | 95-67 1
5 Mike Hargrove CLE 2 13 140 0.09 | 97-65 1
Top player: Derek Jeter. Tied for most Win Shares and WAR, and best WARP. It's odd that Jeter could get overlooked, as much attention as he receives, but he was here.
#1 Derek Jeter, #2 Manny Ramirez, #3 Roberto Alomar, #4 Nomar Garciaparra, #5 Ivan Rodriguez, #6 Bernie Williams.
Top pitcher: Pedro Martinez lapped the field. This would have been a good year for a pitcher to win the MVP.
#1 Pedro Martinez, #2 Mike Mussina, #3 Jamie Moyer, #4 Brad Radke, #5 Bartolo Colon.
Top rookie: Carlos Beltran in a strong field. Freddy Garcia also had a strong season, and Tim Hudson, Carlos Lee, and Trot Nixon were among stars to debut here.
Top manager: Mike Hargrove. He was handling a Cleveland mini-dynasty.
Nomar Garciaparra won the batting title at .357; Derek Jeter was second at .349, Bernie Williams third with a .342 mark. Ken Griffey led in homers 48, Rafael Palmeiro had 47, Manny Ramirez and Carlos Delgado had 44. Manny Ramirez led in RBI (165), slugging and OPS. Palmeiro had 148 RBI, Delgado and Griffey each 134. Jeter led in hits with 219 (B.J. Surhoff had 202), Roberto Alomar in runs with 138, Shawn Green in total bases and doubles, Brian Hunter in steals with 44 followed by Omar Vizquel with 42. Edgar Martinez edged Manny in on-base. Ivan Rodriguez won the MVP.
Pedro Martinez led in wins, ERA and strikeouts and took the Cy Young. Martinez won 23 while second place was Aaron Sele, Mike Mussina, and Bartolo Colon with 18. Martinez's 2.07 ERA was trailed badly by David Cone at 3.44 and Mussina at 3.50. Strikeouts weren't any closer, as Martinez had 313 while Chuck Finley was second with 200. David Wells led with seven complete games and 232 innings. Mariano Rivera led in saves with 45, Roberto Hernandez and John Wetteland had 43.
Win Shares leaders, players; Roberto Alomar and Manny Ramirez (Cleveland) and Derek Jeter (New York) 35, Bernie Williams (New York) 33, Nomar Garciaparra (Boston) 32, Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle) and Rafael Palmeiro (Texas) 31, Jason Giambi (New York) 30, Ivan Rodriguez (Texas) 28, Jim Thome (Cleveland) 26, Chuck Knoblauch (New York) 25, Albert Belle (Baltimore), Fred McGriff (Tampa Bay), Juan Gonzalez and Rusty Greer (Texas) and Shawn Green (Toronto) 24, Brady Anderson (Baltimore) and Alex Rodriguez (Seattle) 23, Omar Vizquel (Cleveland), John Jaha (Oakland) and Edgar Martinez (Seattle) 22, Carlos Delgado (Toronto) 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Pedro Martinez (Boston) 27, Derek Lowe (Boston) 19, Jaime Moyer (Seattle) 18, Mike Mussina (Baltimore), Brad Radke (Minnesota) and Mariano Rivera (New York) 17, Keith Foulke (Chicago), Bartolo Colon (Cleveland) and Freddy Garcia (Seattle) 16, Dave Burba (Cleveland) and David Cone (New York) 15.
WARP3 scores: Alomar 10.7, Ramirez 10.5, Jeter 11.0, Williams 10.8, Garciaparra 11.0, Griffey 9.0, Palmeiro 8.7, Giambi 7.8, I. Rodriguez 10.6, Thome 8.4, Knoblauch 6.5 (last big season), Belle 10.3, McGriff 6.3, Gonzalez 7.0, Greer 6.4 (last good season), Green 9.3, Anderson 8.8 (last big season), A. Rodriguez 8.1, Vizquel 6.2, Jaha 6.7 (best year), Edgar 7.2, Delgado 7.4.
Pitchers, P. Martinez 12.7, Lowe 6.3, Moyer 8.5, Mussina 7.7, Radke 9.2, Rivera 8.1, Foulke 5.5, Colon 7.1, Garcia 8.0 (rookie), Burba 7.0, Cone 6.7 (last big season).
WAR leaders from Fangraphs: (position players) Ramirez and Jeter 7.5, Alomar 7.4, Rodriguez 6.9, Garciaparra 6.3, Velarde and Vizquel 6.1, Green 6.0, Ordonez and Palmeiro 5.5, E. Martinez 5.4, Anderson 5.3, Giambi 5.2, Griffey and Williams 5.0, Lofton and A. Rodriguez 4.8, Singleton and Surhoff 4.7, Bordick 4.5, Beltran and Damon 4.4.
Pitchers: P. Martinez 12.1, Mussina 5.9, Sele 5.2, Finley 4.7, Moyer 4.6, Wells and Radke 4.4, Milton 4.2, Heredia and Rosado 4.1, Colon and Sirotka 4.0, Garcia 3.8, Nagy 3.5, Cone 3.4.
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 Ivan Rodriguez TEX 7 252 392 0.64 | 600 199 35 .332 .914 25|
2 Pedro Martinez BOS 8 239 392 0.61 | 2 0 0 .000 .000 0| 23-4 213 2.07 0.92 313
3 Roberto Alomar CLE 4 226 392 0.58 | 563 182 24 .323 .955 37|
3 Manny Ramirez CLE 4 226 392 0.58 | 522 174 44 .333 1.105 2|
5 Rafael Palmeiro TEX 4 193 392 0.49 | 565 183 47 .324 1.050 2|
6 Derek Jeter NYY 1 177 392 0.45 | 627 219 24 .349 .989 19|
7 Nomar Garciaparra BOS 0 137 392 0.35 | 532 190 27 .357 1.022 14|
8 Jason Giambi OAK 0 49 392 0.12 | 575 181 33 .315 .975 1|
9 Shawn Green TOR 0 44 392 0.11 | 614 190 42 .309 .972 20|
10 Ken Griffey SEA 0 42 392 0.11 | 606 173 48 .285 .960 24|
11 Bernie Williams NYY 0 21 392 0.05 | 591 202 25 .342 .971 9|
12 Carlos Delgado TOR 0 16 392 0.04 | 573 156 44 .272 .948 1|
13 Juan Gonzalez TEX 0 10 392 0.03 | 562 183 39 .326 .980 3|
14 Mariano Rivera NYY 0 9 392 0.02 | | 4-3 69 1.83 0.88 52 45
15 Alex Rodriguez SEA 0 4 392 0.01 | 502 143 42 .285 .943 21|
16 Omar Vizquel CLE 0 3 392 0.01 | 574 191 5 .333 .833 42|
17 Matt Stairs OAK 0 2 392 0.01 | 531 137 38 .258 .899 2|
18 John Jaha OAK 0 1 392 0.00 | 457 126 35 .276 .970 2|
18 B.J. Surhoff BAL 0 1 392 0.00 | 673 207 28 .308 .839 5|
One of the most unusual MVP votes in history. Only 19 players received votes, and the most deserving finished 6th, although that in itself is not unheard of. Six players got first-place votes, which is a lot.
Cy Young: Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
1 Pedro Martinez BOS 28 140 140 1.00 | 23-4 213 2.07 0.92 313
2 Mike Mussina BAL 0 54 140 0.39 | 18-7 203 3.50 1.27 172
3 Mariano Rivera NYY 0 27 140 0.19 | 4-3 69 1.83 0.88 52 45
4 Bartolo Colon CLE 0 14 140 0.10 | 18-5 205 3.95 1.27 161
5 Aaron Sele TEX 0 4 140 0.03 | 18-9 205 4.79 1.53 186
6 David Cone NYY 0 3 140 0.02 | 12-9 193 3.44 1.31 177
6 Jamie Moyer SEA 0 3 140 0.02 | 14-8 228 3.87 1.24 137
6 John Wetteland TEX 0 3 140 0.02 | 4-4 66 3.68 1.30 60 43
9 Freddy Garcia SEA 0 2 140 0.01 | 17-8 201 4.07 1.47 170
10 Keith Foulke CHW 0 1 140 0.01 | 3-3 105 2.22 0.88 123 9
10 Roberto Hernandez TBD 0 1 140 0.01 | 2-3 73 3.07 1.38 69 43
There, that was easy.
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 Carlos Beltran KCR 26 133 140 0.95 | 663 194 22 .293 .791 27|
2 Freddy Garcia SEA 1 45 140 0.32 | 4 1 0 .250 .500 0| 17-8 201 4.07 1.47 170
3 Jeff Zimmerman TEX 0 27 140 0.19 | | 9-3 88 2.36 0.83 67 3
4 Brian Daubach BOS 1 16 140 0.11 | 381 112 21 .294 .921 0|
5 Tim Hudson OAK 0 13 140 0.09 | 4 1 0 .250 .650 0| 11-2 136 3.23 1.34 132
6 Chris Singleton CHW 0 9 140 0.06 | 496 149 17 .300 .818 20|
7 Billy Koch TOR 0 4 140 0.03 | 1 0 0 .000 .000 0| 0-5 64 3.39 1.34 57 31
7 Carlos Lee CHW 0 4 140 0.03 | 492 144 16 .293 .775 4|
9 Trot Nixon BOS 0 1 140 0.01 | 381 103 15 .270 .830 3|
Manager: 1st Max |
Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share | W-L Rank
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+------+---------+-----+
1 Jimy Williams BOS 20 115 140 0.82 | 94-68 2
2 Art Howe OAK 5 85 140 0.61 | 87-75 2
3 Joe Torre NYY 0 21 140 0.15 | 98-64 1
4 Johnny Oates TEX 1 18 140 0.13 | 95-67 1
5 Mike Hargrove CLE 2 13 140 0.09 | 97-65 1
Top player: Derek Jeter. Tied for most Win Shares and WAR, and best WARP. It's odd that Jeter could get overlooked, as much attention as he receives, but he was here.
#1 Derek Jeter, #2 Manny Ramirez, #3 Roberto Alomar, #4 Nomar Garciaparra, #5 Ivan Rodriguez, #6 Bernie Williams.
Top pitcher: Pedro Martinez lapped the field. This would have been a good year for a pitcher to win the MVP.
#1 Pedro Martinez, #2 Mike Mussina, #3 Jamie Moyer, #4 Brad Radke, #5 Bartolo Colon.
Top rookie: Carlos Beltran in a strong field. Freddy Garcia also had a strong season, and Tim Hudson, Carlos Lee, and Trot Nixon were among stars to debut here.
Top manager: Mike Hargrove. He was handling a Cleveland mini-dynasty.
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