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.

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