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.
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