12 January 2013

2009 National League

Philadelphia led the league in runs scored, Los Angeles led in ERA, and those teams won their divisions, the Phillies with 93 wins in the East and the Dodgers with 95 wins in the West.  St. Louis won the Central with 91 victories, and Colorado took the wild card with 92 wins.  The Phils beat the Dodgers in the LCS, then lost the World Series to the Yankees.

Hanley Ramirez took the batting average crown with a .342 mark, Pedro Sandoval was second at .330, and Albert Pujols third at .327.  Pujols led in both on-base and slugging.  Pujols scored 124 runs, leading Ryan Braun at 113 and Chase Utley at 112.  Braun led with 203 hits while Miguel Tejada had 199.  Tejada led with 46 doubles and Shane Victorino with 13 triples.  Pujols led with 47 homers, Prince Fielder hit 46, Ryan Howard 45, and Mark Reynolds 44.  Reynolds also set a record by striking out 223 times.  Howard and Fielder tied at 141 RBI, Pujols had 135.  Michael Bourn stole 61 bases.

Adam Wainright had 19 wins, Chris Carpenter 17, Jorge de la Rosa 16.  Carpenter had a 2.24 ERA, Tim Lincecum 2.48, Jair Jurrjens 2.60.  Wainright led with 233 innings.  Lincecum had 261 strikeouts, Javier Vazquez 238, Dan Haren 223.  Heath Bell had 42 saves.

Win Shares leaders, position players: Albert Pujols (St. Louis) 39, Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder (Milwaukee) 36, Adrian Gonzalez (San Diego) and Hanley Ramirez (Florida) 34, Chase Utley (Philadelphia) 32, Pablo Sandoval (San Francisco) 27, Matt Kemp (Los Angeles) and Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth (Philadelphia) 26, Yunel Escobar (Atlanta), Derrek Lee (Chicago), Joey Votto (Cincinnati), Troy Tulowitski (Colorado), Adam Dunn (Washington) 24.

Win Shares leaders, pitchers:  Tim Lincecum (San Francisco) 22, Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainright (St. Louis) 21, Dan Haren (Arizona) and Matt Cain (San Francisco) 20, Ubaldo Jiminez (Colorado) and Josh Johnson (Florida) 19, Jair Jurrjens (Atlanta) 17, Jonathon Broxton (Los Angeles), Wandy Rodriguez (Houston), and Javier Vazquez (Atlanta) 16.

WAR (Fangraphs) leaders, position players:  Pujols 9.0, Utley 8.2, Ramirez 7.4, Ryan Zimmerman (Washington) 7.3, Fielder 6.4, Gonzalez 6.2, Tulowitski 5.7, Sandoval 5.5, Lee 5.3, Kemp and Nyjer Morgan (Pittsburgh/Washington) 5.2, Werth 5.0, Braun, Casey Blake (Los Angeles) and Michael Bourn (Houston) 4.9.

WAR (Fangraphs) leaders, pitchers:  Lincecum 8.0, Vazquez 6.5, Haren 6.1, Jiminez 5.9, Wainright 5.7, Carpenter and Johnson 5.6, Joel Piniero (St. Louis) 4.7, Ricky Nolasco (Florida) 4.3, Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles) 4.1, Marquis and Rodriguez 4.0.

Actual award voting, BBWAA:
MVP (top 14):


1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points
Albert Pujols, Cardinals 32 448
Hanley Ramirez, Marlins 15 5 3 3 2 3 1 233
Ryan Howard, Phillies 6 8 7 5 1 3 1 217
Prince Fielder, Brewers 5 9 7 3 1 3 1 3 203
Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies 3 6 5 5 5 1 1 172
Andre Ethier, Dodgers 2 3 2 5 4 5 3 113
Pablo Sandoval, Giants 1 2 5 5 6 1 4 89
Chase Utley, Phillies 2 2 1 5 4 3 1 84
Derrek Lee, Cubs 1 3 3 2 2 5 66
Matt Kemp, Dodgers 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 49
Ryan Braun, Brewers 3 1 2 4 6 43
Adrian Gonzalez, Padres 1 1 3 2 5 30
Todd Helton, Rockies 1 1 1 1 2 28
Chris Carpenter, Cardinals 1 2 1 2 1 25

Cy Young:


1st 2nd 3rd Points
Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants 11 12 9 100
Chris Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals 9 14 7 94
Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals 12 5 15 90
Javier Vazquez, Atlanta Braves 1 3
Dan Haren, Arizona Diamondbacks 1 1

Rookie:

1st 2nd 3rd Points
Chris Coghlan, Florida Marlins 17 6 2 105
J.A. Happ, Philadelphia Phillies 10 11 11 94
Tommy Hanson, Atlanta Braves 2 6 9 37
Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 5 25
Casey McGehee, Milwaukee Brewers 1 3 4 18
Randy Wells, Chicago Cubs 1 3
Garret Jones, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 2
Everth Cabrera, San Diego Padres 1 1
Dexter Fowler, Colorado Rockies 1 1
Gerardo Parra, Arizona Diamondbacks 1 1
Colby Rasmus, St. Louis Cardinals 1 1

Manager:

1st 2nd 3rd Points
Jim Tracy, Colorado Rockies 29 2 151
Tony La Russa, St. Louis Cardinals 2 13 6 55
Joe Torre, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 7 7 33
Bruce Bochy, San Francisco Giants 5 3 18
Bobby Cox, Atlanta Braves 3 6 15
Charlie Manuel, Philadelphia Phillies 2 4 10
Fredi Gonzalez, Florida Marlins 4 4
Bud Black, San Diego Padres 2 2

Player of the Year:  Albert Pujols.  Once again, El Hombre surpassed the rest of the players of the NL.
1. Albert Pujols, 2. Hanley Ramirez, 3. Chase Utley, 4. Prince Fielder, 5. Adrian Gonalez, 6. Pablo Sandoval.

Pitcher of the Year:  Tim Lincecum, by a small but clear margin.  St. Louis kicked a lot about the award voting, but the right guy got it.
1. Tim Lincecum, 2. Javier Vazquez, 3. Adam Wainright, 4. Dan Haren, 5. Ubaldo Jiminez.

Rookie of the Year:  With hindsight available, Andrew McCutchen over Chris Coghlan.

Manager of the Year:  Charlie Manuel, since we can include the postseason.

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