NL Silver Slugger Award:
-SS
Jose Valle(LA), .298/.359/.632/.991, 178 H, 48 2B, 4 3B, 48 HR, 142 RBI, 100 R, 58 BB
-Ranked 1st in SLG, 3rd in OPS, T6th in 2B, 2nd in HR, 1st in RBI, 1st in Extra Base Hits, 1st in Total Bases, 2nd in Runs Created, 6th in RC/27
-1st career Silver Slugger Award, 1st LA player to win Silver Slugger since 2068 and just the 5th winner in franchise history.
NL Cy Young Award:
-
Carlos Lozoya(SD), 26-6, 1.40 ERA, 270 IP, 234 K, 60 BB, 13 CG, 7 SH, 0.77 WHIP
-Ranked 1st in W, 1st in ERA, 2nd in IP, 2nd in K, 1st in Opponents' AVG(.159), 1st in Opponents' OBP(.207), 1st in Opponents' SLG(.208), 2nd in CG, 1st in SH, 1st in Quality Starts(30), 1st in baserunners allowed per 9 IP(6.9), 1st in hits allowed per 9 IP(4.9), 1st in HR allowed per 9 IP(0.2), 7th in K per 9 IP(7.8), 1st in WHIP
-5th career Cy Young Award and 2nd in a row. Only 4 other pitchers have won as many as 5 Cy Youngs(
Segundo Narbaiza and
Hector Soriano with 7,
Robert Padgett with 6, and
Robert Jordan with 5).
-San Diego's 16th Cy Young Award-winning season, good for 2nd most in the National League.
NL Rookie of the Year:
-RF
William Turner(SJ), .254/.313/.429/.742, 96 H, 13 2B, 13 3B, 9 HR, 42 RBI, 45 R, 32 BB
-2nd in NL in 3B
-1st San Jose player to win ROTY since 2079, and 8th in franchise history
NL Gold Glove Awards
Code:
P: Delbert Spicher(SD) 6*
C: Ramon Martinez(BUF) 1
1B: Timothy Wegener(LA) 2
2B: Jason Green(LA) 2
3B: Anthony Nicklas(PHO) 1
SS: Daniel Underwood(HBG) 3
LF: Ramon Montalvo(SAC) 5**
CF: Rene Barbosa(HFD) 1
RF: Roger Cintron(PHO) 1
*
Spicher is tied for 2nd most Gold Glove Awards among pitchers;
Walter Macias is the all time leader, with 9.
**The record for left-fielders is 6, held by
Samuel Lei and
Josias Fernandez.
(Note: Although not an "award" per se, I have included the "All Pros and All Schmoes" for each league. These lists honor the respective best and worst performers at each position in Runs Created per 27 outs(for hitters) and ERA(for pitchers). The "Q#" column and the number in parentheses next to the "Pitcher" subtitle represent the number of players that qualified for the batting and ERA titles, respectively.)
NL All Pros
Hitters:
Code:
POS Q# Player Team RC/27
C 7 Gary Hunter PHO 7.9
1B 9 Nestor Adrover SAC 8.1
2B 11 Sergio Salo ROC 6.7
3B 11 Louis Guerriero HFD 8.5
SS 9 Jose Valle LA 8.4
LF 11 James McLuney HBG 9.3
CF 9 Johnny Wingard NJ 9.4
RF 11 Jack Ector SD 7.7
Pitchers(44):
Code:
Player Team ERA
Carloz Lozoya SD 1.40
Mose Urick ROC 1.87
Bartolo Furtado BUF 2.48
Kenneth Chancey NJ 2.68
Daniel Villegas ROC 2.74
NL All Schmoes
Hitters:
Code:
POS Q# Player Team RC/27
C 7 Leo Gonzalez POR 2.6
1B 9 Peter Peed ROC 4.0
2B 11 Jeffrey Helman HFD 2.6
3B 11 Donald Noles LA 3.7
SS 9 Martin Colon POR 4.5
LF 11 Robert Borland SD 3.7
CF 9 John Creswell POR 4.7
RF 11 Roger Cintron PHO 3.8
Pitchers(44):
Code:
Player Team ERA
Aldo Barnes POR 6.83
Josue Huber PHO 6.55
Kenneth Hinkle PHO 5.64
Evan Casarez ROC 5.51
Jason Teal LA 5.43
AL Silver Slugger:
-DH
Brooks Branco(DEN), .359/.453/.732/1.185, 214 H, 33 2B, 9 3B, 57 HR, 138 RBI, 160 R, 97 BB
-2nd in AVG, 1st in OBP, 1st in SLG, 1st in OPS, 2nd in H, T6th in 3B, 1st in HR, 2nd in RBI, 1st in R, T5th in BB, T1st in Extra Base Hits, 1st in Total Bases, 1st in Runs Created, 1st in RC/27(
Branco's 13.76 total was the highest in the American League since Hall of Famer
Billy Stoltzfus had a 14.78 total in 2044)
-2nd straight Silver Slugger Award
-Denver has produced 3 straight Silver Slugger winners(
Russell Thomas in 2086, plus
Branco's 2) and 7 of the last 8. Overall, Denver has produced 17 Silver Slugger winners, which is tied with Hartford for the most all time.
AL Cy Young Award:
-
Mark Prior(MIA), 23-5, 2.99 ERA, 246 2/3 IP, 193 K, 70 BB, 11 CG, 8 SH, 1.16 WHIP
-1st in W, 2nd in ERA, 5th in IP, 9th in K, 4th in Opponents' AVG(.235), 7th in Opponents' OBP(.291), 1st in Opponents' SLG(.337), T3rd in CG, 1st in SH, T4th in Quality Starts(22), 6th in baserunners allowed per 9 IP(10.7), 4th in hits allowed per 9 IP(7.9), 6th in WHIP
-1st career Cy Young Award
-4th straight Cy Young winner for Miami, and 17th in franchise history. Miami leads the American League in Cy Young winners
AL Rookie of the Year:
-1B
Albert Lopez(NAS), .261/.349/.444/.793, 143 H, 29 2B, 1 3B, 23 HR, 102 RBI, 84 R, 75 BB
-1st Nashville player to win ROTY since 2072, and 11th in franchise history(2nd most in the American League behind Memphis' 13).
AL Gold Glove Awards
Code:
P: Alfred Ambriz(KNO) 1
C: Albert Easter(CHA) 1
1B: Ronald Cohen(CHA) 1
2B: Antonio Cortines(CHA) 1
3B: Raymond Stair(ATL) 6*
SS: David Rosier(NAS) 5
LF: Roy Springs(WAS) 3
CF: Russell Thomas(DEN) 1
RF: Marvin Lore(DEN) 1
*Stair is tied for the 2nd most all time at third base, and is just 1 behind the all time leader Joel Muir, who won 7 Gold Gloves.
AL All Pros
Hitters:
Code:
POS Q# Player Team RC/27
C 9 Daniel Lane NAS 9.3
1B 12 Thomas Stallman KNO 10.5
2B 10 Nicholas Keough KC 8.0
3B 11 Thomas Fuentes, Jr. MIA 7.7
Robert Shults DEN 7.7
SS 10 Brooks Branco DEN 13.8*
Arthur Stice DEN 8.4*
LF 11 Terrell Carrillo MEM 8.6
CF 15 Marcus Murrin TUC 7.8
RF 14 David New MEM 10.9
*Although
Branco is technically considered a shortstop, he played almost exclusively at DH this season, so I also listed the best shortstop who actually played the position, in this case,
Branco's teammate
Arthur Stice.
Pitchers(44):
Code:
Player Team ERA
Christian Hokusai MIA 2.71
Mark Prior MIA 2.99
Robert McNett DEN 3.30
Thomas Sanchez ATL 3.41
Kenny Pillsbury DEN 3.48
AL All Schmoes
Hitters:
Code:
POS Q# Player Team RC/27
C 9 Lazaro Urrutia MEM 4.0
1B 12 Aaron Shorts MIA 3.9
2B 10 Douglas Bertrand ATL 4.4
3B 11 Alberto Cisneros NAS 3.3
SS 10 Casey Wooton GB 4.7
LF 11 Roy Springs WAS 3.8
CF 15 Eduardo Braza GB 4.0
RF 14 Matias Santos GB 4.4
Pitchers(44):
Code:
Player Team ERA
Alfred Ambriz KNO 9.44
Francisco Maldonado KC 7.79
Bernard Esparza KC 7.51
George Lasseter GB 6.88
Paul Hilson KNO 6.85