American League Most Valuable Player: Roger Byrne
(Indianapolis – qtip32)
Byrne won the AL MVP in only his
second big-league season. He led the AL
with an impressive 1.070 OPS, finished second in homeruns at 44, fifth in
batting with an average of .318, and tenth in RBIs with 116. He also added speed to the lineup as he
successfully swiped 40 bases in only 44 attempts.
American League Cy Young: Yoshinori Zhou (Vancouver – skplayer07)
At only 23-years-old, Zhou took home
the AL Cy Young award by finishing with an impressive 21-8 record. Zhou was a workhorse, pitching 224
innings. He led the AL in wins and
strikeouts (199), finished seventh in OAV at .237, and eighth with a 1.24 WHIP. Zhou helped 6th-seed Vancouver
advance to the World Series by going 6-2 with 3 complete games and a 2.39 ERA
in the playoffs.
American League Rookie of the Year:
John Martin (Milwaukee – horvie78)
23-year-old Martin used a combination
of hitting and speed to earn the AL ROY honors.
He batted .312 with a .387 on-base percentage, while adding 15 homeruns, 71
RBIs, and 40 stolen bases. Martin also
took home the AL Silver Slugger award at LF and helped Milwaukee win their
first division title in franchise history.
American League Fireman of the Year:
Esteban Mesa (Rochester – wylie715)
Mesa won his second career Fireman of
the Year award, as he led the AL in saves with 44. He finished the season with a 3.25 ERA, 1.14
WHIP, and opponents batted .251 against him.
National League Most Valuable Player: Benito Rodriguez
(Toronto – sgmedia)
Rodriguez won his first career MVP by
leading the NL in batting average (.337) and OPS (1.101). Rodriguez finished third in runs scored by
crossing the plate 117 times and ninth in homeruns with 40. He added 87 RBIs, 21 stolen bases, and had 9 plus
plays at 1B.
National League Cy Young: Tim Daubach
(Seattle – ghutton9)
Daubach was a run-away winner for his
second career Cy Young award. He has now
captured the Cy Young in both the American and National League. Daubach impressively led the NL in wins (21),
ERA (1.98), WHIP (0.87), and OAV (.177).
He not only led the NL, but set the all-time Pine Tar single season
records for WHIP and OAV.
National League Rookie of the Year:
Neal Hartzell (Albuquerque – csudak)
24-year-old Hartzell, 4th overall pick in
the Season 26 draft, won the NL ROY after an impressive offensive season. He finished fifth overall in the NL with 121
RBIs, and first among NL rookies in runs scored (106), homeruns (37), and
slugging percentage (.527).
National League Fireman of the Year:
Juan Sierra (Seattle – ghutton9)
Sierra won his fourth consecutive
Fireman of the Year award, and fifth overall.
He led the league with 52 saves, which were only two shy of his own
Pine Tar single season record, and helped Seattle earn the National League’s #1
seed. Sierra now has 367 career saves at
only 29-years-old.
Silver Slugger Award:
-1B Armando Mota (Dov) and 2B Benny
Navarro (Vanc) both won their 9th Silver Slugger award. 3B Raymond Petrov (Sea) won his 7th, and C
Bengie Trajano won his 5th.
-Wichita had 3 first-time Silver
Slugger winners: P Rondell Collins, C Alving Torrealba, CF Bartolo Ortiz.
-Additional first-time Silver Slugger
winners: Rafael Vincente (Vanc), Buddy Berry (NY), John Martin (Milw), Mendy
Lee (Dur), Roger Byrne (Ind), Benito Rodriguez (Tor), F.P. Gentry (Scra),
Rickie Halama (Iowa).
Gold Glove Award:
-CF Brent Summers (Dov) won his 7th
Gold Glove award. P Rock Randall (Stl)
and SS Miguel Garces (Bos) each won their 5th award. LF Saul Trevino took home his 4th award.
-First-time Gold Glove winners from
the AL: Charles Zhang (NY), Kris Everidge (Ind), Ed Darnell (NO), Yamid Lee
(Fla), Marvin Rose (Nash).
-Of the nine NL Gold Glove winners, 7 won the
award for the first time. Louisville’s
Clay Vernon (P) and Ben Tate (CF) each won their second Gold Glove.
