It's time to announce the winners of the tenth annual Internet Baseball Awards. More than 2,000 cyberspace baseball fans–a new record–participated in this effort to select the baseball players whose 2001 seasons were most deserving of honors.
This year marks not only our tenth year of balloting (we started in 1991, but sat out the 1994 season in protest of baseball's rude behavior), but also our fifth year of Web balloting. A few of our readers probably remember the good old days of e-mail ballots (as we remember all the fun it was counting ballots by hand), but most of you have been treated only to the extraordinarily comprehensive user-friendly Web ballots designed by BP's Webmaster, Dave Pease. Our thanks go to Dave, who puts in a ton of work to make this process go smoothly.
We also owe a debt of gratitude to all the people who've helped the Internet Baseball Awards grow and prosper. There are too many who fit that description to single out any individuals, but we do want to mention the denizens of the Usenet group rec.sport.baseball, everybody involved with the Baseball Prospectus, and our friends at ESPN.com. And of course, we appreciate the thoughtful work of the voters, especially the ones who maintained their sobriety while filling out their ballots.
The point system for the balloting was as follows:
- Player of the Year Ballots: 14 points for first-place votes, nine points for second-place votes, eight points for third-place votes, etc., down to one point for a tenth-place vote.
- Pitcher of the Year Ballots: ten points for first-place votes, seven points for second-place votes, five points for third-place votes, three points for fourth-place, and one point for fifth-place votes. (This is the one award where our point system differs from the BBWAA point system, because we use a longer ballot.)
- Rookie of the Year Ballots: five points for first-place votes, three points for second-place votes, and one point for third-place votes.
- Manager of the Year Ballots: five points for first-place votes, three points for second-place votes, and one point for third-place votes.
And now, the results:
American League Player of the Year
This year's Internet AL Player of the Year race was won by the same player who won last year's, Jason Giambi. Giambi is the fourth player to repeat as an Internet Player of the Year; Barry Bonds, Frank Thomas, and Mike Piazza previously pulled off the feat. Last year's second-place finisher–and the winner of the 1996 Internet AL Player of the Year–Alex Rodriguez, also repeated his finish.
However, we can assure readers that we didn't just re-use last year's balloting because Bret Boone, our third-place finisher, didn't receive a single vote last year. Manny Ramirez, who finished eighth, has finished in the top ten for four straight years, the longest streak of any AL player.
No pitcher cracked the AL top ten for the first time since 1996. Sixteen of the top 18 finishers in this year's balloting were on teams that made the playoffs.
Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 B P Jason Giambi 1241 522 119 66 19 8 5 1 0 1 1982 23664 Alex Rodriguez 481 806 207 154 98 33 21 24 8 8 1840 17655 Bret Boone 118 256 635 475 150 72 28 17 12 8 1771 13816 Roberto Alomar 54 148 534 572 186 69 34 20 11 3 1631 12046 Ichiro Suzuki 85 127 156 164 242 185 130 87 91 41 1308 8110 Jim Thome 7 28 107 153 402 197 148 95 46 21 1204 6664 Juan Gonzalez 4 30 55 99 185 152 135 127 82 61 930 4475 Manny Ramirez 3 13 27 58 171 143 156 135 107 76 889 3841 Edgar Martinez 1 12 24 47 95 109 94 83 74 46 585 2577 Derek Jeter 1 6 13 19 61 68 81 71 67 50 437 1732 Roger Clemens 5 15 28 31 47 44 30 32 37 35 304 1473 Mark Mulder 4 8 15 22 41 47 37 39 45 16 274 1254 Mike Mussina 1 1 17 19 41 41 44 38 31 30 263 1125 Freddy Garcia 1 2 7 18 35 44 46 42 42 24 261 1062 Bernie Williams 1 1 5 9 33 37 60 44 45 37 272 1008 Mariano Rivera 0 6 9 22 23 21 21 24 17 19 162 732 Tim Hudson 0 7 4 8 23 17 20 34 9 9 131 583 Mike Cameron 0 2 2 13 11 22 16 23 34 23 146 525 Joe Mays 0 1 3 10 17 11 25 11 16 18 112 443 Jermaine Dye 3 2 2 6 13 19 13 11 13 14 96 416 Carlos Beltran 1 1 1 3 10 12 8 21 16 28 101 327 Magglio Ordonez 0 2 1 3 6 8 12 21 25 34 112 318 Carlos Delgado 0 0 0 4 3 3 12 24 30 32 108 273 Troy Glaus 0 1 2 0 8 8 13 11 19 17 79 253 Eric Chavez 1 0 3 5 6 4 10 16 4 7 56 232 Mark Buehrle 0 1 5 2 8 8 4 11 9 5 53 223 Pedro Martinez 1 2 4 5 8 3 4 5 11 7 50 222 Cristian Guzman 0 4 2 4 3 5 9 12 6 13 58 220 Jorge Posada 0 1 1 3 9 5 9 5 14 9 56 205 Mike Sweeney 0 1 2 1 4 4 7 13 10 36 78 199 C.C. Sabathia 0 2 4 3 8 8 3 4 4 3 39 194 Rafael Palmeiro 2 1 0 2 1 1 9 12 16 24 68 190 Miguel Tejada 0 0 0 2 9 7 11 8 8 3 48 190 Doug Mientkiewicz 0 1 0 2 7 7 4 10 11 18 60 186 Barry Zito 0 2 4 1 4 11 2 8 7 4 43 186 Jamie Moyer 1 3 4 1 5 3 4 4 2 4 31 161 Kazuhiro Sasaki 0 3 3 2 2 3 8 3 4 7 35 148 John Olerud 0 0 1 2 4 3 7 6 5 12 40 129 Corey Koskie 1 0 1 0 1 4 5 6 8 17 43 119 Mark McLemore 1 2 3 0 4 1 1 3 5 4 24 112 Trot Nixon 0 0 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 6 24 89 Ivan Rodriguez 0 1 1 0 3 3 2 2 3 4 19 74 Frank Catalanotto 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 3 6 18 63 Matt Lawton 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 8 62 Torii Hunter 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6 12 23 53 Tino Martinez 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 11 49 Ellis Burks 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 3 1 11 45 Arthur Rhodes 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 4 13 41 Jeff Nelson 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 7 27 Jeff Zimmerman 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 20 25 Frank Menechino 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 23 Jeremy Giambi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 Jose Cruz 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 20 Robert Fick 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 19 Jose Valentin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 12 19 David Eckstein 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 5 18 Terrence Long 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 18 Brad Radke 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 18 Shannon Stewart 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 14 Clay Bellinger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 Keith Foulke 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 13 Eddie Guardado 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 Paul Konerko 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 12 Alfonso Soriano 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 12 Tony Clark 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 Ramon Hernandez 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 Cory Lidle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 Johnny Damon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 Shane Halter 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 Jason Varitek 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 8 Troy Percival 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 Garret Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 7 Roger Cedeno 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Marty Cordova 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Ben Grieve 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Danny Patterson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Paul Abbott 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Scott Brosius 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 Carlos Guillen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Raul Mondesi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 Ruben Sierra 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6 Tim Salmon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Jeff Conine 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 Paul O'Neill 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 Jeff Tam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 Bill Haselman 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 Andy Pettitte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 Cal Ripken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Geronimo Gil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 1471 1310 1176 1038 910 16030 108209
National League Player of the Year
You might have heard a little about this year's Internet NL Player of the Year. He hit more home runs in a season than anyone had before. He posted a slugging percentage higher than Babe Ruth ever did. He set the single-season walks record. In other words, he had the greatest offensive season of all time.
For those accomplishments, our readers overwhelmingly voted Barry Bonds into the top spot. Again. This marks Bonds's fifth Internet Player of the Year Award; no one else has captured more than two.
Our second-place finisher, Sammy Sosa, also finished second in the 1998 Internet NL Player of the Year voting to a different guy setting the single-season home run record. Sosa is the only player to finish in the top ten in NL Player of the Year voting each of the last four years. Mike Piazza, who finished 13th, did not finish in the top six for the first time in his career.
Randy Johnson, fifth in the voting, was the highest ranking NL pitcher since he had the same finish in 1999.
Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 B P Barry Bonds 1811 60 17 5 8 3 0 3 0 0 1907 26137 Sammy Sosa 56 1276 308 98 66 10 7 5 1 3 1830 15912 Luis Gonzalez 18 248 967 287 113 48 14 5 3 3 1706 13227 Albert Pujols 17 80 205 397 298 174 115 91 50 38 1465 8906 Randy Johnson 2 79 117 264 180 135 86 60 50 16 989 5918 Chipper Jones 7 29 55 205 261 178 170 100 77 36 1118 5860 Rich Aurilia 0 31 48 155 165 127 106 77 48 31 788 4155 Lance Berkman 1 8 22 89 155 160 148 142 92 90 907 3907 Curt Schilling 1 23 58 80 130 130 115 90 48 47 722 3548 Shawn Green 3 16 23 98 106 108 124 96 102 58 734 3278 Todd Helton 1 6 28 38 67 71 70 86 95 119 581 2162 Jeff Bagwell 0 13 17 45 77 64 62 48 43 40 409 1868 Mike Piazza 3 6 12 35 50 51 72 71 70 80 450 1713 Larry Walker 0 4 3 15 31 27 31 40 59 50 260 898 Bobby Abreu 0 1 3 10 23 26 29 43 42 40 217 740 Vladimir Guerrero 0 4 5 11 20 23 31 31 45 34 204 729 Phil Nevin 1 1 4 4 12 15 30 30 30 52 179 552 Paul LoDuca 0 0 1 9 25 12 17 27 9 27 127 475 Matt Morris 0 4 2 8 13 23 10 21 21 19 121 465 Gary Sheffield 0 0 1 9 8 7 20 35 44 32 156 459 Scott Rolen 0 3 3 5 10 18 15 20 26 17 117 425 Brian Giles 0 4 2 0 9 6 10 14 38 44 127 338 Moises Alou 0 1 2 7 13 6 14 16 15 9 83 325 Greg Maddux 0 4 2 5 8 12 5 13 13 10 72 290 Cliff Floyd 0 0 0 7 8 3 11 11 18 17 75 242 Roy Oswalt 0 6 3 4 7 3 4 4 11 5 47 218 Jim Edmonds 0 2 1 4 8 6 4 9 13 12 59 213 J.D. Drew 0 0 4 1 9 5 8 9 10 6 52 203 Jimmy Rollins 0 0 2 6 4 2 3 8 3 3 31 137 Ryan Klesko 0 1 1 3 3 3 1 5 4 10 31 108 Brian Jordan 0 1 0 2 4 3 2 0 0 1 13 71 Jeff Kent 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 3 3 4 19 68 Jon Lieber 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 2 15 60 Jose Mesa 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 1 11 60 Darryl Kile 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 4 6 19 54 Andruw Jones 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 14 53 Byung-Hyun Kim 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 51 Craig Biggio 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 2 11 45 John Burkett 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 10 44 Felix Rodriguez 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 3 0 10 40 Richie Sexson 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 11 40 Aramis Ramirez 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 9 15 36 Javier Vazquez 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 4 14 36 Tom Glavine 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 9 35 Desi Relaford 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 34 Robb Nen 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 7 32 Juan Pierre 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 31 Octavio Dotel 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 11 27 Steve Kline 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 9 27 Ken Griffey Jr. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 25 Richard Hidalgo 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 25 Chan Ho Park 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 24 Robin Ventura 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 24 Wade Miller 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 23 Rey Ordonez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Pat Burrell 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 22 Al Leiter 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 22 Steve Finley 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 Kerry Wood 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 20 Jeromy Burnitz 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 17 Placido Polanco 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16 Orlando Cabrera 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 Kyle Farnsworth 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 Russ Ortiz 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 Reggie Sanders 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 14 Billy Wagner 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 14 Armando Benitez 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 13 Sean Casey 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 13 Mark Grace 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 Robert Person 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 11 Julio Lugo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 Jose Vidro 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 Edgardo Alfonzo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 Erubiel Durazo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 Ryan Dempster 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 Fred McGriff 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 Devon White 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Craig Counsell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Ricky Gutierrez 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Trevor Hoffman 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 Ray Lankford 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Tom Goodwin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Aaron Boone 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 Jeff Cirillo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 Scott Sullivan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 Eric Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 Bubba Trammell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Preston Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 John Smoltz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 Charles Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Keith Lockhart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 Kevin Millar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 David Weathers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1486 1366 1247 1126 1012 15882 104775
American League Pitcher of the Year Award
2001's AL Pitcher of the Year race was one of the toughest to call in recent memory. Voters ended up embracing Freddy Garcia, the winner of the 2001 AL ERA title. Garcia had previously shown up in Internet Baseball Award voting in 1999, when he finished fourth in AL Rookie of the Year balloting and 12th in AL Pitcher of the Year balloting.
Mike Mussina, who seems to be one of the runners-up every year, finished second, a rank he also achieved in 1999. Mark Mulder turned his league-leading win total into a third-place finish, while Roger Clemens, the likely BBWAA winner and a four-time Internet AL Pitcher of the Year winner, finished fourth for the second year in a row. Tim Hudson followed up last year's third-place ranking with a fifth-place finish in 2001. Mariano Rivera was the highest ranking reliever at #10, while last year's Internet AL Pitcher of the Year winner, Pedro Martinez, finished 11th.
Name 1 2 3 4 5 B P Freddy Garcia 591 367 245 165 82 1450 10281 Mike Mussina 381 403 290 145 115 1334 8631 Mark Mulder 333 353 333 261 112 1392 8361 Roger Clemens 259 194 206 215 237 1111 5860 Tim Hudson 81 166 236 273 219 975 4190 Joe Mays 92 142 165 139 109 647 3265 Mark Buehrle 38 76 128 174 194 610 2268 Jamie Moyer 23 55 77 96 106 357 1394 Barry Zito 15 21 58 49 97 240 831 Mariano Rivera 16 25 46 60 82 229 827 Pedro Martinez 7 13 8 21 45 94 309 C.C. Sabathia 1 6 13 22 32 74 215 Kazuhiro Sasaki 3 5 7 8 18 41 142 Arthur Rhodes 1 3 6 8 19 37 104 Aaron Sele 0 5 5 3 4 17 73 Bartolo Colon 0 5 2 3 9 19 63 Troy Percival 2 2 1 2 8 15 53 Keith Foulke 0 1 3 4 8 16 42 Brad Radke 0 1 4 3 6 14 42 Jeff Nelson 0 0 1 6 8 15 31 Rich Garces 3 0 0 0 0 3 30 Eric Milton 1 1 2 0 2 6 29 Hideo Nomo 0 0 1 6 5 12 28 Cory Lidle 0 0 1 6 4 11 27 Jason Isringhausen 1 1 1 0 2 5 24 Paul Abbott 0 0 1 1 4 6 12 Andy Pettitte 0 0 1 1 3 5 11 Tim Wakefield 0 0 1 2 0 3 11 LaTroy Hawkins 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 Orlando Hernandez 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 Jason Johnson 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 Steve Karsay 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 Joel Pineiro 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 Matt Anderson 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Steve Sparks 0 0 0 1 4 5 7 Jeff Tam 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Mike Venafro 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Jack Cressend 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 Kelvim Escobar 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 Jeff Zimmerman 0 0 0 1 3 4 6 Dan Plesac 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Pat Rapp 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Esteban Yan 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Al Levine 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Ramiro Mendoza 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Jose Paniagua 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Jarrod Washburn 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 Ben Weber 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Tanyon Sturtze 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Jeff Weaver 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Dave Burba 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 David Cone 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Bob File 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 John Halama 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Roy Halladay 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Lou Pote 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Mike Stanton 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 1849 1849 1849 1684 1553 8784 47283
National League Player of the Year Award
Randy Johnson easily won the 2001 Internet NL Pitcher of the Year, his third in a row, and his fourth Internet Pitcher of the Year overall, tying Greg Maddux and Roger Clemens for the all-time lead. Curt Schilling, Johnson's teammate, finished second. Schilling's previous high ranking came in 1987, when he finished third.
Matt Morris, who had previously gotten just a few scattered votes in 1997, finished third in a year in which he established himself as one of the league's premier pitchers. Maddux, the fourth-place finisher, has finished in the top six every year since 1992. Darryl Kile's fifth-place finish, on the other hand, marks his first time in the top five since 1997.
The highest ranked relief pitcher was Felix Rodriguez at #16, and he's not even a closer.
Name 1 2 3 4 5 B P Randy Johnson 1402 181 81 23 3 1690 15764 Curt Schilling 231 1203 187 41 12 1674 11801 Matt Morris 35 176 619 253 113 1196 5549 Greg Maddux 13 69 401 438 209 1130 4141 Darryl Kile 1 15 143 148 126 433 1400 Jon Lieber 4 16 58 109 107 294 876 Roy Oswalt 7 9 52 98 109 275 796 Javier Vazquez 1 10 42 106 146 305 754 John Burkett 7 6 28 64 105 210 549 Wade Miller 0 8 16 24 57 105 265 Tom Glavine 1 2 14 26 29 72 201 Robert Person 1 2 9 17 23 52 143 Chan Ho Park 2 1 7 15 31 56 138 Al Leiter 1 2 8 4 15 30 91 Woody Williams 1 0 9 7 14 31 90 Felix Rodriguez 2 1 3 9 9 24 78 Jose Mesa 0 2 4 12 7 25 77 Robb Nen 1 0 8 4 11 24 73 Octavio Dotel 1 0 4 5 23 33 68 Trevor Hoffman 0 2 3 8 9 22 62 Steve Kline 1 0 0 10 13 24 53 Kevin Brown 0 1 3 6 9 19 49 Russ Ortiz 1 0 1 7 12 21 48 Billy Wagner 0 1 2 6 9 18 44 John Smoltz 0 2 3 1 5 11 37 Byung-Hyun Kim 1 0 2 2 2 7 28 Kerry Wood 0 1 1 3 6 11 27 Mike Hampton 0 0 1 5 1 7 21 Armando Benitez 1 1 0 0 2 4 19 Brad Penny 0 1 2 0 1 4 18 Steve Trachsel 0 1 0 3 1 5 17 Nelson Figueroa 1 0 0 0 1 2 11 James Baldwin 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 John Riedling 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 Kevin Appier 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 Jeff Fassero 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 Bud Smith 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 Terry Adams 0 0 1 0 2 3 7 Ryan Dempster 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Dave Mlicki 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Mike Remlinger 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Scott Sauerbeck 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Chad Fox 0 0 0 1 3 4 6 Omar Daal 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Kyle Farnsworth 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 Albie Lopez 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Ben Sheets 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 Mike Williams 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Dicky Gonzalez 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 A.J. Burnett 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Rick Reed 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Jeff Shaw 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Scott Sullivan 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 Pedro Astacio 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 John Franco 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Todd Ritchie 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Justin Speier 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Kerry Ligtenberg 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Elmer Dessens 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Jason Marquis 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Mike Matthews 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 David Weathers 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Randy Wolf 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Jimmy Anderson 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Jason Bere 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Jeff Brower 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Giovanni Carrara 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Shawn Estes 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Jeremy Fikac 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Dustin Hermanson 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Steve Karsay 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Braden Looper 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Shane Reynolds 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Dennis Springer 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 1718 1718 1718 1467 1258 7879 43455
American League Rookie of the Year Award
IBA voters got caught up in Ichiromania as they voted Ichiro Suzuki to a sweeping victory in the Internet AL Rookie of the Year balloting. The 2001 American League batting champion's astounding success clearly caused voters to ignore their reservations about supporting a player experienced in Japan's big leagues.
Most non-Ichiro votes went to pitchers and middle infielders. 20-year-old Indians starter C.C. Sabathia was rewarded for his key role in the Indians' division title chase with a strong second-place finish. Other pitchers who finished in the top ten include Mariners starter Joel Piniero, Indians reliever Danys Baez, Blue Jays reliever Bob File, and Athletics reliever Erik Hiljus. Yankees second baseman Alfonso Soriano finished third overall, while Angels sparkplug David Eckstein ranked fourth and Twins second baseman Luis Rivas came in seventh.
Name 1 2 3 B P Ichiro Suzuki 1480 137 15 1632 7826 C.C. Sabathia 190 1249 140 1579 4837 Alfonso Soriano 26 173 591 790 1240 David Eckstein 7 60 274 341 489 Joel Pineiro 4 34 134 172 256 Danys Baez 1 11 19 31 57 Luis Rivas 1 7 30 38 56 Bob File 0 5 28 33 43 Erik Hiljus 4 4 11 19 43 Shea Hillenbrand 1 3 17 21 31 Toby Hall 1 2 16 19 27 Brent Abernathy 1 2 14 17 25 Sun-Woo Kim 2 4 3 9 25 Joe Kennedy 0 1 17 18 20 Gary Glover 0 4 6 10 18 Jay Gibbons 0 1 14 15 17 Josh Towers 0 1 14 15 17 Ryan Franklin 0 2 7 9 13 Ted Lilly 0 3 4 7 13 Randy Choate 0 2 5 7 11 Casey Fossum 0 2 4 6 10 Aaron Rowand 0 2 4 6 10 Dan Wright 2 0 0 2 10 Michael Young 0 1 7 8 10 Dee Brown 1 0 3 4 8 Rocky Biddle 0 1 4 5 7 Ben Weber 0 2 1 3 7 Vernon Wells 0 2 1 3 7 Victor Zambrano 0 1 4 5 7 Tim Drew 1 0 1 2 6 Randy Keisler 1 0 1 2 6 David Riske 0 1 3 4 6 Nate Cornejo 1 0 0 1 5 Felipe Lopez 0 1 2 3 5 Chris Michalak 0 1 2 3 5 Jared Sandberg 1 0 0 1 5 Chris George 0 1 1 2 4 Willis Roberts 0 0 4 4 4 Shawn Wooten 0 1 1 2 4 Brian Buchanan 0 1 0 1 3 Cesar Izturis 0 1 0 1 3 Aaron Myette 0 1 0 1 3 Adam Pettyjohn 0 1 0 1 3 Brandon Inge 0 0 2 2 2 Kyle Lohse 0 0 2 2 2 Brandon Lyon 0 0 2 2 2 Rick Bauer 0 0 1 1 1 Nick Bierbrodt 0 0 1 1 1 Jesus Colome 0 0 1 1 1 Jack Cressend 0 0 1 1 1 Jeff DaVanon 0 0 1 1 1 Matt Ginter 0 0 1 1 1 Aubrey Huff 0 0 1 1 1 Luis Lopez 0 0 1 1 1 Travis Phelps 0 0 1 1 1 Victor Santos 0 0 1 1 1 Kris Wilson 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 1725 1725 1419 4869 15219
National League Rookie of the Year Award
Albert Pujols's historic season earned him 93% of the first place votes available and an overwhelming endorsement as the Internet NL Rookie of the Year. Pujols's rookie campaign–clearly one of the best ever–left little room on the rest of the ballot for what was an outstanding NL rookie crop. Astros starter Roy Oswalt, who would have been an easy Rookie of the Year choice in many other years, finished second, while the Phillies multi-talented shortstop Jimmy Rollins finished third.
Adam Dunn's stunning success after he was called up in July earned him fourth place. Brewer Ben Sheets and Cardinal Bud Smith, both pitchers who exhibited great promise in 2001, finished fifth and seventh respectively, while Braves second baseman Marcus Giles ended up sixth.
Name 1 2 3 B P Albert Pujols 1556 67 5 1628 7986 Roy Oswalt 51 1033 250 1334 3604 Jimmy Rollins 26 391 635 1052 1938 Adam Dunn 14 66 314 394 582 Ben Sheets 0 15 51 66 96 Marcus Giles 2 11 46 59 89 Bud Smith 0 15 44 59 89 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 2 12 20 34 66 D'Angelo Jimenez 1 9 15 25 47 Luke Prokopec 1 7 19 27 45 Brandon Duckworth 2 4 7 13 29 Juan Cruz 0 4 4 8 16 Bret Prinz 1 2 5 8 16 Craig Wilson 0 2 8 10 14 Corey Patterson 1 1 4 6 12 Jose Ortiz 1 1 3 5 11 Brian Lawrence 0 1 7 8 10 Nelson Figueroa 1 1 1 3 9 Dicky Gonzalez 0 3 0 3 9 Timo Perez 0 3 0 3 9 Gene Stechschulte 1 1 1 3 9 Juan Uribe 0 1 5 6 8 Lance Davis 0 2 0 2 6 Britt Reames 0 2 0 2 6 Chad Zerbe 1 0 1 2 6 Shawn Chacon 0 0 5 5 5 Adam Hyzdu 1 0 0 1 5 Chris Reitsma 0 1 1 2 4 Junior Spivey 0 1 1 2 4 Jose Acevedo 0 1 0 1 3 Rod Barajas 0 1 0 1 3 Jeremy Fikac 0 0 3 3 3 Robin Jennings 0 1 0 1 3 Damaso Marte 0 1 0 1 3 Donaldo Mendez 0 1 0 1 3 Augie Ojeda 0 1 0 1 3 Tim Redding 0 0 3 3 3 Joe Beimel 0 0 2 2 2 Jack Wilson 0 0 2 2 2 Brent Butler 0 0 1 1 1 Brady Clark 0 0 1 1 1 David Coggin 0 0 1 1 1 Mike Colangelo 0 0 1 1 1 Cesar Crespo 0 0 1 1 1 Johnny Estrada 0 0 1 1 1 Pedro Feliz 0 0 1 1 1 Luther Hackman 0 0 1 1 1 Junior Herndon 0 0 1 1 1 Ryan Jensen 0 0 1 1 1 Rob Mackowiak 0 0 1 1 1 John Riedling 0 0 1 1 1 Grant Roberts 0 0 1 1 1 David Williams 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 1662 1662 1476 4800 14772
American League Manager of the Year Award
Winning 116 games in a season tends to earn respect even among ardent critics, and thus Lou Piniella captured his first ever Internet AL Manager of the Year Award. Art Howe, who led to the Athletics to a 100-win season after a dreadful start, also got substantial support from the voters. Tom Kelly, who in his last year managing presided over a somewhat rejuvenated Twins team, finished third, just ahead of Jimy Williams, who kept a battered Red Sox in the AL East race until he was fired. Joe Torre, who led the Yankees to yet another first place finish, placed fifth, while Mike Scioscia's second year with the Angels was acknowledged by a sixth-place finish.
Name 1 2 3 B P Lou Piniella 974 373 113 1460 6102 Art Howe 333 605 230 1168 3710 Tom Kelly 87 245 257 589 1427 Jimy Williams 133 152 249 534 1370 Joe Torre 40 107 211 358 732 Mike Scioscia 16 48 101 165 325 Charlie Manuel 9 25 73 107 193 Jerry Manuel 6 28 55 89 169 Mike Hargrove 3 7 14 24 50 Johnny Oates 2 4 6 12 28 Joe Kerrigan 3 2 4 9 25 Phil Garner 0 4 2 6 14 Jerry Narron 1 2 1 4 12 Tony Muser 1 0 5 6 10 Hal McRae 0 2 2 4 8 Larry Rothschild 0 2 2 4 8 Buck Martinez 0 2 1 3 7 TOTAL 1608 1608 1326 4542 14190
National League Manager of the Year Award
It was a good year for managers with new teams in the National League. Larry Bowa, whose surprising Phillies were in the NL East playoff picture for most of the season, took home the award. Los Angeles' Jim Tracy presided over a squad beset by the injury bug, and his performance keeping the team together was good for second place. Magician Dusty Baker, last year's NL Manager of the Year, placed third, followed by the Cardinals' Tony LaRussa and departed Astros manager Larry Dierker, 1998's winner.
Name 1 2 3 B P Larry Bowa 331 220 147 698 2462 Jim Tracy 256 152 119 527 1855 Dusty Baker 173 222 168 563 1699 Tony LaRussa 158 182 165 505 1501 Larry Dierker 131 173 140 444 1314 Bobby Cox 146 145 132 423 1297 Bob Brenly 136 150 116 402 1246 Bruce Bochy 91 138 113 342 982 Bobby Valentine 40 51 71 162 424 Don Baylor 26 47 44 117 315 Felipe Alou 4 11 9 24 62 John Boles 4 8 11 23 55 Lloyd McClendon 7 2 3 12 44 Tony Perez 1 5 11 17 31 Bob Boone 2 2 2 6 18 Buddy Bell 2 0 1 3 11 Davey Lopes 0 1 2 3 5 Jeff Torborg 1 0 0 1 5 TOTAL 1509 1509 1254 4272 13326
Now that you've seen all of this year's results, you may want to take a peek back at previous years' results.
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