Barry Bonds continued his domination of Internet NL Player of the Year voting by winning the IBA NL Player of the Year for the third straight year and the sixth time overall. Bonds has finished at least third in Internet NL Player of the Year voting after every season except 1999, when he was limited to less than 450 plate appearances by an injury. Vlad Guerrero, who had finished in the top 20 each of the last four years, finished second despite playing for the seemingly doomed Expos. Randy Johnson, who finished in third place, was the highest ranking pitcher in Internet NL Player of the Year voting since Greg Maddux won the award in 1995. Albert Pujols, who finished fourth after his 2001 rookie campaign, moved up a notch to third in 2002 and was the only everyday player from a division winner to finish in the top ten.
Jeff Kent finished fifth and was the only infielder to finish in the top eighteen. Brian Giles' seventh-place finish makes him the only player in the top ten to have not appeared there in any previous year as well as the highest ranked player from a losing team in this year's voting. Sammy Sosa's eighth-place finish marks the fifth year in a row he's finish in the top ten. John Smoltz's twelfth-place finish was the highest of any relief pitcher. Mike Piazza finished out of the top fifteen for the first time since before he was a rookie. Fifteen of the top twenty finishers were on winning teams; nine of those fifteen made it to the playoffs.
Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 B P Barry Bonds 2352 64 37 11 12 2 1 2 1 4 2486 33975 Vlad Guerrero 26 516 390 350 265 145 108 83 63 33 1979 13733 Randy Johnson 15 421 337 288 208 108 77 50 40 11 1555 11048 Albert Pujols 53 382 277 218 161 114 90 87 68 44 1494 10259 Jeff Kent 12 248 266 234 205 128 94 60 43 34 1324 8712 Lance Berkman 8 151 190 219 263 170 126 114 75 63 1379 8011 Brian Giles 4 280 234 196 164 95 88 60 57 44 1222 7969 Sammy Sosa 9 93 148 198 269 195 135 141 107 99 1394 7398 Shawn Green 7 132 173 188 178 135 119 110 98 67 1207 6798 Curt Schilling 5 49 170 177 194 132 127 85 61 67 1067 5886 Chipper Jones 6 28 52 59 77 75 98 99 82 50 626 2905 John Smoltz 13 50 59 73 77 43 43 29 46 30 463 2673 Jim Edmonds 1 31 30 51 57 59 63 50 49 44 435 2071 Eric Gagne 7 24 30 45 50 48 43 43 36 34 360 1816 Gary Sheffield 1 14 27 41 34 25 24 22 27 16 231 1204 Andruw Jones 1 9 14 36 42 26 24 29 29 27 237 1109 Larry Walker 2 3 11 15 31 22 38 35 36 42 235 915 Pat Burrell 0 1 7 10 25 15 18 32 28 23 159 607 Todd Helton 0 2 4 13 20 15 16 21 23 27 141 536 Scott Rolen 2 7 11 9 14 19 10 10 7 5 94 510 Mike Piazza 3 0 7 5 17 7 11 18 23 25 116 439 Bobby Abreu 1 1 1 6 16 7 16 22 28 33 131 423 Luis Gonzalez 1 6 8 13 11 6 11 9 9 12 86 420 Greg Maddux 0 1 6 9 16 14 10 10 14 9 89 393 Junior Spivey 0 2 6 7 15 10 10 9 16 29 104 383 Roy Oswalt 0 0 4 6 10 13 10 14 20 16 93 337 Tom Glavine 1 2 4 6 8 9 9 10 5 11 65 286 Adam Dunn 1 2 4 3 11 4 8 8 8 12 61 255 Bartolo Colon 3 2 3 0 6 3 0 3 6 2 28 158 Edgar Renteria 0 3 3 4 6 2 2 4 1 7 32 154 Jose Vidro 1 0 1 4 5 4 6 4 2 6 33 146 Matt Morris 0 2 0 3 11 2 2 4 1 4 29 141 Jeff Bagwell 0 2 2 2 8 2 0 1 1 6 24 117 Benito Santiago 0 1 4 0 6 3 3 1 1 1 20 110 Mark Bellhorn 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 4 7 23 93 Chris Hammond 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 4 0 3 18 86 Edgardo Alfonzo 1 2 0 1 2 1 3 2 3 4 19 84 J.D. Drew 0 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 1 1 15 83 Ryan Klesko 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 5 10 7 30 83 Paul Lo Duca 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 4 3 1 17 71 Jose Hernandez 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 8 9 26 66 Hideo Nomo 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 4 1 13 65 Brian Jordan 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 11 59 Cliff Floyd 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 10 55 Mike Remlinger 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 2 11 52 Jeremy Giambi 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 10 47 Robb Nen 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 9 47 Odalis Perez 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 12 46 Steve Finley 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 8 44 Richie Sexson 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 7 41 Woody Williams 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 40 Luis Castillo 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 8 36 Kevin Millwood 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 7 36 Byung-Hyun Kim 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 34 Octavio Dotel 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 11 32 David Bell 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 31 Jason Jennings 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 6 31 Wade Miller 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 29 Luis Vizcaino 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 Todd Walker 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 24 Aaron Boone 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 22 Mike Williams 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 22 Andy Ashby 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 Austin Kearns 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 21 Tony Womack 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 21 Roberto Alomar 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 19 Reggie Sanders 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 Preston Wilson 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 Erubiel Durazo 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 17 Craig Biggio 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 Trevor Hoffman 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 15 Fred McGriff 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 15 Placido Polanco 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 Paul Quantrill 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15 Darryl Kile 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 Mike Koplove 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 Mike Lowell 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 13 Kevin Millar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 13 Jay Payton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 Damian Moss 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 A.J. Burnett 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 Billy Wagner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 Kaz Ishii 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 7 Brad Wilkerson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Matt Franco 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Rafael Furcal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Derrek Lee 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Mike Lieberthal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Russ Ortiz 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Randy Wolf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6 Jose Jimenez 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 Craig Counsell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 Michael Barrett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Jeromy Burnitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Andy Benes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 2545 2545 2545 2545 2545 1700 1473 1315 1164 1001 19378 133646
Thanks to everybody who participated in the eleventh annual Internet Baseball Awards. As usual, we set a new record for participation with over 2500 cyberspace baseball fans taking part in the vote. Thanks are due once again to Dave Pease, who works very hard each year to ensure that the computer balloting goes smoothly.
Next Week: How the BP Authors Voted.
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