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1998 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

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League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award

Juan Gonzalez
TEX 154 G .318/.366/.630

Cy Young Award

Roger Clemens
TOR 20-6, 2.65, 271 SO

Rookie of the Year Award

Ben Grieve
OAK 155 G .288/.386/.458

Manager of the Year Award

Joe Torre

Triple Crown

Roger Clemens
TOR 20-6, 2.65, 271 SO

Rolaids Reliever of the Year

Tom Gordon
BOS 7-4 (46 SV), 2.72, 78 SO

ALCS MVP

David Wells - S

TSN Pitcher of the Year

Roger Clemens
TOR 20-6, 2.65, 271 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

PitcherMike Mussina
CatcherIvan Rodriguez
First BaseRafael Palmeiro
Second BaseRoberto Alomar
Third BaseRobin Ventura
ShortstopOmar Vizquel
OutfieldJim Edmonds, Ken Griffey and Bernie Williams

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

CatcherIvan Rodriguez TEX 145 G .321/.358/.513
First BaseRafael Palmeiro BAL 162 G .296/.379/.565
Second BaseDamion Easley DET 153 G .271/.332/.478
Third BaseDean Palmer KCR 152 G .278/.333/.510
ShortstopAlex Rodriguez SEA 161 G .310/.360/.560
OutfieldAlbert Belle CHW 163 G .328/.399/.655
Juan Gonzalez TEX 154 G .318/.366/.630
Ken Griffey SEA 161 G .284/.365/.611

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)
Box Score and Play-by-Play

Starters
P. David Wells (NYY)
C. Ivan Rodriguez (TEX)
1B. Jim Thome (CLE)
2B. Roberto Alomar (BAL)
3B. Cal Ripken (BAL)
SS. Alex Rodriguez (SEA)
LF. Kenny Lofton (CLE)
CF. Ken Griffey (SEA)
RF. Juan Gonzalez (TEX)

 
Sandy Alomar* (CLE)
Rolando Arrojo* (TBD)
Scott Brosius* (NYY)
Roger Clemens* (TOR)
Bartolo Colon* (CLE)
Ray Durham* (CHW)
Damion Easley* (DET)
Darin Erstad* (ANA)
Tom Gordon* (BOS)
 
Ben Grieve* (OAK)
Derek Jeter* (NYY)
Pedro Martinez (BOS)
Paul O'Neill* (NYY)
Rafael Palmeiro* (BAL)
Dean Palmer* (KCR)
Troy Percival* (ANA)
Brad Radke* (MIN)
Manny Ramirez* (CLE)
 
Aaron Sele (TEX)
Mo Vaughn (BOS)
Omar Vizquel* (CLE)
John Wetteland* (TEX)
Bernie Williams (NYY)

AL Other Leaders

Glossary · Hold mouse over statistic name to see description
Wins Above Replacement--all  s c a p y
1.Rodriguez (SEA)7.9
2.Jeter (NYY)7.8
3.Clemens (TOR)7.5
4.Belle (CHW)7.4
5.Garciaparra (BOS)7.3
6.Rogers (OAK)6.8
7.Rodriguez (TEX)6.6
8.Martinez (BOS)6.5
Finley (ANA)6.5
10.Palmeiro (BAL)6.2
Oldest  s c a p y
1.Eckersley (BOS)born 1954-10-03
2.Molitor (MIN)born 1956-08-22
3.Orosco (BAL)born 1957-04-21
4.Jones (CLE)born 1957-06-24
5.Stieb (TOR)born 1957-07-22
6.Candiotti (OAK)born 1957-08-31
7.Fossas (TOT)born 1957-09-23
8.Boggs (TBD)born 1958-06-15
9.Henderson (OAK)born 1958-12-25
10.Nixon (MIN)born 1959-01-09
Youngest  s c a p y
1.Brown (KCR)born 1978-03-27
2.Chavez (OAK)born 1977-12-07
3.Caruso (CHW)born 1977-05-27
4.Halladay (TOR)born 1977-05-14
5.Beltran (KCR)born 1977-04-24
6.Pierzynski (MIN)born 1976-12-30
7.Ponson (BAL)born 1976-11-02
8.Pickering (BAL)born 1976-09-29
9.Kingsale (BAL)born 1976-08-20
10.Anderson (DET)born 1976-08-17
Salary  s c a p y
1.Belle (CHW)$10,000,000
2.Clemens (TOR)$8,550,000
3.Williams (NYY)$8,300,000
4.Griffey (SEA)$8,153,667
5.Gonzalez (TEX)$7,800,000
6.Martinez (BOS)$7,575,000
7.Lofton (CLE)$7,550,000
8.Thomas (CHW)$7,000,000
9.Mussina (BAL)$6,755,492
10.Rodriguez (TEX)$6,700,000

Minimum of 3.1 PA/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.5 Gm/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements



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