Baseball Awards Voting for 1979
Baseball Awards
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1979 American League Most Valuable Player Award
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Don Baylor CAL 20 347 392 0.89 | 628 186 36 .296 .901 22| 2 Ken Singleton BAL 3 241 392 0.61 | 570 168 35 .295 .938 3| 3 George Brett KCR 2 226 392 0.58 | 645 212 23 .329 .939 17| 4 Fred Lynn BOS 0 160 392 0.41 | 531 177 39 .333 1.060 2| 5 Jim Rice BOS 0 124 392 0.32 | 619 201 39 .325 .977 9| 6 Mike Flanagan BAL 3 100 392 0.26 | | 23-9 266 3.08 1.19 190 7 Gorman Thomas MIL 0 87 392 0.22 | 557 136 45 .244 .895 1| 8 Bobby Grich CAL 0 58 392 0.15 | 534 157 30 .294 .902 1| 9 Darrell Porter KCR 0 52 392 0.13 | 533 155 20 .291 .905 3| 10 Buddy Bell TEX 0 48 392 0.12 | 670 200 18 .299 .778 5| 11 Jim Kern TEX 0 25 392 0.06 | | 13-5 143 1.57 1.13 136 29 11 Mike Marshall MIN 0 25 392 0.06 | | 10-15 143 2.65 1.26 81 32 11 Eddie Murray BAL 0 25 392 0.06 | 606 179 25 .295 .844 10| 14 Brian Downing CAL 0 24 392 0.06 | 509 166 12 .326 .880 3| 15 Sixto Lezcano MIL 0 18 392 0.05 | 473 152 28 .321 .987 4| 16 Roy Smalley MIN 0 16 392 0.04 | 621 168 24 .271 .794 2| 17 Steve Kemp DET 0 15 392 0.04 | 490 156 26 .318 .941 5| 17 Willie Wilson KCR 0 15 392 0.04 | 588 185 6 .315 .771 83| 19 Mark Clear CAL 0 12 392 0.03 | | 11-5 109 3.63 1.42 98 14 20 Paul Molitor MIL 0 8 392 0.02 | 584 188 9 .322 .841 33| 21 Rick Burleson BOS 0 7 392 0.02 | 627 174 5 .278 .683 9| 22 Tommy John NYY 0 5 392 0.01 | | 21-9 276 2.96 1.21 111 23 Cecil Cooper MIL 0 4 392 0.01 | 590 182 24 .308 .872 15| 24 Willie Horton SEA 0 3 392 0.01 | 646 180 29 .279 .784 1| 24 Reggie Jackson NYY 0 3 392 0.01 | 465 138 29 .297 .926 9| 26 Dan Ford CAL 0 1 392 0.00 | 569 165 21 .290 .797 8| 26 Ron Guidry NYY 0 1 392 0.00 | | 18-8 236 2.78 1.16 201 2 26 Mike Hargrove TOT 0 1 392 0.00 | 338 110 10 .325 .933 2|
1979 National League Most Valuable Player Award
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Keith Hernandez STL 10 216 336 0.64 | 610 210 11 .344 .930 11| 1 Willie Stargell PIT 4 216 336 0.64 | 424 119 32 .281 .904 0| 3 Dave Winfield SDP 4 155 336 0.46 | 597 184 34 .308 .953 15| 4 Larry Parrish MON 0 128 336 0.38 | 544 167 30 .307 .908 5| 5 Ray Knight CIN 2 82 336 0.24 | 551 175 10 .318 .814 4| 6 Joe Niekro HOU 1 75 336 0.22 | 83 10 0 .120 .285 0| 21-11 264 3.00 1.24 119 7 Bruce Sutter CHC 0 69 336 0.21 | 12 3 0 .250 .558 1| 6-6 101 2.22 0.98 110 37 8 Kent Tekulve PIT 1 64 336 0.19 | 15 2 0 .133 .321 0| 10-8 134 2.75 1.18 75 31 9 Dave Concepcion CIN 0 63 336 0.19 | 590 166 16 .281 .763 19| 10 Dave Parker PIT 0 56 336 0.17 | 622 193 25 .310 .906 20| 11 Dave Kingman CHC 0 53 336 0.16 | 532 153 48 .288 .956 4| 12 George Foster CIN 0 34 336 0.10 | 440 133 30 .302 .947 0| 13 Mike Schmidt PHI 0 32 336 0.10 | 541 137 45 .253 .950 9| 14 Steve Garvey LAD 0 30 336 0.09 | 648 204 28 .315 .848 3| 15 Omar Moreno PIT 0 23 336 0.07 | 695 196 8 .282 .714 77| 15 Pete Rose PHI 0 23 336 0.07 | 628 208 4 .331 .848 20| 17 Gary Carter MON 1 15 336 0.04 | 505 143 22 .283 .823 3| 18 Bill Madlock TOT 1 14 336 0.04 | +560 167 14 .298 .793 32| 19 J.R. Richard HOU 0 12 336 0.04 | 95 12 2 .126 .355 0| 18-13 292 2.71 1.09 313 20 Phil Niekro ATL 0 11 336 0.03 | 123 24 0 .195 .457 0| 21-20 342 3.39 1.24 208 21 Joe Sambito HOU 0 9 336 0.03 | 7 2 0 .286 1.012 0| 8-7 91 1.77 1.13 83 22 21 Tom Seaver CIN 0 9 336 0.03 | 76 12 2 .158 .445 0| 16-6 215 3.14 1.15 131 23 Johnny Bench CIN 0 7 336 0.02 | 464 128 22 .276 .823 4| 24 Andre Dawson MON 0 6 336 0.02 | 639 176 25 .275 .777 35| 25 Garry Templeton STL 0 5 336 0.01 | 672 211 9 .314 .789 26| 26 Gary Matthews ATL 0 4 336 0.01 | 631 192 27 .304 .865 18| 27 Dave Collins CIN 0 3 336 0.01 | 396 126 3 .318 .766 16| 28 Bob Horner ATL 0 1 336 0.00 | 487 153 33 .314 .898 0|
1979 American League Cy Young Award
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Mike Flanagan BAL 26 136 140 0.97 | 23-9 266 3.08 1.19 190 2 Tommy John NYY 1 51 140 0.36 | 21-9 276 2.96 1.21 111 3 Ron Guidry NYY 1 26 140 0.19 | 18-8 236 2.78 1.16 201 2 4 Jim Kern TEX 0 25 140 0.18 | 13-5 143 1.57 1.13 136 29 5 Mike Marshall MIN 0 7 140 0.05 | 10-15 143 2.65 1.26 81 32 6 Jerry Koosman MIN 0 5 140 0.04 | 20-13 264 3.38 1.33 157 7 Dennis Eckersley BOS 0 1 140 0.01 | 17-10 247 2.99 1.19 150 7 Aurelio Lopez DET 0 1 140 0.01 | 10-5 127 2.41 1.15 106 21
1979 National League Cy Young Award
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Bruce Sutter CHC 10 72 120 0.60 | 6-6 101 2.22 0.98 110 37 2 Joe Niekro HOU 9 66 120 0.55 | 21-11 264 3.00 1.24 119 3 J.R. Richard HOU 4 41 120 0.34 | 18-13 292 2.71 1.09 313 4 Tom Seaver CIN 0 20 120 0.17 | 16-6 215 3.14 1.15 131 5 Kent Tekulve PIT 1 14 120 0.12 | 10-8 134 2.75 1.18 75 31 6 Phil Niekro ATL 0 3 120 0.02 | 21-20 342 3.39 1.24 208
1979 American League Rookie of the Year Award
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 John Castino MIN 7 7 28 0.25 | 393 112 5 .285 .728 5| 1 Alfredo Griffin TOR 7 7 28 0.25 | 624 179 2 .287 .697 21| 3 Mark Clear CAL 5 5 28 0.18 | | 11-5 109 3.63 1.42 98 14 4 Ross Baumgarten CHW 3 3 28 0.11 | | 13-8 191 3.54 1.35 72 4 Ron Davis NYY 3 3 28 0.11 | 1 0 0 .000 .000 0| 14-2 85 2.85 1.31 43 9 4 Pat Putnam TEX 3 3 28 0.11 | 426 118 18 .277 .777 1|
1979 National League Rookie of the Year Award
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Rick Sutcliffe LAD 20 20 24 0.83 | 85 21 1 .247 .571 0| 17-10 242 3.46 1.30 117 2 Jeffrey Leonard HOU 3 3 24 0.12 | 411 119 0 .290 .710 23| 3 Scot Thompson CHC 1 1 24 0.04 | 346 100 2 .289 .695 4|