1997 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1996 AL / 1998 AL / 1997 NL / 1997 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

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	Ken Griffey SEA 157 G .304/.382/.646
Cy Young Award	Roger Clemens TOR 21-7, 2.05, 292 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Nomar Garciaparra BOS 153 G .306/.342/.534
Manager of the Year Award	Davey Johnson
Triple Crown	Roger Clemens TOR 21-7, 2.05, 292 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Randy Myers BAL 2-3 (45 SV), 1.51, 56 SO
ALCS MVP	Marquis Grissom - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Roger Clemens TOR 21-7, 2.05, 292 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mike Mussina
Catcher	Ivan Rodriguez
First Base	Rafael Palmeiro
Second Base	Chuck Knoblauch
Third Base	Matt Williams
Shortstop	Omar Vizquel
Outfield	Jim Edmonds, Ken Griffey and Bernie Williams

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Ivan Rodriguez TEX 150 G .313/.360/.484
First Base	Tino Martinez NYY 158 G .296/.371/.577
Second Base	Chuck Knoblauch MIN 156 G .291/.390/.411
Third Base	Matt Williams CLE 151 G .263/.307/.488
Shortstop	Nomar Garciaparra BOS 153 G .306/.342/.534
Outfield	Juan Gonzalez TEX 133 G .296/.335/.589 Ken Griffey SEA 157 G .304/.382/.646 David Justice CLE 139 G .329/.418/.596

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Randy Johnson (SEA) C. Ivan Rodriguez (TEX) 1B. Tino Martinez (NYY) 2B. Roberto Alomar (BAL) 3B. Cal Ripken (BAL) SS. Alex Rodriguez (SEA) LF. Brady Anderson (BAL) CF. Ken Griffey (SEA) RF. Paul O'Neill (NYY) DH. Edgar Martinez (SEA)	Sandy Alomar* (CLE) Albert Belle (CHW) Jeff Cirillo* (MIL) Roger Clemens* (TOR) David Cone* (NYY) Joey Cora* (SEA) Jason Dickson (ANA) Nomar Garciaparra* (BOS) Pat Hentgen* (TOR)	David Justice (CLE) Chuck Knoblauch* (MIN) Mark McGwire* (OAK) Mike Mussina (BAL) Randy Myers* (BAL) Mariano Rivera* (NYY) Jose Rosado* (KCR) Frank Thomas (CHW) Jim Thome* (CLE)	Justin Thompson* (DET) Bernie Williams* (NYY)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Clemens (TOR)	11.8
2.	Griffey (SEA)	8.9
3.	Pettitte (NYY)	8.0
4.	Johnson (SEA)	7.7
5.	Thompson (DET)	7.4
6.	Thomas (CHW)	7.0
7.	Knoblauch (MIN)	6.5
	Garciaparra (BOS)	6.5
9.	Cone (NYY)	6.4
10.	Rodriguez (TEX)	6.2

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Martinez (SEA)	born 1955-05-14
2.	Darwin (CHW)	born 1955-10-25
3.	Murray (ANA)	born 1956-02-24
4.	Molitor (MIN)	born 1956-08-22
5.	Orosco (BAL)	born 1957-04-21
6.	Pena (CHW)	born 1957-06-04
7.	Jones (MIL)	born 1957-06-24
8.	Boggs (NYY)	born 1958-06-15
9.	Franco (CLE)	born 1958-08-23
10.	Hershiser (CLE)	born 1958-09-16

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Grieve (OAK)	born 1976-05-04
2.	Escobar (TOR)	born 1976-04-11
3.	Encarnacion (DET)	born 1976-03-08
4.	Rose (BOS)	born 1976-02-13
5.	Wright (CLE)	born 1975-12-29
6.	D'Amico (MIL)	born 1975-12-27
7.	Ortiz (MIN)	born 1975-11-18
8.	Johnson (BAL)	born 1975-10-03
9.	Valentin (MIN)	born 1975-09-19
10.	Coleman (BOS)	born 1975-08-16

Salary s c a p y
1.	Belle (CHW)	$10,000,000
2.	Fielder (NYY)	$9,237,500
3.	Clemens (TOR)	$8,400,000
4.	Griffey (SEA)	$7,885,532
5.	Gonzalez (TEX)	$7,500,000
6.	Puckett (MIN)	$7,200,000
7.	McGwire (OAK)	$7,150,000
	Thomas (CHW)	$7,150,000
	Williams (CLE)	$7,150,000
10.	Ripken (BAL)	$6,850,000

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.5 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. 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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