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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 AwardJuan Gonzalez
TEX 154 G .318/.366/.630
Cy Young AwardRoger Clemens
TOR 20-6, 2.65, 271 SO
Rookie of the Year AwardBen Grieve
OAK 155 G .288/.386/.458
Manager of the Year AwardJoe Torre
Triple CrownRoger Clemens
TOR 20-6, 2.65, 271 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the YearTom Gordon
BOS 7-4 (46 SV), 2.72, 78 SO
ALCS MVPDavid Wells - S
TSN Pitcher of the YearRoger 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
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
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