1999 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1998 AL / 2000 AL / 1999 NL / 1999 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	Ivan Rodriguez TEX 144 G .332/.356/.558
Cy Young Award	Pedro Martinez BOS 23-4, 2.07, 313 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Carlos Beltran KCR 156 G .293/.337/.454
Manager of the Year Award	Jimy Williams
Triple Crown	Pedro Martinez BOS 23-4, 2.07, 313 SO
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Nomar Garciaparra BOS 135 G .357/.418/.603
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Pedro Martinez BOS 23-4, 2.07, 313 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Mariano Rivera NYY 4-3 (45 SV), 1.83, 52 SO
ALCS MVP	Orlando Hernandez - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Pedro Martinez BOS 23-4, 2.07, 313 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mike Mussina
Catcher	Ivan Rodriguez
First Base	Rafael Palmeiro
Second Base	Roberto Alomar
Third Base	Scott Brosius
Shortstop	Omar Vizquel
Outfield	Shawn Green, Ken Griffey and Bernie Williams

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Ivan Rodriguez TEX 144 G .332/.356/.558
First Base	Carlos Delgado TOR 152 G .272/.377/.571
Second Base	Roberto Alomar CLE 159 G .323/.422/.533
Third Base	Dean Palmer DET 150 G .263/.339/.518
Shortstop	Alex Rodriguez SEA 129 G .285/.357/.586
Outfield	Shawn Green TOR 153 G .309/.384/.588 Ken Griffey SEA 160 G .285/.384/.576 Manny Ramirez CLE 147 G .333/.442/.663

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Pedro Martinez (BOS) C. Ivan Rodriguez (TEX) 1B. Jim Thome (CLE) 2B. Roberto Alomar (CLE) 3B. Cal Ripken (BAL) SS. Nomar Garciaparra (BOS) LF. Kenny Lofton (CLE) CF. Ken Griffey (SEA) RF. Manny Ramirez (CLE) DH. Rafael Palmeiro (TEX)	Brad Ausmus* (DET) Harold Baines* (BAL) Jose Canseco (TBD) David Cone* (NYY) Ron Coomer* (MIN) Tony Fernandez* (TOR) Shawn Green* (TOR) Roberto Hernandez* (TBD) John Jaha* (OAK)	Derek Jeter* (NYY) Mike Mussina* (BAL) Charles Nagy (CLE) Jose Offerman* (BOS) Magglio Ordonez* (CHW) Troy Percival (ANA) Mariano Rivera (NYY) Jose Rosado* (KCR) B.J. Surhoff* (BAL)	Omar Vizquel* (CLE) John Wetteland* (TEX) Bernie Williams* (NYY) Jeff Zimmerman* (TEX)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Martinez (BOS)	9.5
2.	Jeter (NYY)	7.8
3.	Alomar (CLE)	7.1
4.	Ramirez (CLE)	7.0
5.	Garciaparra (BOS)	6.3
	Moyer (SEA)	6.3
7.	Radke (MIN)	6.2
8.	Green (TOR)	6.1
	Rodriguez (TEX)	6.1
10.	Vizquel (CLE)	5.8

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Orosco (BAL)	born 1957-04-21
2.	Jones (OAK)	born 1957-06-24
3.	Candiotti (OAK)	born 1957-08-31
4.	Fossas (NYY)	born 1957-09-23
5.	Boggs (TBD)	born 1958-06-15
6.	Franco (TBD)	born 1958-08-23
7.	Baines (BAL)	born 1959-03-15
8.	Phillips (OAK)	born 1959-04-25
9.	Raines (OAK)	born 1959-09-16
10.	Morgan (TEX)	born 1959-10-08

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Riley (BAL)	born 1979-08-02
2.	Wells (TOR)	born 1978-12-08
3.	Meche (SEA)	born 1978-09-08
4.	Brown (KCR)	born 1978-03-27
5.	Guzman (MIN)	born 1978-03-21
6.	Mateo (TEX)	born 1978-02-10
7.	Veras (BOS)	born 1978-01-19
8.	Falkenborg (BAL)	born 1978-01-18
9.	Jimenez (NYY)	born 1977-12-21
10.	Wheeler (TBD)	born 1977-12-10

Salary s c a p y
1.	Belle (BAL)	$11,949,794
2.	Martinez (BOS)	$11,100,000
3.	Williams (NYY)	$9,857,143
4.	Cone (NYY)	$9,500,000
5.	Rodriguez (TEX)	$8,950,000
6.	Palmeiro (TEX)	$8,849,931
7.	Griffey (SEA)	$8,760,532
8.	Hentgen (TOR)	$8,600,000
9.	Gonzalez (TEX)	$8,500,000
10.	Clemens (NYY)	$8,250,000

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 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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