1997 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1996 NL / 1998 NL / 1997 AL / 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	Larry Walker COL 153 G .366/.452/.720
Cy Young Award	Pedro Martinez MON 17-8, 1.90, 305 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Scott Rolen PHI 156 G .283/.377/.469
Manager of the Year Award	Dusty Baker
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Tony Gwynn SDP 149 G .372/.409/.547
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Pedro Martinez MON 17-8, 1.90, 305 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Jeff Shaw CIN 4-2 (42 SV), 2.38, 74 SO
NLCS MVP	Livan Hernandez - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Pedro Martinez MON 17-8, 1.90, 305 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Greg Maddux
Catcher	Charles Johnson
First Base	J.T. Snow
Second Base	Craig Biggio
Third Base	Ken Caminiti
Shortstop	Rey Ordonez
Outfield	Barry Bonds, Raul Mondesi and Larry Walker

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Pitcher	John Smoltz ATL 36 G .228/.307/.266
Catcher	Mike Piazza LAD 152 G .362/.431/.638
First Base	Jeff Bagwell HOU 162 G .286/.425/.592
Second Base	Craig Biggio HOU 162 G .309/.415/.501
Third Base	Vinny Castilla COL 159 G .304/.356/.547
Shortstop	Jeff Blauser ATL 151 G .308/.405/.482
Outfield	Barry Bonds SFG 159 G .291/.446/.585 Tony Gwynn SDP 149 G .372/.409/.547 Larry Walker COL 153 G .366/.452/.720

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Greg Maddux (ATL) C. Mike Piazza (LAD) 1B. Jeff Bagwell (HOU) 2B. Craig Biggio (HOU) 3B. Ken Caminiti (SDP) SS. Jeff Blauser (ATL) LF. Barry Bonds (SFG) CF. Ray Lankford (STL) RF. Larry Walker (COL) DH. Tony Gwynn (SDP)	Moises Alou* (FLA) Rod Beck (SFG) Kevin Brown* (FLA) Royce Clayton* (STL) Shawn Estes* (SFG) Steve Finley* (SDP) Andres Galarraga* (COL) Tom Glavine (ATL) Mark Grace* (CHC)	Todd Hundley (NYM) Charles Johnson* (FLA) Bobby Jones* (NYM) Chipper Jones* (ATL) Darryl Kile (HOU) Barry Larkin (CIN) Kenny Lofton (ATL) Javy Lopez* (ATL) Pedro Martinez* (MON)	Denny Neagle (ATL) Curt Schilling* (PHI) Tony Womack* (PIT)

NL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Walker (COL)	9.8
2.	Biggio (HOU)	9.4
3.	Martinez (MON)	8.8
4.	Piazza (LAD)	8.7
5.	Bonds (SFG)	8.2
6.	Maddux (ATL)	7.7
7.	Bagwell (HOU)	7.7
8.	Brown (FLA)	6.9
9.	Glavine (ATL)	6.5
10.	Schilling (PHI)	6.4

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Honeycutt (STL)	born 1954-06-29
2.	Eckersley (STL)	born 1954-10-03
3.	Darwin (SFG)	born 1955-10-25
4.	Murray (LAD)	born 1956-02-24
5.	Pena (HOU)	born 1957-06-04
6.	Butler (LAD)	born 1957-06-15
7.	Candiotti (LAD)	born 1957-08-31
8.	Fossas (STL)	born 1957-09-23
9.	Smith (MON)	born 1957-12-04
10.	Gaetti (STL)	born 1958-08-19

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Jones (ATL)	born 1977-04-23
2.	Reyes (LAD)	born 1977-04-19
3.	Renteria (FLA)	born 1976-08-07
4.	Guillen (PIT)	born 1976-05-17
5.	Wallace (PIT)	born 1976-04-12
6.	Nunez (PIT)	born 1976-03-16
7.	Konerko (LAD)	born 1976-03-05
8.	Kotsay (FLA)	born 1975-12-02
9.	Garcia (LAD)	born 1975-10-29
10.	Johnson (MON)	born 1975-10-03

Salary s c a p y
1.	Bonds (SFG)	$8,666,667
2.	Bagwell (HOU)	$8,040,000
3.	Smoltz (ATL)	$7,000,000
	Piazza (LAD)	$7,000,000
	Fernandez (FLA)	$7,000,000
6.	Maddux (ATL)	$6,775,000
7.	Sierra (CIN)	$6,700,000
8.	Olerud (NYM)	$6,500,000
9.	Walker (COL)	$6,325,000
10.	Biggio (HOU)	$6,280,000

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

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

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