2001 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

2000 NL / 2002 NL / 2001 AL / 2001 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	Barry Bonds SFG 153 G .328/.515/.863
Cy Young Award	Randy Johnson ARI 21-6, 2.49, 372 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Albert Pujols STL 161 G .329/.403/.610
Manager of the Year Award	Larry Bowa
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Armando Benitez NYM 6-4 (43 SV), 3.77, 93 SO
NLCS MVP	Craig Counsell - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Curt Schilling ARI 22-6, 2.98, 293 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Greg Maddux
Catcher	Brad Ausmus
First Base	Todd Helton
Second Base	Fernando Vina
Third Base	Scott Rolen
Shortstop	Orlando Cabrera
Outfield	Jim Edmonds, Andruw Jones and Larry Walker

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mike Hampton COL 43 G .291/.309/.582
Catcher	Mike Piazza NYM 141 G .300/.384/.573
First Base	Todd Helton COL 159 G .336/.432/.685
Second Base	Jeff Kent SFG 159 G .298/.369/.507
Third Base	Albert Pujols STL 161 G .329/.403/.610
Shortstop	Rich Aurilia SFG 156 G .324/.369/.572
Outfield	Barry Bonds SFG 153 G .328/.515/.863 Luis Gonzalez ARI 162 G .325/.429/.688 Sammy Sosa CHC 160 G .328/.437/.737

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Randy Johnson (ARI) C. Mike Piazza (NYM) 1B. Todd Helton (COL) 2B. Jeff Kent (SFG) 3B. Chipper Jones (ATL) SS. Rich Aurilia (SFG) LF. Barry Bonds (SFG) CF. Luis Gonzalez (ARI) RF. Sammy Sosa (CHC) DH. Larry Walker (COL)	Moises Alou* (HOU) Lance Berkman* (HOU) John Burkett* (ATL) Sean Casey* (CIN) Cliff Floyd* (FLA) Brian Giles* (PIT) Vladimir Guerrero* (MON) Mike Hampton* (COL) Charles Johnson* (FLA)	Ryan Klesko* (SDP) Jon Lieber* (CHC) Matt Morris* (STL) Phil Nevin* (SDP) Chan Ho Park* (LAD) Albert Pujols* (STL) Rick Reed (NYM) Jimmy Rollins* (PHI) Curt Schilling (ARI)	Jeff Shaw* (LAD) Ben Sheets* (MIL) Billy Wagner* (HOU)

NL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Bonds (SFG)	11.6
2.	Sosa (CHC)	10.1
3.	Johnson (ARI)	9.2
4.	Schilling (ARI)	8.2
5.	Gonzalez (ARI)	7.8
6.	Walker (COL)	7.6
7.	Helton (COL)	7.5
8.	Green (LAD)	6.7
9.	Aurilia (SFG)	6.5
10.	Floyd (FLA)	6.4

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Orosco (LAD)	born 1957-04-21
2.	Franco (ATL)	born 1958-08-23
3.	Henderson (SDP)	born 1958-12-25
4.	Raines (MON)	born 1959-09-16
5.	Morgan (ARI)	born 1959-10-08
6.	Gwynn (SDP)	born 1960-05-09
7.	Franco (NYM)	born 1960-09-17
8.	Galarraga (SFG)	born 1961-06-18
9.	Vosberg (PHI)	born 1961-09-28
10.	Taylor (PIT)	born 1961-10-16

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Betemit (ATL)	born 1981-11-02
2.	Zambrano (CHC)	born 1981-06-01
3.	Neugebauer (MIL)	born 1980-07-15
4.	Beckett (FLA)	born 1980-05-15
5.	Hernandez (HOU)	born 1980-04-22
6.	Pujols (STL)	born 1980-01-16
7.	Dunn (CIN)	born 1979-11-09
8.	Smith (STL)	born 1979-10-23
9.	Spooneybarger (ATL)	born 1979-10-21
10.	Patterson (CHC)	born 1979-08-13

Salary s c a p y
1.	Brown (LAD)	$15,714,286
2.	Piazza (NYM)	$13,571,429
3.	Johnson (ARI)	$13,350,000
4.	Griffey (CIN)	$12,500,000
	Maddux (ATL)	$12,500,000
	Sosa (CHC)	$12,500,000
7.	Green (LAD)	$12,166,667
	Walker (COL)	$12,166,667
9.	McGwire (STL)	$11,000,000
10.	Hampton (COL)	$10,500,000

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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