2008 National 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 Award	Albert Pujols STL 148 G .357/.462/.653
Cy Young Award	Tim Lincecum SFG 18-5, 2.62, 265 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Geovany Soto CHC 141 G .285/.364/.504
Manager of the Year Award	Lou Piniella
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Chipper Jones ATL 128 G .364/.470/.574
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Johan Santana NYM 16-7, 2.53, 206 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Brad Lidge PHI 2-0 (41 SV), 1.95, 92 SO
NLCS MVP	Cole Hamels - S
Hank Aaron Award	Aramis Ramirez CHC 149 G .289/.380/.518
Roberto Clemente Humanitarian Award	Albert Pujols
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Tim Lincecum SFG 18-5, 2.62, 265 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Greg Maddux
Catcher	Yadier Molina
First Base	Adrian Gonzalez
Second Base	Brandon Phillips
Third Base	David Wright
Shortstop	Jimmy Rollins
Outfield	Carlos Beltran, Nate McLouth and Shane Victorino

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Pitcher	Carlos Zambrano CHC 38 G .337/.337/.554
Catcher	Brian McCann ATL 145 G .301/.373/.523
First Base	Albert Pujols STL 148 G .357/.462/.653
Second Base	Chase Utley PHI 159 G .292/.380/.535
Third Base	David Wright NYM 160 G .302/.390/.534
Shortstop	Hanley Ramirez FLA 153 G .301/.400/.540
Outfield	Ryan Braun MIL 151 G .285/.335/.553 Matt Holliday COL 139 G .321/.409/.538 Ryan Ludwick STL 152 G .299/.375/.591

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Ben Sheets (MIL) C. Geovany Soto (CHC) 1B. Lance Berkman (HOU) 2B. Chase Utley (PHI) 3B. Chipper Jones (ATL) SS. Hanley Ramirez (FLA) LF. Ryan Braun (MIL) CF. Kosuke Fukudome (CHC) RF. Matt Holliday (COL) DH. Albert Pujols (STL)	Aaron Cook* (COL) Ryan Dempster* (CHC) Adrian Gonzalez* (SDP) Cristian Guzman* (WSN) Dan Haren* (ARI) Corey Hart* (MIL) Brad Lidge* (PHI) Tim Lincecum (SFG) Ryan Ludwick* (STL)	Carlos Marmol* (CHC) Russell Martin* (LAD) Brian McCann* (ATL) Nate McLouth* (PIT) Aramis Ramirez* (CHC) Alfonso Soriano (CHC) Miguel Tejada* (HOU) Dan Uggla* (FLA) Edinson Volquez* (CIN)	Billy Wagner* (NYM) Brandon Webb* (ARI) Brian Wilson* (SFG) Kerry Wood (CHC) David Wright* (NYM) Carlos Zambrano* (CHC)

NL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Pujols (STL)	9.0
2.	Utley (PHI)	8.8
3.	Lincecum (SFG)	7.8
4.	Jones (ATL)	7.1
5.	Santana (NYM)	6.9
6.	Beltran (NYM)	6.7
	Wright (NYM)	6.7
8.	Dempster (CHC)	6.6
	Berkman (HOU)	6.6
10.	Ramirez (FLA)	6.5

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Moyer (PHI)	born 1962-11-18
2.	Johnson (ARI)	born 1963-09-10
3.	Glavine (ATL)	born 1966-03-25
4.	Maddux (SDP)	born 1966-04-14
5.	Alou (NYM)	born 1966-07-03
6.	Vizquel (SFG)	born 1967-04-24
7.	Smoltz (ATL)	born 1967-05-15
8.	Brocail (HOU)	born 1967-05-16
9.	Gonzalez (FLA)	born 1967-09-03
10.	Hoffman (SDP)	born 1967-10-13

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Kershaw (LAD)	born 1988-03-19
2.	Upton (ARI)	born 1987-08-25
3.	Gillaspie (SFG)	born 1987-07-18
4.	Maybin (FLA)	born 1987-04-04
5.	Bruce (CIN)	born 1987-04-03
6.	Martis (WSN)	born 1987-03-30
7.	Escobar (MIL)	born 1986-12-16
8.	Tucker (FLA)	born 1986-12-06
9.	Niese (NYM)	born 1986-10-27
10.	Volstad (FLA)	born 1986-09-23

Salary s c a p y
1.	Beltran (NYM)	$18,622,809
2.	Santana (NYM)	$16,984,216
3.	Helton (COL)	$16,600,000
4.	Zambrano (CHC)	$16,000,000
	Delgado (NYM)	$16,000,000
6.	Hampton (ATL)	$15,975,184
7.	Furcal (LAD)	$15,730,195
8.	Hudson (ATL)	$15,500,000
9.	Schmidt (LAD)	$15,217,401
10.	Johnson (ARI)	$15,100,546

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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