Season 59 Awards Voting

by bruinsfan911 9:31 AM 1 comments

 The annual Awards Voting blog post will once again utilize position and park adjusted Wins Above Replacement totals, and I will also look into how several honorable mentions performed out of a matter of curiosity. I know I keep mentioning that I want to do a blog post on Career WAR, but I think that might be a little ways a way still. The good news is that I do have Estimated Career WAR totals for almost all of the HOF members, and then I'll start at the top of that list and work my way down when figuring out adjusted Career WAR totals. For now, we will continue to go season by season, starting with this year as seen below: 

AL Most Valuable Player

• Antonio Frandsen (DH-Montreal), 8.63 WAR
• Maicer Rosales (1B-Nashville), 6.59 WAR
• David Hill (1B-Salem), 5.76 WAR
• Howie Cornelius (1B-Buffalo), 5.47 WAR
• Marco Moss (1B-Milwaukee), 5.67 WAR

NL Most Valuable Player

• Pep Komatsu (LF-Pittsburgh), 6.185 WAR
• Joey Hurst (3B-Baltimore), 4.14 WAR
• Tyson Cowgill (1B-Houston), 6.188 WAR
• Enny Cayones (1B-Scranton), 4.46 WAR
• Humberto Prieto (CF-Scranton), 3.73 WAR

AL Cy Young

• Eury Querecuto (SP-Salem), 4.51 WAR
• Paolo Cortes (RP-Montreal), 4.94 WAR
• Quentin Strickland (SP-Montreal), 3.69 WAR
• Luigi Almanzar (SP-Montreal), 4.63 WAR
• Harry Beltre (SP-Montreal), 5.47 WAR

NL Cy Young

• Jhoulys Sosa (SP-Scranton), 5.30 WAR
• Everth Sucre (SP-Philadelphia), 4.16 WAR
• Peter Brow (SP-St. Louis), 4.67 WAR
• David Rooney (SP-Houston), 3.90 WAR
• Juan Escuela (SP-Little Rock), 3.58 WAR

AL Rookie of the Year

• Antonio Suzuki (LF-Buffalo), 5.29 WAR
• Billy Linden (DH-Nashville), 2.02 WAR
• Derek Malone (RP-Salem), 0.98 WAR
• Cooper Posey (1B-Madison), 1.21 WAR
• Brennan Gil (LF-Madison), 0.72 WAR

NL Rookie of the Year

• Benj Matthewson (2B-Tampa Bay), 5.94 WAR
• Trace Marquis (1B-Philadelphia), 1.05 WAR
• Gerald Meng (SP-Baltimore), -0.06 WAR
• Mateo Iglesias (1B-Tampa Bay), 2.86 WAR
• Asdrubal Lopez (2B-Houston), 4.81 WAR

Since I've finished the Awards Voting portion of this year's blog, here's a quick look at the top five players in WAR/year that I have on record so far (minimum 2 seasons worth of data):

1) Henderson Jackson, 9.0 WAR/year with 7 seasons of data missing

2) Luther Stowers, 7.5 WAR/year with 6 seasons of data missing 

3) Randy Pose, 6.9 WAR/year with 6 seasons of data missing (and one year non-position adjusted)

4)Chick Prades, 6.3 WAR/year with 3 seasons of data missing (and one year non-position adjusted)

5)Antonio Frandsen, 6.2 WAR/year with 3 seasons of data missing (and one year non-position adjusted)