NDF 2003-04 Winter Fun - 1975 Award Winners – AL

[WiredTiger]

For the season referenced in the subject line of this thread, who would be your pick for Best Positional Player (Include defense and position played in your determination), Best Pitcher, Best First Year Player and any other topics of discussion from this season.

[WiredTiger]

Best Hitter: Fred Lynn
Lynn had one of the best rookie seasons ever. maybury was probably his equal at the plate but Lynn's defense at a tough defensive position carries him to the title. He finished 2nd in BA, 5th in OBP and 1st in SLG%.

Best Pitcher: Jim Palmer
Palmer finished with a 23-11 record and had an ERA+ of 169. Catfish Hunter had one of the best year of his career but it wasn't enough to surpass Palmer.

Best Rookie: Fred Lynn
Lynn wins in a landslide over teammate Jim Rice.

hitter - pretty close between Mayberry and Lynn - I'd have to go Lynn too (yes, Lynn was better than Rice - but very few years would Rice's year NOT have been the ROY).

Pitcher - I have to agree with Palmer. Catfish had a good year as did a young Frank Tanana who was great for a bad Angels team.

[JamesI]

hitter and rookie: Lynn
Pitcher: Palmer

[sweaver]

And now, over to the Win Shares desk for this update:
Players; Ken Singleton (Baltimore), Fred Lynn (Boston) and John Mayberry (Kansas City) 33 each, Gene Tenace (Oakland) and Toby Harrah (Texas) 32, Rod Carew (Minnesota) 30, Bobby Grich (Baltimore) 29, Reggie Jackson (Oakland) 27, George Brett (Kansas City) 25.

Pitchers; Jim Palmer (Baltimore) 31, Catfish Hunter (New York) 29, Goose Gossage (Chicago) 23, Frank Tanana (California), Jim Kaat (Chicago), and Steve Busby (Kansas City) 22 each.

WARP3: Singleton 10.1, Lynn 9.4, Mayberry 10.4, Tenace 9.6, Harrah 9.1, Carew 10.5, Grich 9.4, Jackson 8.2, Brett 6.5. Palmer 11.9, Hunter 10.6, Gossage 9.2, Tanana 10.2, Kaat 9.1, Busby 9.2.

Actual Award voting, beginning with MVP (top 17):

Place  Name  Team  1st place  Points
1 Fred Lynn         BOS   22    326                               
  2 John Mayberry     KCR    0    157        
  3 Jim Rice          BOS    0    154                                
  4 Rollie Fingers    OAK    2    129   
  5 Reggie Jackson    OAK    0    118      
  6 Jim Palmer        BAL    0     82   
  7 Thurman Munson    NYY    0     69          
  8 George Scott      MIL    0     64   
  9 Rod Carew         MIN    0     54            
 10 Ken Singleton     BAL    0     44   
 11 George Brett      KCR    0     37        
 12 Catfish Hunter    NYY    0     31      
 13 Rick Burleson     BOS    0     28                               
 14 Claudell Washingt OAK    0     22       
 15 Toby Harrah       TEX    0     16       
 16 Mike Torrez       BAL    0     12   
 17 Rich Gossage      CHW    0     11   

Cy Young:

Place  Name  Team  1st Place  Points
1 Jim Palmer        BAL   15     98  
  2 Catfish Hunter    NYY    7     74   
  3 Rollie Fingers    OAK    2     25    
  4 Jim Kaat          CHW    0      7    
  4 Frank Tanana      CAL    0      7    
  6 Vida Blue         OAK    0      2    
  6 Rich Gossage      CHW    0      2    
  8 Rick Wise         BOS    0      1

Rookie:

Place  Name  Team  1st Place  Points
1 Fred Lynn         BOS   23     23    
  2 Jim Rice          BOS    1      1

Addenda: Rollie Fingers had 15 Win Shares and a WARP3 of 5.8.

[sweaver]

You can make a case for Singleton, Mayberry, or Carew for MVP. Different metrics show them outperforming Lynn, depending on where you look. However , if you include the nebulous "impact," it's Fred Lynn for a landslide. Lynn was also the best rookie.

Jim Palmer was the best pitcher. Not really close there, although there were other good years.