1. Jeff Bagwell: All-Star (2-4 R), ML Player of the Year (Sporting News, AP, Players Choice, Baseball Digest), NL Player of the month in June and July.
Bagwell was unamiously voted NL MVP.
He was also a silver slugger and gold glover at first base. 
He led the NL with 116 RBIs and 104 Runs. He was also the led the league in OPS (1.201) and total bases (300).
He was second in the NL in batting (.368), hits (147), and HR (39).
He set many Astros team records.
He was on a full season pace of 55 HR, 164 RBI, 147 R, 207 H, and 21 SB.
The Astros were 66-49 (93 W pace) and .5 games behind the Reds in the NL Central.
2. Frank Thomas: Was the AL MVP for the second straight season. He was the starting 1B for the AL (2-2 RBI, R, BB).
He was a Silver Slugger and Player of the Month in May and July.
He led the AL in OPS (1.217), runs (106), and walks.
He was 2nd in HR (38), and third in RBI (101), batting (.353) and total bases (291).
The Big Hurt was on pace for 54 HR, 145 RBI, 152 R, 202 H, 156 BB.
The White Sox won 67 games (96 win pace) and led the AL Central and had the AL's 2nd best record.
3. Albert Belle: Was 3rd in the MVP voting, an All-Star and Silver Slugger.
He finished 2nd in batting (.357) and OPS (1.152). He was third in HR (36) and RBI (101).
Joey was on pace for pace 52 HR, 145 RBI, 129 R, 211 H, 422 TB.
From May 13th- June 19th Cleveland won 18 straight home games and in that streak Belle drove in 21 runs and scored 21 more.
The streak propelled the Indians to 66 wins (95 win pace) and the third best record in the AL (wild card position).
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ReplyDeleteI thought it was that Ken Jr. guy. Wasn't he good?
ReplyDeleteYes he (Ken Griffey Jr.) was great that year but the Mariners sucked.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really tough one to remember because the season didn't end. Soraya is right to suggest Griffey, Jr. but if you're taking teams into account, then yeah, you've got a good list. I might've had Thomas first, but really I can't argue too much.
ReplyDeleteYea it was tough because one the season didn't end so no playoffs or pennett races, also this was the first year when everyone across baseball had juiced numbers (due to steroids, smaller stadiums, expansion etc.) griffey rbi and BA were significantly lower than my 3 also
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