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Offseason Notes and Awards
What a horrible start.
Buddy Bell, Ray Knight, and Keith Moreland all bid farewell to their baseball careers from the Dodgers minor league system. That's not the bad news though. The team has decided to extend the contracts of the GM, Ramon Ramirez, Manager Adam Abercrombie, Pitching Coach Luis Vasquez, and hitting coach Omar Bernal. Most, of not all of the managers and coaches in the Dodgers system are bottom of the barrel guys. The owner, hates to spend money and looks to cut corners where he can. In fact, the team actually lost over 4 million dollars last year, as attendance dropped to just a hair over 2 million after breaking 3 million just 2 years ago. The team has lowered ticket prices for the next year.
Hometown boy Mike Scioscia decides home is where the heart is and exercises his option to stay in town for one more season.
The team executes the buyout on Jim Beattie, who will not be back.
1989 Gold Glove Awards
AL
P Mario Soto – OAK – (1)
C Ron Hassey – TEX – (1)
1B Kevin Seitzer – BOS – (2)
2B Billy Ripken – DET – (1)
3B Terry Pendleton – KC – (3)
SS Tony Fernandez – TOR – (1)
LF Stan Javier – MIN – (1)
CF Albert Belle – TEX – (1)
RF Ruben Amaro – BAL (1)
NL
P David Cone – CHI – (1)
C Dave Valle – CIN – (2)
1B Rick Schu – CHI – (1)
2B Willie Randolph – MON – (1)
3B Carney Lansford – HOU – (1)
SS Dick Schofield – LA – (2)
LF Dave Justice – CHI – (1)
CF Dave Henderson – CIN – (2)
RF Paul O'Neil – CHI – (1)
Rolaids Reliever of the Year
AL
Larry Andersen - CAL – (5-4, 39/40S, 0.66, 59 GF)
Interestingly, the Royals rookie Mark Gardner came in 2nd. Gardner started the year in the rotation, and ended it as the closer. His QS % was .667 over 12 starts, and he finished 41 games and 30/34 save chances.
NL
Mike Schooler – PHI – (3-4, 37/41S, 1.72, 60 GF)
John Franco of our LA Dodgers came in 2nd in voting.
Silver Slugger Awards
AL
C Mickey Tettleton OAK (1) - .228/.355/.419 18 HR
1B Mark McGwire CAL (3) - .284/.417/.517 38 HR
2B Ryne Sandberg TOR (3) - .292/.351/.479 26 HR
3B Wade Boggs BOS (2) - .355/.441/.475 4 HR
SS Cal Ripken Jr BAL (4) - .278/.322/.496 35 HR
LF Barry Bonds CHI (5) - .307/.401/.570 23 HR
CF Kirby Puckett MIN (2) - .353/.406/.541 17 HR
RF Tony Gwynn SEA (2) - .333/.371/.436 7 HR
DH Wally Joyner TEX (2) - .311/.368/.437 13 HR
NL
P John Smiley CHI (1) - .268/.268/.339
C Brian Harper PIT (1) - .317/.339/.469 17 HR
1B Fred McGriff HOU (1) - .318/.404/.573 39 HR
2B Julio Franco PHI (3) - .320/.387/.430 7 HR
3B Kevin Mitchell NY (3) - .294/.362/.526 32 HR
SS Bip Roberts PIT (1) - .314/.374/.448 9 HR
LF Bobby Bonilla NY (1) - .297/.362/.496 29 HR
CF Joe Carter HOU (2) - .282/.309/.500 35 HR
RF Larry Walker PHI (1) - .288/.353/.485 28 HR
AL Rookie of the Year
2B Jeff King BOS .272/22/104
NL Rookie of the Year
1B Frank Thomas SF .309/16/78
Manager of the Year
AL
Bernd van den Heuvel CAL (1)
First year managing in the majors after coming up from the minors and he wins it all.
NL
Bill Virdon HOU (4)
Virdon has been in Houston for 14 years and wins this for the second time in a row. Has to be frustrated they lost to the Phillies in a very winnable series.
Cy Young Award
AL
Roger Clemens CLE (3) 18-7 2.33 233 K's 1.05 WHIP
3rd straight win for Clemens who exercised is option to become a free agent this year. Bret Saberhagen was 2nd and former Dodger Orel Hersheiser was 3rd.
NL
Dwight Gooden NY (5) 13-7 1.46 221 K's 0.94 WHIP
Aside from the record, this was Gooden's best year of his career. He's won 5 straight Cy Young Awards and he's only 24. Greg Maddux was 2nd and Greg Swindell was 3rd.
Most Valuable Player
AL
Mark McGwire CAL (2)
McGwire wins the MVP for the 2nd year in a row. Even though his year wasn't as good as '88, it was still the big man the team needed to win the Series. He is on pace to break the 200 HR mark next year. Clemens was 2nd and Saberhagen was 3rd.
NL
Fred McGriff HOU (1)
Another big year for the Crime Dog. He played in every game this year, in fact, he hasn't missed a game since '87. Hard to believe he was traded by the Yankees along with Jim Corsi and Mike Taylor for Brian Downing where he only played for 1 season. McGriff is locked up in Houston for another 6 years, with 2 chances for him to get out of his deal.
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