1992 MLB Awards
Gold Glove Awards
AL
P – Rodger Clemens SEA (2)
C – Ivan Rodriguez MIN (1) (R)
1B – Bill Doran SEA (1)
2B – Jeff Cirillo BOS (1)(R)
3B – Tim Wallach CAL (5)
SS – Greg Gagne CAL (1)
LF – Junior Felix BOS (1)
CF – Lance Johnson MIL (2)
RF – Kenny Lofton BAL (1)
NL
P – Dwight Gooden NYM (3)
C – Don Slaught STL (1)
1B – Mo Vaughn ATL (1)
2B – Mickey Morandini HOU (3)
3B – Charlie Hayes NYM (1)
SS – Barry Larkin HOU (3)
LF – Ron Gant PHI (2)
CF – Carlos De La Rosa SD (1)
RF – Bernie Williams SF (1)
Rolaids Reliever of the Year
AL
Jeff Montgomery NYY (2)
- 5-7, 40/47 S, 3.08, 1.42 WHIP, .292 OAA
- The Yankees Lee Smith was the runner up. Nice job of them snagging such a stud at the deadline. It almost got them over the hump to a new title.
NL
Mike Henneman PIT (1)
- 5-4, 46/48 S, 2.15, 1.09 WHIP, .208 OAA
Big numbers for the save leader in baseball for the 2
nd year in a row. He was a big part of why the Pirates nearly made the Series this year.
Silver Slugger Awards
AL
C – Mike Piazza OAK (1) .277/.334/.461 22 HR's
1B – Rafael Palmeiro MIL (1) .326/.432/.551 28 HRs
2B – Carlos Baerga NYY (1) .350/.384/.468 15 HRs
3B – Jeff Blauser BAL (1) .306/.397/.452 19 HR's
SS – Travis Fryman DET (1) .307/.383/.496 23 HR's
LF – Moises Alou OAK (1) .318/.366/.484 16 HR's
CF – Ken Griffey Jr BAL (2) .306/.391/.479 26 HR's
RF – Harold Baines CHI (1) .324/.380/.504 30 HR's
DH – Albert Belle CHI (2) .298/.360/.541 38 HR's
NL
P – Bob Ojeda SD (1) .250/.261/.294
C – Chris Hoiles PHI (2) .267/.353/.454 23 HR's
1B – Frank Thomas SF (1) .323/.444/.593 41 HR's
2B – Craig Biggio ATL (3) .299/.378/.448 18 HR's
3B – Robin Ventura SD (1) .328/.403/.495 21 HR's
SS – Barry Larkin HOU (4) .284/.357/.447 20 HR's
LF – David Justice CHI (1) .271/.374/.475 25 HR's
CF – Kirby Puckett MON (4) .331/.371/.449 10 HR's
RF – Larry Walker PHI (3) .295/.360/.451 15 HR's
Rookie Of the Year
AL
Jeff Cirillo BOS .311/14/91, was a unanimous pick with 28 first place votes.
Bret Boone, Ivan Rodriguez, and Carlos Delgado were the other vote getters.
NL
Manny Ramirez MON .244/14/70, got 27 votes, only Tim Pugh also from MON got another first vote.
Will Cordero, Jason Giambi and Tim Pugh were the other vote getters. Rick Wilkins also got a few votes at the bottom.
Manager of the Year
AL
Steve Trunzo NYY (1)
NL
Bill Virdon HOU (6)
Cy Young Award
AL
Rodger Clemens SEA (4) 20-5, 2.45, 198 K's, 1.09 WHIP, 9.3 rWAR
Clemens won the triple crown in the AL this season, but was not unanimous. Bret Saberhagen stole a first place vote from him.
NL
Melido Perez PIT (1) 21-10, 2.52, 230 K's, 0.98 WHIP, 8.7 rWAR
In what was the tightest battle for any award, Perez, who had a fabulous year, narrowly edged out Greg Maddux by 2 first place, and 11 overall votes. Here's Maddux's line for a comparison. Controversial. Candiotti was 3
rd.
21-8, 2.26, 223 K's, 1.04 WHIP, 10.0 rWAR
Most Valuable Player
AL
Rafael Palmeiro MIL (1)
Palmeiro played in all 162 games, put together an OPS+ of 175 and a WAR of 8.3. He narrowly beat (11/287) out John Olerud (7/257) and Harold Baines (4/252) for the win. Carlos Baerga and Albert Belle were the other first place vote getters. Palmeiro signed a 6-yr extension this year to he'll be with Milwaukee for a while.
NL
Frank Thomas SF (1)
Thomas, for whatever reason, didn't play full time last year, but he proved that he had plenty of reason to be there this year. Thomas was a force to be reckoned with. He got all of the first place votes except for one that went to Perez (?). Mo Vaughan and Robin Ventura were the runners up, but not close.