A pretty uneventful season overall ends the same way, with no dramas down the stretch. Carolina wins 102, Washington loses 101.
Monthly Award Winners
Northwest League- Batter – Mark McGwire (Portland): 306 / 6 HR / 19 RBI
- Pitcher – Dick Redding (Seattle): 4-0 / 0.64 / 20 K / 42 IP
Southeast League- Batter – Albert Pujols (Florida): 295 / 8 HR / 23 RBI
- Pitcher – Roy Halladay (Carolina): 5-0 / 1.36 / 37 K / 53 IP
Weekly Award Winners- 6th: Jim Wynn (Seattle) / Roberto Clemente (Virginia)
- 13th: Fred Clarke (Boston) / Jim Perry (New Orleans)
- 20th: Willie Keeler (Las Vegas) / Lefty Grove (Atlanta)
- 27th: Dick Redding (Seattle) / Joe Mauer (Atlanta)
- 4th: Gary Sheffield (New Jersey) / Albert Pujols (Florida)
Milestones- 150 HR: Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson, Aaron Judge
- 100 SV: Zack Greinke, Rube Waddell
Other Observations and Points of Interest- Nolan Ryan back to relief duties at Virginia.
- Old Aches and Pains Appling hits his 4th career HR.
- Jerry Koosman gets just his 4th career win, Bob Lemon his 6th.
Batting titles to Willie Keeler (341) and Albert Pujols (353). In a heavily-dominant pitchers' year, Prince Albert (36), Ken Griffey jr (33) and Frank Robinson (30) are the only ones to hit 30 or more HR, while John Olerud's 125 RBI leads either league.
Doc Halladay ends up with 25 wins and his 0.893 winning percent is a new PBL best, while George Cuppy and Dennis Eckersley share the lead with 39 saves. Clay Kershaw sets a new mark with 20 CG, while Sam McDowell earns a record he'd prefer not to have by walking 173 batters.
Final Top 20s and leaders
