SBN Baseball Postseason Awards -- National League Rookie of the Year
by WholeCamels on Nov 10, 2009 1:27 PM EST
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The SBNation bloggers voted on the BBWAA postseason awards, and we're rolling out the results! Today: National League Rookie of the Year. Results after the jump...
Atlanta Braves starter Tommy Hanson narrowly defeated Phillies lefty J.A. Happ, garnering 78 points and nine total first place votes, to Happ's 64 points and six first place votes.
The Pirates Andrew McCutchen and the Marlins Chris Coghlan tied for third place, with 54 total points.
| Rk | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Hanson | Atlanta Braves | 9 | 9 | 6 | 78 |
| 2 | J.A. Happ | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | 9 | 7 | 64 |
| 3 | Andrew McCutchen | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 3 | 5 | 54 |
| 4 | Chris Coghlan | Florida Marlins | 7 | 5 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Dexter Fowler | Colorado Rockies | - | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Randy Wells | Chicago Cubs | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Garrett Jones | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| 8 | Casey McGehee | Milwaukee Brewers | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Seth Smith | Colorado Rockies | - | 1 | - | 3 |
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Who gave Seth Smith a 2nd place vote?!?
The guy doesn’t even start against our lefties in the postseason, and somebody voted him over Happ/Hansen? Gotta be the Rockies blogger, right?
by Bye, Dawk :( on Nov 10, 2009 1:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Voting was done at the end of the regular season, I think
So what he did in the postseason doesn’t matter.
by Branta on Nov 10, 2009 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Even his Regular Season stats weren’t second place vote worthy. Want to throw the homegrown prospect a bone for a good season, give him a third place vote.
by Cormican on Nov 10, 2009 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Understood, but it’s still indicative of how he was used during the regular season.
by Bye, Dawk :( on Nov 10, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Seth Smith – 3.0 WAR
J.A. Happ – 1.8 WAR
A better question is why he didn’t get more. I didn’t check all the players, but I’m guessing Andrew McCutchen came out on top with a 3.4.
by christonabike on Nov 10, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well player good sir, well played indeed…
Scar tissue is stronger than muscle tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
by JCB79 on Nov 10, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Happ just needed to stay healthy at the end of the year and he probably would have taken the award home. It’s the usual what have you done for me lately syndrome. Happ put up an ERA .04 worse than Hanson, in the friendly confines of CBP.
I think he got hosed. If anything, Coghlin or McCutchen should have gotten more consideration.
by ajr142 on Nov 10, 2009 5:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yup – all of happs starts were in PHilly
by jemagee on Nov 10, 2009 5:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
More of his starts were in CBP than Hanson’s. 10 of his 22 starts were at home, and 7 of his 12 relief appearances were at home, for an even 17/17 split. Hanson had a mere three starts on the road in places like CBP, Cincy, and Colorado. He conveniently had 6 starts in very pitcher friendly parks compared to Happ’s 3 away starts in tough, hitter’s parks. I’d say the ballpark could have had a decent impact.
by layout ultimate on Nov 10, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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