A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cathedral: January 2016

I am a baseball nerd. One of the most nerdy things I do is play Strat-O-Matic Baseball.

If you've never heard of it, it's a dice rolling game where every player for each year has his own card and depending on the roll of the dice you get the result of each at bat. There are simple, advanced, and super advanced rules. I play a hybrid of the advanced and super advanced, because of course I do.

I had never heard of this game until about five years ago, but it's been around for decades, as in five decades. Once I heard about it, I was hooked.

I have always been fascinated with the 1994 season, also known as the Strike Season.

On August 12 the players began a strike which lasted into the next season, meaning it was the first year without a World Series in 90 years. More than that, it was a potentially record breaking season. Matt Williams (third baseman of the Giants) had 43 home runs at the break, on pace to match Roger Maris' 61. Tony Gwynn was hitting .394 at the time of the strike, and with a batting average on the rise could have challenged to hit .400. Frank Thomas, Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Belle, and Jeff Bagwell were also all having great seasons. Oh yes, and the strike may have cost Fred McGriff his chance at the Hall of Fame. And that's not to mention the teams. The Yankees were leading their division meaning Don Mattingly lost his best chance to make the postseason. There was the absurdity of the AL West division, in which no team was above .500. And of course the Montreal Expos. With the best record in baseball, 74-40, they looked poised to potentially win the Series. But instead they lost a bunch of players, attendance plummeted, and they eventually moved to Washington.

So, when I found out about Strat, I naturally wanted to play out the 1994 season. But I didn't want to just pick up at the strike, because due to the impending strike, few teams made any trades at the trade deadline. I wanted to play the season from the start to see how it may have "really" played out.

I should also mention here that when most people replay a season, they only play through one team. Not me. As a completist, I have to play all 28. To this point, I have played up to July 28. This is roughly the 100 game mark. That means I have played around 1400 games. This is why it has taken me nearly five years, spanning three moves, a dissertation and book, and my first year and a half in seminary.

This I envision as my first in a regular series of updates about my season. You will note that I have tried to play GM and manager for each team. It's not easy, but I try not to play favorites. I have also probably gone a little overboard with the trades, especially at the beginning, but it's a learning curve. Without further ado, here's where we sit at the 100 game mark:

AL East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	H W	H L	H PCT	A W	A L	A PCT
New York	58	43	0.574	-	30	20	0.600	28	23	0.549
Toronto	54	47	0.535	5	29	21	0.580	25	26	0.490
Boston	53	50	0.515	6	26	25	0.510	27	25	0.519
Baltimore	49	52	0.485	9	25	30	0.455	24	22	0.522
Detroit	41	60	0.406	17	22	29	0.431	19	31	0.380

AL Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	H W	H L	H PCT	A W	A L	A PCT
Chicago	68	35	0.660	-	30	21	0.588	38	14	0.731
Cleveland	64	40	0.615	4.5	29	18	0.617	35	22	0.614
Kansas City	62	41	0.602	6	33	21	0.611	29	20	0.592
Milwaukee	42	56	0.429	23.5	22	27	0.449	20	29	0.408
Minnesota	42	60	0.412	25.5	22	26	0.458	20	34	0.370

AL West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	H W	H L	H PCT	A W	A L	A PCT
Seattle	48	54	0.471	-	23	24	0.489	25	30	0.455
California	46	56	0.451	2	23	27	0.460	23	29	0.442
Oakland	45	55	0.450	2	18	31	0.367	27	24	0.529
Texas	40	61	0.396	7.5	22	31	0.415	18	30	0.375

Wild Card
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	H W	H L	H PCT	A W	A L	A PCT
Cleveland	64	40	0.615	-	29	18	0.617	35	22	0.614
Kansas City	62	41	0.602	1.5	33	21	0.611	29	20	0.592
Toronto	54	47	0.535	8.5	29	21	0.580	25	26	0.490
Boston	53	50	0.515	10.5	26	25	0.510	27	25	0.519
Baltimore	49	52	0.485	13.5	25	30	0.455	24	22	0.522
California	46	56	0.451	17	23	27	0.460	23	29	0.442
Oakland	45	55	0.450	17	18	31	0.367	27	24	0.529
Milwaukee	42	56	0.429	19	22	27	0.449	20	29	0.408
Minnesota	42	60	0.412	21	22	26	0.458	20	34	0.370
Detroit	41	60	0.406	21.5	22	29	0.431	19	31	0.380
Texas	40	61	0.396	22.5	22	31	0.415	18	30	0.375

NL East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	H W	H L	H PCT	A W	A L	A PCT
Atlanta	63	38	0.624	-	29	20	0.592	34	18	0.654
Montreal	59	41	0.590	3.5	28	23	0.549	31	18	0.633
New York	53	49	0.520	10.5	26	23	0.531	27	26	0.509
Philadelphia	52	51	0.505	12	26	24	0.520	26	27	0.491
Florida	35	67	0.343	28.5	17	33	0.340	18	34	0.346

NL Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	H W	H L	H PCT	A W	A L	A PCT
Houston	69	33	0.676	-	34	18	0.654	35	15	0.700
Cincinnati	58	42	0.580	10	29	23	0.558	29	19	0.604
Pittsburgh	46	57	0.447	23.5	26	27	0.491	20	30	0.400
Chicago	43	60	0.417	26.5	14	35	0.286	29	25	0.537
St. Louis	29	73	0.284	40	12	38	0.240	17	35	0.327

NL West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	H W	H L	H PCT	A W	A L	A PCT
San Diego	56	47	0.544	-	26	27	0.491	30	20	0.600
Colorado	54	50	0.519	2.5	25	26	0.490	29	24	0.547
Los Angeles	50	50	0.500	4.5	26	24	0.520	24	26	0.480
San Francisco	48	54	0.471	7.5	23	30	0.434	25	24	0.510

Wild Card
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	H W	H L	H PCT	A W	A L	A PCT
Montreal	59	41	0.590	-	28	23	0.549	31	18	0.633
Cincinnati	58	42	0.580	1	29	23	0.558	29	19	0.604
New York	53	49	0.520	7	26	23	0.531	27	26	0.509
Colorado	54	50	0.519	7	25	26	0.490	29	24	0.547
Philadelphia	52	51	0.505	8.5	26	24	0.520	26	27	0.491
Los Angeles	50	50	0.500	9	26	24	0.520	24	26	0.480
San Francisco	48	54	0.471	12	23	30	0.434	25	24	0.510
Pittsburgh	46	57	0.447	14.5	26	27	0.491	20	30	0.400
Chicago	43	60	0.417	17.5	14	35	0.286	29	25	0.537
Florida	35	67	0.343	24	17	33	0.340	18	34	0.346
St. Louis	29	73	0.284	31	12	38	0.240	17	35	0.327

Compare that to the Real Life standings at this point:

AL East					NL East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
New York	61	38	0.616	-	Montreal	62	38	0.620	-
Baltimore	55	44	0.556	6	Atlanta	60	41	0.594	2.5
Boston	49	51	0.490	12.5	Philadelphia	50	52	0.490	13
Toronto	47	53	0.470	14.5	New York	48	52	0.480	14
Detroit	46	55	0.455	16	Florida	45	56	0.446	17.5

AL Central					NL Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cleveland	59	40	0.596	-	Houston	59	43	0.578	-
Chicago	59	42	0.584	1	Cincinnati	58	43	0.574	0.5
Kansas City	55	47	0.539	5.5	Pittsburgh	48	53	0.475	10.5
Milwaukee	48	53	0.475	12	St. Louis	46	54	0.460	12
Minnesota	47	53	0.470	12.5	Chicago	45	55	0.450	13

AL West					NL West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Texas	49	53	0.480	-	Los Angeles	49	52	0.485	-
Oakland	46	54	0.460	2	Colorado	50	54	0.481	0.5
California	42	61	0.408	7.5	San Francisco	49	54	0.476	1
Seattle	40	59	0.404	7.5	San Diego	41	63	0.394	9.5

Wild Card					Wild Card
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Chicago	59	42	0.584	-	Atlanta	60	41	0.594	-
Baltimore	55	44	0.556	3	Cincinnati	58	43	0.574	2
Kansas City	55	47	0.539	4.5	Philadelphia	50	52	0.490	9
Boston	49	51	0.490	9.5	Colorado	50	54	0.481	11.5
Milwaukee	48	53	0.475	11	New York	48	52	0.480	11.5
Toronto	47	53	0.470	11.5	San Francisco	49	54	0.476	12
Minnesota	47	53	0.470	11.5	Pittsburgh	48	53	0.475	12
Oakland	46	54	0.460	12.5	St. Louis	46	54	0.460	13.5
Detroit	46	55	0.455	13	Chicago	45	55	0.450	14.5
California	42	61	0.408	18	Florida	45	56	0.446	15
Seattle	40	59	0.404	18	San Diego	41	63	0.394	21

You will notice my standings are quite a bit more extreme. The biggest differences are in the two Western divisions which have almost flipped. The AL Central, which has been my favorite race to follow with three pretty even teams, is similarly close but significantly better in my play.

Why are the Padres so much better in my season? Two things. Tony Gwynn, as we will see, is off the charts. And I made a huge trade for them at the beginning of the season, getting Gregg Jefferies from the Cardinals, which also accounts for the big drop by the Cardinals.

I didn't mean to make such a drastic difference, it just happened. Because of that the Padres have made some more movies to go for the division making them even stronger. And yes, the Astros are 10 games better. I haven't really done much to make this happen besides a trade for Jay Bell at the beginning of the season and then later a trade for Danny Jackson to cover for the loss of Pete Harnisch. Again like with all the trades, teams in real life did not bother making moves to go for a season they knew would not last. I'm trying to make moves they may have if they were trying to win it all.

While we're talking about teams, I want to mention a couple of trades I made that have changed some things. Early on in the season the Astros traded Kevin Bass to the Mets for Mauro Gozzo. It was a stupid move, because Bass has been huge for the Mets. They also traded, Andujar Cedeno, Brian L. Hunter, and Brian Williams to the Pirates for Jay Bell and Jeff Ballard.

Shortstop was clearly the Astros' weakest link and I thought this would address it. Finally they sent Scott Servais (not Eddie Taubensee as in real life) to the Reds for Thomas Howard. The Pirates were also active sending Orlando Merced to the Marlins for Greg Colbrunn and Terry Mathews. This was the Pirates trying to get younger.

The Rockies were also quite active. First, they sent Charlie Hayes and Trent Hubbard to the Twins for Rich Becker and Scott Leius. This has been a huge help for the Rockies. They also sent Eric Young to the A's for Carlos Reyes and Brent Gates. Gates has been a monster in Mile High Stadium.

I already mentioned Jefferies was traded to the Padres. They also got relief pitcher John Habyan for Wally Whitehurst (the Cards needed starting pitching) and Phil Clark. This has been the trade with the most effect, as mentioned. Another fairly important trade was the Red Sox sending Joe Hesketh to the Angels for Bo Jackson and Mark Leiter. It's actually worked out better for the Angels, though Bo and Leiter haven't been horrible for the Sox. Finally, the Phillies sent Mariano Duncan to the Orioles for pitcher Mark Williamson and infielder Tim Hullett. Duncan has helped Baltimore and hurt the Phillies, but both teams are basically out of it so no biggie. Those were the early trades.

As the season went on I tried to address more team needs and fill holes. Around the 50 game mark I had another couple of big trades. First, the Mets were hanging in the NL East race but needed more starting pitching, so they sent Fernando Vina and pitcher Frank Seminara to the Pirates (again looking to go younger) for Zane Smith, who was having a huge year for them. He's still good, but surprisingly less so in Shea Stadium.

Then I pulled off a three-team trade. The Rockies sent Kevin Ritz and Howard Johnson to the Twins. The Twins sent Pedro Munoz and Pat Mahomes to the Padres. The Padres sent Phil Plantier to the Rockies. Plantier couldn't hit a lick in San Diego so I figured the Rockies would love his power, and he's done much better. I threw the Twins in there because I reasoned the Padres would not want to deal with the Rockies directly as they both are fighting for the division. The other pieces have been decent. Another trade around this time was the Mets, with a plethora of outfielders but needing bullpen help, sending Jeromy Burnitz to the Brewers to bring Jesse Orosco back.

Ten games later came another big three team trade. First, the A's traded Ricky Henderson and a relief pitcher and infielder to the Cubs for Jim Bullinger, Derrick May, and Rey Sanchez. The Cubs then flipped Henderson to the Blue Jays for Shawn Green. It wasn't until after this trade that I remembered that Ricky had played for the Blue Jays in 1993, but he always was a player to go between teams a number of times (Yankees and A's). It's hard to tell what an impact this has had, though I think it's helped the A's the most.

I then cooled it with the trades for a while. The next big trade was at the All-Star Break, when the Astros traded for Danny Jackson giving up Jeff Ballard (from the Pirates earlier) and a minor league pitcher. Next the Braves went after the red-hot Shane Mack from the Twins. They had to send Ryan Klesko who should like the Metrodome. The Royals also needed a big outfield bat, so they sent Vince Coleman and Tom Gordon, trading from their pitching depth, to the Brewers for Greg Vaughn and Bill Wegman. The Brewers, clearly out of contention, sent Tom Gordon on to the Mariners for Dave Fleming and a minor leaguer.

Finally came a flurry of trades right near the trade deadline, so it's hard to see right now how they will play out. These are contenders trying to fill gaps. The Expos have been disappointing relative to real life, but the only upgrade I could see was starting pitching and bench. So Kirk Rueter and Randy Milligan were shipped to the Brewers for Chuck Finley and B.J. Surhoff. The Indians needed a closer, so they sent infielder Mark Lewis, reliever Steve Farr, and minor leaguer Paul Byrd to the Rangers for Tom Henke and Billy Ripken. Next, the Angels made a couple of moves to go after the West. First, Damion Easley was sent to the Marlins for Dave Magadan and Yorkis Perez who have both had huge years on a terrible team. Then, I reasoned that Mark McLemore would be mad about losing playing time to Duncan in Baltimore, and would be gone as a free agent at the end of the year anyways, so the Orioles sent him to the Angels for Harold Reynolds and a reliever. The Dodgers wanted a big bat, so they sent the potential of Henry Rodriguez to the Pirates for Brian Hunter. Then a small piece, the Mariners got Juan Samuel from the Tigers for Darren Bragg. Those are all the trades so far, but the trade deadline is after the next series, so there will be a few final moves as teams try to place themselves in the playoffs.

So what of the players? I'm not going to go through everyone, but here's a summary of league leaders:

American League

H			2B			HR
Belle, A	CLE	154	Knoblauch, C	MIN	44	Belle, A	CLE	46
Thomas, F	CHI	153	Felix, J	DET	44	Thomas, F	CHI	40
Baerga, C	CLE	139	Thomas, F	CHI	43	Griffey, K	SEA	37
Ripken, C	BAL	139	Valentin, J	BOS	34	Salmon, T	CAL	32
Felix, J	DET	136	Seitzer, K	MIL	32	Vaughn, G	MIL/KC	29
Lofton, K	CLE	136	Greenwell, M	BOS	32	Palmeiro, R	BAL	28

RBI			SB
Belle, A	CLE	125	Nixon, O	BOS	52
Thomas, F	CHI	125	Lofton, K	CLE	44
Griffey, K	SEA	98	Johnson, L	CHI	42
Murray, E	CLE	86	Cole, A	MIN	37
Puckett, K	MIN	85	Knoblauch, C	MIN	35
Franco, J	CHI	81	Anderson, B	BAL	35

BA			OBP			SLG
Belle, A	CLE	0.389	Thomas, F	CHI	0.492	Belle, A	CLE	0.831
Thomas, F	CHI	0.380	Belle, A	CLE	0.458	Thomas, F	CHI	0.789
Felix, J	DET	0.343	Boggs, W	NY	0.434	Griffey, K	SEA	0.662
Lofton, K	CLE	0.343	O'Neill, P	NY	0.429	Lofton, K	CLE	0.620
O'Neill, P	NY	0.337	Felix, J	DET	0.419	Palmeiro, R	BAL	0.599

W			L			ERA
Hentgen, P	TOR	14	Deshaies, J	MIN	14	Ontiveros, S	OAK	1.45
Johnson, R	SEA	13	Fleming, D	SEA/MIL	14	Cone, D	KC	2.54
Cone, D	KC	13	Belcher, T	DET	13	Key, J	NY	2.61
						Wells, D	DET	2.71
						Johnson, R	SEA	2.78

SV			IP
Hernandez, R	CHI	30	Johnson, R	SEA	184.67
Montgomery, J	KC	28	Clemens, R	BOS	180.33
Russell, J	BOS	27	Cone, D	KC	173.67
Grahe, J	CAL	23	Appier, K	KC	172
Smith, L	BAL	22	Mussina, M	BAL	167.67

BB			SO			WHIP
Moore, M	DET	99	Johnson, R	SEA	214	Ontiveros, S	OAK	0.915
Van Poppel, T	OAK	93	Clemens, R	BOS	194	Cone, D	KC	1.013
Bere, J	CHI	92	Appier, K	KC	160	Wells, D	DET	1.068
Gordon, T	KC/SEA	88	Langston, M	CAL	149	Johnson, R	SEA	1.099
Johnson, R	SEA	82	Bere, J	CHI	146	Clemens, R	BOS	1.137

National League

H			2B			HR
Gwynn, T	SD	180	Gwynn, T	SD	46	Galarraga, A	COL	38
Alou, M	MON	153	Dykstra, L	PHI	41	McGriff, F	ATL	38
McGriff, F	ATL	148	Walker, L	MON	38	Williams, M	SF	35
Roberts, B	SD	145	Biggio, C	HOU	38	Mitchell, K	CIN	35
Galarraga, A	COL	143	Kent, J	NY	37	Incaviglia, P	PHI	34

RBI			SB
McGriff, F	ATL	100	Carr, C	FLA	44
Galarraga, A	COL	99	Sanders, D	ATL	35
Alou, M	MON	93	Roberts, B	SD	32
Bagwell, J	HOU	89	Grissom, M	MON	30

BA			OBP			SLG
Gwynn, T	SD	0.438	Gwynn, T	SD	0.477	Bagwell, J	HOU	0.725
McGriff, F	ATL	0.357	Bagwell, J	HOU	0.428	McGriff, F	ATL	0.718
Bass, K	HOU/NY	0.349	Justice, D	ATL	0.420	Galarraga, A	COL	0.669
Roberts, B	SD	0.343	Dykstra, L	PHI	0.412	Gwynn, T	SD	0.642
Alou, M	MON	0.343	Butler, B	LA	0.411	Williams, M	SF	0.638

W			L			ERA
Maddux, G	ATL	18	Tewksbury, B	STL	17	Maddux, G	ATL	1.49
Swindell, G	HOU	14	Banks, W	CHI	13	Henry, B	MON	1.54
Freeman, M	COL	14				Hill, K	MON	2.13
Jones, B	NY	13				Ashby, A	SD	2.16
Hill, K	MON	13				Drabek, D	HOU	2.32

SV			IP
Ruffin, B	COL	26	Drabek, D	HOU	170.33
McMichael, G	ATL	26	Rijo, J	CIN	165.33
Jones, T	HOU	24	Burkett, J	SF	164
Hoffman, T	SD	23	Jones, B	NY	163
Beck, R	SF	22	Maddux, G	ATL	162.67
Brantley, J	CIN	22	Fassero, J	MON	162.33

BB			SO			WHIP
West, D	PHI	75	Martinez, P	MON	166	Henry, B	MON	0.743
Watson, A	STL	72	Benes, A	SD	156	Maddux, G	ATL	0.781
Kile, D	HOU	72	Rijo, J	CIN	154	Fassero, J	MON	0.924
Rapp, P	FLA	69	Fassero, J	MON	144	Ashby, A	SD	0.971
Weathers, D	FLA	65	Smoltz, J	ATL	138	Hill, K	MON	0.972

That's a lot to digest. Let me sum it up with some of the best players out there.

Name	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
Belle, A	461	108	154	29	4	46	125	4	54	58	0.389	0.458	0.831
Lofton, K	449	104	136	30	10	20	56	44	46	50	0.343	0.414	0.620
Thomas, F	498	105	153	43	1	40	125	0	91	58	0.380	0.492	0.789
Griffey, K	459	77	132	25	2	37	98	6	45	57	0.321	0.388	0.662
O'Neill, P	431	57	124	24	0	20	67	1	61	61	0.337	0.429	0.565
Palmeiro, R	427	67	117	29	0	28	77	2	38	69	0.305	0.368	0.599
Ripken, C	468	57	139	17	1	13	62	0	34	38	0.327	0.374	0.464
Valentin, J	480	70	134	34	4	17	53	2	50	54	0.318	0.394	0.539
Davis, C	417	71	111	10	0	23	70	1	53	68	0.307	0.393	0.526
Salmon, T	457	71	110	15	1	32	76	3	48	112	0.270	0.350	0.548
Ventura, R	483	64	132	15	4	19	67	2	51	63	0.309	0.379	0.496
Franco, J	455	72	120	22	1	20	81	1	62	61	0.313	0.415	0.533
Knoblauch, C	451	69	133	44	6	3	33	35	27	51	0.324	0.379	0.482
Olerud, J	460	62	130	31	2	20	64	1	54	48	0.324	0.407	0.561
Molitor, P	482	72	132	26	6	13	58	8	52	45	0.310	0.382	0.491

Name	W	L	ERA	CG	SHO	IP	SO	WHIP	SO/9	SO/BB
Appier, K	11	8	3.30	9	0	172	160	1.163	8.4	2.81
Cone, D	13	4	2.54	6	3	173.67	145	1.013	7.5	2.79
Hentgen, P	14	3	3.15	5	3	160	115	1.306	6.5	2.05
Johnson, R	13	8	2.78	12	4	184.67	214	1.099	10.4	2.61
Key, J	9	7	2.61	6	3	162.33	97	1.164	5.4	2.37
Clemens, R	12	7	3.14	7	1	180.33	194	1.137	9.7	3.29
McDowell, J	12	5	3.19	2	1	166.67	104	1.356	5.6	1.86
Fernandez, A	9	4	3.23	3	3	167	105	1.186	5.7	2.06
Martinez, D	12	4	3.63	3	2	166.33	68	1.190	3.7	2.00
Clark, M	11	6	3.49	4	2	157.33	75	1.290	4.3	1.29
Ontiveros, S	9	2	1.45	4	2	136.67	48	0.915	3.2	2.00

Name	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
McGriff, F	453	86	148	32	2	38	100	1	32	62	0.357	0.397	0.718
Justice, D	374	56	98	18	1	22	53	2	53	33	0.311	0.420	0.584
Bagwell, J	411	85	121	32	3	33	89	12	46	53	0.340	0.428	0.725
Galarraga, A	452	69	143	26	0	38	99	3	14	92	0.338	0.367	0.669
Gwynn, T	447	63	180	46	1	12	81	0	29	31	0.438	0.477	0.642
Sosa, S	456	56	128	21	7	25	75	18	30	77	0.303	0.349	0.564
Larkin, B	480	78	130	23	6	15	50	22	66	41	0.316	0.408	0.510
Mitchell, K	422	72	93	12	1	35	80	1	70	64	0.270	0.400	0.616
Piazza, M	365	47	108	18	0	23	70	2	15	56	0.311	0.337	0.562
Alou, M	484	81	153	29	5	27	93	5	31	47	0.343	0.384	0.612
Bonilla, B	433	68	114	25	5	22	59	1	60	94	0.307	0.402	0.580
Dykstra, L	486	78	127	41	10	7	45	21	71	52	0.308	0.412	0.506
Martin, A	411	51	118	14	3	17	53	14	37	82	0.319	0.387	0.511
Roberts, B	458	72	145	17	6	1	36	32	31	72	0.343	0.393	0.418
Bonds, B	433	71	99	15	1	33	67	25	65	61	0.275	0.395	0.597
Williams, M	421	58	116	29	2	35	85	0	18	68	0.291	0.325	0.638

Name	W	L	ERA	CG	SHO	IP	SO	WHIP	SO/9	SO/BB
Maddux, G	18	0	1.49	5	4	162.67	119	0.781	6.6	5.41
Avery, S	10	5	2.39	2	2	150.67	130	1.161	7.8	2.71
Hill, K	13	1	2.13	5	3	156.33	95	0.972	5.5	3.28
Martinez, P	8	8	2.55	4	2	152	166	1.125	9.8	3.19
Henry, B	12	1	1.54	7	4	134.67	77	0.743	5.1	2.85
Fassero, J	12	6	2.44	3	2	162.33	144	0.924	8.0	3.69
Ashby, A	10	4	2.16	5	2	158.67	117	0.971	6.6	4.18
Rijo, J	11	4	3.10	3	3	165.33	154	1.343	8.4	3.08
Freeman, M	14	4	2.61	2	2	148.33	100	1.065	6.1	2.86
Harnisch, P	11	5	2.94	2	2	125.33	82	1.189	5.9	1.82
Drabek, D	11	6	2.32	6	4	170.33	132	0.975	7.0	3.00
Martinez, R	10	8	3.04	6	3	156.67	116	1.194	6.7	2.52
Jones, B	13	2	2.48	4	0	163	78	1.160	4.3	1.50

So obviously the National League is pitching heavy and the American League is hitting heavy. That's not a surprise. Also, there are amazingly dominant seasons by particular players. Greg Maddux is 18-0 with a 1.49 ERA!