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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Central Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
St. Louis	107	55	.660	--
Chicago (N)	105	57	.648	2
Pittsburgh	86	76	.531	21
Cincinnati	65	97	.401	42

Eastern Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Montreal	100	62	.617	--
Atlanta	85	77	.525	15
New York (N)	84	78	.519	16
Philadelphia	57	105	.352	43

Western Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Los Angeles	80	82	.494	--
San Diego	78	84	.481	2
San Francisco	75	87	.463	5
Houston	75	87	.463	5

Post-Season Results
World Series (4-2)	Montreal Expos over Baltimore Orioles
NL League Championship (4-1)	Montreal Expos over St. Louis Cardinals
NL Divisional Series (3-2)	Montreal Expos over Chicago (N) Cubs
NL Divisional Series (3-1)	St. Louis Cardinals over Los Angeles Dodgers

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MON	5.7	921	162	5605	1533	317	61	176	660	1013	.274	.350	.446	.796
CHN	5.6	913	162	5675	1585	298	24	287	509	1098	.279	.339	.492	.831
PIT	5.4	870	162	5603	1540	310	33	199	560	930	.275	.341	.449	.789
ATL	5.2	838	162	5561	1473	284	47	187	623	931	.265	.339	.434	.773
STL	5.0	810	162	5535	1480	242	42	191	632	993	.267	.342	.430	.772
LOS	4.9	787	162	5597	1426	268	26	180	607	1034	.255	.328	.408	.736
SFN	4.8	785	162	5550	1465	271	18	158	562	1015	.264	.332	.405	.736
NYN	4.6	748	162	5604	1416	271	37	151	511	1091	.253	.315	.395	.710
HOU	4.5	723	162	5593	1405	289	45	121	494	979	.251	.312	.384	.696
CIN	4.4	715	162	5548	1362	237	21	166	510	1071	.245	.309	.386	.695
SDG	4.4	712	162	5560	1387	219	30	164	434	1105	.249	.304	.388	.692
PHI	4.0	656	162	5519	1335	250	37	123	535	1048	.242	.309	.367	.676
Totals	4.9	9478	1944	66950	17407	3256	421	2103	6637	12308	.260	.327	.415	.742
Average		790	162	5579	1451	271	35	175	553	1026

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
STL	3.6	583	162	3.25	1462.7	1270	7.8	356	2.2	1183	7.3	56
MON	4.0	651	162	3.60	1454.0	1354	8.4	435	2.7	1018	6.3	32
CHN	4.3	700	162	3.97	1442.3	1380	8.5	601	3.7	1077	6.6	44
NYN	4.5	730	162	3.98	1470.7	1438	8.9	580	3.6	992	6.1	44
SDG	4.7	767	162	4.24	1443.3	1334	8.2	569	3.5	1141	7.0	48
ATL	4.8	774	162	4.35	1458.0	1453	9.0	591	3.6	1019	6.3	40
LOS	4.9	792	162	4.17	1472.0	1406	8.7	588	3.6	988	6.1	46
PIT	5.1	830	162	4.57	1436.7	1406	8.7	486	3.0	969	6.0	44
SFN	5.2	842	162	4.82	1440.3	1481	9.1	611	3.8	1009	6.2	41
CIN	5.3	856	162	4.78	1443.3	1528	9.4	596	3.7	1005	6.2	40
PHI	5.3	859	162	4.65	1447.3	1556	9.6	516	3.2	932	5.8	25
HOU	5.5	890	162	5.03	1449.3	1557	9.6	649	4.0	1122	6.9	44
Totals	4.8	9274	1944	4.28	17420.0	17163	8.8	6578	3.4	12455	6.4	504
Average		773	162		1452	1430		548		1038		42

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
STL	105	57	2	6	20	1	5	1	11	0.96	1.06	3,905,792	Scott Rudoff
LOS	81	81	-1	4	12	0	0	1	8	0.80	0.81	3,806,947	Stuart Koss
ATL	87	75	-2	3	13	1	4	0	13	1.03	0.85	2,920,180	Joe Winarske
CHN	100	62	5	3	16	5	1	1	10	1.03	1.14	2,716,273	Sean Sullens
PIT	84	78	2	3	10	1	0	0	8	1.07	1.05	2,151,536	Paul McKinney
CIN	68	94	-3	2	12	0	0	0	4	1.03	1.03	3,820,906	Matt Tippin
MON	106	56	-6	2	14	5	5	3	11	0.93	0.95	3,643,135	Qrashman
SDG	75	87	3	2	10	0	1	2	10	0.92	1.13	2,685,103	Ben Becht
SFN	76	86	-1	2	10	3	1	0	9	0.97	0.91	3,411,482	Ron Lefebvre
HOU	66	96	9	1	13	0	0	1	11	1.11	1.22	3,598,382	Bob Figarotta
NYN	83	79	1	1	9	0	2	0	8	0.97	0.87	2,890,414	David Shostak
PHI	61	101	-4	1	14	1	0	1	10	1.15	1.13	1,783,304	Tom Miskowski

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
STL	321	135.07	137.29	48.61	10.22	3.68	6.80	6.44	6.27	15.21
CHN	315	162.53	107.47	44.97	10.02	3.99	7.69	6.93	5.35	11.01
MON	300	157.09	101.43	41.44	7.69	3.13	7.02	4.77	7.09	11.76
PIT	258	143.74	72.65	41.58	5.32	2.26	5.30	5.78	9.12	13.81
ATL	255	129.61	82.68	42.68	7.93	2.01	3.44	4.41	11.15	13.76
NYN	252	110.73	98.53	42.72	10.50	3.55	7.36	4.07	6.53	10.73
LOS	240	141.96	65.68	32.33	2.23	2.77	6.11	4.11	7.42	9.69
SDG	234	111.80	83.51	38.66	4.64	3.51	8.09	5.89	5.04	11.51
SFN	225	125.87	64.86	34.23	7.58	2.64	4.55	3.79	8.22	7.48
HOU	225	105.92	83.12	35.92	9.74	0.96	6.04	2.61	5.37	11.23
CIN	195	94.80	66.63	33.54	6.57	3.82	4.23	6.23	5.17	7.54
PHI	171	63.16	71.56	36.24	6.54	2.73	8.18	2.36	5.62	10.84

League Award Winners
Manager of the Year:	Sean Sullens	CHN	Managed the Chicago (N) Cubs to a 105-57 record, finishing 2nd in the Central Division division of the National League. Lost to Montreal Expos in the Divisional Series 3 games to 2.
Silver Slugger Award:	Todd Helton	PIT	.360, 30 HR, 138 RBI
Most Valuable Player:	Corey Patterson	CHN	.316, 45 HR, 139 RBI
Cy Young:	Kevin Tarin	NYN	20-6, 2.53, 234.3 IP, 244 K
Fireman of the Year:	Derek Lowe	STL	6-5, 43 SV, 1.97, 73.0 IP, 58 K
Rookie of the Year:	Karim Veit	MON	16-6, 3.52, 227.3 IP, 134 K

Gold Glove Winners

P	Sidney Ponson	NYN	1.000, 11 PO, 42 A, 0 E
C	Rube Hernandez	HOU	.994, 1000 PO, 98 A, 7 E 41.4% (55-133) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Carlos Delgado	SFN	.997, 1241 PO, 91 A, 4 E
2B	Jose Vidro	CHN	.993, 250 PO, 441 A, 5 E
3B	Xavier Nady	SDG	.977, 93 PO, 291 A, 9 E
SS	Jack Molinari	LOS	.974, 205 PO, 481 A, 18 E
LF	Adam Dunn	CIN
CF	Andruw Jones	ATL	.995, 395 PO, 16 A, 2 E
RF	Rick Ventura	PIT

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(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Helton	PIT	.360
Blum	MON	.333
Lawton	PIT	.332
Delgado	SFN	.326
Giles	CHN	.323

On-Base Pct

Giles	CHN	.433
Helton	PIT	.433
Delgado	SFN	.424
Lawton	PIT	.415
Ramirez	ATL	.408

Slugging Pct

Delgado	SFN	.622
Helton	PIT	.616
Patterson	CHN	.608
Ramirez	ATL	.603
Giles	CHN	.599

OPS

Helton	PIT	1.049
Delgado	SFN	1.046
Giles	CHN	1.032
Ramirez	ATL	1.011
Jones	ATL	.977

Helton	PIT	134.0
Ramirez	ATL	127.5
Giles	CHN	127.4
Delgado	SFN	123.0
Patterson	CHN	122.8

Games

Crede	NYN	162
Green	LOS	162
McGuire	HOU	162
Crank	CIN	160
Escobar	CIN	160

At-Bats

Suzuki	HOU	678
Crank	CIN	627
Guerrero	MON	620
Escobar	CIN	618
Molinari	LOS	618

Runs

Tapia	PIT	135
Giles	CHN	121
Patterson	CHN	121
Guerrero	MON	120
Harvill	MON	116

Hits

Helton	PIT	208
Suzuki	HOU	204
Crank	CIN	195
Molinari	LOS	194
Castillo	STL	191

Total Bases

Patterson	CHN	368
Helton	PIT	356
Guerrero	MON	351
Crank	CIN	348
Jones	ATL	340

Singles

Castillo	STL	160
Molinari	LOS	153
Suzuki	HOU	150
Eberwein	SDG	142
Polanco	SFN	142

Doubles

Helton	PIT	54
Crank	CIN	50
Lawton	PIT	49
Garciaparra	HOU	47
Kapler	SFN	45

Triples

Harvill	MON	17
Ventura		14
Castillo	STL	13
Encarnacion		12
Furcal	ATL	12

Homeruns

Patterson	CHN	45
Ramirez	ATL	43
Guerrero	MON	41
Delgado	SFN	37
Brown	STL	36

RBIs

Patterson	CHN	139
Helton	PIT	138
Guerrero	MON	131
Crank	CIN	124
Jones	ATL	123

Stolen Bases

Molinari	LOS	70
Tapia	PIT	67
Castillo	STL	55
Suzuki	HOU	53
Furcal	ATL	52

Caught Stealing

Tapia	PIT	40
Castillo	STL	36
Furcal	ATL	32
Molinari	LOS	23
Betemit	ATL	19

Walks

Giles	CHN	98
Tapia	PIT	98
Green	LOS	97
Ramirez	ATL	94
Alfonzo	MON	92

Strikeouts

Lee	CHN	157
McGuire	HOU	153
Parkins	LOS	152
Luciano	SFN	137
Ramirez	ATL	137

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ERA

Bien	STL	2.19
Sheets	MON	2.48
Vargas	SDG	2.51
Tarin	NYN	2.53
Foulke	STL	2.91

Wins

Tarin	NYN	20
Vazquez	MON	19
Bien	STL	18
Foulke	STL	18
Morris	STL	18

Losses

Ortiz	SFN	18
Burnett	NYN	14
Cupp	SDG	14
Dempster		14
Morales	PIT	14

Winning Pct

Vazquez	MON	.864
Bien	STL	.783
Tarin	NYN	.769
Vargas	SDG	.765
Veit	MON	.727

Saves

Lowe	STL	43
Alfonseca	CHN	38
Balke	LOS	38
Benitez	NYN	35
Hernandez	SDG	34

Games Pitched

Ambrosino	CHN	97
Graves	CIN	97
Jones	HOU	95
Lisle	PIT	90
Fasching	SDG	88

Games Started

Day	HOU	36
Wooten	LOS	36
Bien	STL	35
Morris	STL	35
Tarin	NYN	35

Complete Games

Vazquez	MON	10
Sheets	MON	9
Foulke	STL	7
Morales	PIT	6
Millwood	CIN	4

Shutouts

Foulke	STL	3
Grice	ATL	3
Sheets	MON	3
Armas	MON	2
Bien	STL	2

Innings Pitched

Sheets	MON	254.3
Foulke	STL	250.7
Wooten	LOS	242.3
Millwood	CIN	241.7
Morris	STL	240.7

Hits Allowed

Morales	PIT	231
Wooten	LOS	230
Millwood	CIN	226
Armas	MON	223
Wright	SFN	221

Homeruns Allowed

Roling	SDG	39
Morales	PIT	38
Wooten	LOS	38
Milton	PHI	36
Levenson	ATL	34

Strikeouts

Day	HOU	247
Tarin	NYN	244
Soriano	STL	243
McClary	SDG	208
Beckles	CHN	207

Walks Allowed

Lidge		108
Day	HOU	104
Williamson	CIN	101
Dawson	CHN	98
Rodriguez	LOS	97

Walks per 9IP

Bien	STL	0.8
Park	PIT	1.2
Wooten	LOS	1.3
Morales	PIT	1.4
Vargas	SDG	1.4

Hits per 9IP

Cordero	SDG	5.6
Bien	STL	7.0
Vazquez	MON	7.0
Rodriguez	LOS	7.1
Benson	PIT	7.1

Strikeouts per 9IP

Soriano	STL	10.7
Day	HOU	10.4
McClary	SDG	9.5
Tarin	NYN	9.4
Williamson	CIN	9.2

WHiP

Bien	STL	0.86
Tarin	NYN	0.99
Foulke	STL	1.00
Vazquez	MON	1.01
Vargas	SDG	1.05

OAVG

Cordero	SDG	.180
Bien	STL	.210
Benson	PIT	.215
Rodriguez	LOS	.217
Vazquez	MON	.218

OOBP

Bien	STL	.236
Tarin	NYN	.260
Foulke	STL	.263
Vazquez	MON	.267
Vargas	SDG	.268

OSLG

Tarin	NYN	.300
Sheets	MON	.305
Cordero	SDG	.309
Rodriguez	LOS	.318
Bien	STL	.330

OOPS

Tarin	NYN	.560
Bien	STL	.565
Cordero	SDG	.584
Sheets	MON	.585
Foulke	STL	.593

League All-Stars
Antonio Alfonseca	Tony Balke	Adrian Beltre
Jack Bien	Luis Castillo	Tommie Crank
Ben Davis	Charlie Dawson	Carlos Delgado
Ace Dyar	Juan Encarnacion	Danny Graves
Matt Grice	Todd Helton	Andruw Jones
Steve Karsay	Matt Lawton	Derek Lowe
Larry McKittrick	Jack Molinari	Xavier Nady
Corey Patterson	Manny Ramirez	John Rocker
Ben Sheets	Rafael Soriano	Kevin Tarin
Miguel Tejada	Claudio Vargas	Ron Weber

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Brad Penny	ATL	$ 16,500,000
2.	Mike Sweeney	CIN	$ 15,650,000
3.	Juan Morales	PIT	$ 15,500,000
4.	Carlos Delgado	SFN	$ 13,000,000
5.	Kevin Millwood	CIN	$ 10,900,000
6.	Keith Foulke	STL	$ 10,800,000
7.	Manny Ramirez	ATL	$ 10,000,000
	Rick Ventura	PHI	$ 10,000,000
	Vladimir Guerrero	MON	$ 10,000,000
10.	Andruw Jones	ATL	$ 9,900,000
	Eric Milton	PHI	$ 9,900,000
12.	Richard Hidalgo	CHN	$ 9,600,000
13.	Francisco Cordero	SDG	$ 9,080,000
14.	Jose Vidro	CHN	$ 9,000,000
15.	Ben Sheets	MON	$ 8,840,000
16.	Brian Giles	CHN	$ 8,800,000
17.	Nomar Garciaparra	HOU	$ 8,500,000
18.	Adrian Beltre	LOS	$ 8,000,000
	Edgardo Alfonzo	MON	$ 8,000,000
	Greg Wooten	LOS	$ 8,000,000
21.	Tommie Crank	CIN	$ 7,840,000
22.	Eddie Hernandez	SDG	$ 7,500,000
	Jeff C. D'Amico	PHI	$ 7,500,000
24.	Ichiro Suzuki	HOU	$ 7,125,000
25.	Duane Erving	NYN	$ 6,850,000