Here are the final American League statistical leaders from my Sensational 70s season. I will update this post at the end of my post-season with all award winners. For comparison sake, here are some stats from the all-star break.
Just taking a peek at the final leaderboards, I allowed duplicate players in my season so Rod Carew is represented twice: once as a member of the '77 Twins and again as a member of the '79 Angels. He wins the batting title as an Angel where he actually hit .312 in 1979. He also led in doubles with 51, and he only managed 15 in that '79 season. Carew did reach 200 hits in four seasons with the Twins, though, and one of those seasons was in 1977 when he had career high 239 hits. This classy hall of famer was a Rookie of the Year winner in 1967 and was chosen for 18 all-star teams. On the subject of duplicate players, Larry Hisle was a teammate of Carew's on the Twins in 1977, and he tore up the National League as a Brewer as well. He was second in the AL RBI as a Twin. Ken Singleton had 35 homers and 111 RBI in 1979 but virtually powered up to even greater heights leading in homers and RBI in the Sensational 70s campaign.
As for pitching, the Royals' Dennis Leonard was a 20 game winner in 1977, and he bettered that by two in my dream season. He was tied for most wins in 1977 with Jim Palmer and Dave Goltz. Ron Guidry was tops in ERA and he also led the league in 1978 with a mark of 1.74. Rich "Goose" Gossage also led the AL in saves in 1978 with 27 but ramped things up big time with a major league best of 52
Just taking a peek at the final leaderboards, I allowed duplicate players in my season so Rod Carew is represented twice: once as a member of the '77 Twins and again as a member of the '79 Angels. He wins the batting title as an Angel where he actually hit .312 in 1979. He also led in doubles with 51, and he only managed 15 in that '79 season. Carew did reach 200 hits in four seasons with the Twins, though, and one of those seasons was in 1977 when he had career high 239 hits. This classy hall of famer was a Rookie of the Year winner in 1967 and was chosen for 18 all-star teams. On the subject of duplicate players, Larry Hisle was a teammate of Carew's on the Twins in 1977, and he tore up the National League as a Brewer as well. He was second in the AL RBI as a Twin. Ken Singleton had 35 homers and 111 RBI in 1979 but virtually powered up to even greater heights leading in homers and RBI in the Sensational 70s campaign.
As for pitching, the Royals' Dennis Leonard was a 20 game winner in 1977, and he bettered that by two in my dream season. He was tied for most wins in 1977 with Jim Palmer and Dave Goltz. Ron Guidry was tops in ERA and he also led the league in 1978 with a mark of 1.74. Rich "Goose" Gossage also led the AL in saves in 1978 with 27 but ramped things up big time with a major league best of 52
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