BBA Award Roundup

The BBA announced this year's crop of awards winners over the past few weeks (see my ballots here, here, here, and here). In most cases, Ted and I ended up voting with the crowd, so in this case I will praise the wisdom of crowds. Onto the NL winners...

Connie Mack Award

1. Bud Black, San Diego (9) 53
2. Dusty Baker, Cincinnati (7) 51
3. Bobby Cox, Atlanta (2) 33
4. Bruce Bochy, San Francisco (3) 29
5. Charlie Manuel, Philadelphia (1) 27
6. Brad Mills, Houston 3
7. Mike Quade, Chicago 2

We might have mentioned this one or two times, but we are not very enthusiastic about giving managers credit for anything. So we didn't vote in this one. Sue us.

Willie Mays Award

1. Buster Posey, San Francisco (15) 103
2. Jason Heyward, Atlanta (10) 86
3. Jaime Garcia, St. Louis 20
4. Starlin Castro, Chicago 7
5. Ike Davis, New York 7
6. Gaby Sanchez, Florida (1) 6
7. Tyler Colvin, Chicago 2
8. Mike Stanton, Florida 2
9. Neil Walker, Pittsburgh 2

I'm baffled that Gaby got a first place vote, but not so much that I'm willing to look up the culprit. We liked Heyward, but Posey was a fine choice. We weren't alone in our choice, though.

Goose Gossage Award

1. Brian Wilson, San Francisco (17) 104
2. Heath Bell, San Diego (2) 52
3. Carlos Marmol, Chicago (5) 41
4. Billy Wagner, Atlanta 19
5. Arthur Rhodes, Cincinnati (1) 5
6. Hong-Chih Kuo, Los Angeles 2
7. Matt Belisle, Colorado 1
8. Jonny Venters, Atlanta 1
   

Apparently, Ted and I were the only bloggers enamored with Venters, though plenty shared our appreciation of Certified Ninja Brian Wilson.

Walter Johnson Award

1. Roy Halladay, Philadelphia (19) 133
2. Adam Wainwright, St. Louis 66
3. Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado 52
4. Josh Johnson, Florida 43
5. Tim Hudson, Atlanta 16
6. Tim Lincecum, San Francisco 7
7. Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles 2
8. Mat Latos, San Diego 2
9. Heath Bell, San Diego 1
10. Yovani Gallardo, Milwaukee 1

Halladay was the unanimous choice among the NL bloggers, and deservedly so. Our guy Josh Johnson pulled in a respectable fourth-place finish, not bad for a guy on a team no one watches, amirite?

Stan Musial Award

1. Joey Votto, Cincinnati (16) 252
2. Albert Pujols, St. Louis (3) 197
3. Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado (1) 118
4. Roy Halladay, Philadelphia (1) 101
5. Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego 98
6. Troy Tulowitski, Colorado 98
7. Ryan Zimmerman, Washington 93
8. Matt Holliday, St. Louis 84
9. Aubrey Huff, San Francisco 32
10. Adam Wainwright, St. Louis 17
11. Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado 16
12. Josh Johnson, Florida 16
13. Dan Uggla, Florida 16
14. Jayson Werth, Philadelphia 16
15. Ryan Braun, Milwaukee 13
16. Prince Fielder, Milwaukee 10
17. Ryan Howard, Philadelphia 9
18. Martin Prado, Atlanta 7
19. Jason Heyward, Atlanta 6
20. Rickie Weeks, Milwaukee 5
21. David Wright, New York 5
22. Adam Dunn, Washington 4
23. Kelly Johnson, Arizona 4
24. Andres Torres, San Francisco 1

Our 1-2 choice of Votto-Pujols was popular, though we apparently undervalued Carlos Gonzalez. We didn't include pitchers on our ballot, because we're the kind of people who prefer to keep pitching and non-pitching awards separate.

The BBA also gave awards for the American League, but we don't have voting rights for AL awards, so we'll just link to the results here. At some point, we will post our Marlins awards. I promise...