2017 Wrap: Award Winners & League Leaders

A recap collecting important—or at least interesting—tidbits from the just-concluded 2017 season.

Postseason Awards

Here are the MMDA end-of-season award winners, as selected by the Strat-O-Matic game engine. 

MVP
Player	Team	AB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	BB	SO	SB	OBP	SLG
B.Dozier	Stars	659	34	6	49	125	.255	45	158	8	.313	.548
R.Cano	Huskies	671	36	3	36	92	.319	40	104	0	.362	.542
D.Oritz	Huskies	565	68	1	40	122	.327	69	85	0	.403	.664
K.Seager	Stars	641	34	4	41	110	.309	52	116	3	.365	.566
F.Freeman	R'backs	637	41	7	41	121	.298	64	188	2	.366	.578

Voters went heavy for home runs and RBIs this season, selecting Northwest second baseman Brian Dozier as MVP after his 49 and 125 led the MMDA in both categories. He also ranked seventh in runs scored (108), eighth in X-percentage at second base (.838) and ninth in slugging (.548). The gap between Dozier and MVP runner-up Robinson Cano, the Northeast second baseman, was narrow at 372 points to 368.

The best offensive season probably belongs to Northeast DH David Ortiz, who finished fourth in the batting race (.327), first in doubles (68), seventh in home runs (40), second in RBIs (122), first in slugging (.664), fourth in on-base percentage (.403) and first in total bases (375).

CY YOUNG
Pitcher	Team	W	L	ERA	GS	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	AVG	BB9	SO9
R.Porcello	Stars	20	7	2.60	34	0	243	219	39	179	24	.239	1.4	6.6
M.Scherzer	Dutchmen	17	10	3.01	34	0	239	174	69	270	39	.198	2.6	10.2
K.Jansen	Breakers	2	0	1.26	0	39	50	26	5	83	5	.152	0.9	14.9
C.Kimbrel	Stars	3	1	2.65	0	38	51	34	28	76	4	.186	4.9	13.4
A.Miller	Lions	1	1	1.72	0	47	68	45	15	106	5	.182	2.0	14.0

Northwest righthander Rick Porcello claimed the Cy Young Award, giving the Stars a clean sweep of the major postseason hardware. Voters valued his effectiveness and durability. Porcello led the MMDA in wins (20) and walk rate per nine innings (1.45), while ranking second in ERA (2.60), innings (243), complete games (eight) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.59). He placed third in winning percentage (.741).

Final Power Ranking For 2017

The final poll for the 2017 season. Teams sorted by wins. Ties broken by run differential.

OPS+ and ERA+ are adjusted for ballpark context.

RD stands for run differential and PF for park factor multiplier. BB% and SO/BB ratio do not include intentional walks.

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	PCT	Division	R/G	OPS+	RA/G	ERA+	PF	RD
1	Northeast	98	64	.605	Northeast	5.20	111	4.75	99	1.046	73
2	Goldenrod	96	66	.593	Central	5.20	108	4.69	100	1.036	84
3	Northwest	95	67	.586	Pacific	5.34	104	4.18	117	1.072	188
4	Brooklyn	94	68	.580	Pacific	4.65	97	4.08	114	1.027	93
5	Elysian Fields	92	70	.568	Pacific	4.83	107	3.93	115	1.009	145
6	Death Valley	92	70	.568	Atlantic	4.46	93	4.08	111	1.027	61
7	Wilmington	91	71	.562	Atlantic	4.93	113	4.10	105	0.977	135
8	Cape Cod	88	74	.543	Northeast	4.31	106	4.27	97	0.925	6
9	Rosehill	86	76	.531	Central	4.08	89	4.19	107	0.999	-17
10	Rochester	82	80	.506	Atlantic	4.92	105	4.47	104	1.033	73
11	Spokane	80	82	.494	Pacific	3.80	84	3.94	108	0.922	-22
12	West Side	80	82	.494	Northeast	4.94	105	5.38	91	1.084	-71
13	Mohawk Valley	79	83	.488	Atlantic	3.68	98	3.94	102	0.886	-42
14	Miami	75	87	.463	Northeast	4.73	108	4.98	90	1.009	-40
15	California	73	89	.451	Pacific	4.45	102	4.64	92	0.936	-31
16	Fighting Irish	68	94	.420	Northeast	4.57	99	5.27	82	0.997	-113
17	St. Louis	67	95	.414	Central	3.58	84	4.09	108	0.989	-82
18	Lake County	67	95	.414	Central	4.24	100	5.20	81	0.957	-155
19	Sudbury	64	98	.395	Atlantic	4.42	93	5.10	93	1.028	-110
20	Little Rock	53	109	.327	Central	4.33	92	5.41	82	1.032	-175