In a season that promises some fireworks, top seed Sammy Sosa takes on Hall-of-Famers Ernie Banks, Brooks Robinson, and Rabbit Maranville plus offensive threats Luis Gonzalez, Shano Collins, Miguel Tejada, and Omar Moreno. Top 4 and all over .500 advance to Round Three.
The Hitters
Sammy Sosa
Round One S29
75-79
Ernie Banks
Round One S36
72-82
Luis Gonzalez
Round One S63
70-84
Brooks Robinson
Round One S60
68-86
Shano Collins (16)
Round One S22
66-88
Miguel Tejada
Round One S21
63-91
Omar Moreno
Round One S17
60-94
Rabbit Maranville
Round One S58
55-98
The Results
| Player | Wins | Losses | Pct. | GB |
| Ernie Banks | 95 | 59 | .617 | *WON* |
| Luis Gonzalez | 92 | 62 | .597 | 3.0 |
| Sammy Sosa | 90 | 64 | .584 | 5.0 |
| Omar Moreno | 76 | 78 | .494 | 19.0 |
| Miguel Tejada | 69 | 85 | .448 | 26.0 |
| Brooks Robinson | 67 | 87 | .435 | 28.0 |
| Rabbit Maranville | 65 | 89 | .422 | 30.0 |
| Shano Collins | 62 | 92 | .403 | 33.0 |
At the beginning of August, Omar Moreno was 12 games over .500. Despite his fade, he hung on for a fourth-place finish behind the big three at the top. Ernie Banks took the season with 95 victories. Tejada, Robinson, Maranville, and Collins are eliminated.
Season Highlights
- Luis Gonzalez led all teams with a .226 batting average but it was a tight race with the league averaging .219.
- Sammy Sosa led all teams with 245 home runs with fellow Cub Ernie Banks close behind with 209.
- Omar Moreno stole 421 bases as a team.
- One of the Omar Morenos ripped 20 triples on the season.
- Sammy Sosa8 slammed 37 round-trippers.
- 6 of the pitchers had sub-2.00 ERAs.
- Ol’ Pete Alexander2 had 10 shutouts on the year for Luis Gonzalez but was surpassed by Walter Johnson7 of the Shano Collins team who had 11.
- Luis Gonzalez8 had 6 hits in 10 at-bats in a 22-inning game vs Miguel Tejada.
- In another 22-inning game, Omar Moreno9 struck out 6 times in 8 at-bats.
- Brooks Robinson2 had a 3-homer game vs Tejada.
- Bob Gibson4 of the Omar Moreno team no-hit Sammy Sosa and Walter Johnson2 of Luis Gonzalez tossed a no-no against Shano Collins.
- Randy Johnson, hurling for Brooks Robinson, had a 17-strikeout performance against Sammy Sosa.