Thursday, November 13, 2008

Cliff Lee wins the AL Cy Young

Cliff Lee wins the 2008 AL Cy Young Award. Lee led the AL in wins with a 22-3 record and in ERA with a 2.54 mark, posted the third-highest winning percentage (.880) for a 20-game winner in baseball history and became the Tribe's first 20-game winner since Gaylord Perry in 1974.

The voters took notice. Lee received 24 of 28 first-place votes and finished with 132 points in balloting. He beat out the Jays' Roy Halladay, who finished second with 74 votes.



2008 AL Cy Young Award Voting
Pitcher, Club 1st 2nd 3rd Points
Cliff Lee, CLE 24 4 132
Roy Halladay, TOR 4 15 6 71
Francisco Rodriguez, LAA 7 11 32
Daisuke Matsuzaka, BOS 2 4 10
Mariano Rivera, NYY 3 3
Mike Mussina, NYY 2 2
Ervin Santana, LAA 2 2