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 | ||


