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| NASA | posted on 11-15-2001 @ 2:02 PM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 01  | Proving that life does not end at 39, Roger Clemens has won the 2001 American League Cy Young Award, his sixth overall, MLB sports writers announced today. NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Clemens won his record sixth Cy Young Award on Thursday, receiving 21 of 28 first-place votes for the American League honor. The Rocket, who led the New York Yankees to their fourth straight AL pennant, also received five second-place votes and two thirds for 122 points from a panel of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Clemens, 20-3 with a 3.51 ERA and 213 strikeouts, is the only pitcher to win more than four Cy Youngs. Arizona's Randy Johnson won his fourth on Tuesday, matching Steve Carlton and Greg Maddux. Oakland's Mark Mulder (21-8, 3.64) was second in the balloting with two first-place votes, 13 seconds and 11 thirds for 60 points. Seattle's Freddy Garcia (18-6, 3.05), was next, with four firsts, eight seconds and 11 thirds for 55 points. Seattle's Jamie Moyer (20-6, 3.43) got the other first-place vote and was fourth with 12 points, followed by Mike Mussina of the Yankees (17-11, 3.15) with two points, and Tim Hudson of the Athletics (18-9, 3.37) with one. At 39 years, 3 1/2 months, Clemens became the third-oldest Cy Young winner. Early Wynn was 39 years, 10 months when he won the 1959 AL honor for the Chicago White Sox, and Gaylord Perry was 40 years, two months when he won the 1978 NL Cy Young for the San Diego Padres. Clemens is the first player to win a BBWAA award on three teams. He won the Cy Young for Boston in 1986, 1987 and 1991, then won it for Toronto in 1997 and 1998. He became the first pitcher ever to start a season 20-1 before losing his final two decisions. After injuring a hamstring and struggling in the first round of the playoffs, he rebounded to pitch well in the league championship series against Seattle and was the Yankees' most consistent pitcher in the World Series against Arizona. He won Game 3 and allowed just one run in New York's 3-2 loss in Game 7. Boston's Pedro Martinez had won the previous two AL Cy Youngs but was injured for much of this season. Clemens, a six-time 20-game winner, had the second-highest ERA for an AL Cy Young winner, below only LaMarr Hoyt's 3.66 for the Chicago White Sox in 1983. It was the fifth Cy Young Award for the Yankees, the first since Ron Guidry in 1978. Bob Turley won in 1958, Whitey Ford in 1961, and Sparky Lyle in 1977. It was argued vigorously whether he was going to get it or not, but with the level of consistency he achieved the first five months of the season, he deserved it most, despite the semi-sad final month.  GodBlessAmerica. | ||||
| mikeWOW | posted on 11-15-2001 @ 6:33 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | im so happy. he def deserved it! "i hate people that dont get it!" | ||||
| hammersavage | posted on 11-15-2001 @ 10:30 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | I do think he deserved it but he had a bad year for a Cy Yound winner. He is the only non-relief Cy Young winner with 0 complete games, great run support, great bullpen to get him out of jams. Given the competition he deserved it though.  Salad Tosser Left Fielder, Center Fielder, and First Baseman **Official Painter of Billboards** "Opie and Anthony: The thinking mans Beavis and Butthead" -Playboy | ||||
| OAAWITE | posted on 11-15-2001 @ 11:25 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | Fuck that noise. Clemens didn't deserve the Cy Young. Mulder was better than Clemens in every statistical category that matters in baseball except win/loss. But the pitcher has no bearing on how many runs his team scores, so the pitcher's record should pretty much be insignificant in baseball. Mulder pitched more innings (more valuable to his team and his bullpen), allowed less runners, less runs, a lower batting average, EVERYTHING the award should be based on. Mulder was a machine this year. He had as many shutouts as anyone in the AL had complete games this year. He was immense. Just to cut the argument off before it comes up, if strikeouts are so important, then should Nomo have been in the running for Cy Young? It's so retarded how much bearing someone's win-loss record has on the Cy Young award. If you look at the numbers, Clemens should have finished 4th in the voting, behind Mulder, Garcia, and Hudson. Fuck Clemens. Cock.  Best sports writer ever | ||||
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