The American League Cy Young Award winner for 2009 is Royals P Zack Greinke. The Royals ace had a great year finishing at 16-8, 2.16 ERA and 240 strikeouts in 229.1 innings pitched in 33 starts. Greinke beat out the Yankees CC Sabathia, Tigers Justin Verlander, Mariners P Felix Hernandez & Blue Jays P Roy Halladay. Greinke has come a long way from his 2005 campaign where he finished with 17 losses (leading the American League in that category) Greinke started the 2009 season with a 0.84 ERA over his first 10 starts, but also finished with an impressive 0.75 ERA in his last 8 starts.
Voting Results: (5 pts) (3 pts) (1 pt)
Player 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
Zack Greinke, KC 25 3 134
Felix Hernandez, SEA 2 23 1 80
Justin Verlander, DET 1 9 14
CC Sabathia, NYY 2 7 13
Roy Halladay, TOR 11 11
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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