Roy Halladay Wins NL Cy Young In A Unanimous Decision

[Elite]

PHILADELPHIA -- Expectations seemed impossibly high for Roy Halladay in 2010.

Imagine what they might be in 2011.

The Baseball Writers' Association of America named Halladay the National League Cy Young Award winner on Tuesday, making him the fifth pitcher to win a Cy Young in each league. Halladay, who won the 2003 American League Cy Young Award while pitching for the Blue Jays, joined Gaylord Perry, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens as a dual-league winner.

He was a unanimous choice of the voters, receiving all 32 first-place votes for 224 points. Adam Wainwright of the Cardinals received 28 second-place votes to finish with 122 points. The Rockies' Ubaldo Jimenez was third with 90 points, which included four second-place votes. Atlanta's Tim Hudson was fourth, Florida's Josh Johnson was fifth and Philadelphia's Roy Oswalt was sixth.

Halladay, the 13th NL pitcher to win the Cy Young by unanimous vote, became the fourth pitcher in Phillies history to win the award, joining four-time winner Steve Carlton (1972, '77, '80 and '82), John Denny ('83) and Steve Bedrosian ('87).

Halladay went 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA in 33 starts. He led the league in wins, complete games (nine), shutouts (four) and innings pitched (250 2/3). He became just the 20th pitcher in Major Legaue history to throw a perfect game when he accomplished the feat on May 29 against the Florida Marlins at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.

The season got even better for Halladay. Although Cy Young ballots were submitted before the postseason, he likely made many voters feel good about their choice when he pitched a no-hitter on Oct. 6 against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 of the NL Division Series -- just the second no-hitter in postseason history.

Halladay waived his no-trade clause in December to join the Phillies because he had never pitched in the postseason, and he believed Philadelphia could get him there. He guaranteed that would happen when he threw a two-hit shutout Sept. 27 against Washington at Nationals Park to clinch the Phillies' fourth consecutive NL East division title.

Halladay had been considered the favorite to win the Cy Young, although pitchers such as Wainwright, Jimenez, Hudson and Johnson deserved consideration. But in the end, Halladay's overall performance -- the wins, the innings, the ERA and the perfect game -- proved too dominant to deny him the honor.

MLB.com

Can't believe he received every single first place vote, I figured he would win and think he deserves it but to run the table with the first place votes is ridiculous, hats off to Halladay, I certainly wish we won the Halladay sweepstakes though.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Very happy he won, definitely well deserved.

 

[snipezo]

DOC!!!

All he really needs is a WS ring. Hopefully he gets it soon.

 

[Mexi]

no brainer

but what gets me is the total votes

guys like Bronson Arroyo and Brett Myers and Matt Cain got votes over Clayton Kershaw
rofl

i know i sound like a homer, and the Dodgers sucked, but so did the Astros. the only things Myers had on Kershaw were innings (CK did have 200+ though) and fewer walks. bull
Bronson Arroyo had an F'n 3.88 ERA man. cmon
Matt Cain was good, but CK was better
a case can be made that he was better than Tim Lincecum as well, they were really even

f this. next year
really pissed. no respect

 

[elcheato]

Does it matter who gets votes other then 1st place?

 

[cruzg24]

Does it matter who gets votes other then 1st place?

lmao, x2. We wont be sitting here 10 years from now and saying that it was a huge injustice that Clayton Kershaw didnt get a vote in the Cy Young award.

 

[Mexi]

well of course it doesnt matter
but at the same time, they have a list of 10 for a reason

i know i dont need a vote to tell me he's going to continue being great, but i would like him to have some acknowledgment.

seriously, what the hell are the voters watching?
are you really going to tell me Bronson Arroyo and Brett Myers were better?
this isnt a team award, it's an individual award. past years show that they know. look at Lincecum 2 times and Greinke

just angers me how stupid these people are