Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Lincecum Wins NL Cy Young

From MLB.com:
Tim Lincecum has been called "The Freak," "The Franchise" and "Seabiscuit."

Now he can be called something else: The National League's Cy Young Award winner.

The Giants right-hander earned the prestigious honor, emblematic of the league's best pitcher, in voting conducted by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and announced Tuesday.

Lincecum received 23 of 32 first-place votes, seven second-place votes and one third-place vote for 137 points, which were assigned on a 5-3-1 basis. He outdistanced Arizona's Brandon Webb (73 points), the New York Mets' Johan Santana (55), Philadelphia's Brad Lidge (10), Milwaukee's CC Sabathia (9) and the Chicago Cubs' Ryan Dempster (4).

Lincecum went 18-5 with a 2.62 ERA, and he struck out 265 in 227 IP. He also had two complete games and one shutout.

5 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats Tim.

Anonymous said...

Congrats Tim.

Anonymous said...

I wish this dude was a Yankee.

Greg Cohen said...

So do I Marc, so do I. He's a great pitcher.

Brian Danuff said...

He also made the cover of 2K9.