Johan Santana wins 2nd Cy Young

[Cocos Disciples]

Congrats.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2664561

 

NEW YORK -- Johan Santana won the AL Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second time in three years, and the Minnesota Twins' ace was a unanimous choice once again.

 

Santana received all 28 first-place votes for a perfect total of 140 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Chien-Ming Wang of the New York Yankees finished a distant second with 15 second-place votes and 51 points. Toronto's Roy Halladay was third with 48 points.

 

Santana separated himself from all others during a dominant season, going 19-6 with a 2.77 ERA and 245 strikeouts to lead Minnesota to the AL Central title. The left-hander tied Wang for most wins in the majors and led the AL in ERA, strikeouts and innings pitched (233 2/3).

 

 

2006 AL Cy Young Voting

Player 1st 2nd 3rd Pts

Johan Santana 28 0 0 140

Chien-Ming Wang 0 15 6 51

Roy Halladay 0 12 12 48

Francisco Rodriguez 0 1 2 5

Joe Nathan 0 0 3 3

Kenny Rogers 0 0 3 3

Justin Verlander 0 0 2 2

Scoring: 5 points for 1st-place vote, 3 points for 2nd, 1 point for 3rd.

Forget the Triple Crown -- it was the pitching version of a Quadruple Crown.

 

Santana also was a unanimous winner in 2004, when he was 20-6 with a 2.61 ERA and 265 strikeouts. He is the fifth pitcher to win the Cy Young Award unanimously at least twice, joining Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez, Greg Maddux and Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, who did it three times.

 

The award was established 50 years ago, and there was only one selection from both leagues from 1956-66.

 

Arizona's Brandon Webb won the NL Cy Young Award on Tuesday.

 

Thanks to his huge season on the mound, Santana could be a contender for another trophy, too. But he has much stiffer competition for AL MVP, which will be announced next Tuesday.

 

For winning the Cy Young Award, the 27-year-old Santana receives a $100,000 bonus.

 

Wang was the second consecutive runner-up from the Yankees. Star closer Mariano Rivera finished second to Bartolo Colon of the Los Angeles Angels last year.

 

The only other Twins pitchers to win were Frank Viola in 1988 and Jim Perry in 1970.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

It should be #3.

[Anuj09]

omg wow i totally was not thiinkin he would win! what a surprise!

[ARod2212]

He was robbed last season.

[BoSox34]

He deserves it.

[Optimist]

Good job to Santana.

 

And same to Wang. His first full season and he finished second in the Cy Young? Very nice. :thumbsup:

[BoSox Rule]

Congrats on his third stra....