As is to be expected, Zack Greinke took home the SBN Cy Young in a landslide. If the results had gone any other way I would have been astounded. The fact that one person gave a first place vote to Roy Halladay is actually annoying me. Here are your complete rankings:
Rk | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pts |
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1 | Zack Greinke | Kansas City Royals | 28 | 1 | - | 143 |
2 | Felix Hernandez | Seattle Mariners | - | 17 | 6 | 57 |
3 | Justin Verlander | Detroit Tigers | - | 8 | 9 | 33 |
4 | Roy Halladay | Toronto Blue Jays | 1 | 2 | 11 | 22 |
5 | CC Sabathia | New York Yankees | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Jon Lester | Boston Red Sox | - | - | 1 | 1 |
When I was deciding who to vote for, it all came down to four names. Greinke, Halladay, Felix Hernandez, and Justin Verlander. I ended up giving my first place vote to Greinke, 2nd place to Justin Verlander, and 3rd place to Felix Hernandez. Looking back at the numbers I probably should have voted King Felix with my second place vote. I must have been dazzled by Verlander's K numbers. They didn't glamor duck, though, as his votes went to Greinke, Hernandez, and Halladay.
To get an idea of just how good Greinke and his runners up were in 2009, here are their stats:
Player | WHIP | H/9 | BB/9 | SO/9 | SO/BB | HR/9 | IP | GS | CG | SHO | ERA | ERA+ | HR | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Zack Greinke | 1.073 | 7.65 | 2.00 | 9.50 | 4.75 | 0.43 | 229.1 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2.16 | 203 | 11 | .230 | .276 | .336 | .611 |
Roy Halladay | 1.126 | 8.81 | 1.32 | 7.83 | 5.94 | 0.83 | 239.0 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2.79 | 157 | 22 | .256 | .285 | .382 | .667 |
Felix Hernandez | 1.135 | 7.54 | 2.68 | 8.18 | 3.06 | 0.57 | 238.2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 2.49 | 174 | 15 | .227 | .287 | .318 | .605 |
C.C. Sabathia | 1.148 | 7.71 | 2.62 | 7.71 | 2.94 | 0.70 | 230.0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3.37 | 133 | 18 | .232 | .292 | .360 | .653 |
Justin Verlander | 1.175 | 8.21 | 2.36 | 10.09 | 4.27 | 0.75 | 240.0 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 3.45 | 132 | 20 | .243 | .295 | .369 | .665 |
Jon Lester | 1.230 | 8.23 | 2.83 | 9.96 | 3.52 | 0.89 | 203.1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3.41 | 139 | 20 | .242 | .301 | .366 | .667 |
Rk | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pts |
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1 | Tim Lincecum | San Francisco Giants | 18 | 13 | - | 129 |
2 | Chris Carpenter | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 4 | 7 | 64 |
3 | Adam Wainwright | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 4 | 10 | 42 |
4 | Javier Vazquez | Atlanta Braves | - | 5 | 7 | 22 |
5 | Dan Haren | Arizona Diamondbacks | - | 3 | 4 | 13 |
6 | Ubaldo Jimenez | Colorado Rockies | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Cliff Lee | Philadelphia Phillies | - | - | 1 | 1 |
8 | Jair Jurrjens | Atlanta Braves | - | - | 1 | 1 |