Cliff Lee
Posted in Uncategorized on 05/24/2011 09:36 am by admin
Has there ever been a Cy Young Award Winner from a last place team? If not It is quite possible Cliff Lee will
I’ve looked it up and since 1967 I haven’t found anyone who has accomplished this feat so far. With the AL low on quality pitching this year and the way Cliff Lee has been throwing it isn’t out of the question to think he could accomplish this bizarre feat in 2008.
Looks to me like Steve Carlton was the last person to win a Cy Young on a losing team. Cliff Lee does have a very good chance at doing this since there aren’t many pitchers having standout years on winning teams. I think the only winning team you can possibly look to would be the Angels with Lackey and Saunders.
EDIT: Come to think of it, there are also 2 Cy Young candidates on losing teams in the NL as well. Tim Lincecum (11-3, 2.78 ERA and 156 K) on the Giants (currently 44-61) and Edison Volquez (12-4, 2.77 ERA and 134 K) on the Reds (50-58)
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