Lincecum Gets Back to Back Cy Young Awards
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by admin in SF Giants Rumors
Chris Haft of MLB.com chimes in on Tim Lincecum winning back to back Cy Young’s. Finishing second was Chris Carpenter. Followed by Adam Wainwright in third. Lincecum had a better year then his previous Cy Young Award winning season. Lincecum clearly improved overall. He trimmed his ERA by 0.14. Opponents hit .206 off him this season, compared to .221 in 2008. After walking 84 in 227 innings a year ago, he improved to 68 walks in 225 1/3 innings this season.
Lincecum topped Wainwright and Carpenter in several other statistical categories, including opponents batting average, strikeouts per nine innings and strikeout-to-walk ratio.
NL Cy Young Award Voting
| Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Lincecum, SF | 11 | 12 | 9 | 100 |
| Chris Carpenter, STL | 9 | 14 | 7 | 94 |
| Adam Wainwright, STL | 12 | 5 | 15 | 90 |
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The FRANCHISE Baby!!!
Yay for Timmy!! well deserved! Im glad he got to hang out with Willie Mays, thats just classic!