Felix Hernandez Wins AL Cy Young With 13 Victories
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The Seattle Mariners’ Felix Hernandez won the American League Cy Young Award after recording just 13 victories, the lowest in history for a full-season starter who was picked as his league’s top pitcher.
Hernandez, who led the AL with a 2.27 earned run average and 249 2/3 innings pitched as he compiled a 13-12 record, received 21 of 28 first-place votes and a total of 167 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.