Cy Young Award

The ATL 2005
Cy Young Award
Vote Tally

"All us Youngs could throw.
I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid,
and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock."

-Cy Young-

Union & Legends League Cy Young Award Vote Tallies

The votes are in, so without further ado let us crown the Cy Young Award Winners from the Legends and Union Leagues here in our ezine. Later on there will be a permanent page for MVP winners in the Awards & Achievements section.

2005 ATL Cy Young Award Vote Tally

LEGENDS LEAGUE Cy Young Award Vote Tally

The Legends League Cy Young Award voting quickly ran to a contest between two pitchers: Robin Roberts and Greg Maddux. Surprisingly, Fergie Jenkins, who pitched so prominently during the season, did not receive a single first-place vote. However, Jenkins did capture third place overall with 15% of the total vote. But the main event had Robin Roberts being crowned as the first-ever Legends League Cy Young Award Winner. Roberts captured 33% of the total vote, and 46% of the first-place votes. Greg Maddux snared 25% of the total vote for himself, and 38% of the first-placers.

Roberts led the Legends League in Winning Percentage (.789), Opponent On-Base Pct (.262), Quality Start Pct. (.720) and In-Play Average (.222). He was 2nd in Wins (tied-15), Opponent BA (.217), Hits/9 (7.2) and Runners/9 (9.4). He was 3rd in ERA (2.97) & Walks/9 (2.0) while being in the Top Ten on several other pitching lists.

Troy Percival (11%) and Larry Jansen (4%) were the only other pitchers to receive first-place votes, one each. An interesting note is that Robin Roberts also received a vote for the MVP Award.


The Legends League Cy Young Award Vote Tallies

Name             ERA   W   L   S   G  GS  CG SHO    INN   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR GDP Pts
Robin Roberts   2.97  15   4   0  26  25   5   2  181.2 146  71  60  40 103  21  10 39(6)
Greg Maddux     2.90  16   9   0  31  30  10   5  220.0 194  78  71  30 113  16   9 29(5)
Fergie Jenkins  2.59  14   9   0  32  31  10   5  232.2 201  78  67  50 149  19  16 18
Troy Percival   2.19   3   3  36  63   0   0   0   70.0  28  19  17  23  70   8   1 13(1)
Stan Coveleski  2.52   7   2   0  11  11   4   1   82.0  63  25  23  25  45   7   5  6
Larry Jansen    3.61  12   9   2  31  18   4   1  149.2 136  72  60  44  84  17  10  5(1)
Curt Schilling  3.73  13   8   0  33  33   8   0  238.2 224 110  99  69 175  41  11  3
Dolf Luque      3.52  11   2   0  42  14   4   2  143.0 125  63  56  51  69  16   7  1
Mike Mussina    3.17  15   6   0  30  30   6   3  201.2 170  82  71  53 141  20   6  1
Hal Newhouser*  3.75  14   4   0  38  37   5   0  225.1 202 108  94 107 185  15  12  1
John Wetteland  2.85   4   3  21  57   0   0   0   60.0  55  20  19  20  54   5   2  1

2005 ATL Cy Young Award Vote Tally

UNION LEAGUE Cy Young Award Vote Tally

Eight pitchers received first place votes in a hotly contested Union League Cy Young Award voting process. Even so, the winner outdistanced his competitors by a wider margin than did the Legends League winner. Roger Clemens captured 27% of the total vote and 27% of the first-place votes to earn the crown of the first-ever ATL Cy Young Award Winner. Mariano Rivera was second with 12% of the total vote, and 9% of the first-placers. Juzo Sanada came in third by virtue of his 18% of the first-place vote, as he tied Hideo Fujimoto with 10% of the total vote.

Clemens led the Union League in Strikeouts (201) and K/9 (8.0). He was 2nd in ERA (2.89) & Quality Starts (21), and 3rd in Opponent BA (.215) in addition to being in the Top Ten lists of several other pitching categories.

Cy Young (8%), Mutsuo Minagawa (7%), Bozo Wakabayashi (6%), and Phil Niekro (5%) each got one first place vote


The Union League Cy Young Award Vote Tallies

Name               ERA   W   L   S   G  GS  CG SHO    INN   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR GDP Pts
Roger Clemens     2.89  13   7   0  32  32   5   2  227.0 181  83  73  93 201  21  12 27(3)
Mariano Rivera    1.87   7   3  30  55   0   0   0   62.2  38  19  13  31  52   3   5 12(1)
Juzo Sanada       3.16  15   7   0  25  25   9   1  185.1 161  73  65  48 104  19  18 10(2)
Hideo Fujimoto    3.13  15  10   0  35  33  12   3  244.2 172  95  85  94 137  22  24 10(1)
Cy Young          3.11  12  10   0  29  29   9   1  205.1 174  82  71  38 106  22  12  8(1)
Mutsuo Minagawa   2.93  14  12   0  30  30  11   3  218.1 178  85  71  65 102  20  10  7(1)
Bozo Wakabayashi  2.56   7   9   3  30  20   5   1  158.0 116  49  45  52  58  20  15  6(1)
Phil Niekro       3.24  14  11   0  36  36   5   0  233.1 215  93  84 105 119  10  10  5(1)
Christy Mathewson 3.27  12   5   0  28  27   7   2  187.1 174  79  68  57 110  15  21  3
Juan Marichal     3.58  15  10   0  31  31   9   1  221.0 229 105  88  61 133  31  14  3
Mark Eichhorn     3.65  11   3  11  80   0   0   0  138.0 146  61  56  56  73  11  14  3
Goose Gossage     2.53   2   4  32  59   0   0   0   85.1  67  25  24  38  67   7   1  2
Jay Howell        3.24   4   6   5  81   0   0   0  105.2  95  50  38  35  56   3   6  2
Shingo Takatsu    1.93   7   6  15  38   0   0   0   51.1  33  13  11  29  21   3   6  1

"Gosh, all a kid has to do these days is spit straight
and he gets forty-thousand dollars to sign."
-Cy Young-