cy young award

Detroit Tiger pitcher Justin Verlander won the American League Cy Young award last week by a unanimous vote by the baseball writers. He was a landslide winner for the MVP as well. Verlander received 13 or 28 first-place votes, plus 3 votes for second and third to total 280 points. Boston outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury got 4 first-place votes and 13 second-place votes to finish second with 242 poin

Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers was the unanimous choice to win the American League Cy Young award, getting first place votes from all 28 who had a say in determining the best pitcher in the League. There was little question that Verlander would win the award, as he had a dominant season where he led every important pitching category.

In an announcement that surprised absolutely no one, the Baseball Writers Association of America unanimously selected the Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander as the 2011 Cy Young Award winner. He received all 28 first-place votes from the participating writers, becoming the first Tiger to win the award for the American League's best pitcher since Guillermo "Willie" Hernandez in 1984. How d