From Joy of Sox on 2005 AL Cy Young

Following from Joy of Sox 11/8/05
BBWAA votes in
2005 AL Cy Young:

     1st 2nd 3rd  Pts  ERA+

Colon   17  11      118  120
Rivera   8   7   7   68  323
Santana  3   8  12   51  153
Lee          2   2    8  108
Buehrle          5    5  143
Garland          1    1  127
Millwood         1    1  143

(Rivera's ERA+ is not a typo;
he posted a 1.38 ERA and the AL average
was 4.45.)

However, it isn't just the BBWAA who are morons.
Colon was also named the top pitcher in all of MLB
by The Sporting News and was chosen as the AL's
outstanding pitcher in the Players Choice Awards.

*: ERA+ is the ratio of the league's ERA (adjusted to the pitcher's ballpark) to that of the pitcher (lgERA / ERA). 100 is league average. Posted by redsock at 11/08/2005 05:48:00 PM 8 comments"

• From Joy of Sox blog, 11/8/05

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