NL Cy Young Award. Roger Clemens won his seventh Cy Young Award Tuesday.

             1st  2nd  3rd   Pts

Clemens, Hou  23    8    1   140

Johnson, Ari   8   18    3    97

Oswalt, Hou    1    3    5    19

Schmidt, SF   --    1   10    13

Zambrano, Chi --    1    5     8

Pavano, Fla   --    1    3     6

Gagne, LA     --  --     3     3

Lidge, Hou    --  --     1     1

Sheets, Mil   --  --     1     1

I would have voted for Johnson. Fat Billy from Ohio had 18 wins (to Unit's 16), but Johnson topped him in the following categories:

Starts: 35 to 33
Innings: 245.2 to 214.1
ERA: 2.60 to 2.98
Adjusted ERA+: 171 to 145
CG: 4 to 0
Shutouts: 2 to 0 (inc. a perfect game)
Fewer Hits/9 IP: 6.48 to 7.10
Fewer Walks: 44 to 79
Strikeouts: 290 to 218
Strikeouts/9 IP: 10.62 to 9.16
Walks+Hits/9 IP: 0.90 to 1.16
Lower Opp. Average: .197 to .217
Lower Opp. On-Base: .241 to .292
Lower Opp. Slugging: .315 to .329

The small difference in wins can be chalked up to poor run support -- Arizona scored 0, 1 or 2 runs in 17 of Johnson's 35 starts.