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November 10, 2004

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.

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