Mussina, Prior, Beckett & Iwakuma: Looks Like They Deserved a Cy Young Award

PART FOUR - Who Really Deserved the Cy Young Awards (2000-2013)?

Lessons Learned:

(1) 5-Time CYA Winner - Randy Johnson - Should Have Won Six Times.

(2)  Mike Mussina - Not Roger Clemens - Was the Ace of the 2001 Yankees' Staff & the Best Pitcher in the AL.

(3) 2-Time CYA Winner - Roy Halladay - Should Have Won Four Times.

(4) 2-Time CYA Winner - Johan Santana - Should Have Won Three Straight Times.

(5) Brandon Webb was the Best Pitcher in the NL for Two Straight Years - Not Just Once.

(6) 16 Out of 28 Picks Had Highest WAR in Their League - Voters Are Catching On

CYA Winners & War Leaders (2000-2013):

2000 ( AL) - Pedro Martinez (11.7)
2000 (NL) - Randy Johnson (8.1)

2001 (AL) - Roger Clemens (5.6) - Mike Mussina (7.1)
2001 (NL) - Randy Johnson (10.0)

2002 (AL) - Barry Zito (7.2) - Roy Halladay (7.4)*
2002 (NL) - Randy Johnson (10.9)

(*Sure, this is very close - in favor of Halladay - but what makes this unusual - Halladay received nary a CYA vote.)

2003 (AL) - Roy Halladay (8.1)
2003 (NL) - Eric Gagne (3.7) - Mark Prior (7.4)*

(*Payback for a wrongly accused Cubs' fan - Bartman - 2003 NLCS.)

2004 (AL) - Johan Santana (8.6)
2004 (NL) - Roger Clemens (5.4) - Randy Johnson (8.5)*

(*Clemens - extremely overrated - Johnson - extremely underrated in '04.)

2005 (AL) - Bartolo Colon (4.0) - Johan Santana (7.2)
2005 (NL) - Chris Carpenter (5.4) -  Roger Clemens (7.8)

2006 (AL) - Johan Santana (7.5)
2006 (NL) - Brandon Webb (7.0)

2007 (AL) - C.C. Sabathia (6.3) - Josh Beckett (6.5)
2007 (NL) - Jake Peavy - (6.2) - Brandon Webb (6.4)

2008 (AL) - Cliff Lee (6.9)
2008 (NL) - Tim Lincecum (7.9)

2009 (AL) - Zack Greinke (10.4)
2009 (NL) - Tim Lincecum (7.5)

2010 (AL) - Felix Hernandez (7.1)
2010 (NL) - Roy Halladay (8.3)

2011 (AL) - Justin Verlander (8.4)
2011 (NL) - Clayton Kershaw (6.5) - Roy Halladay (8.9)

2012 (AL) - David Price (6.9) - Justin Verlander (7.8)
2012 (NL) - R.A. Dickey (5.8) - Clayton Kershaw (6.2)

2013 (AL) - Max Scherzer (6.7) - Hisashi Iwakuma (7.0)
2013 (NL) - Clayton Kershaw (7.8)

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