# MLB Post-Season Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 15, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907 "2009-10-15T14:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/41 "2009-11-17T15:38:35Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I was voting based purely on whom \>I\< thought deserved it-was I instead supposed to vote in anticipation of what the mediots would do? In any case looks like they got 2 of them right for a change (or at least didn’t make any egregrious errors-yet). No - it was intended to vote for who you wanted. Though I disagree with Bailey - Andrus had a much better and important season than any closer in the league did. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/42 "2009-11-17T19:12:40Z")
And the official announcement for the AL Cy Young Award has arrived, and it is Zack. Congratulations, and thanks for giving us Royals fans something to look forward to! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/43 "2009-11-17T19:56:56Z")
Nice! Extremely well-deserved. I see that someone in Seattle sent his vote to Zach as well. I couldn’t be happier to be a Royals fan. (Okay - I could be much happier, in fact. But let’s not dwell on that…) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/44 "2009-11-17T20:09:34Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Nice! Extremely well-deserved. I see that someone in Seattle sent his vote to Zach as well. I couldn’t be happier to be a Royals fan. Interesting how similar the choice the voters faced was to the 1993 ballot, and how differently they decided. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards\_1993.shtml#ALcya](http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1993.shtml#ALcya) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/45 "2009-11-17T20:20:12Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Interesting how similar the choice the voters faced was to the 1993 ballot, and how differently they decided. > > [1993 Awards Voting | Baseball-Reference.com](http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1993.shtml#ALcya) So who do \*you \*follow on Twitter? I was just looking at that page. However, I think that Randy Johnson should have won that year - the tweet I saw was saying Appier should have won. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/46 "2009-11-17T20:22:59Z")
Appier was a big stathead favorite on rec.sport.baseball back in the day, and the Jack McDowell vs. Appier Cy Young thing was up there with the ARod vs. Juan Gonzalez MVP vote as an example of bad awards voting. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/47 "2009-11-18T16:09:43Z")
Wow - was just reading an article on [Greinke’s best 5 games](http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/The-five-starts-that-helped-Zack-Greinke-win-the?urn=mlb,203117) this season. This one stood out: > [@](#): > > 1. Angels 1, Royals 0 — May 9 In what would become a recurring theme that eventually forces us to take this stand, Greinke gives up one run over eight innings in a losing effort. Even more incredibly, his one-run effort actually forces his ERA to rise to 0.51. Giving up one run over 8 innings, and your ERA takes a hit. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/48 "2009-11-18T19:15:52Z")
Well done to **ElvisL1ves** , the only poster to get both AL and NL manager of the year picks correct! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/49 "2009-11-19T19:30:02Z")
23 of 47 got the NL CY winner, Lincecum (including moi`). ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/50 "2009-11-19T19:35:47Z")
Wow - crazy voting. Wainwright gets the most 1st place votes, but finishes 3rd! Carpenter is left off of 2 ballots entirely, and finishes 2nd! Crazy, crazy, crazy. ```auto Player 1st 2nd 3rd Pts. Tim Lincecum, SF 11 12 9 100 Chris Carpenter, STL 9 14 7 94 Adam Wainwright, STL 12 5 15 90 Javier Vazquez, ATL 1 3 Dan Haren, ARI 1 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/51 "2009-11-23T19:16:51Z")
All but E-Sabbath, mikeargo and gazpacho got Joe Mauer correct. Teixeira finished second, Jeter third, Cabrera fourth. Mauer got all but one 1st place vote, which went to Cabrera. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/52 "2009-11-23T22:44:52Z")
I was rooting for Jeter, but you can’t argue with the MVP going to a catcher who hits .365 with good power despite a shortened season - that much more so when his best teammate missed the end of the year. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/53 "2009-11-24T01:26:39Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I was rooting for Jeter, but you can’t argue with the MVP going to a catcher who hits .365 with good power despite a shortened season - that much more so when his best teammate missed the end of the year. I feel the same way. I would have loved to see Jeter win, still think he should have in 99. But I can’t complain about the winner and expected it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/54 "2009-11-25T06:51:37Z")
How inarguable was Pujols’ unanimous win today? So inarguable that even on this board, nobody argued with it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/55 "2009-11-25T13:37:01Z")
I voted for Albert, even tho I had a soft spot for Hanley. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907/56 "2009-11-26T00:35:53Z")
The scary thing is he won a unanimous MVP having a season that isn’t really any different from his usual season. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-post-season-awards/513907.md?page=2)