The Cobra
11-21-2011, 07:46 PM
AP
NEW YORK -- Detroit's Justin Verlander has become the first starting pitcher in a quarter-century to win a Most Valuable Player award, adding it to his Cy Young Award last week.
Verlander earned the American League MVP honour Monday, receiving 13 of 28 first-place votes and 280 points in voting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Boston centre-fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was second with 242 points, followed by Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista with 231 points.
Verlander went 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts to take the AL pitching triple crown.
He is the first pitcher to win MVP since Oakland's Dennis Eckerlsley in 1992 and the first starter since Boston's Roger Clemens in 1986.
NEW YORK -- Detroit's Justin Verlander has become the first starting pitcher in a quarter-century to win a Most Valuable Player award, adding it to his Cy Young Award last week.
Verlander earned the American League MVP honour Monday, receiving 13 of 28 first-place votes and 280 points in voting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Boston centre-fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was second with 242 points, followed by Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista with 231 points.
Verlander went 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts to take the AL pitching triple crown.
He is the first pitcher to win MVP since Oakland's Dennis Eckerlsley in 1992 and the first starter since Boston's Roger Clemens in 1986.