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2010 was the best season for pitchers in DTBL history.\u00a0 The countless number of dominating pitching performances was unprecedented.\u00a0 A man responsible for two of the season’s best moments easily won the 2010 DTBL Cy Young Award.\u00a0 That pitcher is Jackalope right-hander Roy Halladay.<\/p>\n
Halladay got his first Phillies and National League season off to a bang with a bunch of impressive starts in the first two months, capped off by throwing the 20th perfect game in MLB history in late May.\u00a0 He wasn’t done with historic outings though.\u00a0 In October, he threw just the second no-hitter in post-season history against Cincinnati Reds in the NLDS.\u00a0 Of course, that performance did not count towards his DTBL accomplishments, but was a nice footnote to an incredible season.<\/p>\n
The Jackalope had the best pitching staff in the league and arguably one of the top starting rotations in DTBL history.\u00a0 However, there was no question who the ace of the staff was.\u00a0 Halladay tied for the league lead in wins with 21.\u00a0 His 2.44 ERA and 1.041 WHIP were both the third lowest among qualified pitchers.\u00a0 He finished fifth in strike outs with 219.\u00a0 The win and strike out totals were career bests.<\/p>\n
Halladay has had a remarkably consistent career with the Jackalope.\u00a0 This was the third time he reached the 20 win plateau and he is almost always near the top of the league in ERA and WHIP as well.\u00a0 The Jackalope stole him in the fourth round of the 2002 draft and have reaped the rewards ever since.\u00a0 Halladay has 146 wins for the Jackalope with a career ERA barely over 3.00.\u00a0 Only one pitcher on a DTBL roster this season has more DTBL career wins (Andy Pettitte).\u00a0 He ranks in the league’s all-time top 10 in wins, ERA and WHIP.\u00a0 Although he has been a dominating force in the league for nearly a decade, this is his first DTBL Cy Young Award.\u00a0 He finished third in the voting in both 2003 and 2008.<\/p>\n
As stated up front, this was a truly remarkable year for pitchers.\u00a0 Although Halladay ran away with the award, the rest of the voting showed just how many deserving candidates there were for the award.\u00a0 Halladay received nine of the ten first place votes for a total of 97 points.\u00a0 12 other pitchers received top five votes.\u00a0 Usually disbursement like that is saved for the other two awards more so than Cy Young.\u00a0 Cougars pitcher Adam Wainwright finished second, receiving the other first place vote and five seconds for 54 points.\u00a0 Wainwright also won 20 games, and even had a slightly lower ERA than Halladay.\u00a0 Felix Hernandez was a test case in how people value wins.\u00a0 Arguably, he had the most impressive stats of any pitcher if you ignore that he only had 13 wins.\u00a0 He led the league in ERA and finished second in strike outs.\u00a0 His 30 points ranked him third in the award voting, but four people didn’t put him on their ballot.\u00a0 Next came Gators lefty C.C. Sabathia with 23 points.\u00a0 Sabathia tied Halladay for the league lead with 21 wins.\u00a0 Coming in fifth with 20 points was another Gators pitcher, Ubaldo Jimenez.\u00a0 Early in the season, it appeared he would run away with this award.\u00a0 He cooled off in the second half, but still finished with what would be Cy Young worthy numbers most years.\u00a0 Even outside of the top five were a couple of pitchers who could have won in other years, like David Price and strike out champion Jered Weaver.\u00a0 Not to mention a bunch of closers who received some token votes.<\/p>\n