ROCKLIN, Calif. — Rocklin's Logan Webb came in second for the National League Cy Young Award, which recognizes the league's top pitcher.
The San Francisco Giants right-hander finished behind Blake Snell. He was the NL winner after going 14-9 and leading the majors with a 2.25 ERA for the San Diego Padres.
Snell gave up only 5.75 hits per nine innings, by far the best mark in the big leagues. All those stingy numbers while he was on the mound were more than enough to beat out Webb (11-13, 3.25 ERA) and the Diamondbacks' Zac Gallen (17-9, 3.47), who each logged at least 210 innings. Both got one first-place vote.
Webb's finish marked the first time a starting pitcher with a losing record placed first or second in the balloting.
New York Yankee Gerrit Cole finally won his first American League Cy Young Award.
VOTE TOTALS (from mlb.com)
- Blake Snell, SD: 28 (1st-place votes), 2 (2nd) -- 204 points
- Logan Webb, SF: 1 (1st), 17 (2nd), 1 (3rd), 2 (4th), 4 (5th) -- 86 points
- Zac Gallen, AZ: 1 (1st), 3 (2nd), 11 (3rd), 5 (4th), 6 (5th) -- 68 points
- Spencer Strider, ATL: 6 (2nd), 9 (3rd), 5 (4th), 3 (5th) -- 64 points
- Justin Steele, CHC: 1 (2nd), 2 (3rd), 8 (4th), 6 (5th) -- 32 points
- Zack Wheeler, PHI: 4 (3rd), 5 (4th), 6 (5th) -- 28 points
- Kodai Senga, NYM: 3 (3rd), 3 (4th) -- 15 points
- Corbin Burnes, MIL: 1 (2nd), 2 (4th), 5 (5th) -- 13 points
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