American League
In a landslide, Pedro Martinez walked off with his third IBA Pitcher of the Year award. Martinez was the top choice of more than 94% of voters, capping what may have been the greatest pitching season in history.
Scary thought: five people left Martinez off their ballot.
Tim Hudson's late-season surge placed him #2 on more ballots than anyone else, but he remained a clear third behind David Wells. Roger Clemens and Mike Mussina closed out the top five, while Todd Jones, in seventh, was the top reliever in the voting.
Player Name 1 2 3 4 5 B P Pedro Martinez 964 26 19 5 6 1020 9938 David Wells 27 266 291 134 87 805 4076 Tim Hudson 15 303 181 104 47 650 3535 Roger Clemens 2 163 149 116 83 513 2337 Mike Mussina 0 123 87 45 59 314 1490 Andy Pettitte 4 34 59 81 52 230 868 Todd Jones 4 22 44 67 55 192 670 Bartolo Colon 2 13 49 57 71 192 598 Derek Lowe 1 17 33 41 40 132 457 Kazuhiro Sasaki 2 7 23 32 36 100 316 Mike Sirotka 0 7 15 47 33 102 298 Keith Foulke 0 8 12 20 14 54 190 Mariano Rivera 0 9 9 9 17 44 152 Aaron Sele 1 2 8 12 17 40 117 James Baldwin 0 2 5 17 18 42 108 Billy Koch 0 1 8 13 16 38 102 Albie Lopez 0 4 7 2 11 24 80 Chuck Finley 0 1 3 8 20 32 66 Bob Wells 1 2 3 2 1 9 46 Eric Milton 0 2 2 2 7 13 37 Rick Helling 0 1 0 8 5 14 36 Jeff Tam 0 1 2 3 8 14 34 Rich Garces 0 1 3 2 5 11 33 Orlando Hernandez 0 1 1 6 1 9 31 Gil Heredia 0 2 2 1 3 8 30 Dave Burba 0 2 1 2 3 8 28 Brad Radke 0 2 1 2 1 6 26 Barry Zito 0 1 1 2 5 9 23 Frank Castillo 0 0 2 1 6 9 19 Cal Eldred 1 0 0 1 2 4 15 Jason Isringhausen 1 0 0 0 4 5 14 Jim Parque 0 0 2 0 4 6 14 Brian Moehler 0 1 1 0 0 2 12 Paul Abbott 0 0 0 2 5 7 11 Hipolito Pichardo 0 1 0 1 0 2 10 Mac Suzuki 0 0 0 3 1 4 10 Troy Percival 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 Jeff Suppan 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 Kelvim Escobar 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Jim Mecir 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 Kevin Appier 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Jamie Moyer 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Jose Mercedes 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Jeff Weaver 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 1025 1025 1025 853 749 4677 25858
National League
While his showing wasn't as dominant as Martinez's, Randy Johnson was the clear pick for the IBA Pitcher of the Year award in the National League. Johnson garnered more than 2/3 of the first-place votes and lapped the field.
Greg Maddux and Kevin Brown were the clear #2 and #3 choices of the voters. Tom Glavine finished in fourth place and the top reliever, Robb Nen, closed out the top five.
If you're curious, an undefeated record and 0.00 ERA while pitching exclusively at Coors Field is good for 28th in the balloting.
Player Name 1 2 3 4 5 B P Randy Johnson 661 177 63 22 14 937 8244 Greg Maddux 144 407 254 66 22 893 5779 Kevin Brown 26 188 223 105 58 600 3064 Tom Glavine 62 78 162 206 143 651 2737 Robb Nen 23 35 71 113 69 311 1238 Darryl Kile 21 29 49 86 88 273 1004 Al Leiter 18 13 41 66 69 207 743 Jeff D'Amico 5 17 35 73 77 207 640 Mike Hampton 1 6 15 58 59 139 360 Chan Ho Park 0 3 6 17 48 74 150 Armando Benitez 2 1 8 18 21 50 142 Scott Elarton 2 5 6 9 10 32 122 Livan Hernandez 3 0 4 7 17 31 88 Rick Ankiel 0 3 6 5 13 27 79 Ryan Dempster 0 2 4 3 18 27 61 Antonio Alfonseca 0 1 4 6 9 20 54 Trevor Hoffman 1 0 4 3 9 17 48 Jon Lieber 0 1 3 5 4 13 41 Gabe White 0 0 0 8 15 23 39 Shawn Estes 2 1 0 1 8 12 38 Danny Graves 0 0 2 4 9 15 31 Garrett Stephenson 0 3 1 1 0 5 29 Kris Benson 0 0 1 5 5 11 25 Javier Vazquez 0 0 3 2 1 6 22 Curt Schilling 0 1 0 2 8 11 21 Pedro Astacio 0 0 1 2 3 6 14 Bruce Chen 0 0 1 2 1 4 12 Brent Mayne 1 0 0 0 2 3 12 John Rocker 0 0 1 1 3 5 11 Randy Wolf 0 0 1 0 3 4 8 Matt Clement 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Kirk Rueter 0 0 1 0 2 3 7 Scott Sullivan 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 Robert Person 0 0 0 1 3 4 6 Kevin Millwood 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Turk Wendell 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Brian Bohanon 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Matt Herges 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Russ Ortiz 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Armando Reynoso 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Glendon Rusch 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Chuck Smith 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Marc Wilkins 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Tim Worrell 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Jamey Wright 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 972 972 972 901 821 4638 24908
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