The BBWAA selects Justin Verlander as the unanimous winner of the American League Cy Young award

On November 15, 2011 — The BBWAA selects Justin Verlander (24-5, 2.40 with 250 strikeouts) as the unanimous winner of the American League Cy Young award. The 28 year-old Tiger right-hander, who captured the circuit’s pitching triple crown, leading the AL in victories, earned run average, and strikeouts, easily outdistance runners-up that include L.A.’s Jered Weaver, Tampa Bay’s James Shields, and New York’s CC Sabathia. He also threw his second career no-hitter on May 7th.

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