2005 American League Cy Young Award

The winner of the 2005 American League Cy Young Award was Bartolo Colón of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The award was controversial as soon as the results of the voting were announced, as third-place finisher Johan Santana finished ahead of Colon in all possible metrics except one - pitcher wins.

Award Voting

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes		W - L	SV	G	GS	CG	SHO	RA	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ER	ERA	WHIP	K/IP
Bartolo Colon	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	118	0.843 (140)	17		21 - 8	0	33	33	2	0	0	222.2	215	26	43	157	86	3.48	1.159	0.71
Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees	68	0.486 (140)	8		7 - 4	43	71	0	0	0	71	78.1	50	2	18	80	12	1.38	0.868	1.02
Johan Santana	Minnesota Twins	51	0.364 (140)	3		16 - 7	0	33	33	3	2	0	231.2	180	22	45	238	74	2.87	0.971	1.03
Cliff Lee	Cleveland Indians	8	0.057 (140)	0		18 - 5	0	32	32	1	0	0	202.0	194	22	52	143	85	3.79	1.218	0.71
Mark Buehrle	Chicago White Sox	5	0.036 (140)	0		16 - 8	0	33	33	3	1	0	236.2	240	20	40	149	82	3.12	1.183	0.63
Kevin Millwood	Cleveland Indians	1	0.007 (140)	0		9 - 11	0	30	30	1	0	0	192.0	182	20	52	146	61	2.86	1.219	0.76
Jon Garland	Chicago White Sox	1	0.007 (140)	0		18 - 10	0	32	32	3	3	0	221.0	212	26	47	115	86	3.50	1.172	0.52

Further Reading

• Jayson Stark: "Santana, not Colon, deserved to win AL Cy Young", ESPN.com, November 8, 2005. [1]

Preceded by 2004

Cy Young Award National 2005

Succeeded by 2006