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Warren Spahn Award
The Warren Spahn Award is presented annually by the Oklahoma Sports Museum in Guthrie, Okla. to the top left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. The award is given in recognition of Oklahoma's Warren Spahn. The late Hall of Famer is still the winningest left-hander in MLB history. The award, given since 1999, is based on a combination of wins, strikeouts and earned run average during the regular season. The finals standings show each player's statistics, his rank () in that category and his total number of points.
The winner of the 2007 Warren Spahn Award is C.C. Sabathia, Cleveland Indians. Sabathia had a combined 19 wins, 209 strikeouts and a 3.21 earned run average.
Past winners have included Randy Johnson, (1999-2002, Arizona), Andy Pettitte (2003, New York Yankees), Johan Santana (2004 and 2006, Minnesota) and Dontrelle Willis (2005, Florida). For more information regarding the Warren Spahn Award please contact Richard Hendricks, executive director of the Oklahoma Sports Museum, (405) 260-1342.
Warren Spahn Leaders
Following are the top five of left-handed Major League Baseball pitchers with 10 or more wins.
The standings are based on a combination of strikeouts, wins and earned run average. The lowest number of points is the leader.
1. Cliff Lee, Cleveland, 162 strikeouts (5); 22 wins (1); 2.41 earned run average (1) - 7 points.
2. C.C. Sabathia, Milwaukee, 233 (1); 15 (4t); 2.85 (3) - 8 points.
3. Johan Santana, NY Mets, 187 (3); 14 (6t); 2.65 (2) - 11 points.
4. Cole Hamels, Philadelphia, 189 (2); 14 (6t); 3.10 (4) - 12 points.
5. Ted Lilly, Chicago Cubs, 180 (4); 16 (2t); 4.17 (9) - 15 points.
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