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Best Pitcher Trophy Won by Tigers Morton Saturday, October 7th , 1916 The Detroit Tigers have a rising superstar or maybe even a budding Hall-of-Famer in the making. It's Guy Morton, this year's AL Cy Young Award selection. This blossoming hurler wowed fans, peers and sportswriters with a fabulous performance. Morton compiled a 26-10 record in 39 starts, tallied 187 strikeouts in 325.2 innings and recorded a 1.88 ERA. Other clubs managed only a .231 batting average against him. He received 15 first place votes out of a possible 20. Dick Rudolph of the Kansas City Monarchs finished second in voting with 5 first place votes, while Stan Coveleski of the Philadelphia Athletics finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Guy Morton - Detroit Tigers - 15 - 125 Dick Rudolph - Kansas City Monarchs - 5 - 86 Stan Coveleski - Philadelphia Athletics - 0 - 69 Pol Perritt - Boston Red Sox - 0 - 40 Ray Fisher - New York Yankees - 0 - 15 Tom Hughes - Chicago White Sox - 0 - 3 Wilbur Cooper - Kansas City Monarchs - 0 - 2 |
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