Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals and
Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals were named the top pitchers by the
Major League Baseball Players Association.
Greinke appeared in 33 games this season and went 16-8 with a 2.16 earned run
average for a Kansas City team that went just 65-97 on the season. He led the
majors in ERA and finished third with 242 strikeouts.
His six complete games and three shutouts were second in the majors behind Roy
Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Wainwright went 19-8 with a 2.63 ERA in 34 starts. His 19 wins tied with three
other players for the most in the majors while his amount of starts was just
one behind Detroit's Justin Verlander.
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