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October 23, 2002 Internet Baseball AwardsPitcher of the YearWinning a close race with Barry Zito and Derek Lowe, Pedro Martinez followed in the footsteps of Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Roger Clemens by winning his fourth Internet Pitcher of the Year Award. Zito was actually named on more ballots than Martinez and finished a extremely strong second. He is the last member of Oakland's big three to finish among the top three in Internet AL Pitcher of the Year voting; Mark Mulder finished third in 2001 and Tim Hudson finished third in 2000. Lowe, who allowed less runs per 9 innings than anyone in baseball in 2002, finished a strong third. Of last year's top three finishers, only Mark Mulder received any significant support this time around, finishing seventh. The highest ranking reliever this year was Billy Koch, who finished tenth. Name 1 2 3 4 5 B P Pedro Martinez 954 596 295 56 30 1931 15385 Barry Zito 775 666 449 71 24 1985 14894 Derek Lowe 256 571 859 142 43 1871 11321 Roy Halladay 22 25 71 440 249 807 2319 Jarrod Washburn 13 44 89 319 244 709 2084 Tim Hudson 6 35 86 227 250 604 1666 Mark Mulder 8 65 71 149 125 418 1462 Mark Buehrle 5 6 16 63 118 208 479 Tim Wakefield 1 4 29 31 60 125 336 Billy Koch 0 7 19 28 23 77 251 Eddie Guardado 1 5 5 30 40 81 200 Bartolo Colon 2 4 8 17 54 85 193 David Wells 3 5 4 12 18 42 139 Paul Byrd 0 1 4 18 29 52 110 J.C. Romero 0 2 4 14 31 51 107 Roger Clemens 1 4 7 6 3 21 94 Jamie Moyer 0 2 2 18 13 35 91 Joel Pineiro 1 0 3 10 25 39 80 Troy Percival 0 1 6 8 17 32 78 Mike Mussina 0 3 5 4 5 17 63 Mariano Rivera 2 2 4 2 2 12 62 Cory Lidle 1 0 2 8 10 21 54 Andy Pettitte 2 2 0 0 8 12 42 Ramon Ortiz 1 0 2 5 4 12 39 Kelvim Escobar 0 1 3 0 1 5 23 Johan Santana 1 1 0 1 1 4 21 Rodrigo Lopez 0 0 0 4 5 9 17 Brad Radke 1 0 1 0 2 4 17 Kaz Sasaki 0 1 1 1 2 5 17 Rick Reed 0 1 1 0 2 4 14 Kenny Rogers 1 0 0 1 1 3 14 Ben Weber 0 2 0 0 0 2 14 Tony Fiore 0 1 1 0 1 3 13 Freddy Garcia 0 0 0 3 3 6 12 Arthur Rhodes 0 0 2 0 2 4 12 Ugueth Urbina 0 0 1 2 1 4 12 Jeremy Affeldt 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 Aaron Harang 0 0 1 1 2 4 10 Mike Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 Bob Wickman 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 Dan Wright 0 1 0 1 0 2 10 Jon Garland 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 Orlando Hernandez 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 Mark Redman 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 C.C. Sabathia 0 0 1 0 2 3 7 Kevin Appier 0 0 0 1 3 4 6 Kyle Lohse 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 Brendan Donnelly 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Damaso Marte 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Steve Karsay 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Ted Lilly 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Cliff Politte 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Chad Bradford 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 Keith Foulke 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 LaTroy Hawkins 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Antonio Osuna 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Chuck Finley 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Jorge Julio 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Jeff Weaver 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Buddy Groom 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Ricardo Rincon 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 2059 2059 2059 1701 1469 9347 51870 Randy Johnson easily outpolled teammate Curt Schilling for the 2002 IBA NL Pitcher of the Year to become the first pitcher to win five Internet Pitcher of the Years and the first player to win any Internet Baseball Award four years in a row. Schilling finished second behind Johnson for the second year in a row, though with much weaker support than last year. Roy Oswalt followed up his seventh-place finish in 2001 with a third-place finish this year. Greg Maddux's fourth-place finish marks the tenth year in a row he has finished in the top six of the voting for the Internet NL Pitcher of the Year award. Maddux's longtime teammate John Smoltz, in his first year as a closer for the Braves, was the highest ranking reliever in fifth place. Name 1 2 3 4 5 B P Randy Johnson 1756 141 29 14 11 1951 18745 Curt Schilling 121 1387 282 91 29 1910 12631 Roy Oswalt 5 116 562 296 155 1134 4715 Greg Maddux 8 107 351 286 172 924 3614 John Smoltz 26 72 241 194 147 680 2698 Eric Gagne 17 40 151 216 196 620 2049 Tom Glavine 8 31 135 235 233 642 1910 Bartolo Colon 2 20 67 71 106 266 814 Odalis Perez 0 6 24 63 108 201 459 Matt Morris 5 4 25 47 44 125 388 Kevin Millwood 2 9 20 36 35 102 326 Wade Miller 3 4 14 21 30 72 221 Chris Hammond 3 8 7 13 36 67 196 Octavio Dotel 1 2 10 19 31 63 162 Jason Jennings 2 3 9 14 18 46 146 Hideo Nomo 2 3 6 10 15 36 116 A.J. Burnett 0 2 6 12 24 44 104 Darryl Kile 5 2 1 4 20 32 101 Randy Wolf 0 0 5 13 18 36 82 Jason Schmidt 0 2 2 9 13 26 64 Byung-Hyun Kim 1 1 2 6 9 19 54 Robb Nen 0 3 3 3 4 13 49 Matt Clement 1 1 2 3 8 15 44 Mike Remlinger 0 4 1 1 3 9 39 Al Leiter 1 2 1 2 1 7 36 Mark Prior 1 0 3 1 4 9 32 Tomo Ohka 0 0 1 5 8 14 28 Russ Ortiz 0 0 3 2 5 10 26 Kirk Rueter 1 1 0 1 3 6 23 Grant Roberts 1 0 1 1 3 6 21 Vicente Padilla 0 0 1 3 6 10 20 Trevor Hoffman 0 0 1 4 0 5 17 Jason Simontacchi 0 0 3 0 2 5 17 Armando Benitez 1 0 1 0 1 3 16 Mike Williams 1 0 0 1 2 4 15 Kerry Wood 0 0 0 3 5 8 14 Andy Benes 0 1 0 1 3 5 13 Todd Jones 1 0 0 1 0 2 13 Brandon Villafuerte 0 1 1 0 0 2 12 Mark Guthrie 1 0 0 0 1 2 11 Kaz Ishii 0 0 1 2 0 3 11 Paul Quantrill 0 1 0 1 1 3 11 Kip Wells 0 0 2 0 1 3 11 Pedro Astacio 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 Mike Lincoln 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 Billy Wagner 0 1 0 1 0 2 10 Javier Vazquez 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 Josh Fogg 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Darren Holmes 0 0 1 0 2 3 7 Ryan Jensen 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Steve Kline 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 Omar Daal 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 Jose Mesa 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 Elmer Dessens 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 Kerry Ligtenberg 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Steve Reed 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Steve Traschel 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 Tony Armas Jr. 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Brian Lawrence 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Oliver Perez 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Woody Williams 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Tim Worrell 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Mark Grace 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Jason Isringhausen 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Jose Jimenez 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Mike Koplove 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Pat Mahomes 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Damian Moss 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Scott Sauerbeck 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Justin Speier 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Masato Yoshii 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 TOTAL 1978 1978 1978 1718 1528 9180 50198 Next up: Internet Baseball Award Player of the Years. Greg Spira is an author of Baseball Prospectus. You can contact him by clicking here.
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