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Carolina's Lester, Pitcher of the Year Award Winner Tuesday, September 13th , 2005 Jon Lester of the Carolina Mudcats outdid his pitching peers this year and has been honored with the 2005 Eastern League Pitcher of the Year Award. During his remarkable year Lester posted a 14-2 record in 27 starts. In 164 innings he yielded 129 hits and 57 walks while striking out 169 and compiling a fine 3.02 ERA. He received 9 first place votes out of a possible 14. Matt Torra of the Harrisburg Senators finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Bear Bay of the Binghamton Mets finished third with 1 first place vote. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Jon Lester - Carolina Mudcats - 9 - 80 Matt Torra - Harrisburg Senators - 1 - 49 Bear Bay - Binghamton Mets - 1 - 40 Derek Thompson - Erie SeaWolves - 3 - 36 Matt Wright - Bowie Baysox - 0 - 27 Nobuaki Yoshida - Binghamton Mets - 0 - 2 Phillip Andersen - Reading Phillies - 0 - 1 Zach Dixon - Binghamton Mets - 0 - 1 Ryan Ketchner - Binghamton Mets - 0 - 1 Adam Miller - Altoona Curve - 0 - 1 |
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