Justin Verlander the Pitching King in the American League winning this year's Cy Young Award

Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander was the unanimous choice as the American League Cy Young Award winner. He became the Tigers' first Cy Young winner since Guillermo Hernandez in 1984, and the first Tigers starting pitcher to win it since Denny McLain in 1969. Verlander topped all AL pitchers with 24 wins, a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts, becoming the first American Leaguer to do that since Johan Santana of the Twins in 2006 and the first Tigers pitcher since Hal Newhouser in 1945.
No AL pitcher won that many games in a season since Bob Welch won 27 for the 1990 Oakland Athletics.