Chacin fifth in AL ROY voting
11/07/2005TORONTO -- Gustavo Chacin's year officially ended Monday, when the balloting results for the American League's Rookie of the Year Award were released. Chacin received enough support for a fifth-place finish, netting two first-place votes and 14 total points.
Oakland closer Huston Street won the award, giving the A's two consecutive Rookies of the Year. Street was followed by New York's Robinson Cano, Tampa Bay's Jonny Gomes and Chicago's Tadahito Iguchi. Street received 97 points, taking home 15 of the 28 first-place votes.
Cano, Street's closest competitor, finished with four first-place votes and 57 total points. Only three starting pitchers -- Chacin, Oakland's Joe Blanton and Tampa Bay's Scott Kazmir -- received as much as a single point on the 5-3-1 scoring system.
Chacin was one of Toronto's most dependable pitchers last year. He was the only member of the Jays' starting staff to make every rotation turn, and in only one month did he post an ERA over 4.50. The southpaw was named the AL's Rookie of the Month in both April and July.
The Venezuela native won just two of his final 12 starts, notching a 2-4 record with a 4.50 ERA in that span. Chacin was 8-6 with a 3.71 ERA at the Rogers Centre and 5-3 with a 3.71 mark on the road. He pitched fewer than five innings in just four of his 34 starts, and one of those was caused by a rain delay.
Source: http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/
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