Congratulations goes out to Tribe starter, Cliff Lee, for earning recognition for AL Pitcher of the Month for April.
Lee went 4-0, 0.28 ERA and had a .109 batting average against him in the month of April!
AL pitchers who won their first four appearances and had sub-1.00 ERA in the last 20 years, along with how they finished their respective season.........
Year/ Pitcher/ ERA
1991/ Roger Clemens (Red Sox)/ 0.28 ERA/ Finished with 18 wins, 2.62 ERA and was the Cy Young winner that Year.
1992/ Bill Krueger (Twins)/ 0.84 ERA/ Finished with 10 wins and a 4.30 ERA.
1995/ Tim Wakefield (Red Sox)/ 0.54 ERA/ Finished with 16 wins, won comeback player of the year and finished 3rd in the Cy Young vote.
2008/ Cliff Lee (Indians)/ 0.28 ERA/ Finish TBD