王建民
Santana won the pitching Major League Triple Crown, the first pitcher to do so since Dwight Gooden in . He completed the season leading the majors in ERA (2.77) and strikeouts (245), and tied Chien-Ming Wang in wins (19). He became the first pitcher to win the triple crown with fewer than 20 wins, and the first to win it with an ERA above 2.60.