Arrieta had an overall ERA of 1.77 in 2015, which was a better mark than the other NL Cy Young Award finalists Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw.
Arrieta received 17 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, giving him 169 points. Greinke received 10 first-place votes that contributed to his 147 points, while Kershaw had 101 points.
Arrieta is the first former Horned Frog to win a Cy Young Award.
Before transferring to TCU for the 2006 season, Arrieta attended Weatherford College for one year. In his first year with the Horned Frogs, Arrieta lead the nation with 14 wins and was a second team All-American.
The TCU community has expressed overwhelming support and congratulations for Arrieta after the announcement.
So awesome!!! https://t.co/rcEfUo5Gnu
— Jim Schlossnagle (@TCUSchloss) November 18, 2015
Can you say Cy Young!!! 👏👏🐸🐸 https://t.co/qQPj7eC0zK — Chris Del Conte (@_delconte) November 19, 2015
Congrats to the fellow Frog alum @JArrieta34 on winning the Cy Young award. Couldn’t have happened to a better guy. — Brandon Finnegan (@bfinny29) November 19, 2015
Donald Griffin is a senior journalism major and serves as the Executive Editor for TCU360. He just returned from a semester in Washington D.C. where he interned for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In his spare time, he enjoys playing TCU club volleyball, competing for TCU Forensics and giving side-eye during daily conversation.
