Article: Dodgers Closer Eric Gagne Wins Cy Young

KEN PETERS, AP Sports Writer
AP Online
11-14-2003
Dateline: LOS ANGELES


Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Eric Gagne shows off his new Los Angeles Kings jersey before the Kings took on the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Urso)

A so-so starter, Eric Gagne became a Cy Young closer.

The Los Angeles Dodgers reliever, who had 55 saves in as many chances this season, was nearly as perfect in the NL Cy Young balloting. He received 28 of 32 first-place votes and 146 points to win the honor Thursday from the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Gagne, 5-6 with a 4.92 ERA in 24 starts for the Dodgers in 2001, wasn't sure what job ...

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