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Cliff's next scheduled start is: 2010   Recent Site Updates: - Post Season Stats: Career post season stats (Added 11-5-09) *NEW* - 2009 World Series: Game 1, Game 2 (Added: 10-29-09) *NEW* - Homeruns 2009: Players who have homered off Cliff in 2009 (Added: 4-6-09) - Game Log 2009: How Cliff has done game by game this year (Added: 4-6-09) - Strikeouts 2009: Players Cliff has struck out in 2009 (Added: 4-6-09) - Team by team 2009: How Cliff has done against each team this season (Added: 4-6-09)     Notes: 12-16-09: Cliff was traded to the Seattle Mariners for minor leaguers Juan Ramirez, Phillippe Aumont and Tyson Gillies. 11-6-09: The Phillies picked up Cliff's contract option for 2010. 11-2-09: Cliff matched the Phillies record (Cole Hamels in 2008) with his fourth win of the postseason. He also joined Steve Carlton (1980) as the only Philadelphia starters to win two games in a single World Series. 10-28-09: Cliff became the first pitcher since Don Newcombe in 1949 to have 10 strikeouts, no walks and no earned runs allowed in a World Series game. He also became the first pitcher to do that in back-to-back postseason games. Lee became the first left-handed starter to beat the Yankees in Yankee Stadium in Game 1 of a World Series since Sandy Koufax beat Whitey Ford in 1963 and he became the first pitcher in 26 years to throw a World Series complete game in which he struck out the first and last hitter of the game. 10-21-09: The Phillies Clinched the NL Pennant and a trip to the World Series! 10-18-09: Cliff became the first pitcher in postseason history to have 10-plus strikeouts with no walks while not allowing a run in a game! 10-12-09: The Phillies beat Colorado three games to one to advance to the NL Championship Series against the LA Dodgers. 10-7-09: Cliff threw a complete game to win his first career playoff game in game 1 of the NLDS versus Colorado. He also became the first pitcher in Phillies history to steal a base in the postseason! 10-1-09: Cliff got his 900th career major league strikeout against the Houston Astros. 9-30-09: The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their third straight NL East Championship! 9-15-09: Cliff became just the sixth pitcher in MLB history to win at least seven games in the AL and the NL in one season. 7-31-09: Cliff threw a complete game to win his first game with Philadelphia. He also went 2-4 with a double and a run in the 5-1 victory at San Francisco. 7-29-09: Cliff was traded, along with Ben Francisco, from Cleveland to Philadelphia for minor leaguers Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald, Lou Marson and Jason Knapp. 6-30-09: Cliff got his 800th career major league strikeout in a game vs. the White Sox. 5-3-09: Cliff threw his 1,000th career major league inning. 4-16-09: Cliff was the starting and winning pitcher for the Indians in the first ever game at the new Yankee Stadium! 4-2-09: Cliff ended spring training with a 0-3 record and a 12.46 ERA in 6 games. 1-21-09: Cliff was named the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards Professional Athlete of the Year. 12-26-08: Cliff was named the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Sportsman of the Year. 11-21-08: Cliff was named the Tribe's Man of the Year by the Cleveland chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. 11-18-08: Cliff finished 12th in the voting for American League MVP with 24 points. 11-13-08: Cliff was named the 2008 American League Cy Young Award winner!!!! He received 24 of 28 first-place votes and finished with 132 points to Roy Halladay's 74. Cliff also became the third Indian to win the award (CC Sabathia and Gaylord Perry). 11-10-08: Cliff was named the AL's Bullet Rogan Legacy Award winner by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. 11-4-08: Cliff was named the AL Cy Young winner by fans in the 17th annual Internet Baseball Awards. Over 75 percent of voters put Cliff number one. 10-24-08: Cliff was named to the Sporting News' American League All-Star team. 10-24-08: Cliff had his jersey retired by Benton (AR) High School. 10-23-08: Cliff was named the American League Comeback Player of the Year in the Players Choice Awards! 10-20-08: Cliff was named the American League's Pitcher of the Year by the Sporting News! He was also named the AL's Outstanding Pitcher in the Players Choice Awards, sponsored by the MLB Players Association! 9-30-08: Cliff was named the American League Comeback Player of the Year! He received 24 of 30 first-place votes from MLB.com reporters. 9-29-08: Cliff finished the 2008 season ranked first in MLB in wins and winning percentage. He was second (first in the AL) in ERA, fourth (second in the AL) in complete games, sixth (second in the AL) in innings, fourth (second in the AL) in WHIP and fourth (third in the AL) in strikeout-to-walk ratio. His .880 winning percentage was the third-highest for a 20-game winner in baseball history. 9-12-08: Cliff became the fourth pitcher in MLB history to win 22 of his first 24 decisions, and the first since Ron Guidry in 1978. He also became the first pitcher to beat Kansas City five times in a season since Nolan Ryan in 1974. 9-7-08: Cliff got his 700th career strikeout in a game against Kansas City. His 21 wins are the most in the majors since 2005 and the most by a Cleveland left-hander since Vean Gregg in 1911. 9-3-08: Cliff was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for August. He was 5-0 with a 1.86 ERA in five starts. 9-1-08: Cliff became Cleveland's first 20-game winner since Gaylord Perry won 21 in 1974 (34 years). He's the 25th Indian all-time to get 20 wins and only the 5th AL pitcher to get 20 wins since 2004. He's also the first major leaguer to win 20 in 2008. 8-26-08: Cliff became just the eighth major league pitcher since 1920 to win at least 19 of his first 21 decisions. 8-10-08: Cliff threw his 900th career major league inning in a game at Toronto. 7-15-08: Cliff threw two scoreless innings (1 hit, 3 strikeouts) in the MLB All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. 7-14-08: Cliff was named the starting pitcher for the AL in the MLB All-Star game! 7-6-08: Cliff was selected to represent the American League in the MLB All-Star game! 6-9-08: Cliff beat Detroit to improve to 10-1 on the season and become the American League's first 10-game winner of '08. 6-4-08: Cliff got his 100th career decision in major league baseball. He's 63-37.     Site last updated: 12-19-09