Vuke had a 2.5 WAR when he won it. The same season, Dave Stieb's WAR was 7.3. 17-14, 3.25 ERA, 141 K to 75 BB, a 1.20 WHIP. Still not great. There's no really great pitching performances in 1982, at least in the American League. Baseball writers can whine about Vuke getting it. I would ask, who deserved it then? Jim Palmer, the runner up? 15-5, 3.13 ERA, 103 K, a 1.137 WHIP. Is that a Cy Young season?