# Liriano, Hudson Win Comeback Player of the Year

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- Published: 2010-10-07T02:38:50-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

Rarely have there been 2 players to win Comeback Player of the Year that are this
similar. [Tim Hudson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hudsoti01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-05_br)
of the Atlanta Braves and [Francisco Liriano](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liriafr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-05_br)
of the Minnesota Twins both won the award this year.

The similarities are they both came back from [Tommy John](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-05_br)
Surgery – Hudson had the procedure in 2008 and Liriano in 2007. They also put up
great numbers leading their teams to the post-season.

Hudson, limited to 7 starts last year, went 17-9 for the Braves, holding a 2.83 
ERA and striking out 139. He led the Braves in innings and wins.

Liriano set career highs in wins, starts, innings, and strikeouts (201). He anchored
the Twins rotation with a 14-10 record and a 3.62 ERA. He missed all of 2007 for
the surgery and parts of the last 2 years with other injuries.

The 30 MLB.com beat writers vote for the award. Last years winners were [Aaron Hill](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=hillaa01,hill--002aar&search=Aaron+Hill&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-05_br)
of the Blue Jays and [Chris Carpenter](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=carpech01,carpech02&search=Chris+Carpenter&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-05_br)
of the Cardinals.

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