Phillies closer Brad Lidge may be a darkhorse for the National League Cy Young award.

But he's already taking home another postseason award plaque.

On Tuesday, MLB announced that Lidge won the 2008 National League Comeback Player of the Year award. Cleveland's Cliff Lee took the AL honors.

In his first season with the Phils, Lidge converted all 41 of his save opportunities. He was the only perfect closer in baseball.

Lidge was 2-0 with a 1.87 ERA, earning an All-Star big. In 69 1/3 innings, he recorded 92 strikeouts.

Acquired in the offseason in a trade with Houston, Lidge re-established himself as one of the elite closers in baseball this summer. In each of the two previous seasons, the hard-throwing right-hander was in and out of the closer's role with the Astros.

Lidge went 5-3 with a 3.36 ERA, converting 19-of-27 save opportunities, for Houston in 2007.