Mike Scott, 1986 NL (Astros)Key stats: 2.22 ERA (161 ERA+), 306 strikeouts.

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[1] In 1992, Dennis Eckersley was the first modern closer (first player to be used almost exclusively in ninth-inning situations)[5][6][7] to win the award, and since then only one other relief pitcher has won the award, Éric Gagné in 2003 (also a closer). Seaver reached the 200-strikeout mark for the eighth year in a row and passed 2,000 K's for his career, all at age 30. Follow him on Twitter @AndrewSimonMLB. 75. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Roger Clemens, 1991 AL (Red Sox)Key stats: 2.62 ERA (165 ERA+), 13 CG. Oakland’s first-place finish in the West likely had a lot to do with it.

Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. Runner-up: David Price, DET/TOR (164 ERA+), 76. Hunter earned a save and a win in the World Series as Oakland completed a championship three-peat. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Mad Max posted the lowest opponent batting average for a qualified pitcher in NL history. 3. Bob Welch, 1990 AL (A's)Key stats: 2.95 ERA (125 ERA+), 238 IP. R.A. Dickey, 2012 NL (Mets)Key stats: 2.73 ERA (139 ERA+), 230 K's. 28. Willie Hernandez’s 1984 season for the Detroit Tigers stands out both in the left-hander’s career and among relief seasons in general. You couldn't hit it."

One season at the University of Cincinnati was all it took for the Brooklyn Dodgers to sign Sandy Koufax.

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Koufax allowed no more than one run in a start 25 times, threw a no-hitter and won the first of two World Series Most Valuable Player Awards. Jerseys come in Authentic, Replica, Fashion, Custom and Throwback Styles. Jacob deGrom, 2019 NL (Mets)Key stats: 2.43 ERA (167 ERA+), 255 K's.

Bob Gibson's 1968 is more famous -- for good reason. As a first-year player in 2005, he was honored as a Freshman All-American after he went 2-4 with a 2.86 ERA and 92 strikeouts in 69.1 innings. Vida Blue, 1971 AL (A's)Key stats: 1.82 ERA (183 ERA+), .523 opp. Steve Carlton, 1972 NL (Phillies)Key stats: 1.97 ERA (182 ERA+), 2.01 FIP, 30 CG.

CC Sabathia, 2007 AL (Indians)Key stats: 3.21 ERA (141 ERA+), 5.7 K/BB. Looking at the career stats of Bruce Sutter, who split most of his playing days with the Cubs and Cardinals, you see people’s change of perception concerning relievers.

Bunning also had a much lower WHIP, struck out more than 100 more batters, and had an ERA-plus of 149 compared to McCormick's 118 ERA-plus. Randy Johnson, five-time winner.

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He beat Clemens in basically every statistic, except wins. In an era of great Cy Young Award opportunities for relievers, Davis ran away with the award after posting a 0.92 ERA over his final 42 games. 11. Voters could not ignore his final record (9-1) and ERA (1.91), and Eckersley won both AL Cy Young and MVP.

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Dennis Eckersley had one of the best years shutting the door for the Oakland A’s that season. The formula used to calculate the final scores is a weighted sum of the votes. Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games", "Zach Britton Is Perfectly Unorthodox Choice for Cy Young Award", "Chicago Cubs: This is not the Arrieta we were looking for", Major League Baseball awards and trophies, Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award, Major League Baseball combined Cy Young Award, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cy_Young_Award&oldid=983722283, Major League Baseball trophies and awards, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Jack McDowell, 1993 AL (White Sox)Key stats: 3.37 ERA (125 ERA+), 10 CG.

The right-hander bounced back from a 5.11 ERA (92 ERA+) in 1995, winning a tight race. Bret Saberhagen, 1989 AL (Royals)Key stats: 2.16 ERA (180 ERA+), 0.4 HR/9. deGrom started slowly, ending April with a 4.85 ERA, but stepped on the gas from there with a 2.07 ERA over his last 27 starts. Since Eckersley’s win in ’92, only Eric Gagne has swayed voters enough to wrest the league Cy Young Award away from a starting pitcher. Mike Cuellar, 1969 AL (Orioles)Key stats: 2.38 ERA (149 ERA+), .551 opponent OPS.

20. Greg Maddux, 1995 NL (Braves)Key stats: 1.63 ERA (260 ERA+), 7.9 K/BB. Dan Gilbert, his catcher at Cincinnati, reveled in 2014 at how unbelievable the break on his curveball was, "but the blazing fastball I will never forget. The last closer to take home the prize did so in 2003 — not exactly ancient history.

Who has won the most consecutive Cy Young awards? LA’s Mike Marshall changed all that.

A higher WAR, ERA-plus and a lower ERA can attest to that.

Bart's only Cy Young Award came eight years after his debut and well before his re-emergence as a folk hero in his 40s.

ALL-TIME NINE: Who cracks Texas baseball's all-time starting nine? BEST PITCHER OF THE YEAR. The lefty flourished at the Metrodome (2.18 ERA), where he had locked up World Series MVP honors the previous October. 78. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.

While Zito had more wins and a higher WAR, Pedro Martinez deserved to be the Cy Young of the American League.

Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. 10 was retired by Chapman in 1985 after an impressive college career that included being a four-year letter winner (1969-72). Steve Bedrosian, 1987 NL (Phillies)Key stats: 2.83 ERA (151 ERA+), 40 SV. The Rocket turned 42 before receiving his record seventh Cy Young Award -- for his fourth team -- making him the oldest player to win one.

"Fernandomania" was on, and in a strike-shortened season, he became the only pitcher to win both a Cy Young Award and a Rookie of the Year Award in the same year. Those numbers do not seem terribly special, and they pale even further when noting that the Phils came in fourth. Regardless of who wins, Britton deserves to be part of the conversation for his spectacular year.


He holds the Cougars' record for most career wins (27), helped by his 12 wins and .800 winning percentage in '83 — which are both the second-best records in their respective category in Houston history. Orel Hershiser, 1988 NL (Dodgers)Key stats: 2.26 ERA (149 ERA+), eight shutouts.

Twenty one (21) pitchers have won the award multiple times. This list was hard to compile, and I could have missed a few, but overall it is a fair and reasonable list. Take out those poor early-season outings, and deGrom's 2018-19 is one of the most dominant two-year runs in recent history. Seven Cy Young Awards is the most by any Major Leaguer in history. Steve Carlton, 1977 NL (Phillies)Key stats: 2.64 ERA (153 ERA+), 17 CG.

57. This guy is featured in this article numerous times. Two years after a runner-up finish, Price edged future teammate Justin Verlander in the voting, 153-149. Clemens struck out more batters, had an amazing ERA-plus of 213 and a mind-boggling 1.93 ERA.

The other 2005 Cy Young award winner, Chris Carpenter, also did not deserve his award. But McLain's 31 wins were the most since 1931, and nobody has approached that total since. The master of the splitter, Sutter led the NL in saves for the first of five times, notching 22 of them by recording more than three outs. David Price perfected the dream for every college player with one of the most dazzling college careers in history. The Cy Young Award was first introduced in 1956 by Commissioner of Baseball Ford C. Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955. Santana also struck out the most batters by a wide margin and had a ridiculous .97 WHIP.

In the second of his three Cy Young Award campaigns, Tom Terrific helped drag an 82-win Mets team to an NL East title and a World Series berth. Few have been more fun to watch at their best. The 39-year-old led the AL in innings (and walks), and he pitched the Sox to their first pennant in 40 years.

2011 NL Cy Young:Clayton Kershaw, 1966 ML Cy Young:Sandy Koufax, 2011 AL Cy … His battery mate would place a sponge inside his catcher's mitt to help absorb any residual shock from the 90-plus miles per hour fastball.

He also had a WHIP of just 1.00. Roger Clemens currently holds the record for the most awards won, with seven - his first and last wins separated by eighteen years.

Check out stats on every Major League Baseball Cy Young winner since 1911 on ESPN.com. ALL-TIME NINE: We picked USC baseball's all-time starting nine. 66.

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44. While wins are not typically a useful stat, it's telling that Carlton went 27-10 for a team that finished 59-97. But for some, that first season can set the tone for a future in pro ball, and Ron Guidry did just that in 1969.

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