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Cy Young
Award
Honoring top pitchers with
yearly honor
The award for the top pitcher in baseball was introduced in 1956.
Originally, only the best pitcher in baseball received the award. However,
in 1967, the award was modified to honor the top pitcher in each league..
Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn
Dodgers won the inaugural Cy Young Award in 1956. Warren Spahn of the
Milwaukee Braves became the first left hander to win the honor in 1957. In
1958, Bob Turley of the New York Yankees became the first American League
pitcher to win the honor.
There has only been one
six-time winner of the award in the American or National Leagues. Roger
Clemens received the honor with Boston (1986, 1987 and 1991), Toronto (1997,
1998) and New York (2001). Mike Marshall of the Dodgers was the first
relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. Randy Johnson is also a five-time
winner, but one of those came in the American League and four in the
National.
Fernando Valenzeula of the
Dodgers became the only rookie to win the award when he was awarded the Cy
Young Award in 1981.
Early Wynn of the Chicago White
Sox was the oldest Cy Young winner. Wynn was 39 when he received the award
in 1959. Dwight Gooden is the youngest player to win the award. The Mets
pitcher was only 20 when he won the award in 1985.
Rick Sutcliffe is the only
player to win a Cy Young award after being traded at midseason. Sutcliffe
started the 1984 season with the Cleveland Indians before a trade to the
Chicago Cubs in June 1984. Prior to the trade, Sutcliffe had a 4-5 record
and 5.15 earned run average with the Indians. After the trade, Sutcliffe
posted a 16-1 record and a 2.89 earned run average.
|
Year |
Player |
Team |
| 1956 |
Don Newcombe |
Brooklyn |
| 1957 |
Warren Spahn |
Milwaukee |
| 1958 |
Award went to AL
Pitcher |
N/A |
| 1959 |
Award went to AL
Pitcher |
N/A |
| 1960 |
Vern Law |
Pittsburgh |
| 1961 |
Award went to AL
Pitcher |
N/A |
| 1962 |
Don Drysdale |
Los Angeles |
| 1963 |
Sandy Koufax |
Los Angeles |
| 1964 |
Award went to AL
Pitcher |
N/A |
| 1965 |
Sandy Koufax |
Los Angeles |
| 1966 |
Sandy Koufax |
Los Angeles |
| 1967 |
Mike McCormick |
San Francisco |
| 1968 |
Bob Gibson |
St. Louis |
| 1969 |
Tom Seaver |
New York |
| 1970 |
Bob Gibson |
St. Louis |
| 1971 |
Ferguson Jenkins |
Chicago |
| 1972 |
Steve Carlton |
Philadelphia |
| 1973 |
Tom Seaver |
New York |
| 1974 |
Mike Marshall |
Los Angeles |
| 1975 |
Tom Seaver |
New York |
| 1976 |
Randy Jones |
San Diego |
| 1977 |
Steve Carlton |
Philadelphia |
| 1978 |
Gaylord Perry |
San Diego |
| 1979 |
Bruce Sutter |
Chicago |
| 1980 |
Steve Carlton |
Philadelphia |
| 1981 |
Fernando Valenzuela |
Los Angeles |
| 1982 |
Steve Carlton |
Philadelphia |
| 1983 |
John Denny |
Philadelphia |
| 1984 |
Rick Sutcliffe |
Chicago |
| 1985 |
Dwight Gooden |
New York |
| 1986 |
Mike Scott |
Houston |
| 1987 |
Steve Bedrosian |
Philadelphia |
| 1988 |
Orel Hershiser |
Los Angeles |
| 1989 |
Mark Davis |
San Diego |
| 1990 |
Doug Drabek |
Pittsburgh |
| 1991 |
Tom Glavine |
Atlanta |
| 1992 |
Greg Maddux |
Chicago |
| 1993 |
Greg Maddux |
Atlanta |
| 1994 |
Greg Maddux |
Atlanta |
| 1995 |
Greg Maddux |
Atlanta |
| 1996 |
John Smoltz |
Atlanta |
| 1997 |
Pedro Martinez |
Montreal |
| 1998 |
Tom Glavine |
Atlanta |
| 1999 |
Randy Johnson |
Arizona |
| 2000 |
Randy Johnson |
Arizona |
| 2001 |
Randy Johnson |
Arizona |
| 2002 |
Randy Johnson |
Arizona |
| 2003 |
Eric Gagne |
Los Angeles |
| 2004 |
Roger Clemens |
Houston |
| 2005 |
Chris Carpenter |
St. Louis |
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