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Cy Young Award#American League (1967–present)

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{{Infobox sports award

| name = Cy Young Award

| image = Ferguson Jenkins' Cy Young Award, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, St. Marys Ontario 2944 (4871384701).jpg

| alt =

| caption = The 1971 Cy Young Award won by Ferguson Jenkins, on display in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

| sport = Baseball

| league = Major League Baseball

| givenfor = Best regular season pitcher in American League and National League

| presenter = Baseball Writers' Association of America

| country = United States, Canada

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| first = 1956 (Don Newcombe)

| mostrecent = Chris Sale (NL)
Tarik Skubal (AL)

| mostwins = Roger Clemens (7)

}}

The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The award was introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford C. Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955. The award was originally given to the single best pitcher in the major leagues, but in 1967, after the retirement of Frick, the award was given to one pitcher in each league.{{cite web| url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_cyy.shtml| title=Cy Young Award on Baseball Almanac| website=Baseball Almanac| access-date=October 22, 2008| archive-date=April 13, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413161325/https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_cyy.shtml| url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500187/cy_young_award_winners_(american_league).html |title=Cy Young Award Winners (American League) |website=Encarta |access-date=November 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101053401/http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500187/Cy_Young_Award_Winners_(American_League).html |archive-date=November 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy}}

Each league's award is voted on by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). Local BBWAA chapter chairmen in each MLB city recommend two writers to vote for each award. Final approval comes from the BBWAA national secretary-treasurer. Writers vote for either the American League or National League awards, depending on the league in which their local team plays.{{Cite web|title=Voting FAQ – BBWAA|url=https://bbwaa.com/voting-faq/|access-date=2024-06-17|website=www.bbwaa.com|language=en}} A total of 30 writers vote for each league's awards. Writers cast their votes prior to the start of postseason play.{{Cite web|title=AL & NL Cy Young Award Odds|url=https://www.sportsbetting3.com/mlb/american-league-national-league-cy-young-award-odds|access-date=2024-06-17|website=www.sportsbetting3.com|language=en}}

As of the 2010 season, each voter places a vote for first, second, third, fourth, and fifth place among the pitchers of each league. The formula used to calculate the final scores is a weighted sum of the votes.{{ref label|Formula|A|A}} The pitcher with the highest score in each league wins the award. If two pitchers receive the same number of votes, the award is shared.{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_11_63/ai_n6332592 |title=Cy Young Award voting results |magazine=Baseball Digest |access-date=November 1, 2008 |year=2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219215426/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_11_63/ai_n6332592 |archive-date=December 19, 2007}} From 1970 to 2009, writers voted for three pitchers, with the formula of five points for a first-place vote, three for a second-place vote and one for a third-place vote. Before 1970, writers only voted for the best pitcher and used a formula of one point per vote.

History

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The Cy Young Award was introduced in 1956 by Commissioner of Baseball Ford C. Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955. Originally given to the single best pitcher in the major leagues, the award changed its format over time. From 1956 to 1966, the award was given to one pitcher in Major League Baseball. After Frick retired in 1967, William Eckert became the new Commissioner of Baseball. Due to fan requests, Eckert announced that the Cy Young Award would be given out both in the American League and the National League. From 1956 to 1958, a pitcher was not allowed to win the award on more than one occasion; this rule was eliminated in 1959. After a tie in the 1969 voting for the Cy Young Award, the process was changed, in which each writer was to vote for three pitchers: the first-place vote received five points, the second-place vote received three points, and the third-place vote received one point.

The first recipient of the Cy Young Award was Don Newcombe of the Dodgers. The Dodgers are the franchise with the most Cy Young Awards. In 1957, Warren Spahn became the first left-handed pitcher to win the award. In 1963, Sandy Koufax became the first pitcher to win the award in a unanimous vote; two years later he became the first multiple winner. In 1978, Gaylord Perry (age 40) became the oldest pitcher to receive the award, a record that stood until broken in 2004 by Roger Clemens (age 42). The youngest recipient was Dwight Gooden (age 20 in 1985). In 2012, R. A. Dickey became the first knuckleball pitcher to win the award.{{cite web |title=R. A. Dickey wins NL Cy Young |date=November 14, 2012 |first=Adam |last=Rubin |url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/8633034/ra-dickey-new-york-mets-wins-national-league-cy-young-becoming-first-knuckleballer-win-award |website=ESPN |access-date=November 4, 2023 |archive-date=November 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116064819/http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/8633034/ra-dickey-new-york-mets-wins-national-league-cy-young-becoming-first-knuckleballer-win-award |url-status=live }}

In 1974, Mike Marshall became the first relief pitcher to win the award. In 1992, Dennis Eckersley was the first modern closer (first player to be used almost exclusively in ninth-inning situations){{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvhqDwAAQBAJ&q=eckersley| title=Baseball's New Frontier: A History of Expansion, 1961-1998| first=Fran| last=Zimniuch| publisher=U of Nebraska Press| date=August 1, 2018| page=169| isbn=978-1-4962-1004-3| access-date=January 28, 2024| archive-date=February 19, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219111835/https://books.google.com/books?id=dvhqDwAAQBAJ&q=eckersley| url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-relievers042610 |title=MLB on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games |website=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=March 25, 2018 |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119211627/https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-relievers042610 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Chris |title=Where's the fire? |date=September 25, 2006 |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060925/news_1s25saves.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628203118/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060925/news_1s25saves.html |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy}} to win the award, and since then only one other relief pitcher has won the award, Éric Gagné in 2003 (also a closer). A total of nine relief pitchers have won the Cy Young Award across both leagues.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/sports/baseball/cy-young-mvp-awards-mike-trout-kris-bryant.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/sports/baseball/cy-young-mvp-awards-mike-trout-kris-bryant.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |title=Zach Britton Is Perfectly Unorthodox Choice for Cy Young Award |first=Tyler |last=Kepner |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 1, 2016 |access-date=March 25, 2018}}{{cbignore}}

Steve Carlton in 1982 became the first pitcher to win more than three Cy Young Awards, while Greg Maddux in 1994 became the first to win at least three in a row (and received a fourth straight the following year), a feat later repeated by Randy Johnson.{{Cite web |last=Francis |first=Corey |date=September 3, 2016 |title=Chicago Cubs: This is not the Arrieta we were looking for |url=http://cubbiescrib.com/2016/09/03/chicago-cubs-not-arrieta-looking/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325232349/https://cubbiescrib.com/2016/09/03/chicago-cubs-not-arrieta-looking/ |archive-date=March 25, 2018 |access-date=March 25, 2018 |website=cubbiescrib.com}}

Winners

class="wikitable"

|+Key

|Year

|Each year is linked to an article about that Major League Baseball season.

ERA

|Earned run average

(#)

| Number of wins by pitchers who have won the award multiple times

*

|Also named Most Valuable Player (11 occurrences as of 2023)

**

|Also named Rookie of the Year (1 occurrence as of 2023, by Fernando Valenzuela)

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{dagger}}

|Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (21 individuals as of 2023)

=Major Leagues combined (1956–1966)=

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" |Year

!scope="col" |Pitcher

!scope="col" |Team

!Record{{ref label|Decisions|B|a}}||Saves{{ref label|Decisions|C|a}}||ERA||K's

{{mlby|1956}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Don|Newcombe}}*

|Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)

|27–7

|0

|3.06

|139

{{mlby|1957}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Warren|Spahn}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Milwaukee Braves (NL)

|21–11

|3

|2.69

|111

{{mlby|1958}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bob|Turley}}

|New York Yankees (AL)

|21–7

|1

|2.97

|168

{{mlby|1959}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Early|Wynn}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Chicago White Sox (AL)

|22–10

|0

|3.17

|179

{{mlby|1960}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Vern|Law}}

|Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)

|20–9

|0

|3.08

|120

{{mlby|1961}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Whitey|Ford}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|New York Yankees (AL)

|25–4

|0

|3.21

|209

{{mlby|1962}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Don|Drysdale}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

|25–9

|1

|2.84

|232

{{mlby|1963}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}}*{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

|25–5

|0

|1.88

|306

{{mlby|1964}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Dean|Chance}}

Los Angeles Angels (AL)

|20–9

|4

|1.65

|207

{{mlby|1965}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

|26–8

|2

|2.04

|382

{{mlby|1966}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (3)

|Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

|27–9

|0

|1.73

|317

=American League (1967–present)=

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" |Year

!scope="col" |Pitcher

!scope="col" |Team

!data-sort-type="number"|Record{{ref label|Decisions|B|a}}||Saves{{ref label|Decisions|C|a}}||ERA||K's

{{mlby|1967}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jim|Lonborg}}

|Boston Red Sox

|22–9

|0

|3.16

|246

{{mlby|1968}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Denny|McLain}}*

|Detroit Tigers

|31–6

|0

|1.96

|280

{{mlby|1969}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|Cuellar}}

|Baltimore Orioles

|23–11

|0

|2.38

|182

{{mlby|1969}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Denny|McLain}} (2)

|Detroit Tigers

|24–9

|0

|2.80

|181

{{mlby|1970}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jim|Perry|dab=baseball}}

|Minnesota Twins

|24–12

|0

|3.04

|168

{{mlby|1971}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Vida|Blue}}*

|Oakland Athletics

|24–8

|0

|1.82

|301

{{mlby|1972}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Gaylord|Perry}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Cleveland Indians

|24–16

|1

|1.92

|234

{{mlby|1973}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Jim|Palmer}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Baltimore Orioles

|22–9

|1

|2.40

|168

{{mlby|1974}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Catfish|Hunter}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Oakland Athletics

|25–12

|0

|2.49

|143

{{mlby|1975}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Jim|Palmer}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|Baltimore Orioles

|23–11

|1

|2.09

|193

{{mlby|1976}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Jim|Palmer}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (3)

|Baltimore Orioles

|22–13

|0

|2.51

|159

{{mlby|1977}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Sparky|Lyle}}

|New York Yankees

|13–5

|26

|2.17

|68

{{mlby|1978}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Ron|Guidry}}

|New York Yankees

|25–3

|0

|1.74

|248

{{mlby|1979}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|Flanagan|dab=baseball}}

|Baltimore Orioles

|23–9

|0

|3.08

|190

{{mlby|1980}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Steve|Stone|dab=baseball}}

|Baltimore Orioles

|25–7

|0

|3.23

|149

{{mlby|1981}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Rollie|Fingers}}*{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Milwaukee Brewers

|6–3

|28

|1.04

|61

{{mlby|1982}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Pete|Vuckovich}}

|Milwaukee Brewers

|18–6

|0

|3.34

|105

{{mlby|1983}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|LaMarr|Hoyt}}

|Chicago White Sox

|24–10

|0

|3.66

|148

{{mlby|1984}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Willie|Hernández}}*

|Detroit Tigers

|9–3

|32

|1.92

|112

{{mlby|1985}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bret|Saberhagen}}

|Kansas City Royals

|20–6

|0

|2.87

|158

{{mlby|1986}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Roger|Clemens}}*

|Boston Red Sox

|24–4

|0

|2.48

|238

{{mlby|1987}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Roger|Clemens}} (2)

|Boston Red Sox

|20–9

|0

|2.97

|256

{{mlby|1988}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Frank|Viola}}

|Minnesota Twins

|24–7

|0

|2.64

|193

{{mlby|1989}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bret|Saberhagen}} (2)

|Kansas City Royals

|23–6

|0

|2.16

|193

{{mlby|1990}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bob|Welch|dab=baseball}}

|Oakland Athletics

|27–6

|0

|2.95

|127

{{mlby|1991}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Roger|Clemens}} (3)

|Boston Red Sox

|18–10

|0

|2.62

|241

{{mlby|1992}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Dennis|Eckersley}}*{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Oakland Athletics

|7–1

|51

|1.91

|93

{{mlby|1993}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jack|McDowell}}

|Chicago White Sox

|22–10

|0

|3.37

|158

{{mlby|1994}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|David|Cone}}

|Kansas City Royals

|16–5

|0

|2.94

|132

{{mlby|1995}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Randy|Johnson}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Seattle Mariners

|18–2

|0

|2.48

|294

{{mlby|1996}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Pat|Hentgen}}

|Toronto Blue Jays

|20–10

|0

|3.22

|177

{{mlby|1997}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Roger|Clemens}} (4)

|Toronto Blue Jays

|21–7

|0

|2.05

|292

{{mlby|1998}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Roger|Clemens}} (5)

|Toronto Blue Jays

|20–6

|0

|2.65

|271

{{mlby|1999}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Pedro|Martínez}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|Boston Red Sox

|23–4

|0

|2.07

|313

{{mlby|2000}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Pedro|Martínez}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (3)

|Boston Red Sox

|18–6

|0

|1.74

|284

{{mlby|2001}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Roger|Clemens}} (6)

|New York Yankees

|20–3

|0

|3.51

|213

{{mlby|2002}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Barry|Zito}}

|Oakland Athletics

|23–5

|0

|2.75

|182

{{mlby|2003}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Roy|Halladay}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Toronto Blue Jays

|22–7

|0

|3.25

|204

{{mlby|2004}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Johan|Santana}}

|Minnesota Twins

|20–6

|0

|2.61

|265

{{mlby|2005}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bartolo|Colón}}

|Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

|21–8

|0

|3.48

|157

{{mlby|2006}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Johan|Santana}} (2)

|Minnesota Twins

|19–6

|0

|2.77

|265

{{mlby|2007}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|CC|Sabathia}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Cleveland Indians

|19–7

|0

|3.21

|209

{{mlby|2008}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Cliff|Lee}}

|Cleveland Indians

|22–3

|0

|2.54

|170

{{mlby|2009}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Zack|Greinke}}

|Kansas City Royals

|16–8

|0

|2.16

|242

{{mlby|2010}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Félix|Hernández}}

|Seattle Mariners

|13–12

|0

|2.27

|232

{{mlby|2011}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Justin|Verlander}}*

|Detroit Tigers

|24–5

|0

|2.40

|250

{{mlby|2012}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|David|Price|dab=baseball}}

|Tampa Bay Rays

|20–5

|0

|2.56

|205

{{mlby|2013}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Max|Scherzer}}

|Detroit Tigers

|21–3

|0

|2.90

|240

{{mlby|2014}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Corey|Kluber}}

|Cleveland Indians

|18–9

|0

|2.44

|269

Rick Porcello

|{{mlby|2015}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Dallas|Keuchel}}

|Houston Astros

|20–8

|0

|2.48

|216

{{mlby|2016}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Rick|Porcello}}

|Boston Red Sox

|22–4

|0

|3.15

|189

{{mlby|2017}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Corey|Kluber}} (2)

|Cleveland Indians

|18–4

|0

|2.25

|265

{{mlby|2018}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Blake|Snell}}

|Tampa Bay Rays

|21–5

|0

|1.89

|221

{{mlby|2019}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Justin|Verlander}} (2)

|Houston Astros

|21–6

|0

|2.58

|300

{{mlby|2020}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Shane|Bieber}}

|Cleveland Indians

|8–1

|0

|1.63

|122

{{mlby|2021}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Robbie|Ray}}

|Toronto Blue Jays

|13–7

|0

|2.84

|248

{{mlby|2022}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Justin|Verlander}} (3)

|Houston Astros

|18–4

|0

|1.75

|185

{{mlby|2023}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Gerrit|Cole}}

|New York Yankees

|15–4

|0

|2.63

|222

{{mlby|2024}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Tarik|Skubal}}

|Detroit Tigers

|18–4

|0

|2.39

|228

=National League (1967–present)=

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" |Year

!scope="col" |Pitcher

!scope="col" |Team

!data-sort-type="number"|Record{{ref label|Decisions|B|a}}||Saves{{ref label|Decisions|C|a}}||ERA||K's

{{mlby|1967}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|McCormick|dab=pitcher}}

|San Francisco Giants

|22–10

|0

|2.85

|150

{{mlby|1968}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Bob|Gibson}}*{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|St. Louis Cardinals

|22–9

|0

|1.12

|268

{{mlby|1969}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Tom|Seaver}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|New York Mets

|25–7

|0

|2.21

|208

{{mlby|1970}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Bob|Gibson}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|St. Louis Cardinals

|23–7

|0

|3.12

|274

{{mlby|1971}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Ferguson|Jenkins}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Chicago Cubs

|24–13

|0

|2.77

|263

{{mlby|1972}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Steve|Carlton}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Philadelphia Phillies

|27–10

|0

|1.98

|310

{{mlby|1973}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Tom|Seaver}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|New York Mets

|19–10

|0

|2.08

|251

{{mlby|1974}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|Marshall|dab=pitcher}}

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|15–12

|21

|2.42

|143

{{mlby|1975}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Tom|Seaver}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (3)

|New York Mets

|22–9

|0

|2.38

|243

{{mlby|1976}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Randy|Jones|dab=baseball}}

|San Diego Padres

|22–14

|0

|2.74

|93

{{mlby|1977}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Steve|Carlton}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|Philadelphia Phillies

|23–10

|0

|2.64

|198

{{mlby|1978}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Gaylord|Perry}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|San Diego Padres

|21–6

|0

|2.73

|154

{{mlby|1979}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Bruce|Sutter}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Chicago Cubs

|6–6

|37

|2.22

|110

{{mlby|1980}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Steve|Carlton}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (3)

|Philadelphia Phillies

|24–9

|0

|2.34

|286

{{mlby|1981}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Fernando|Valenzuela}}**

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|13–7

|0

|2.48

|180

{{mlby|1982}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Steve|Carlton}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (4)

|Philadelphia Phillies

|23–11

|0

|3.11

|286

{{mlby|1983}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|John|Denny}}

|Philadelphia Phillies

|19–6

|0

|2.37

|139

{{mlby|1984}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Rick|Sutcliffe}}

|Chicago Cubs

|16–1

|0

|2.69

|155

{{mlby|1985}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Dwight|Gooden}}

|New York Mets

|24–4

|0

|1.53

|268

{{mlby|1986}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|Scott|dab=baseball}}

|Houston Astros

|18–10

|0

|2.22

|306

{{mlby|1987}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Steve|Bedrosian}}

|Philadelphia Phillies

|5–3

|40

|2.83

|74

{{mlby|1988}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Orel|Hershiser}}

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|23–8

|1

|2.26

|178

{{mlby|1989}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mark|Davis|dab=pitcher}}

|San Diego Padres

|4–3

|44

|1.85

|92

{{mlby|1990}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Doug|Drabek}}

|Pittsburgh Pirates

|22–6

|0

|2.76

|131

{{mlby|1991}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Tom|Glavine}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Atlanta Braves

|20–11

|0

|2.55

|192

{{mlby|1992}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Greg|Maddux}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Chicago Cubs

|20–11

|0

|2.18

|199

{{mlby|1993}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Greg|Maddux}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|Atlanta Braves

|20–10

|0

|2.36

|197

{{mlby|1994}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Greg|Maddux}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (3)

|Atlanta Braves

|16–6

|0

|1.56

|156

{{mlby|1995}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Greg|Maddux}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (4)

|Atlanta Braves

|19–2

|0

|1.63

|181

{{mlby|1996}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|John|Smoltz}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Atlanta Braves

|24–8

|0

|2.94

|276

{{mlby|1997}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Pedro|Martínez}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|Montreal Expos

|17–8

|0

|1.90

|305

{{mlby|1998}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Tom|Glavine}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|Atlanta Braves

|20–6

|0

|2.47

|157

{{mlby|1999}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Randy|Johnson}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|Arizona Diamondbacks

|17–9

|0

|2.49

|364

{{mlby|2000}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Randy|Johnson}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (3)

|Arizona Diamondbacks

|19–7

|0

|2.64

|347

{{mlby|2001}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Randy|Johnson}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (4)

|Arizona Diamondbacks

|21–6

|0

|2.49

|372

{{mlby|2002}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Randy|Johnson}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (5)

|Arizona Diamondbacks

|24–5

|0

|2.32

|334

{{mlby|2003}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Éric|Gagné}}

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|2–3

|55

|1.20

|137

{{mlby|2004}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Roger|Clemens}} (7)

|Houston Astros

|18–4

|0

|2.98

|218

{{mlby|2005}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Chris|Carpenter}}

|St. Louis Cardinals

|21–5

|0

|2.83

|213

{{mlby|2006}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Brandon|Webb}}

|Arizona Diamondbacks

|16–8

|0

|3.10

|178

{{mlby|2007}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jake|Peavy}}

|San Diego Padres

|19–6

|0

|2.54

|240

{{mlby|2008}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Tim|Lincecum}}

|San Francisco Giants

|18–5

|0

|2.62

|265

{{mlby|2009}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Tim|Lincecum}} (2)

|San Francisco Giants

|15–7

|0

|2.48

|261

{{mlby|2010}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Roy|Halladay}}{{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}} (2)

|Philadelphia Phillies

|21–10

|0

|2.44

|219

{{mlby|2011}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Clayton|Kershaw}}

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|21–5

|0

|2.28

|248

{{mlby|2012}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|R. A.|Dickey}}

|New York Mets

|20–6

|0

|2.73

|230

{{mlby|2013}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Clayton|Kershaw}} (2)

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|16–9

|0

|1.83

|232

{{mlby|2014}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Clayton|Kershaw}}* (3)

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|21–3

|0

|1.77

|239

{{mlby|2015}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jake|Arrieta}}

|Chicago Cubs

|22–6

|0

|1.77

|236

{{mlby|2016}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Max|Scherzer}} (2)

|Washington Nationals

|20–7

|0

|2.96

|284

{{mlby|2017}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Max|Scherzer}} (3)

|Washington Nationals

|16–6

|0

|2.51

|268

{{mlby|2018}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jacob|deGrom}}

|New York Mets

|10–9

|0

|1.70

|269

{{mlby|2019}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jacob|deGrom}} (2)

|New York Mets

|11–8

|0

|2.43

|255

{{mlby|2020}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Trevor|Bauer}}

|Cincinnati Reds

|5–4

|0

|1.73

|100

{{mlby|2021}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Corbin|Burnes}}

|Milwaukee Brewers

|11–5

|0

|2.43

|234

{{mlby|2022}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Sandy|Alcántara}}

|Miami Marlins

|14–9

|0

|2.28

|207

{{mlby|2023}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|Blake Snell (2)

|San Diego Padres

|14–9

|0

|2.25

|234

{{mlby|2024}}

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|Chris Sale

|Atlanta Braves

|18–3

|0

|2.38

|225

=Multiple winners=

Image:Roger clemens 2004.jpg

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Twenty-two (22) pitchers have won the award multiple times. Roger Clemens currently holds the record for the most awards won, with seven – his first and last wins separated by eighteen years. Greg Maddux (1992–1995) and Randy Johnson (1999–2002) share the record for the most consecutive awards won with four. Clemens, Johnson, Pedro Martínez, Gaylord Perry, Roy Halladay, Max Scherzer, and Blake Snell are the only pitchers to have won the award in both the American League and National League; Sandy Koufax is the only pitcher who won multiple awards during the period when only one award was presented for all of Major League Baseball. Roger Clemens was the youngest pitcher to win a second Cy Young Award, while Tim Lincecum is the youngest pitcher to do so in the National League, and Clayton Kershaw is the youngest left-hander to do so. Clayton Kershaw is the youngest pitcher to win a third Cy Young Award. Clemens is also the only pitcher to win the Cy Young Award with four different teams; nobody else has done so with more than two different teams. Justin Verlander has the most seasons separating his first (2011) and second (2019) Cy Young Awards.

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Pitcher

! # of Awards

! Years

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Roger|Clemens}}

|7

| 1986, 1987, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Randy|Johnson}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|5

| 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Steve|Carlton}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |4

| 1972, 1977, 1980, 1982

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Greg|Maddux}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

| 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

|rowspan=7 style="text-align:center;" |3

| 1963, 1965, 1966

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Tom|Seaver}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

| 1969, 1973, 1975

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Jim|Palmer}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

| 1973, 1975, 1976

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Pedro|Martínez}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

| 1997, 1999, 2000

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Clayton|Kershaw}}

| 2011, 2013, 2014

scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Max|Scherzer}}

| 2013, 2016, 2017

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Justin|Verlander}}

| 2011, 2019, 2022

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Denny|McLain}}

|rowspan=11 style="text-align:center;" |2

| 1968, 1969

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Bob|Gibson}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

| 1968, 1970

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Gaylord|Perry}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

| 1972, 1978

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Bret|Saberhagen}}

| 1985, 1989

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Tom|Glavine}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

| 1991, 1998

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Johan|Santana}}

| 2004, 2006

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Tim|Lincecum}}

| 2008, 2009

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Roy|Halladay}} {{sup|{{dagger|alt=Hall of Fame}}}}

| 2003, 2010

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Corey|Kluber}}

| 2014, 2017

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Jacob|deGrom}}

| 2018, 2019

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Blake|Snell}}

|2018, 2023

=Wins by teams=

Only two teams have never had a pitcher win the Cy Young Award. The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers have won more than any other team with 12.

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scope="col| Team

!scope="col| # of Awards

!scope="col| Years

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers

|12

| 1956, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1981, 1988, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2014

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves

|8

| 1957, 1991, 1993–1996, 1998, 2024

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Philadelphia Phillies

| rowspan="3" |7

| 1972, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2010

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Boston Red Sox

| 1967, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2016

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| New York Mets

| 1969, 1973, 1975, 1985, 2012, 2018, 2019

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Baltimore Orioles

|rowspan=4|6

| 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Cleveland Indians

| 1972, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2017, 2020

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Detroit Tigers

| 1968, 1969, 1984, 2011, 2013, 2024

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| New York Yankees

| 1958, 1961, 1977, 1978, 2001, 2023

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Arizona Diamondbacks

|rowspan=6|5

| 1999–2002, 2006

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Oakland Athletics

| 1971, 1974, 1990, 1992, 2002

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Chicago Cubs

| 1971, 1979, 1984, 1992, 2015

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Toronto Blue Jays

| 1996–1998, 2003, 2021

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Houston Astros

| 1986, 2004, 2015, 2019, 2022

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| San Diego Padres

| 1976, 1978, 1989, 2007, 2023

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Kansas City Royals

|rowspan=2|4

| 1985, 1989, 1994, 2009

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Minnesota Twins

| 1970, 1988, 2004, 2006

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Chicago White Sox

|rowspan=5|3

| 1959, 1983, 1993

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| San Francisco Giants

| 1967, 2008, 2009

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| St. Louis Cardinals

| 1968, 1970, 2005

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals

| 1997, 2016, 2017

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Milwaukee Brewers

| 1981, 1982, 2021

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Los Angeles Angels

|rowspan=4|2

| 1964, 2005

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Pittsburgh Pirates

| 1960, 1990

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Seattle Mariners

| 1995, 2010

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Tampa Bay Rays

| 2012, 2018

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Cincinnati Reds

|rowspan=2|1

| 2020

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Miami Marlins

| 2022

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Colorado Rockies

|rowspan=3|0

| none

scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Texas Rangers

| none

=Unanimous winners=

There have been 21 players who unanimously won the Cy Young Award, for a total of 28 wins.

Six of these unanimous wins were accompanied by a win of the Most Valuable Player award (marked with * below; ** denotes that the player's unanimous win was accompanied by a unanimous win of the MVP Award).

In the National League, 12 players have unanimously won the Cy Young Award, for a total of 15 wins.

In the American League, nine players have unanimously won the Cy Young Award, for a total of 13 wins.

See also

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Notes

  • {{note label|Formula|A|A}} The formula is: Score = 7F + 4S + 3T + 2FO + FI, where F is the number of first-place votes, S is second-place votes, T is third-place votes, FO is fourth-place votes and FI is fifth-place votes.
  • {{note label|Decisions|B|a}}{{note label|Decisions|B|b}}{{note label|Decisions|B|c}} See: Decision (baseball)
  • {{note label|Decisions|C|a}}{{note label|Decisions|C|b}}{{note label|Decisions|C|c}} In baseball, a save is credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. It became an official statistic in Major League Baseball in 1969.

References

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