Cy Young Award

In baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best pitchers in the Major Leagues. The award was first introduced in 1956 by Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young who passed away in 1955. The award was originally given to the single best pitcher in the major leagues. In 1967, the practice began of honoring one pitcher in each league.

The award is voted on by 28 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Each places a vote for first, second, and third place among the pitchers of each league. The formula used to calculate the final scores is Score = 5F + 3S + T, where F is the number of first place votes, S is second place votes, and T is third place votes. The pitcher with the highest score in each league wins the award.

List of Cy Young Award winners

Major Leagues Combined (1956-1966)

Year	Pitcher	Team	Record	Saves	ERA
1956	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)	27-7	0	3.06
1957	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves (NL)	21-11	3	2.69
1958	Bob Turley	New York Yankees (AL)	21-7	1	2.97
1959	Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox (AL)	22-10	0	3.17
1960	Vern Law	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)	20-9	0	3.08
1961	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees (AL)	25-4	0	3.21
1962	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	25-9	1	2.84
1963	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	25-5	0	1.88
1964	Dean Chance	Los Angeles Angels (AL)	20-9	4	1.65
1965	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	26-8	2	2.04
1966	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	27-9	0	1.73

American League (1967-present)

Year	Pitcher	Team	Record	Saves	ERA
1967	Jim Lonborg	Boston Red Sox	22-9	0	3.16
1968	Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers	31-6	0	1.96
1969	Mike Cuellar Denny McLain	Baltimore Orioles Detroit Tigers	23-11 24-9	0 0	2.38 2.80
1970	Jim Perry	Minnesota Twins	24-12	0	3.04
1971	Vida Blue	Oakland Athletics	24-8	0	1.82
1972	Gaylord Perry	Cleveland Indians	24-16	1	1.92
1973	Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	22-9	1	2.40
1974	Catfish Hunter	Oakland Athletics	25-12	0	2.49
1975	Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	23-11	1	2.09
1976	Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	22-13	0	2.51
1977	Sparky Lyle	New York Yankees	13-5	26	2.17
1978	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	25-3	0	1.74
1979	Mike Flanagan	Baltimore Orioles	23-9	0	3.08
1980	Steve Stone	Baltimore Orioles	25-7	0	3.23
1981	Rollie Fingers	Milwaukee Brewers	6-3	28	1.04
1982	Pete Vuckovich	Milwaukee Brewers	18-6	0	3.34
1983	La Marr Hoyt	Chicago White Sox	24-10	0	3.66
1984	Willie Hernandez	Detroit Tigers	9-3	32	1.92
1985	Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals	20-6	0	2.87
1986	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	24-4	0	2.48
1987	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	20-9	0	2.97
1988	Frank Viola	Minnesota Twins	24-7	0	2.64
1989	Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals	23-6	0	2.16
1990	Bob Welch	Oakland Athletics	27-6	0	2.95
1991	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	18-10	0	2.62
1992	Dennis Eckersley	Oakland Athletics	7-1	51	1.91
1993	Jack McDowell	Chicago White Sox	22-10	0	3.37
1994	David Cone	Kansas City Royals	16-5	0	2.94
1995	Randy Johnson	Seattle Mariners	18-2	0	2.48
1996	Pat Hentgen	Toronto Blue Jays	20-10	0	3.22
1997	Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	21-7	0	2.05
1998	Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	20-6	0	2.65
1999	Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	23-4	0	2.07
2000	Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	18-6	0	1.74
2001	Roger Clemens	New York Yankees	20-3	0	3.51
2002	Barry Zito	Oakland Athletics	23-5	0	2.75
2003	Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	22-7	0	3.25

National League (1967-present)

Year	Pitcher	Team	Record	Saves	ERA
1967	Mike McCormick	San Francisco Giants	22-10	0	2.85
1968	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	22-9	0	1.12
1969	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	25-7	0	2.21
1970	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	23-7	0	3.12
1971	Ferguson Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	24-13	0	2.77
1972	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	27-10	0	1.98
1973	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	19-10	0	2.08
1974	Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers	15-12	21	2.42
1975	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	22-9	0	2.38
1976	Randy Jones	San Diego Padres	22-14	0	2.74
1977	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	23-10	0	2.64
1978	Gaylord Perry	San Diego Padres	21-6	0	2.73
1979	Bruce Sutter	Chicago Cubs	6-6	37	2.22
1980	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	24-9	0	2.34
1981	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	13-7	0	2.48
1982	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	23-11	0	3.11
1983	John Denny	Philadelphia Phillies	19-6	0	2.37
1984	Rick Sutcliffe†	Chicago Cubs	20-6	0	3.64
1985	Dwight Gooden	New York Mets	24-4	0	1.53
1986	Mike Scott	Houston Astros	18-10	0	2.22
1987	Steve Bedrosian	Philadelphia Phillies	5-3	40	2.83
1988	Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers	23-8	1	2.26
1989	Mark Davis	San Diego Padres	4-3	44	1.85
1990	Doug Drabek	Pittsburgh Pirates	22-6	0	2.76
1991	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	20-11	0	2.55
1992	Greg Maddux	Chicago Cubs	20-11	0	2.18
1993	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	20-10	0	2.36
1994	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	16-6	0	1.56
1995	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	19-2	0	1.63
1996	John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	24-8	0	2.95
1997	Pedro Martinez	Montreal Expos	17-8	0	1.90
1998	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	20-6	0	2.47
1999	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	17-9	0	2.49
2000	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	19-7	0	2.64
2001	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	21-6	0	2.49
2002	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	24-5	0	2.32
2003	Eric Gagne	Los Angeles Dodgers	2-3	55	1.20

† Sutcliffe was traded mid-season on June 13. He went 4-5 with a 5.15 ERA with the Cleveland Indians before being traded to the Chicago Cubs where he went 16-1 with a 2.69 ERA to finish the season.