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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 ...
2011 – Justin Verlander: AL MVP and Cy Young Awards; Triple Crown winner; 24–5 record; 2.40 ERA 2010 – Miguel Cabrera : .328 batting average; 38 home runs; 45 doubles; 126 RBIs; .622 slugging 2009 – Justin Verlander : 19–9 record; 3.45 ERA; Led AL with 35 games started, 240.0 innings pitched, 269 strikeouts and 10.1 strikeouts per ...
Verlander finished the season by winning the AL pitching Triple Crown, leading the American League in wins (24), ERA (2.40) and strikeouts (250). On November 15, Verlander was named the AL Cy Young Award winner in a unanimous vote. [29] On November 21, it was announced that Verlander had also won the American League MVP Award in a much closer ...
The numbers: 18-4, 2.39 ERA, 228 strikeouts, 192 innings. The buzz: Not only was Skubal the third Tiger to win the AL pitching Triple Crown, along with Verlander (2011) and left-hander Hal ...
Hernández, the 2010 AL Cy Young winner and a six-time All-Star, won the 2010 and 2014 AL ERA titles. He was 169-136 with a 3.42 ERA and 2,524 strikeouts for Seattle from 2005-19.
Healthy in 2002, he rebounded to lead the league with a 2.26 ERA, 0.923 WHIP and 239 strikeouts, while going 20–4. However, that season's American League Cy Young Award narrowly went to 23-game winner Barry Zito of the Oakland Athletics, despite Zito's higher ERA, higher WHIP, fewer strikeouts, and lower winning percentage. [44]
Yount batted .331 with a .957 OPS, posting 29 homers, 46 doubles and a league-leading 210 hits to lead "Harvey's Wallbangers" to the American League title. He won a Gold Glove at shortstop for ...
American League Cy Young Randy Johnson (1995) ... Edgar Martínez, and Tino Martinez; 1996 - Jay Buhner, Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martínez, ... 2011 - Félix ...