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2001 (2000 New York Yankees) – Outstanding Team ESPY Award; 2001 – William Harridge Trophy (American League champion) 2003 – William Harridge Trophy (American League champion) 2009 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series) 2009 – Sports Illustrated MLB Top Single-Season Team of the Decade (2009 Yankees)
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.
In 1977, Yankees closer Sparky Lyle became the first reliever in American League history to win the award, and Phillies ace Steve Carlton claimed the second of what would be four total Cy Youngs ...
Cy Young, the all-time leader in career wins. This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this ...
The Detroit Tigers left-hander was unanimously named the AL Cy Young Award winner in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. ... Cy Young Award winners. 2023: Gerrit Cole ...
It is also the first Cy Young winner for the Yankees since Roger Clemens in 2001, and the team's sixth overall, after Clemens, Ron Guidry, Sparky Lyle, Whitey Ford and Bob Turley.
In 2001, Clemens became the first pitcher in MLB history to start a season 20–1 (finishing 20–3), and won his sixth Cy Young Award. Clemens started for the Yankees in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he dueled Curt Schilling to a standstill after 6 innings, yielding only one run. The Diamondbacks went ...
Cy Young is the all-time leader in wins. In Major League Baseball, the 300-win club is the group of pitchers who have won 300 or more games. Twenty-four pitchers have reached this milestone. This list does not include Bobby Mathews who won 297 in the major leagues plus several more in 1869 and 1870 before the major leagues were established in 1871.