Cy Young Award

The Cy Young Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor recognizing the league’s best pitchers, with one winner in each league.

Cy Young: Denton True “Cy” Young was an American pitcher who won 511 major-league games from 1890 to 1911. The award commemorates the pitcher whose career record inspired its name.
Roger Clemens: Roger Clemens is a former American pitcher who won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other player. His record number of wins makes him a defining case in the award’s history.
Earned run average: Earned run average is the mean number of earned runs a pitcher allows per nine innings. Voters use it to assess how effectively a pitcher prevents runs.
MLB Reliever of the Year Award: The MLB Reliever of the Year Awards honor the top relief pitchers in the American and National Leagues. These awards focus on relievers, while the Cy Young considers all pitchers together.
Baseball Hall of Fame: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum honors notable figures in professional baseball. Cy Young wins can strengthen a pitcher’s historical standing, though they do not guarantee induction.
1956 Cy Young Award: The inaugural Cy Young Award was presented to Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe in 1956. Newcombe received the first award, which initially had a single winner across Major League Baseball.
Randy Johnson: Randy Johnson was an American left-handed pitcher who won five Cy Young Awards, including four consecutively from 1999 to 2002. His sustained dominance illustrates how repeated elite seasons can shape the award’s legacy.
Wins above replacement: Wins above replacement estimates how many wins a player adds compared with a readily available replacement. It offers a measure of overall value that can compare pitchers with different workloads.
Wins above replacement controversy: Debates over wins above replacement concern its assumptions, calculation choices, and role in evaluating baseball players. Cy Young voting can favor traditional statistics over newer measures of total value.
Baseball statistics: Baseball statistics are numerical records used to describe performance, strategy, and outcomes in the sport. The award’s history reflects changing choices about which pitching statistics matter.

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