Cy Young Award American League Vote Analysis by Baseball Almanac

Cy Young Award American League Vote Analysis

Baseball Almanac presents a Cy Young Award vote analysis with year-by-year point totals for every American League pitcher in history.

Note: During the first eleven years (1956-1966), only one winner from each league was selected. Immediately after Commissioner Frick retired, the rules were changed to honor the best pitcher from each league.

"I'm really honored and flattered to be chosen unanimously as the winner. It is equally special and equally important to last year." - Pedro Martinez

Cy Young Award Vote Analysis Single Winner Years (1956-1966)
Year	Name(s)	Lg	Team	Votes
1956	Don Newcombe Sal Maglie Warren Spahn Whitey Ford	NL NL NL AL	Brooklyn Brooklyn Milwaukee New York	10 4 1 1
1957	Warren Spahn Dick Donovan	NL AL	Milwaukee Chicago	15 1
1958	Bob Turley Warren Spahn Bob Friend Lew Burdette	AL NL NL NL	New York Milwaukee Pittsburgh Milwaukee	5 4 3 3
1959	Early Wynn Sam Jones Bob Shaw	AL NL NL	Chicago San Francisco Chicago	13 2 1
1960	Vern Law Warren Spahn Ernie Broglio Lindy McDaniel	NL NL NL NL	Pittsburgh Milwaukee St. Louis St. Louis	8 4 1 1
1961	Whitey Ford Warren Spahn Frank Lary	AL NL AL	New York Milwaukee Detroit	9 6 2
1962	Don Drysdale Jack Sanford Bob Purkey Billy Pierce	NL NL NL NL	Los Angeles San Francisco Cincinnati San Francisco	14 4 1 1
1963	Sandy Koufax	NL	Los Angeles	20
1964	Dean Chance Larry Jackson Sandy Koufax	AL NL NL	Los Angeles Chicago Los Angeles	17 2 1
1965	Sandy Koufax	NL	Los Angeles	20
1966	Sandy Koufax	NL	Los Angeles	20
Year	Name(s)	Lg	Team	Votes

Cy Young Points Breakdown Vote Analysis (1967-2002)
Year	Name(s)	Team	Votes
1967	Jim Lonborg Joel Horlen	Boston Chicago	18 2
1968	Denny McLain	Detroit	20
1969	Mike Cuellar Denny McLain Jim Perry Dave McNally	Baltimore Detroit Minnesota Baltimore	10 10 3 1
1970	Jim Perry Dave McNally Sam McDowell Mike Cuellar Jim Palmer Clyde Wright Ron Perranoski	Minnesota Baltimore Cleveland Baltimore Baltimore California Minnesota	55 47 45 44 11 9 5
1971	Vida Blue Mickey Lolich Wilbur Wood Dave McNally Dick Drago Andy Messersmith	Oakland Detroit Chicago Baltimore Kansas City California	98 85 23 8 1 1
1972	Gaylord Perry Wilbur Wood Mickey Lolich Catfish Hunter Jim Palmer Luis Tiant Sparky Lyle Nolan Ryan	Cleveland Chicago Detroit Oakland Baltimore Boston New York California	64 58 27 26 20 16 3 2
1973	Jim Palmer Nolan Ryan Catfish Hunter John Hiller Wilbur Wood Jim Colborn Vida Blue Bert Blyleven Gaylord Perry	Baltimore California Oakland Detroit Chicago Milwaukee Oakland Minnesota Cleveland	88 62 52 6 3 2 1 1 1
1974	Catfish Hunter Fergie Jenkins Nolan Ryan Gaylord Perry Luis Tiant Mike Cuellar John Hiller	Oakland Texas California Cleveland Boston Baltimore Detroit	90 75 28 8 8 6 1
1975	Jim Palmer Catfish Hunter Rollie Fingers Frank Tanana Jim Kaat Vida Blue Goose Gossage Rick Wise	Baltimore New York Oakland California Chicago Oakland Chicago Boston	98 74 25 7 7 2 2 1
1976	Jim Palmer Mark Fidrych Frank Tanana Ed Figueroa Luis Tiant Vida Blue Bill Campbell Rollie Fingers Wayne Garland	Baltimore Detroit California New York Boston Oakland Minnesota Oakland Baltimore	108 51 18 12 10 8 7 1 1
1977	Sparky Lyle Jim Palmer Nolan Ryan Dennis Leonard Bill Campbell Dave Goltz Ron Guidry Dave Rozema Frank Tanana	New York Baltimore California Kansas City Boston Minnesota New York Detroit California	56½ 48 46 45 25½ 19 5 4 3
1978	Ron Guidry Mike Caldwell Jim Palmer Dennis Eckersley Goose Gossage Fergie Jenkins Ed Figueroa Larry Gura Dennis Leonard Mike Marshall Paul Splittorff Bob Stanley	New York Milwaukee Baltimore Boston New York Texas New York Kansas City Kansas City Minnesota Kansas City Boston	140 76 14 10 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
1979	Mike Flanagan Tommy John Ron Guidry Jim Kern Mike Marshall Jerry Koosman Dennis Eckersley Aurelio Lopez	Baltimore New York New York Texas Minnesota Minnesota Boston Detroit	126 51 26 25 7 5 1 1
1980	Steve Stone Mike Norris Goose Gossage Tommy John Dan Quisenberry Larry Gura Scott McGregor	Baltimore Oakland New York New York Kansas City Kansas City Baltimore	100 91 37½ 14 7½ 1 1
1981	Rollie Fingers Steve McCatty Jack Morris Pete Vuckovich Dennis Martinez Goose Gossage Ron Guidry Britt Burns Larry Gura	Milwaukee Oakland Detroit Milwaukee Baltimore New York New York Chicago Kansas City	126 84½ 21 8½ 3½ 3 2½ 2 1
1982	Pete Vuckovich Jim Palmer Dan Quisenberry Dave Stieb Rick Sutcliffe Geoff Zahn Bob Stanley Bill Caudill Dan Petry	Milwaukee Baltimore Kansas City Toronto Cleveland California Boston Seattle Detroit	87 59 40 36 14 7 4 4 1
1983	LaMarr Hoyt Dan Quisenberry Jack Morris Richard Dotson Ron Guidry Scott McGregor	Chicago Kansas City Detroit Chicago New York Baltimore	116 81 38 9 5 3
1984	Willie Hernandez Dan Quisenberry Bert Blyleven Mike Boddicker Dan Petry Frank Viola Jack Morris Dave Stieb	Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Baltimore Detroit Minnesota Detroit Toronto	88 71 45 41 3 2 1 1
1985	Bret Saberhagen Ron Guidry Bert Blyleven Dan Quisenberry Charlie Leibrandt Doyle Alexander Britt Burns Donnie Moore Dave Stieb Mike Moore	Kansas City New York Minnesota Kansas City Kansas City Toronto Chicago California Toronto Seattle	127 88 9 9 7 5 2 2 2 1
1986	Roger Clemens Teddy Higuera Mike Witt Dave Righetti Jack Morris Mark Eichhorn	Boston Milwaukee California New York Detroit Toronto	140 42 35 20 13 2
1987	Roger Clemens Jimmy Key Dave Stewart Doyle Alexander Mark Langston Teddy Higuera Frank Viola Jeff Reardon Jack Morris	Boston Toronto Oakland Detroit Seattle Milwaukee Minnesota Minnesota Detroit	124 64 32 8 7 5 5 4 3
1988	Frank Viola Dennis Eckersley Mark Gubicza Dave Stewart Bruce Hurst Roger Clemens	Minnesota Oakland Kansas City Oakland Boston Boston	128 52 26 16 12 8
1989	Bret Saberhagen Dave Stewart Mike Moore Bert Blyleven Nolan Ryan Jeff Ballard Dennis Eckersley Gregg Olson Jeff Russell	Kansas City Oakland Oakland California Texas Baltimore Oakland Baltimore Texas	138 80 10 9 5 3 3 3 1
1990	Bob Welch Roger Clemens Dave Stewart Bobby Thigpen Dennis Eckersley Dave Stieb Chuck Finley	Oakland Boston Oakland Chicago Oakland Toronto California	107 77 43 20 2 2 1
1991	Roger Clemens Scott Erickson Jim Abbott Jack Morris Bryan Harvey Mark Langston Kevin Tapani Bill Gullickson Jack McDowell Duane Ward	Boston Minnesota California Minnesota California California Minnesota Detroit Chicago Toronto	119 56 26 17 10 7 6 5 3 3
1992	Dennis Eckersley Jack McDowell Roger Clemens Mike Mussina Jack Morris Kevin Brown Charles Nagy	Oakland Chicago Boston Baltimore Toronto Texas Cleveland	107 51 48 26 10 9 1
1993	Jack McDowell Randy Johnson Kevin Appier Jimmy Key Duane Ward Pat Hentgen Juan Guzman	Chicago Seattle Kansas City New York Toronto Toronto Toronto	124 75 30 14 5 3 1
1994	David Cone Jimmy Key Randy Johnson Mike Mussina Lee Smith	Kansas City New York Seattle Baltimore Baltimore	108 96 24 23 1
1995	Randy Johnson Jose Mesa David Cone Mike Mussina Charles Nagy	Seattle Cleveland Toronto / New York Baltimore Cleveland	136 54 18 14 1
1996	Pat Hentgen Andy Pettitte Mariano Rivera Charles Nagy Mike Mussina Alex Fernandez Ken Hill	Toronto New York New York Cleveland Baltimore Chicago Texas	110 104 18 12 5 1 1
1997	Roger Clemens Randy Johnson Brad Radke Randy Myers Andy Pettitte Mike Mussina	Toronto Seattle Minnesota Baltimore New York Baltimore	134 77 17 14 9 1
1998	Roger Clemens Pedro Martinez David Wells David Cone	Toronto Boston New York New York	140 65 31 16
1999	Pedro Martinez Mike Mussina Mariano Rivera Bartolo Colon Aaron Sele David Cone Jaime Moyer John Wetteland Freddy Garcia Keith Foulke Roberto Hernandez	Boston Baltimore New York Cleveland Texas New York Seattle Texas Seattle Chicago Tampa Bay	140 54 27 14 4 3 3 3 2 1 1
2000	Pedro Martinez Tim Hudson David Wells Andy Pettitte Todd Jones Roger Clemens Mike Mussina	Boston Oakland Toronto New York Detroit New York Baltimore	140 54 46 7 3 1 1
2001	Roger Clemens Mark Mulder Freddy Garcia Jamie Moyer Mike Mussina Tim Hudson	New York Oakland Seattle Seattle New York Oakland	122 60 55 12 2 1
2002
2003	Roy Halladay Esteban Loaiza Pedro Martinez Tim Hudson Jamie Moyer Andy Pettitte Keith Foulke Rafael Santana		136 63 20 15 12 4 1 1
Year	Name(s)	Team	Votes

Cy Young Award "How Votes Are Totalled" 2003 Season / Votes
Name	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Roy Halladay	26	2	0	136
Esteban Loazia	2	16	5	63
Pedro Martinez	0	3	11	20
Tim Hudson	0	4	3	15
Jamie Moyer	0	2	6	12
Andy Pettitte	0	1	1	4
Keith Foulke	0	0	1	1
Rafael Santana	0	0	1	1
5 points for a 1^st place vote. 3 points for a 2^nd place vote. 1 point for a 3^rd place vote. ALL 1st place votes = unanimous winner.

Cy Young Award winners with the lowest earned run averages? The American League record is 1.04 set by Rollie Fingers in 1981, and the National League record is 1.12 set by Bob Gibson in 1968.

Cy Young Award winners with the highest earned run averages? The American League record is 3.66 set by LaMarr Hoyt in 1983, and the National League record is 3.12 set by Bob Gibson in 1970.

Did you know that during the 1968 season, Denny McLain became the only Cy Young Award winner with more than thirty wins during a single season?

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