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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.
Sale, 35, has long been one of MLB’s great pitchers. From 2012 to 2018, he finished in the top six in Cy Young voting every season. He was second in 2017 and third in 2014.
Skubal, who won the award on his 28th birthday, had a breakout year in his fourth full MLB season. Skubal finished with an 18-4 record, a career-best 2.39 ERA and an MLB-leading 228 strikeouts ...
For just the third time in the honor’s illustrious history, the Cy Young Awards in both leagues have been won by left-handers: Detroit’s Tarik Skubal and Atlanta’s Chris Sale. In 1977 ...
1.2 NL Cy Young. 1.3 NL Rookie of the Year. ... 2022 – Manny Machado (3B; 1st) ... Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award
Offensive awards include the Silver Slugger Award and the Hank Aaron Award, while the Cy Young Award and Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award recognize pitching; the Rawlings Gold Glove Award is given for fielding. The newest award is the All-MLB Team, introduced in 2019 to honor the best players at each position across all of MLB. [3]
The Detroit Tigers left-hander unanimously won the AL Cy Young Award on Wednesday, receiving all 30 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. It's quite a ...
Scherzer was named the National League Cy Young Award winner on November 16, 2016, winning his second Cy Young Award on the strength of a 20–7 record, 2.96 ERA, MLB-leading 284 strikeouts, and an MLB-leading 0.968 WHIP. He became just the sixth pitcher in Major League Baseball history to win the award in both the American and the National ...