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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.
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Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. In 1956, about one year after Young's death, the Cy Young Award was created to honor the best pitcher in Major League Baseball for each season. The first award was given to Brooklyn's Don Newcombe. Originally, it was a single award covering all of baseball.
Simmons was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for the Class of 2020, Vuckovich won the 1982 Cy Young and Fingers, another Hall of Famer, swept the Cy Young and MVP awards in 1981.
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 ...
The Detroit Tigers left-hander was unanimously named the AL Cy Young Award winner in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. It was a just reward after Skubal, who turned 28 ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Detroit Tigers' Tarik Skubal unanimously wins 2024 American League Cy Young Award 1969: Denny McLain The numbers: 24-9, 2.80, 181 strikeouts, 325 innings.