A dominating season by Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers left everyone behind in the Cy Young Award balloting in 1963 as he was the first unanimous section for the honor, but the lefty didn’t leave much doubt as to who was the top overall player in the majors as he named also the […]

The balloting for the 1962 Cy Young Award marked the second time in three years that an American League pitcher didn’t receive a vote. In 1960, winner Vern Law of the Pittsburgh Pirates was one of four hurlers to earn a vote, while two years later there would also be four as Don Drysdale of […]

The voting for the 1961 Cy Young Award proved to be a tight race. Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees won by a 9-6 margin over Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves. Frank Lary of the Detroit Tigers received the final two votes. Although Spahn was the top vote getter from the National League, […]

Chuck Estrada played seven years in the major leagues, but it was his first season that was the most special. As a rookie with the Baltimore Orioles in 1960, Estrada led the American League in victories as he posted an 18-11 record. Named to both all-star games that summer, Estrada pitched an inning in the […]

Sam Jones has the distinction of leading the National League in victories one season, while topping the senior circuit in losses in another. Pitching for the San Francisco Giants in 1959, Jones was 21-15 with an ERA of 2.83, while recording four shutouts. All of those numbers led the NL as Jones was named the […]

Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the only multiple winner of the Cy Young Award in the first 11 years. If there had been one in each league handed out, Warren Spahn would have been first. In 1957, Spahn’s helped the Milwaukee Braves to a World Series victory as he won the award […]

A Hall of Fame career and a Cy Young Award may not always be on the same resume. Case in point, Jim Bunning. Bunning was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996. Although Bunning has an extensive list of accomplishments from his 17-year career, being a Cy Young Award winner isn’t among […]

Brooklyn’s Don Newcombe won the very first Cy Young Award in 1956 as he posted a 27-7 record, while receiving 10 of the 16 votes from the baseball writers representing each team. While Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees picked up one vote, it was Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox who would […]

The top prize for major league pitchers is the Cy Young Award, which was established in 1956 after the legendary hurler passed away the year before. Since 1967, the annual honor has been handed out to the best pitcher in the American and National leagues. However, during the first 11 years of the award there […]

Baseball players do great things that are sometimes forgotten. In 1960, Hal Smith hit a three-run homer that could have won the World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Today, he celebrates his 88th birthday. Smith and his teammates were far from celebrating at Forbes Field as the Pirates trailed the New York Yankees 7-4 in […]