The Cy Young Award of the American League, 1983.

In baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best pitcher in the Major Leagues. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of The award was first introduced in 1956 by Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3 Don Larsen, MVP Ford Christopher Frick ( December 19, 1894 – April 8, 1978) was an American Sportswriter and executive who served Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29 1867 – November 4 1955 was an American Baseball player who pitched for five different major league Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Brooklyn Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-3 Johnny Podres, MVP The award was originally given to the single best pitcher in the major leagues. In 1967, the year after Frick retired as Commissioner, the practice began of honoring one pitcher in each league. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP

Each league's award is voted on by two members of the Baseball Writers Association of America in each league city, meaning 28 ballots are cast for the American League winner, and 32 for the National League. Baseball Writers' Association of America ( BBWAA) is a professional association for Baseball Journalists writing for daily Newspapers, Magazines Each places a vote for first, second, and third place among the pitchers of each league. The formula used to calculate the final scores is a weighted sum of the votes: Score = 5F + 3S + T, where F is the number of first place votes, S is second place votes, and T is third place votes. In Mathematics and in the Sciences a formula (plural formulae, formulæ or formulas) is a concise way of expressing information The pitcher with the highest score in each league wins the award. If two pitchers receive the same number of votes, the award is shared.

The current formula started with the 1970 season. Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium Prior to that, writers only voted for the best pitcher and used a formula of one point per vote.

List of Cy Young Award winners

Major Leagues combined (1956-1966)

National League (1967-present)

American League (1967-present)

Multiple winners

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• (+) Denotes that the pitcher also won the triple crown in his League. For other uses of this term see Triple crown In Baseball, the Triple Crown refers to A batter who (at season's end leads

• (X) Sutcliffe was traded mid-season on June 13. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for He went 4–5 with a 5. 15 ERA with the Cleveland Indians in the A. L. before being traded to the Chicago Cubs in the N. L. where he went 16–1 with a 2. 69 ERA. Overall he went 20–6 with a 3. 64 ERA.

External links

• Cy Young Award on Baseball Almanac
• Full Voting Results for the Cy Young Award