The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award

Before there was a Cy Young Award, there was the Pitcher of the Year Award, established by The Sporting News in 1944, though no awards were given in 1946 or 1947. The award is given annually to the pitcher in each league judged by TSN baseball experts as having had the most outstanding season. This is the list of the award winners.

Awardees

Year	American League	Club	National League	Club
1944	Hal Newhouser (1)	Detroit Tigers	Bill Voiselle	New York Giants
1945	Hal Newhouser (2)	Detroit Tigers	Hank Borowy	Chicago Cubs
1948	Bob Lemon (1)	Cleveland Indians	Johnny Sain	Boston Braves
1949	Ellis Kinder	Boston Red Sox	Howie Pollet	St. Louis Cardinals
1950	Bob Lemon (2)	Cleveland Indians	Jim Konstanty	Philadelphia Phillies
1951	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	Preacher Roe	Brooklyn Dodgers
1952	Bobby Shantz	Philadelphia Athletics	Robin Roberts (1)	Philadelphia Phillies
1953	Bob Porterfield	Washington Senators	Warren Spahn (1)	Milwaukee Braves
1954	Bob Lemon (3)	Cleveland Indians	Johnny Antonelli	New York Giants
1955	Whitey Ford (1)	New York Yankees	Robin Roberts (2)	Philadelphia Phillies
1956	Billy Pierce (1)	Chicago White Sox	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers
1957	Billy Pierce (2)	Chicago White Sox	Warren Spahn (2)	Milwaukee Braves
1958	Bob Turley	New York Yankees	Warren Spahn (3)	Milwaukee Braves
1959	Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox	Sam Jones	San Francisco Giants
1960	Chuck Estrada	Baltimore Orioles	Vern Law	Pittsburgh Pirates
1961	Whitey Ford (2)	New York Yankees	Warren Spahn (4)	Milwaukee Braves
1962	Dick Donovan	Cleveland Indians	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers
1963	Whitey Ford (3)	New York Yankees	Sandy Koufax (1)	Los Angeles Dodgers
1964	Dean Chance	Los Angeles Angels	Sandy Koufax (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers
1965	Mudcat Grant	Minnesota Twins	Sandy Koufax (3)	Los Angeles Dodgers
1966	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins	Sandy Koufax (4)	Los Angeles Dodgers
1967	Jim Lonborg	Boston Red Sox	Mike McCormick	San Francisco Giants
1968	Denny McLain (1)	Detroit Tigers	Bob Gibson (1)	St. Louis Cardinals
1969	Denny McLain (2)	Detroit Tigers	Tom Seaver (1)	New York Mets
1970	Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	Bob Gibson (2)	St. Louis Cardinals
1971	Vida Blue (1)	Oakland Athletics	Ferguson Jenkins	Chicago Cubs
1972	Wilbur Wood	Chicago White Sox	Steve Carlton (1)	Philadelphia Phillies
1973	Jim Palmer (1)	Baltimore Orioles	Ron Bryant	San Francisco Giants
1974	Catfish Hunter	Oakland Athletics	Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers
1975	Jim Palmer (2)	Baltimore Orioles	Tom Seaver (2)	New York Mets
1976	Jim Palmer (3)	Baltimore Orioles	Randy Jones	San Diego Padres
1977	Nolan Ryan	California Angels	Steve Carlton (2)	Philadelphia Phillies
1978	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	Vida Blue (2)	San Francisco Giants
1979	Mike Flanagan	Baltimore Orioles	Joe Niekro	Houston Astros
1980	Steve Stone	Baltimore Orioles	Steve Carlton (3)	Philadelphia Phillies
1981	Jack Morris	Detroit Tigers	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers
1982	Dave Stieb	Toronto Blue Jays	Steve Carlton (4)	Philadelphia Phillies
1983	LaMarr Hoyt	Chicago White Sox	John Denny	Philadelphia Phillies
1984	Willie Hernández	Detroit Tigers	Rick Sutcliffe (1)	Chicago Cubs
1985	Bret Saberhagen (1)	Kansas City Royals	Dwight Gooden	New York Mets
1986	Roger Clemens (1)	Boston Red Sox	Mike Scott	Houston Astros
1987	Jimmy Key (1)	Toronto Blue Jays	Rick Sutcliffe (2)	Chicago Cubs
1988	Frank Viola	Minnesota Twins	Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers
1989	Bret Saberhagen (2)	Kansas City Royals	Mark Davis	San Diego Padres
1990	Bob Welch	Oakland Athletics	Doug Drabek	Pittsburgh Pirates
1991	Roger Clemens (2)	Boston Red Sox	Tom Glavine (1)	Atlanta Braves
1992	Dennis Eckersley	Oakland Athletics	Greg Maddux (1)	Chicago Cubs
1993	Jack McDowell	Chicago White Sox	Greg Maddux (2)	Atlanta Braves
1994	Jimmy Key (2)	New York Yankees	Greg Maddux (3)	Atlanta Braves
1995	Randy Johnson	Seattle Mariners	Greg Maddux (4)	Atlanta Braves
1996	Pat Hentgen	Toronto Blue Jays	John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves
1997	Roger Clemens (3)	Toronto Blue Jays	Pedro Martínez (1)	Montreal Expos
1998	Roger Clemens (4)	Toronto Blue Jays	Kevin Brown	San Diego Padres
1999	Pedro Martínez (2)	Boston Red Sox	Mike Hampton	Houston Astros
2000	Pedro Martínez (3)	Boston Red Sox	Tom Glavine (2)	Atlanta Braves
2001	Roger Clemens (5)	New York Yankees	Curt Schilling (1)	Arizona Diamondbacks
2002	Barry Zito	Oakland Athletics	Curt Schilling (2)	Arizona Diamondbacks
2003	Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	Éric Gagné	Los Angeles Dodgers
2004	Johan Santana (1)	Minnesota Twins	Jason Schmidt	San Francisco Giants
2005	Bartolo Colón	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Chris Carpenter (1)	St. Louis Cardinals
2006	Johan Santana (2)	Minnesota Twins	Chris Carpenter (2)	St. Louis Cardinals
2007	CC Sabathia	Cleveland Indians	Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres
2008	Cliff Lee	Cleveland Indians	Tim Lincecum (1)	San Francisco Giants
2009	Zack Greinke	Kansas City Royals	Tim Lincecum (2)	San Francisco Giants
2010	Félix Hernández	Seattle Mariners	Roy Halladay (2)	Philadelphia Phillies
2011	Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers

See also

• Cy Young Award
• This Year in Baseball Awards (including Starting Pitcher, Setup Pitcher, and Closer)
• Players Choice Awards (Outstanding Pitcher)
• Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award
• DHL Delivery Man of the Year Award
• TSN Reliever of the Year
• Triple Crown (pitching)
• Pitcher of the Month
• Warren Spahn Award (best left-handed pitcher)
• Baseball awards
• List of MLB awards
• TSN Player of the Year
• TSN Rookie of the Year
• TSN Comeback Player of the Year
• TSN Manager of the Year
• TSN Executive of the Year