Interestingly, Hernández won one Cy Young Award in his career, and that award came during the only season from the span of 2009-15 in which he wasn’t an All-Star. That year, he had a 1.53 ERA and .542 OPS allowed in 15 starts after the break. 2004: Johan Santana, Twins Santana...
Tim Lincecum | Washington | 2x Cy Young Award winner ('08, '09) The two-time Cy Young Award winner began his professional career right after reaching the elite mark in college. As a junior at Washington, he won the 2006 Golden Spikes Award, annually awarded to the best amateur b...
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The year after he finallywon his first Cy Young Award, Cole has taken a step backwards in 2024, both in health (15 starts) and effectiveness (3.97 ERA, his highest since 2017). He’s still one of the last starting pitchers any team wants to face in a postseason series. He signed wit...
Who has won the most World Series titles? Championships by team Dodgers finish off Mets with 10-5 win in NLCS Game 6, will face Yankees in World Series 2024 MLB MVP race, odds: Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani will likely win AL, NL MVPs Cooper Flagg, Mark Sears, RJ Davis headline...
As of 2020, the last former college baseball player who won an MVP was Kris Bryant in 2016. CY YOUNG:The 57 Cy Young Award winners who played college baseball George Sisler | Michigan | '22 MVP Award winner Before freshmen were allowed to play college baseball, first-year intramural bas...
at Highland Park High School and was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2006. The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Kershaw in the first round of the 2006 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2008. He has since won three Cy Young Awards and was named an All-Star eight times...
long career: a 2.69 ERA that surpassed his previous career-best mark of 3.01 in 2007 that led the American League that year. He struck out enough batters (171) to be relevant in that category and won 13 games as well. Not bad for a pitcher that probably went undrafted in your league....
Rogers Hornsby:Perhaps the greatest player on this list, Hornsby was an MVP and player-manager for both clubs. The Hall of Famer won his only World Series and his two Triple Crowns as a Cardinal. Dizzy Dean:The Hall of Famer was a workhorse and MVP for the Cards before spending his nex...
So, as 2024 All-Star voting continues, if your favorite player misses out on that glory, take solace in this: Greater glory could be on the horizon. (Note: This list doesn't includeFreddie FreemanandJosé Abreu, who won MVPs in 2020, when there was no All-Star Game because of COVID...