Category:SoxCyYoungs

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The Cy Young Award is named in honor of Red Sox great Cy Young, arguably the best pitcher in baseball history. The award was created in 1956 by commissioner Ford Frick and was originally only given out to one pitcher in all of MLB. In 1967, the award started to be given to one pitcher in each league. The award is voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Players who won the Cy Young while on the Red Sox

Year	Player	W/L	ERA	Strikeouts
2000	Pedro Martinez	18-6	1.74	284
1999	Pedro Martinez	23-4	2.07	313
1991	Roger Clemens	18-10	2.62	241
1987	Roger Clemens	20-9	2.97	256
1986	Roger Clemens	24-4	2.48	238
1967	Jim Lonborg	22-9	3.16	246

Red Sox Players who won the Cy Young while on Other Teams

Year	League	Player	Team	W/L (sv)	ERA	Strikeouts
2004	NL	Roger Clemens	HOU	18-4	2.98	218
2003	NL	Eric Gagne	LAD	2-3 (55)	1.20	137
2001	AL	Roger Clemens	NYY	20-3	3.51	213
1998	AL	Roger Clemens	TOR	20-6	2.65	271
1997	NL	Pedro Martinez	MON	17-8	1.90	305
1997	AL	Roger Clemens	TOR	21-7	2.05	292
1994	AL	David Cone	KC	16-5	2.94	132
1992	AL	Dennis Eckersley	OAK	7-1 (51)	1.91	93
1989	AL	Bret Saberhagen	KC	23-6	2.16	193
1988	AL	Frank Viola	MIN	24-7	2.64	193
1985	AL	Bret Saberhagen	KC	20-6	2.87	158
1981	AL	Rollie Fingers^	MIL	6-3 (28)	1.04	61
1977	AL	Sparky Lyle	NYY	13-5 (26)	2.17	68

^ = Was on the Red Sox for approximately six hours in 1976 before the commisioner voided the sale.

Articles in category "SoxCyYoungs"

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• Jim Lonborg

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• Pedro Martinez

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• Roger Clemens