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1956–2025 · 130 awarded to 88 people · AL, ML, NL

Most wins

Roger Clemens 7
Randy Johnson 5
Greg Maddux 4
Steve Carlton 4
Justin Verlander 3

Latest (2025)

Tarik Skubal AL
Paul Skenes NL

First (1956)

Don Newcombe

Longest run

Greg Maddux 4 straight to 1995

Winners

Year	Lg	Winner	Team	Vote share	1st-place votes	Runner-up
2025	AL	Tarik Skubal	Detroit Tigers	94%	26	Garrett Crochet
2025	NL	Paul Skenes	Pittsburgh Pirates	100%	30	Cristopher Sanchez
2024	AL	Tarik Skubal	Detroit Tigers	100%	30	Seth Lugo
2024	NL	Chris Sale	Atlanta Braves	94%	26	Zack Wheeler
2023	AL	Gerrit Cole	New York Yankees	100%	30	Sonny Gray
2023	NL	Blake Snell	San Diego Padres	97%	28	Logan Webb
2022	AL	Justin Verlander	Houston Astros	100%	30	Dylan Cease
2022	NL	Sandy Alcantara	Miami Marlins	100%	30	Max Fried
2021	AL	Robbie Ray	Toronto Blue Jays	99%	29	Gerrit Cole
2021	NL	Corbin Burnes	Milwaukee Brewers	72%	12	Zack Wheeler
2020	AL	Shane Bieber	Cleveland Indians	100%	30	Kenta Maeda
2020	NL	Trevor Bauer	Cincinnati Reds	96%	27	Yu Darvish
2019	AL	Justin Verlander	Houston Astros	81%	17	Gerrit Cole
2019	NL	Jacob deGrom	New York Mets	99%	29	Hyun Jin Ryu
2018	AL	Blake Snell	Tampa Bay Rays	80%	17	Justin Verlander
2018	NL	Jacob deGrom	New York Mets	99%	29	Max Scherzer
2017	AL	Corey Kluber	Cleveland Indians	97%	28	Chris Sale
2017	NL	Max Scherzer	Washington Nationals	96%	27	Clayton Kershaw
2016	AL	Rick Porcello	Boston Red Sox	65%	8	Justin Verlander
2016	NL	Max Scherzer	Washington Nationals	91%	25	Jon Lester
2015	AL	Dallas Keuchel	Houston Astros	89%	22	David Price
2015	NL	Jake Arrieta	Chicago Cubs	80%	17	Zack Greinke
2014	AL	Corey Kluber	Cleveland Indians	80%	17	Felix Hernandez
2014	NL	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	100%	30	Johnny Cueto
2013	AL	Max Scherzer	Detroit Tigers	97%	28	Yu Darvish
2013	NL	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	99%	29	Adam Wainwright
2012	AL	David Price	Tampa Bay Rays	78%	14	Justin Verlander
2012	NL	R. A. Dickey	New York Mets	93%	27	Clayton Kershaw
2011	AL	Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	100%	28	Jered Weaver
2011	NL	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	92%	27	Roy Halladay
2010	AL	Felix Hernandez	Seattle Mariners	85%	21	David Price
2010	NL	Roy Halladay	Philadelphia Phillies	100%	32	Adam Wainwright
2009	AL	Zack Greinke	Kansas City Royals	96%	25	Felix Hernandez
2009	NL	Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	62%	11	Chris Carpenter
2008	AL	Cliff Lee	Cleveland Indians	94%	24	Roy Halladay
2008	NL	Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	86%	23	Brandon Webb
2007	AL	CC Sabathia	Cleveland Indians	85%	19	Josh Beckett
2007	NL	Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres	100%	32	Brandon Webb
2006	AL	Johan Santana	Minnesota Twins	100%	28	Chien-Ming Wang
2006	NL	Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	64%	15	Trevor Hoffman
2005	AL	Bartolo Colon	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	84%	17	Mariano Rivera
2005	NL	Chris Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals	82%	19	Dontrelle Willis
2004	AL	Johan Santana	Minnesota Twins	100%	28	Curt Schilling
2004	NL	Roger Clemens	Houston Astros	88%	23	Randy Johnson
2003	AL	Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	97%	26	Esteban Loaiza
2003	NL	Eric Gagne	Los Angeles Dodgers	91%	28	Jason Schmidt
2002	AL	Barry Zito	Oakland Athletics	81%	17	Pedro Martinez
2002	NL	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	100%	32	Curt Schilling
2001	AL	Roger Clemens	New York Yankees	87%	21	Mark Mulder
2001	NL	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	98%	30	Curt Schilling
2000	AL	Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	100%	28	Tim Hudson
2000	NL	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	83%	22	Tom Glavine
1999	AL	Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	100%	28	Mike Mussina
1999	NL	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	84%	20	Mike Hampton
1998	AL	Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	100%	28	Pedro Martinez
1998	NL	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	62%	11	Trevor Hoffman
1997	AL	Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	96%	25	Randy Johnson
1997	NL	Pedro Martinez	Montreal Expos	96%	25	Greg Maddux
1996	AL	Pat Hentgen	Toronto Blue Jays	79%	16	Andy Pettitte
1996	NL	John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	97%	26	Kevin Brown
1995	AL	Randy Johnson	Seattle Mariners	97%	26	Jose Mesa
1995	NL	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	100%	28	Pete Schourek
1994	AL	David Cone	Kansas City Royals	77%	15	Jimmy Key
1994	NL	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	100%	28	Ken Hill
1993	AL	Jack McDowell	Chicago White Sox	89%	21	Randy Johnson
1993	NL	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	85%	22	Bill Swift
1992	AL	Dennis Eckersley	Oakland Athletics	76%	19	Jack McDowell
1992	NL	Greg Maddux	Chicago Cubs	93%	20	Tom Glavine
1991	AL	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	85%	21	Scott Erickson
1991	NL	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	92%	19	Lee Smith
1990	AL	Bob Welch	Oakland Athletics	76%	15	Roger Clemens
1990	NL	Doug Drabek	Pittsburgh Pirates	98%	23	Ramon Martinez
1989	AL	Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals	99%	27	Dave Stewart
1989	NL	Mark Davis	San Diego Padres	89%	19	Mike Scott
1988	AL	Frank Viola	Minnesota Twins	99%	27	Dennis Eckersley
1988	NL	Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers	100%	24	Danny Jackson
1987	AL	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	89%	21	Jimmy Key
1987	NL	Steve Bedrosian	Philadelphia Phillies	48%	9	Rick Sutcliffe
1986	AL	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	100%	28	Teddy Higuera
1986	NL	Mike Scott	Houston Astros	82%	15	Fernando Valenzuela
1985	AL	Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals	91%	23	Ron Guidry
1985	NL	Dwight Gooden	New York Mets	100%	24	John Tudor
1984	AL	Willie Hernandez	Detroit Tigers	63%	12	Dan Quisenberry
1984	NL	Rick Sutcliffe	Chicago Cubs	100%	24	Dwight Gooden
1983	AL	LaMarr Hoyt	Chicago White Sox	83%	17	Dan Quisenberry
1983	NL	John Denny	Philadelphia Phillies	86%	20	Mario Soto
1982	AL	Pete Vuckovich	Milwaukee Brewers	62%	14	Jim Palmer
1982	NL	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	93%	20	Steve Rogers
1981	AL	Rollie Fingers	Milwaukee Brewers	90%	22	Steve McCatty
1981	NL	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	58%	8	Tom Seaver
1980	AL	Steve Stone	Baltimore Orioles	71%	13	Mike Norris
1980	NL	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	98%	23	Jerry Reuss
1979	AL	Mike Flanagan	Baltimore Orioles	97%	26	Tommy John
1979	NL	Bruce Sutter	Chicago Cubs	60%	10	Joe Niekro
1978	AL	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	100%	28	Mike Caldwell
1978	NL	Gaylord Perry	San Diego Padres	97%	22	Burt Hooton
1977	AL	Sparky Lyle	New York Yankees	40%	9	Jim Palmer
1977	NL	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	87%	17	Tommy John
1976	AL	Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	90%	19	Mark Fidrych
1976	NL	Randy Jones	San Diego Padres	80%	15	Jerry Koosman
1975	AL	Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	82%	15	Catfish Hunter
1975	NL	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	82%	15	Randy Jones
1974	AL	Catfish Hunter	Oakland Athletics	75%	12	Fergie Jenkins
1974	NL	Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers	80%	17	Andy Messersmith
1973	AL	Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	73%	14	Nolan Ryan
1973	NL	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	59%	10	Mike Marshall
1972	AL	Gaylord Perry	Cleveland Indians	53%	9	Wilbur Wood
1972	NL	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	100%	24	Steve Blass
1971	AL	Vida Blue	Oakland Athletics	82%	14	Mickey Lolich
1971	NL	Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	81%	17	Tom Seaver
1970	AL	Jim Perry	Minnesota Twins	46%	6	Dave McNally
1970	NL	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	98%	23	Gaylord Perry
1969	AL	Denny McLain tie	Detroit Tigers	42%	10	Jim Perry
1969	AL	Mike Cuellar tie	Baltimore Orioles	42%	10	Denny McLain
1969	NL	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	96%	23	Phil Niekro
1968	AL	Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers	100%	20
1968	NL	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	100%	20
1967	AL	Jim Lonborg	Boston Red Sox	90%	18	Joe Horlen
1967	NL	Mike McCormick	San Francisco Giants	90%	18	Jim Bunning
1966	ML	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	100%	20
1965	ML	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	100%	20
1964	ML	Dean Chance	Los Angeles Angels	85%	17	Larry Jackson
1963	ML	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	100%	20
1962	ML	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers	70%	14	Jack Sanford
1961	ML	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	50%	9	Warren Spahn
1960	ML	Vern Law	Pittsburgh Pirates	50%	8	Warren Spahn
1959	ML	Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox	81%	13	Sam Jones
1958	ML	Bob Turley	New York Yankees	31%	5	Warren Spahn
1957	ML	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	94%	15	Dick Donovan
1956	ML	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers	62%	10	Sal Maglie

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