Cy Young
Noun
Meaning
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
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An 11-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won seven Cy Young Awards during his career, the most of any pitcher in history.
Darvish, one of the front-runners for the NL Cy Young Award, has a sparkling 0.98 ERA during his win streak.
He posted a 3.45 ERA and led the AL in strikeouts (269) to finish third in the AL Cy Young balloting.
Darvish, a 34-year-old right-hander, finished second in NL Cy Young voting after the 2020 mini-season.
Beginning in August, the Mets went 39-14 the rest of the season, and Seaver won his last 10 decisions on his way to a 25-7 record and his first Cy Young.
Four of Johnson's five Cy Young Awards (consecutively from 1999 to 2002), his only championship (in 2001 ), his pitching triple crown ( 2002 ), and his perfect game ( 2004 ) all came with the Diamondbacks.