Kris Bryant became the 20th player overall and the 11th in the National League to win the award by a unanimous vote. The others: Frank Robinson, Orlando Cepeda, Willie McCovey, Vince Coleman, Benito Santiago, Mike Piazza, Raul Mondesi, Scott Rolen, Albert Pujols and Craig Kimbrel. The nine American League unanimous…
Carlos Correa is the 14th shortstop to win the award in the American League. The others: Harvey Kuenn, Luis Aparicio, Ron Hansen, Tom Tresh, Alfredo Griffin, Cal Ripken Jr., Ozzie Guillen, Walt Weiss, Pat Listach, Derek Jeter, Nomar Garciaparra, Angel Berroa and Bobby Crosby. Only three shortstops have won in…
Three pitchers who combined to win nine Cy Young Awards and a member of Major League Baseball’s 3,000 Hit Club were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in balloting by the BBWAA verified by Ernst & Young. Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz became the first trio…
Tom Gage, the Detroit News’ traveling beat writer on the Tigers for 36 years, was elected the 2015 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He will be honored with the award that is presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious…
Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the first National League pitcher to be named MVP since Bob Gibson in 1968. Denny McLain also won in the AL that year. Since then, six pitchers in the AL won MVP Awards: Vida Blue in 1971, Rollie Fingers in 1981, Guillermo…
Mike Trout was the 10th unanimous winner of the AL award. The others: Hank Greenberg, Al Rosen, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson, Denny McLain, Reggie Jackson, Jose Canseco, Frank Thomas and Ken Griffey Jr. There have been six unanimous winners in the National League. Trout was the second player to win…
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw was the 14th pitcher to win by a unanimous vote in the NL. The others: Sandy Koufax three times, Greg Maddux twice and once apiece by Randy Johnson, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, Rick Sutcliffe, Dwight Gooden, Orel Hershiser, Jake Peavy and Roy Halladay. There…
Cleveland Indians right-hander Corey Kluber had never received a Cy Young Award vote in any previous election. He was the fourth Indians player honored. The others: Gaylord Perry in 1972, CC Sabathia in 2007 and Cliff Lee in 2008. It marked the second runner-up finish for Hernandez, who won the…
This election marked the fourth time the award went to someone who was in his first full season as a manager. All have been in the NL. The others: Hal Lanier with the Houston Astros in 1986, Dusty Baker with the San Francisco Giants in 1993 and Joe Girardi with…
This marks the third victory for Buck Showalter, who also won in 1994 with the New York Yankees and in 2004 with the Texas Rangers. He is the first manager to win for three different clubs in the same league. Tony La Russa also won the award for three clubs…
