2007-05-16 08:30:49 · 4 answers · asked by ken white 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Don Newcombe - Brooklyn Dodgers
27-7 Record
3.06 ERA
139 SO (ML)
MLB didn't start awarding CY Young awards for each league until 1967
2007-05-16 08:38:43 · answer #1 · answered by blue26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don Newcombe won the Cy Young for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He went 27-7 with a 3.06 ERA.
2007-05-16 08:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by bobbydig21 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the first year of the award, and Don Newcombe won it:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp_cya.shtml
From 1956-66, they gave out only one Cy Young award between the two leagues.
2007-05-16 08:36:12 · answer #3 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don Newcombe of the Dodgers. They didn't give it out in both leagues until 1967 and "immediately after Commissioner Frick retired, the rules were changed to honor the best pitcher from each league."
2007-05-16 08:41:49 · answer #4 · answered by cubspatssox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋