The All-Tme Greats Left-Hand Pitcher Won How Many Cy Young Awards?

Sure everyone knows that Cy Young never won a Cy Young Award.  I've always known the award to be for the best pitcher in the AL and the best pitcher in the NL.  I grew up with that.  It turns out that from 1956 - 1966 MLB gave out just one award even though MVP Awards were distributed to players in both leagues.

Even more interesting, the Cy Young Award didn't even exist before 1956.  So here is a list of pitchers who never won a Cy Young Award.

How about the pitchers with the five most career wins - Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Pete Alexander, Christy Mathewson and Pud Galvin.

Warren Spahn led the league in wins eight times, but won only one award.

So when people are giving Maddux, Clemens, Randy Johnson and all of the others credit for all of the Cy Young Awards, remember that the rules are quite different today.