Gaylord Perry won the AL Cy Young award in 1972 for the Cleveland Indians and the NL award in 1978 for the San Diego Padres. His brother Jim won the AL award while pitching for the Minnesota Twins in 1970.
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Only four pitchers have won four or more Cy Young awards in their respective careers, of which two, Steve Carlton and Randy Johnson, are left-handed.
Second behind Roger Clemens' seven Cy Young awards is Randy Johnson with five. Steve Carlton and Greg Maddux each won four.
4 Cy Young Awards. Steven Norman Carlton (born December 22, 1944), nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965-1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards.
Five pitchers are used in a starting rotation for baseball teams. Sometimes in the post-season teams will use a rotation consisting of their best three or four pitchers only, to maximize their chances of winning a series.
The Baltimore Orioles had four pitchers with 20 or more wins in 1971. They were: Dave McNally (21-5); Pat Dobson (20-8); Mike Cuellar (20-9); and Jim Palmer (20-9).