New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler and Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski won the American and National League Cy Young Awards on Wednesday, each receiving all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, MLB.com reported. It is the third time both awards were unanimous, after Sandy Alcantara and Justin Verlander in 2022 and Denny McLain and Bob Gibson in 1968.
Schlittler, in his first full major league season, went 14-6 with an AL-best 1.95 ERA and struck out 239 batters against 49 walks in 193 2/3 innings, MLB.com reported. That ERA is the third-lowest by a qualified pitcher in Yankees history, behind Spud Chandler’s 1.64 in 1943 and Ron Guidry’s 1.74 in 1978. He allowed one run or none in a major league-best 21 starts and joins Guidry and Gerrit Cole as unanimous Yankees winners. Toronto’s Dylan Cease finished second with 110 points and Cleveland’s Parker Messick third with 84.
“Cam had as dominant a season as a starting pitcher can have from start to finish,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said, according to MLB.com. Schlittler sounded less satisfied. “I definitely could have had a better season,” he said. “We had a few hiccups along the road, so realistically, I think there’s things I can get better at.”
Misiorowski, 24, led all major league starters in ERA (1.80), strikeouts (252), WHIP (0.80) and opponents’ batting average (.157), the lowest for a starter in any full season on record, MLB.com reported. He topped out at 105.5 mph, which MLB.com said no other starter has reached since pitch tracking began in 1988. Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez edged Atlanta’s Chris Sale for second, 99 points to 98.
Misiorowski is the second straight unanimous NL winner, after Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes, and the seventh pitcher to win the award in his second season, MLB.com reported. It is the fourth time both winners were 25 or younger at season’s end. Ballots were submitted before the postseason, but MLB.com noted he is also the seventh pitcher to win a World Series-clinching game and a Cy Young in the same year.
“I definitely don’t want to say it was easy. I don’t think anything in the big leagues is easy,” Misiorowski said. Asked what comes next, he said: “Do it all again.” Voters awarded seven points for first place, four for second, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth.