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Old 09-20-2018, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by benjulmag View Post
Question: Why Cy?
Answer: 511 career wins, 94 more than the next highest total.
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Cy Young died in 1955, and the award was first given out in 1956. Perhaps it was done more in his memory, despite the fact there were pitchers with arguably better stats.

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