NEW YORK, N.Y. — Two hard-throwing pitchers in their first full big-league seasons swept the top pitching honors in baseball Wednesday, as Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski won the National League Cy Young Award and the Yankees’ Cam Schlittler took the American League prize. Each drew every one of the 30 first-place votes cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
Misiorowski, 24, finished 16-5 and posted a 1.80 ERA, the lowest in the majors, while striking out 252 batters in 30 starts. He also led the sport in WHIP, ERA+ and FIP, and he threw more than 1,000 pitches at 100 mph or faster during the year, a first in league history. Philadelphia left-hander Cristopher Sanchez placed second in the NL balloting and Atlanta veteran Chris Sale was third.
In the playoffs, the Milwaukee ace won both of his decisions and held a 1.89 ERA across four starts as the Brewers won their first World Series. He is the first pitcher to win the Cy Young and a championship in the same season since Randy Johnson in 2001, and he is the fourth Brewer to claim the award, after Rollie Fingers in 1981, Pete Vuckovich in 1982 and Corbin Burnes in 2021.
Schlittler, 25, became the New York staff ace with Gerrit Cole sidelined for part of the year. The right-hander went 14-6 with a league-leading 1.95 ERA and 239 strikeouts across 33 starts, and he allowed one run or none in 21 of those outings. Toronto’s Dylan Cease finished second in the AL voting and Cleveland’s Parker Messick was third.
Schlittler is the seventh Yankee to win the award. The others are Bob Turley, Whitey Ford, Sparky Lyle, Ron Guidry, Roger Clemens and Cole, who won in 2023.
The league also handed out its first Reliever of the Year awards Wednesday, to San Diego closer Mason Miller and Toronto closer Louis Varland. Voting results for both leagues’ Most Valuable Player awards come out Thursday.
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