During the first eleven years (1956 - 1966), only one winner from Major League Baseball was selected. Immediately after Commissioner Frick retired, the rules were changed to honor the best pitcher from each league.
Dean Chance of the Angels of the AL won the award in 1964.
Denny McLain was only 24 years old, and was the unanimous winner of the 1968 Cy Young Award.
AL- Justin Verlander of the Detriot Tigers
NL - Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers
The 1971 Cy Young Award winner was Ferguson Jenkins. He played for the Chicago Cubs and had a record of 24-13, an ERA of 2.77, zero saves, and a Ks of 263.
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Bob Turley in 1958.
Catcher Thurman Munson, of the New York Yankees, won the American League Rookie of the Year award in 1970.
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George Young of the New York Giants. It was the fifth time Young had received the award.
In 1929, Mark Koenig became the first Yankee to wear number 2.
On April 16, 2009, Johnny Damon singled to center, for the first hit at the new Yankee Stadium.
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The last pitcher for the White Sox to win the Cy Young Award was Jack McDowell in 1993. Other pitchers from the White Sox to have won the Cy Young Award are LaMarr Hoyt in 1983 and Early Wynn in 1959.
On May 5, 1922, construction began on the first Yankee Stadium. The first game was played on April 18, 1923.
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The first Yankee Stadium opened in 1923, the new Yankee Stadium opened in 2009.
The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 in the first game played at Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923.