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1951 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Robin Roberts
PHI
SP
24.8
8.0
26.6
15.8
2 Warren Spahn
BSN
SP
30.2
7.8
24.0
13.4
3 Sal Maglie
NY1
SP
34.2
6.7
27.7
17.5
4 Larry Jansen
NY1
SP
31.0
5.6
24.5
15.0
5 Preacher Roe
BRO
SP
36.3
5.2
21.7
12.9
6 Ken Raffensberger
CIN
SP
33.9
4.9
19.4
10.9
7 Howie Fox
CIN
SP
30.3
4.0
13.7
5.9
8 Bubba Church
PHI
SP
26.8
4.0
16.7
8.3
9 Don Newcombe
BRO
SP
25.0
3.8
19.0
9.8
10 Ewell Blackwell
CIN
SP
28.7
3.7
16.4
8.5
11 Ralph Branca
BRO
SP
25.5
3.5
14.7
7.7
12 Murry Dickson
PIT
SP
34.9
3.5
17.0
7.1
13 Herm Wehmeier
CIN
SP
24.4
3.3
11.9
5.5
14 Russ Meyer
PHI
SP
27.7
3.2
11.1
5.4
15 Paul Minner
CHN
SP
27.9
3.1
11.7
4.8
16 Max Lanier
SLN
SP
35.9
3.1
13.4
7.9
17 Vern Bickford
BSN
SP
30.9
2.9
11.2
5.6
18 Chet Nichols *
BSN
SP
20.4
2.9
12.0
6.6
19 Ted Wilks
MULT
RP
35.6
2.7
11.3
7.5
20 Dutch Leonard
CHN
RP
42.3
2.7
9.9
6.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1951 American League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Ned Garver
SLA
SP
25.5
5.6
18.4
10.9
2 Early Wynn
CLE
SP
31.5
5.4
23.4
15.0
3 Ellis Kinder
BOS
RP
36.9
5.1
18.6
13.9
4 Saul Rogovin *
MULT
SP
27.7
4.9
17.6
11.0
5 Billy Pierce
CHA
SP
24.2
4.6
18.5
11.0
6 Mel Parnell
BOS
SP
29.1
4.4
19.4
12.6
7 Mike Garcia
CLE
SP
27.6
4.0
22.3
14.4
8 Mickey McDermott
BOS
SP
22.2
3.8
14.7
9.2
9 Ed Lopat
NYA
SP
33.0
3.7
18.9
11.8
10 Allie Reynolds
NYA
SP
34.4
3.7
18.4
11.5
11 Luis Aloma
CHA
RP
27.9
3.2
9.2
6.7
12 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
32.7
3.2
19.2
11.6
13 Fred Hutchinson
DET
SP
31.9
3.2
14.5
8.6
14 Bob Porterfield
MULT
SP
27.9
3.0
9.7
5.5
15 Connie Marrero
WS1
SP
39.9
2.9
10.5
4.8
16 Bob Lemon
CLE
SP
30.8
2.7
17.6
9.5
17 Vic Raschi
NYA
SP
32.3
2.6
17.6
9.7
18 Bobby Shantz
PHA
SP
25.8
2.4
14.3
7.9
19 Leo Kiely *
BOS
SP
21.6
2.4
9.3
5.8
20 Sam Zoldak
PHA
SP
32.6
2.4
9.6
5.6
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James