Good morning!
As expected by the end of the season, former White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale took home his first Cy Young award this past week. 2024 was a heckuva a renaissance for Sale, who captured the NL pitching triple crown while also gathering in a gold glove and his first All-Star appearance since 2018. A richly deserved award and one long coming: Sale had top-6 or better Cy Young finishes in consecutive seasons spanning 2012-2018.
The award also gave birth to today's Sporcle Saturday theme: Cy Young and MVP award winners who also happened to play at least part of their career with the White Sox. I had originally hoped to do just Cy Young winners, but 13 answers isn't quite meaty enough to do on its own. Thus, I also added in all players who won an MVP award during the course of their career. In total, there are 31 names: how many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- In case it isn't clear: these players did not necessarily win the award while playing for the White Sox: they merely needed to have won it at some point during their career and also have played for the White Sox at some point.
- I've allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the player's White Sox tenure, the award they won, the position they played, and the team they were playing for when they won the award (in parentheses).
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- By bWAR, the highest total by a Cy Young winner is Dwight Gooden's 1985 season, 12.2.
- For MVP, Walter Johnson's 1916 campaign saw him log 16.6 WAR, followed by Babe Ruth's 1923 season of 14.1.
- It's kind of funny that the 2016 White Sox had four past or future Cy Young/MVPs on that team at one point.
All data from BaseballReference.com
