LaMarr Hoyt, the barrel-bellied Chicago White Sox righthander who led the major leagues with 24 wins this year, was named winner of the Cy Young Award in the American League yesterday.
Hoyt, who has won 43 games over the past two seasons and led the White Sox' second-half romp to the AL West title, received 17 first- place ballots and was the only one named by all 28 voters on a panel of baseball writers.
He had a total of 116 points, easily outdistancing reliever Dan Quisenberry of the Kansas City Royals, who finished second with nine first- place votes and 81 points. Quisenberry, who set a major league record for saves with 45, was named on only 23 ballots.
Jack Morris of the Detroit Tigers was third with two first-place votes and 38 points.
- The Boston Globe, October 26, 1983
As the title of this post indicates, it was on today's date that LaMarr Hoyt was revealed to be the AL's Cy Young award winner. Hoyt had a nice season, certainly: a 24-10 record while pitching 260.2 innings alongside a 1.024 WHIP, best in the majors among starting pitchers. Looking back at the other contenders in voting that year, I don't think Hoyt wins the award in 2025, though. My bet would be on Jack Morris, what with 20 complete games, the AL leader in strikeouts, nearly 300 innings pitched, and an ERA comparable to the other pitchers (other than Quisenberry).
Today's Sporcle will celebrate both Cy Young award winners alongside MVP winners. To make the cut, a player need not have won the award while with the White Sox: merely won it at some point over the course of their career. In all there are 31 names: how many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- 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
