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Justin Verlander Wins AL MVP: Pitchers Who Have Won Both MVP and Cy Young in Same Year
Justin Verlander, 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young Winner (blippitt.com)
Justin Verlander has won the 2011 American League MVP, becoming the first pitcher since Dennis Eckersley in 1992 to win both the MVP and Cy Young in the same season.
All together, 10 pitchers have won both awards in the same year.
The Cy Young was first given in 1956. The MVP, however, has been awarded since 1911. In the intervening 45 years, 14 pitchers won the MVP as well.
NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP & CY YOUNG
| Don Newcombe | 1956 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Sandy Koufax | 1963 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Bob Gibson | 1968 | St. Louis Cardinals |
NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP
| Dazzy Vance | 1924 | Brooklyn Robins |
| Carl Hubbell | 1933 | New York Giants |
| Dizzy Dean | 1934 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Carl Hubbell | 1936 | New York Giants |
| Bucky Walters | 1939 | Cincinnati Reds |
| Mort Cooper | 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Jim Konstanty | 1950 | Philadelphia Phillies |
AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP & CY YOUNG
| Denny McLain | 1968 | Detroit Tigers |
| Vida Blue | 1971 | Oakland A’s |
| Rollie Fingers | 1981 | Milwaukee Brewers |
| Willie Hernandez | 1984 | Detroit Tigers |
| Roger Clemens | 1986 | Boston Red Sox |
| Dennis Eckersley | 1992 | Oakland A’s |
| Justin Verlander | 2011 | Detroit Tigers |
AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP
| Walter Johnson | 1913 | Washington Senators |
| Walter Johnson | 1924 | Washington Senators |
| Lefty Grove | 1931 | Philadelphia A’s |
| Spud Chandler | 1943 | New York Yankees |
| Hal Newhouser | 1944 | Detroit Tigers |
| Hal Newhouser | 1945 | Detroit Tigers |
| Bobby Shantz | 1952 | Philadelphia A’s |
