Warren Spahn Award

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Warren Spahn Award
Warren Spahn in his pitching delivery.
Warren Spahn in 1953
Awarded for Best left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
Presented by Oklahoma Sports Museum
First awarded 1999
Currently held by Dallas Keuchel, Houston Astros
Official website http://okcspahnawards.com

The Warren Spahn Award is presented each season by the Oklahoma Sports Museum to the best left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). The award is named after Warren Spahn, who holds the MLB record in wins for a left-handed pitcher with 363.[1] The Warren Spahn Award was created in 1999 by Richard Hendricks, the founder of the Oklahoma Sports Museum, to honor Spahn, who resided in Oklahoma.[2] The award was presented at the Masonic Temple in Guthrie, Oklahoma until 2009, when the Bricktown Rotary Club became a sponsor of the award.[2] Since 2009, the award is presented at the annual Warren Spahn Award Gala, hosted by the Bricktown Rotary Club of Oklahoma City at the Jim Thorpe Museum every January.[1]

The award has been won by eight different pitchers. The winner is chosen based on rankings, which are based on wins, strikeouts and earned run average.[1][2] The most recent recipient is Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros. Randy Johnson received the first four awards from 1999 through 2002. He attended the awards ceremony due to his respect for Spahn, who called him personally to ask him to attend.[2] CC Sabathia (2007–2009), Johan Santana (2004, 2006) and Clayton Kershaw (2011, 2013, 2014) are also multiple Warren Spahn Award winners. Johnson (1999–2002), Santana (2004, 2006), Sabathia (2007) and Kershaw (2011, 2013, 2014) also won the Cy Young Award, given annually to the best pitcher in each league, in years they won the Warren Spahn Award.[3] Santana (2004, 2006), Sabathia (2007) and Kershaw (2011, 2013, 2014) also won the Pitcher of the Year Award, given annually to the most outstanding pitcher in each league, in years they won the Warren Spahn Award.[4][5][6][7][8]

There has been one tie-break in the Warren Spahn Award's history, which occurred when Sabathia defeated the Houston Astros' Wandy Rodriguez to earn his third consecutive award in 2009.[9] The tie-break was decided based on winning percentage.[10]

Winners

Randy Johnson delivers a pitch for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Randy Johnson won the first four Warren Spahn Awards.
Johan Santana delivers a pitch for the Minnesota Twins.
Johan Santana won the Major League Baseball Triple Crown the year of his second Warren Spahn Award.[11]
Key
Year The MLB season the award was given
Player (X) Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
W Wins
ERA Earned run average
K Strikeouts
double-dagger Indicates player won the Cy Young Award that season
Italics Indicates player led MLB in that category
Hall of Fame Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Winners
Year Pitcher Team(s) W ERA K Refs
1999 Randy Johnson daggerdouble-dagger Arizona Diamondbacks 17 2.48 364 [12][13]
2000 Randy Johnson (2) daggerdouble-dagger Arizona Diamondbacks 19 2.64 347 [12]
2001 Randy Johnson (3) daggerdouble-dagger Arizona Diamondbacks 21 2.49 372 [12][14]
2002 Randy Johnson (4) daggerdouble-dagger Arizona Diamondbacks 24 2.32 334 [12][15]
2003 Andy Pettitte New York Yankees 21 4.02 180 [16][17]
2004 Johan Santana double-dagger Minnesota Twins 20 2.61 265 [18][19]
2005 Dontrelle Willis Florida Marlins 22 2.63 180 [20][21]
2006 Johan Santana (2) double-dagger Minnesota Twins 19 2.77 245 [19][22]
2007 CC Sabathia double-dagger Cleveland Indians 19 3.21 209 [23][24]
2008 CC Sabathia (2) Cleveland Indians /
 Milwaukee Brewers		 17 2.70 251 [24][25]
2009 CC Sabathia (3) New York Yankees 19 3.37 197 [9][24]
2010 David Price Tampa Bay Rays 19 2.72 188 [26][27]
2011 Clayton Kershaw double-dagger Los Angeles Dodgers 21 2.28 248 [28][29]
2012 Gio Gonzalez Washington Nationals 21 2.89 207 [30][31]
2013 Clayton Kershaw (2) double-dagger Los Angeles Dodgers 16 1.83 232 [32]
2014 Clayton Kershaw(3) double-dagger Los Angeles Dodgers 21 1.77 239 [33]
2015 Dallas Keuchel(3) double-dagger Houston Astros 20 2.48 216 [34]

See also

References

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