Cy Young Vote - 1970s Rnk 1979 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 MIKE FLANAGAN* BAL 26 136.0 140 .97 1 23 9 3.08 0 190 2 TOMMY JOHN* NY 1 51.0 140 .36 21 9 2.96 0 111 3 RON GUIDRY* NY 1 26.0 140 .19 18 8 2.78 2 201 4 JIM KERN TEX 0 25.0 140 .18 13 5 1.57 29 136 5 MIKE MARSHALL MIN 0 7.0 140 .05 10 15 2.65 32 81 6 JERRY KOOSMAN* MIN 0 5.0 140 .04 20 13 3.38 0 157 7 DENNIS ECKERSLEY BOS 0 1.0 140 .01 17 10 2.99 0 150 7 AURELIO LOPEZ DET 0 1.0 140 .01 10 5 2.41 21 106 Rnk 1979 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 BRUCE SUTTER CHI 10 72.0 120 .60 1 6 6 2.22 37 110 2 JOE NIEKRO HOU 9 66.0 120 .55 21 11 3.00 0 119 3 J.R. RICHARD HOU 4 41.0 120 .34 18 13 2.71 0 313 4 TOM SEAVER CIN 0 20.0 120 .17 16 6 3.14 0 131 5 KENT TEKULVE PIT 1 14.0 120 .12 10 8 2.75 31 75 6 PHIL NIEKRO ATL 0 3.0 120 .03 21 20 3.39 0 208 Rnk 1978 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 RON GUIDRY* NY 28 140.0 140 1.00 1 25 3 1.74 0 248 2 MIKE CALDWELL* MIL 0 76.0 140 .54 22 9 2.36 1 131 3 JIM PALMER BAL 0 14.0 140 .10 21 12 2.46 0 138 4 DENNIS ECKERSLEY BOS 0 10.0 140 .07 20 8 2.99 0 162 5 RICH GOSSAGE NY 0 4.0 140 .03 10 11 2.01 27 122 6 FERGIE JENKINS TEX 0 2.0 140 .01 18 8 3.04 0 157 7 ED FIGUEROA NY 0 1.0 140 .01 20 9 2.99 0 92 7 LARRY GURA* KC 0 1.0 140 .01 16 4 2.72 0 81 7 DENNIS LEONARD KC 0 1.0 140 .01 21 17 3.33 0 183 7 MIKE MARSHALL MIN 0 1.0 140 .01 10 12 2.45 21 56 7 PAUL SPLITTORFF* KC 0 1.0 140 .01 19 13 3.40 0 76 7 BOB STANLEY BOS 0 1.0 140 .01 15 2 2.60 10 38 Rnk 1978 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 GAYLORD PERRY SD 22 116.0 120 .97 2 21 6 2.73 0 154 2 BURT HOOTON LA 0 38.0 120 .32 19 10 2.71 0 104 3 VIDA BLUE* SF 1 17.0 120 .14 18 10 2.79 0 171 4 J.R. RICHARD HOU 1 13.0 120 .11 18 11 3.11 0 303 5 KENT TEKULVE PIT 0 12.0 120 .10 8 7 2.33 31 77 6 PHIL NIEKRO ATL 0 10.0 120 .08 19 18 2.88 1 248 7 ROSS GRIMSLEY* MON 0 7.0 120 .06 20 11 3.05 0 84 8 ROLLIE FINGERS SD 0 1.0 120 .01 6 13 2.52 37 72 8 TOMMY JOHN* LA 0 1.0 120 .01 17 10 3.30 1 124 8 DON ROBINSON PIT 0 1.0 120 .01 14 6 3.47 1 135 Rnk 1977 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 SPARKY LYLE* NY 9 56.5 140 .40 1 13 5 2.17 26 68 2 JIM PALMER BAL 6 48.0 140 .34 20 11 2.91 0 193 3 NOLAN RYAN CAL 6 46.0 140 .33 19 16 2.77 0 341 4 DENNIS LEONARD KC 5 45.0 140 .32 20 12 3.04 1 244 5 BILL CAMPBELL BOS 1 25.5 140 .18 13 9 2.96 31 114 6 DAVE GOLTZ MIN 1 19.0 140 .14 20 11 3.36 0 186 7 RON GUIDRY* NY 0 5.0 140 .04 16 7 2.82 1 176 8 DAVE ROZEMA DET 0 4.0 140 .03 15 7 3.09 0 92 9 FRANK TANANA* CAL 0 3.0 140 .02 15 9 2.54 0 205 Rnk 1977 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 STEVE CARLTON* PHI 17 104.0 120 .87 2 23 10 2.64 0 198 2 TOMMY JOHN* LA 3 54.0 120 .45 20 7 2.78 0 123 3 RICK REUSCHEL CHI 1 18.0 120 .15 20 10 2.79 1 166 3 TOM SEAVER NY-CIN 2 18.0 120 .15 21 6 2.58 0 196 5 JOHN CANDELARIA* PIT 1 17.0 120 .14 20 5 2.34 0 133 6 BRUCE SUTTER CHI 0 5.0 120 .04 7 3 1.34 31 129 Rnk 1976 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 JIM PALMER BAL 19 108.0 120 .90 3 22 13 2.51 0 159 2 MARK FIDRYCH DET 5 51.0 120 .43 19 9 2.34 0 97 3 FRANK TANANA* CAL 0 18.0 120 .15 19 10 2.43 0 261 4 ED FIGUEROA NY 0 12.0 120 .10 19 10 3.02 0 119 5 LUIS TIANT BOS 0 10.0 120 .08 21 12 3.06 0 131 6 VIDA BLUE* OAK 0 8.0 120 .07 18 13 2.35 0 166 7 BILL CAMPBELL MIN 0 7.0 120 .06 17 5 3.01 20 115 8 ROLLIE FINGERS OAK 0 1.0 120 .01 13 11 2.47 20 113 8 WAYNE GARLAND BAL 0 1.0 120 .01 20 7 2.67 1 113 Rnk 1976 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 RANDY JONES* SD 15 96.0 120 .80 1 22 14 2.74 0 93 2 JERRY KOOSMAN* NY 7 69.5 120 .58 21 10 2.69 0 200 3 DON SUTTON LA 1 25.5 120 .21 21 10 3.06 0 161 4 STEVE CARLTON* PHI 0 11.0 120 .09 20 7 3.13 0 195 5 RAWLY EASTWICK CIN 0 6.0 120 .05 11 5 2.09 26 70 6 JON MATLACK* NY 1 5.0 120 .04 17 10 2.95 0 153 7 J.R. RICHARD HOU 0 2.0 120 .02 20 15 2.75 0 214 8 TOM SEAVER NY 0 1.0 120 .01 14 11 2.59 0 235 Rnk 1975 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 JIM PALMER BAL 15 98.0 120 .82 2 23 11 2.09 1 193 2 CATFISH HUNTER NY 7 74.0 120 .62 23 14 2.58 0 177 3 ROLLIE FINGERS OAK 2 25.0 120 .21 10 6 2.98 24 115 4 JIM KAAT* CHI 0 7.0 120 .06 20 14 3.11 0 142 4 FRANK TANANA* CAL 0 7.0 120 .06 16 9 2.62 0 269 6 VIDA BLUE* OAK 0 2.0 120 .02 22 11 3.01 1 189 6 RICH GOSSAGE CHI 0 2.0 120 .02 9 8 1.84 26 130 8 RICK WISE BOS 0 1.0 120 .01 19 12 3.95 0 141 Rnk 1975 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 TOM SEAVER NY 15 98.0 120 .82 3 22 9 2.38 0 243 2 RANDY JONES* SD 7 80.0 120 .67 20 12 2.24 0 103 3 AL HRABOSKY* STL 2 33.0 120 .28 13 3 1.66 22 82 4 JOHN MONTEFUSCO SF 0 2.0 120 .02 15 9 2.88 0 215 5 DON GULLETT* CIN 0 1.0 120 .01 15 4 2.42 0 98 5 ANDY MESSERSMITH LA 0 1.0 120 .01 19 14 2.29 1 213 5 DON SUTTON LA 0 1.0 120 .01 16 13 2.87 0 175 Rnk 1974 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 CATFISH HUNTER OAK 12 90.0 120 .75 1 25 12 2.49 0 143 2 FERGIE JENKINS TEX 10 75.0 120 .63 25 12 2.82 0 225 3 NOLAN RYAN CAL 1 28.0 120 .23 22 16 2.89 0 367 4 GAYLORD PERRY CLE 1 8.0 120 .07 21 13 2.51 0 216 4 LUIS TIANT BOS 0 8.0 120 .07 22 13 2.92 0 176 6 MIKE CUELLAR* BAL 0 6.0 120 .05 22 10 3.11 0 106 7 JOHN HILLER* DET 0 1.0 120 .01 17 14 2.64 13 134 Rnk 1974 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 MIKE MARSHALL LA 17 96.0 120 .80 1 15 12 2.42 21 143 2 ANDY MESSERSMITH LA 5 66.0 120 .55 20 6 2.59 0 221 3 PHIL NIEKRO ATL 1 15.0 120 .13 20 13 2.38 1 195 4 DON SUTTON LA 1 12.0 120 .10 19 9 3.23 0 179 5 AL HRABOSKY* STL 0 9.0 120 .08 8 1 2.95 9 82 6 JACK BILLINGHAM CIN 0 8.0 120 .07 19 11 3.94 0 103 7 DON GULLETT* CIN 0 5.0 120 .04 17 11 3.04 0 183 8 CLAY CARROLL CIN 0 2.0 120 .02 12 5 2.15 6 46 9 BUZZ CAPRA ATL 0 1.0 120 .01 16 8 2.28 1 137 9 DAVE GIUSTI PIT 0 1.0 120 .01 7 5 3.32 12 53 9 LYNN McGLOTHEN STL 0 1.0 120 .01 16 12 2.69 0 142 Rnk 1973 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 JIM PALMER BAL 14 88.0 120 .73 1 22 9 2.40 1 158 2 NOLAN RYAN CAL 9 62.0 120 .52 21 16 2.87 1 383 3 CATFISH HUNTER OAK 1 52.0 120 .43 21 5 3.34 0 124 4 JOHN HILLER* DET 0 6.0 120 .05 10 5 1.44 38 124 5 WILBUR WOOD* CHI 0 3.0 120 .03 24 20 3.46 0 199 6 JIM COLBORN MIL 0 2.0 120 .02 20 12 3.18 1 135 7 VIDA BLUE* OAK 0 1.0 120 .01 20 9 3.28 0 158 7 BERT BLYLEVEN MIN 0 1.0 120 .01 20 17 2.52 0 258 7 GAYLORD PERRY CLE 0 1.0 120 .01 19 19 3.38 0 238 Rnk 1973 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 TOM SEAVER NY 10 71.0 120 .59 2 19 10 2.08 0 251 2 MIKE MARSHALL MON 9 54.0 120 .45 14 11 2.66 31 124 3 RON BRYANT* SF 3 50.0 120 .42 24 12 3.53 0 143 4 JACK BILLINGHAM CIN 2 30.0 120 .25 19 10 3.04 0 155 5 DON SUTTON LA 0 7.0 120 .06 18 10 2.42 0 200 6 FRED NORMAN* SD-CIN 0 3.0 120 .03 13 13 3.60 0 161 7 DAVE GIUSTI PIT 0 1.0 120 .01 9 2 2.37 20 64 Rnk 1972 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 GAYLORD PERRY CLE 9 64.0 120 .53 1 24 16 1.92 1 234 2 WILBUR WOOD* CHI 7 58.0 120 .48 24 17 2.51 0 193 3 MICKEY LOLICH* DET 3 27.0 120 .23 22 14 2.50 0 250 4 CATFISH HUNTER OAK 2 26.0 120 .22 21 7 2.04 0 191 5 JIM PALMER BAL 2 20.0 120 .17 21 10 2.07 0 184 6 LUIS TIANT BOS 1 16.0 120 .13 15 6 1.91 3 123 7 SPARKY LYLE* NY 0 3.0 120 .03 9 5 1.92 35 75 8 NOLAN RYAN CAL 0 2.0 120 .02 19 16 2.28 0 329 Rnk 1972 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 STEVE CARLTON* PHI 24 120.0 120 1.00 1 27 10 1.97 0 310 2 STEVE BLASS PIT 0 35.0 120 .29 19 8 2.49 0 117 3 FERGIE JENKINS CHI 0 23.0 120 .19 20 12 3.20 0 184 4 MIKE MARSHALL MON 0 8.0 120 .07 14 8 1.78 18 95 5 CLAY CARROLL CIN 0 6.0 120 .05 6 4 2.25 37 51 5 GARY NOLAN CIN 0 6.0 120 .05 15 5 1.99 0 90 5 TOM SEAVER NY 0 6.0 120 .05 21 12 2.92 0 249 5 DON SUTTON LA 0 6.0 120 .05 19 9 2.08 0 207 9 BOB GIBSON STL 0 3.0 120 .03 19 11 2.46 0 208 9 MILT PAPPAS CHI 0 3.0 120 .03 17 7 2.77 0 80 Rnk 1971 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 VIDA BLUE* OAK 14 98.0 120 .82 1 24 8 1.82 0 301 2 MICKEY LOLICH* DET 9 85.0 120 .71 25 14 2.92 0 308 3 WILBUR WOOD* CHI 1 23.0 120 .19 22 13 1.91 1 210 4 DAVE McNALLY* BAL 0 8.0 120 .07 21 5 2.89 0 91 5 DICK DRAGO KC 0 1.0 120 .01 17 11 2.98 0 109 5 ANDY MESSERSMITH CAL 0 1.0 120 .01 20 13 2.99 0 179 Rnk 1971 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 FERGIE JENKINS CHI 17 97.0 120 .81 1 24 13 2.77 0 263 2 TOM SEAVER NY 6 61.0 120 .51 20 10 1.76 0 289 3 AL DOWNING* LA 1 40.0 120 .33 20 9 2.68 0 136 4 DOCK ELLIS PIT 0 9.0 120 .08 19 9 3.06 0 137 5 BOB GIBSON STL 0 3.0 120 .03 16 13 3.04 0 185 6 JERRY JOHNSON SF 0 2.0 120 .02 12 9 2.97 18 85 6 DAVE ROBERTS* SD 0 2.0 120 .02 14 17 2.10 0 135 8 JUAN MARICHAL SF 0 1.0 120 .01 18 11 2.94 0 159 8 BILL STONEMAN MON 0 1.0 120 .01 17 16 3.15 0 251 Rnk 1970 American League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 JIM PERRY MIN 6 55.0 120 .46 1 24 12 3.04 0 168 2 DAVE McNALLY* BAL 5 47.0 120 .39 24 9 3.22 0 185 3 SAM McDOWELL* CLE 4 45.0 120 .38 20 12 2.92 0 304 4 MIKE CUELLAR* BAL 6 44.0 120 .37 24 8 3.48 0 190 5 JIM PALMER BAL 1 11.0 120 .09 20 10 2.71 0 199 6 CLYDE WRIGHT* CAL 1 9.0 120 .08 22 12 2.83 0 110 7 RON PERRANOSKI* MIN 1 5.0 120 .04 7 8 2.43 34 55 Rnk 1970 National League Tm 1st Pts Max AS No W L ERA Sv SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 BOB GIBSON STL 23 118.0 120 .98 2 23 7 3.12 0 274 2 GAYLORD PERRY SF 1 51.0 120 .43 23 13 3.20 0 214 3 FERGIE JENKINS CHI 0 16.0 120 .13 22 16 3.39 0 274 4 DAVE GIUSTI PIT 0 8.0 120 .07 9 3 3.06 26 85 4 JIM MERRITT* CIN 0 8.0 120 .07 20 12 4.08 0 136 6 GARY NOLAN CIN 0 5.0 120 .04 18 7 3.27 0 181 7 TOM SEAVER NY 0 4.0 120 .03 18 12 2.82 0 283 8 WAYNE GRANGER CIN 0 3.0 120 .03 6 5 2.66 35 38 9 CARL MORTON MON 0 2.0 120 .02 18 11 3.60 0 154 10 LUKE WALKER* PIT 0 1.0 120 .01 15 6 3.04 3 124