least games played before a player wins a cy young award

Trevor Bauer has pitched in the fewest games by a Cy Young winner in a season, with 11 games in 2020.

Interpreted as:

least games played before a player wins a cy young award in a regular season

	NAME	G	W	CY	SEASON	TM	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	11	5	1	2020	CIN	4	.556	11	1.73	100	2	2	0	73.0	41	14	17	9	17	3	0	1	278	3	12.33	2.10	5.88	1.11	36.0	6.1	0.79	.215	2.10	5.05
2	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	12	8	1	2020	CLE	1	.889	12	1.63	122	0	0	0	77.1	46	14	15	7	21	1	0	0	297	5	14.20	2.44	5.81	0.81	41.1	7.1	0.87	.267	1.75	5.35
3	David Cone D. Cone	23	16	1	1994	KCR	5	.762	23	2.94	132	4	3	0	171.2	130	56	60	15	54	7	0	0	690	5	6.92	2.83	2.44	0.79	19.1	7.8	1.07	.239	3.15	6.82
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	25	16	1	1994	ATL	6	.727	25	1.56	156	10	3	0	202.0	150	35	44	4	31	6	0	3	774	3	6.95	1.38	5.03	0.18	20.2	4.0	0.90	.253	1.96	6.68
5	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	25	13	1	1981	LAD	7	.650	25	2.48	180	11	8	0	192.1	140	53	55	11	61	1	0	4	758	4	8.42	2.85	2.95	0.51	23.7	8.0	1.05	.255	2.57	6.55
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	27	21	1	2014	LAD	3	.875	27	1.77	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	10.85	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	6.31
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	28	18	1	2022	HOU	4	.818	28	1.75	185	0	0	0	175.0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	5.97
8	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	28	11	1	2021	MIL	5	.688	28	2.43	234	0	0	0	167.0	123	45	47	7	34	6	0	0	657	5	12.61	1.83	6.88	0.38	35.6	5.2	0.94	.309	2.53	6.63
9	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	28	19	1	1995	ATL	2	.905	28	1.63	181	10	3	0	209.2	147	38	39	8	23	4	0	3	785	1	7.77	0.99	7.87	0.34	23.1	2.9	0.81	.244	1.67	6.31
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	29	18	1	2024	ATL	3	.857	29	2.38	225	0	0	0	177.2	141	47	48	9	39	8	0	0	702	4	11.40	1.98	5.77	0.46	32.1	5.6	1.01	.314	2.43	7.14
11	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	29	18	1	2017	CLE	4	.818	29	2.25	265	5	3	0	203.2	141	51	56	21	36	5	0	2	777	4	11.71	1.59	7.36	0.93	34.1	4.6	0.87	.267	2.47	6.23
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	29	18	1	2000	BOS	6	.750	29	1.74	284	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	5.31
13	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	30	18	1	1995	SEA	2	.900	30	2.48	294	6	3	0	214.1	159	59	65	12	65	6	0	1	866	5	12.35	2.73	4.52	0.50	33.9	7.5	1.05	.301	2.73	6.68
14	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	30	18	1	1982	MIL	6	.750	30	3.34	105	9	1	0	223.2	234	83	96	14	102	5	0	1	971	6	4.23	4.10	1.03	0.56	10.8	10.5	1.50	.295	3.86	9.42
15	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	31	13	1	2025	DET	6	.684	31	2.21	241	1	1	0	195.1	141	48	55	18	33	5	0	0	748	3	11.10	1.52	7.30	0.83	32.2	4.4	0.89	.273	2.53	6.50
16	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	31	18	1	2024	DET	4	.818	31	2.39	228	0	0	0	192.0	142	51	54	15	35	9	0	0	753	2	10.69	1.64	6.51	0.70	30.3	4.6	0.92	.273	2.53	6.66
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	31	21	1	2018	TBR	5	.808	31	1.89	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	5.58
18	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	31	16	1	2017	WSH	6	.727	31	2.51	268	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	5.65
19	David Price D. Price	31	20	1	2012	TBR	5	.800	31	2.56	205	2	1	0	211.0	173	60	63	16	59	5	0	2	836	8	8.74	2.52	3.47	0.68	24.5	7.1	1.10	.285	2.69	7.38
20	Cliff Lee C. Lee	31	22	1	2008	CLE	3	.880	31	2.54	170	4	2	0	223.1	214	63	68	12	34	5	0	1	891	4	6.85	1.37	5.00	0.48	19.1	3.8	1.11	.301	2.74	8.62
21	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	31	23	1	1999	BOS	4	.852	29	2.07	313	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	6.75
22	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	31	17	1	1997	MON	8	.680	31	1.90	305	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	5.89
23	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	32	10	1	2025	PIT	10	.500	32	1.97	216	1	0	0	187.2	136	41	45	11	42	6	0	0	733	2	10.36	2.01	5.14	0.53	29.5	5.7	0.95	.273	2.16	6.52
24	Blake Snell B. Snell	32	14	1	2023	SDP	9	.609	32	2.25	234	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	11.70	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	5.75
25	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	32	14	1	2022	MIA	9	.609	32	2.28	207	6	1	0	228.2	174	58	67	16	50	9	0	1	886	3	8.15	1.97	4.14	0.63	23.4	5.6	0.98	.262	2.64	6.85