most cy youngs awards by a starting pitcher all-time

Roger Clemens has won the most career Cy Young awards by a starting pitcher, with 7.

	NAME	CY	G	W	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	7	707	354	184	.658	707	3.12	4,671	118	46	0	4913.2	4,182	1,706	1,884	363	1,579	159	0	63	20,227	143	8.56	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	5	603	301	166	.645	603	3.30	4,818	100	37	0	4103.0	3,320	1,504	1,692	408	1,491	188	0	37	16,937	109	10.57	3.27	3.23	0.89	28.4	8.8	1.17	.290	3.71	7.28
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	4	740	355	226	.611	740	3.15	3,366	109	35	0	5001.0	4,717	1,750	1,974	351	996	137	0	177	20,388	70	6.06	1.79	3.38	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.55	8.49
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4	709	327	240	.577	709	3.20	4,104	254	55	0	5165.1	4,616	1,835	2,096	405	1,814	53	0	145	21,457	177	7.15	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.24	.279	3.65	8.04
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3	451	223	96	.699	451	2.54	3,047	25	15	0	2850.1	2,191	804	881	235	711	46	0	27	11,261	108	9.62	2.25	4.29	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.92
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3	488	222	124	.642	488	3.28	3,519	12	5	0	3006.2	2,480	1,096	1,169	365	799	114	0	20	12,185	83	10.53	2.39	4.40	1.09	28.9	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	7.42
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	3,554	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	7.69
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3	409	208	97	.682	409	2.95	3,032	46	17	0	2720.0	2,151	893	979	233	705	136	0	26	10,955	60	10.03	2.33	4.30	0.77	27.7	6.4	1.05	.280	3.24	7.12
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3	647	310	203	.604	647	2.86	3,634	231	61	0	4776.1	3,961	1,517	1,670	378	1,387	76	0	115	19,337	123	6.85	2.61	2.62	0.71	18.8	7.2	1.12	.258	3.15	7.46
10	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	3	521	262	148	.639	521	2.80	2,142	211	53	0	3857.0	3,256	1,202	1,334	292	1,259	37	0	36	15,714	83	5.00	2.94	1.70	0.68	13.6	8.0	1.17	.247	3.11	7.60
11	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	3	314	159	85	.652	314	2.71	2,274	137	40	0	2202.1	1,655	663	751	194	742	17	0	46	8,959	76	9.29	3.03	3.06	0.79	25.4	8.3	1.09	.255	3.07	6.76
12	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	2	157	63	42	.600	157	3.03	1,042	1	1	0	895.2	717	302	331	100	192	30	0	0	3,559	11	10.47	1.93	5.43	1.00	29.3	5.4	1.01	.281	3.33	7.20
13	Blake Snell B. Snell	2	228	84	63	.571	228	3.12	1,483	1	1	0	1190.0	912	412	448	111	535	12	0	6	4,923	87	11.22	4.05	2.77	0.84	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.39	6.90
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2	276	106	74	.589	276	2.68	2,037	4	2	0	1689.0	1,296	503	540	165	383	25	0	16	6,646	34	10.85	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.7	5.8	0.99	.280	2.88	6.91
15	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	2	260	114	77	.597	260	3.38	1,707	18	8	0	1619.0	1,452	608	665	171	362	61	0	9	6,578	30	9.49	2.01	4.72	0.95	26.0	5.5	1.12	.300	3.70	8.07
16	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	2	270	107	89	.546	270	3.73	1,728	10	7	0	1667.0	1,491	691	737	145	663	42	0	33	7,053	106	9.33	3.58	2.61	0.78	24.5	9.4	1.29	.301	3.98	8.05
17	Johan Santana J. Santana	2	284	135	76	.640	284	3.14	1,823	15	10	0	1862.0	1,565	649	697	209	486	30	0	12	7,535	56	8.81	2.35	3.75	1.01	24.2	6.4	1.10	.272	3.37	7.56
18	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2	390	200	103	.660	390	3.36	2,091	67	20	0	2692.2	2,582	1,004	1,095	231	561	79	0	28	11,026	52	6.99	1.88	3.73	0.77	19.0	5.1	1.17	.292	3.66	8.63
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	2,607	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	8.76
20	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	2	371	162	114	.587	371	3.36	1,681	76	16	0	2491.2	2,397	929	1,009	210	453	59	0	30	10,143	51	6.07	1.64	3.71	0.76	16.6	4.5	1.14	.283	3.64	8.66
21	Denny McLain D. McLain	2	264	128	89	.590	264	3.39	1,246	105	29	0	1848.1	1,612	696	762	239	539	25	0	24	7,563	26	6.07	2.62	2.31	1.16	16.5	7.1	1.16	.249	3.71	7.85
22	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2	690	305	252	.548	690	3.10	3,372	303	53	0	5156.2	4,762	1,778	2,045	382	1,314	101	0	144	21,140	150	5.89	2.29	2.57	0.67	16.0	6.2	1.18	.274	3.57	8.31
23	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2	482	245	170	.590	482	2.88	3,044	255	56	0	3796.1	3,199	1,216	1,376	250	1,277	99	0	107	15,669	105	7.22	3.03	2.38	0.59	19.4	8.1	1.18	.268	3.26	7.58
24	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1	84	31	24	.564	84	2.57	567	1	0	0	475.2	363	136	150	36	119	22	0	0	1,887	6	10.73	2.25	4.76	0.68	30.0	6.3	1.01	.286	2.84	6.87
25	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	1	150	55	35	.611	150	3.00	1,017	0	0	0	889.0	685	296	327	93	251	34	0	1	3,580	40	10.30	2.54	4.05	0.94	28.4	7.0	1.05	.271	3.31	6.93

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Rays	87	59	.596
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Red Sox	80	67	.544	7.5
Blue Jays	73	74	.497	14.5
Orioles	71	76	.483	16.5

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Fri 9/11	KCR	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 9/12	KCR	@	BOS	4:10 PM
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Nationals	67	81	.453	19.5
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