Warren Spahn Award

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Warren Spahn Award
Warren Spahn in his pitching delivery.
Warren Spahn in 1953
SportBaseball
LeagueMajor League Baseball
Awarded forBest left-handed pitcher
Presented byOklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
History
First awardRandy Johnson, 1999
Most recentTarik Skubal, 2025
WebsiteOfficial website

The Warren Spahn Award is presented each season by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame 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 Territorial Capital Sports Museum, formerly the Oklahoma Sports Museum, to honor Spahn, who resided in Oklahoma.[2] The award was formerly presented at the Masonic Temple in Guthrie, Oklahoma until 2009, when the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame was granted ownership of the award, in partnership with the Bricktown Rotary Club.[2] From 2009 to 2019, the award was presented at the annual Warren Spahn Award Gala, hosted by the Bricktown Rotary Club of Oklahoma City. Currently, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame presents each annual award to the winner during season play at their respective team's ballpark.[1]

The award has been won by 15 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 Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves. 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), Clayton Kershaw (2011, 2013, 2014, 2017), and Blake Snell (2018, 2023) are also multiple Warren Spahn Award winners. Johnson (1999–2002), Santana (2004, 2006), Sabathia (2007) and Kershaw (2011, 2013, 2014), and Snell (2018, 2023) 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), Kershaw (2011, 2013, 2014), and Keuchel (2015) 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][9][10]

There has been one tie-break in the Warren Spahn Award's history, which occurred when Sabathia defeated the Houston Astros' Wandy Rodríguez to earn his third consecutive award in 2009.[11] The tie-break was decided based on winning percentage.[12]

Winners

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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.[13]
Lester pitching in the 2016 National League Championship Series
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
‡ Indicates player won the Cy Young Award that season
Italics Indicates player led MLB in that category
† Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Winners
Year Pitcher Team(s) W ERA K Refs
1999 Randy Johnson †‡ Arizona Diamondbacks 17 2.48 364 [14][15]
2000 Randy Johnson (2) †‡ Arizona Diamondbacks 19 2.64 347 [14]
2001 Randy Johnson (3) †‡ Arizona Diamondbacks 21 2.49 372 [14][16]
2002 Randy Johnson (4) †‡ Arizona Diamondbacks 24 2.32 334 [14][17]
2003 Andy Pettitte New York Yankees 21 4.02 180 [18][19]
2004 Johan Santana ‡ Minnesota Twins 20 2.61 265 [20][21]
2005 Dontrelle Willis Florida Marlins 22 2.63 180 [22][23]
2006 Johan Santana (2) ‡ Minnesota Twins 19 2.77 245 [21][24]
2007 CC Sabathia ‡ Cleveland Indians 19 3.21 209 [25][26]
2008 CC Sabathia (2) Cleveland Indians /
 Milwaukee Brewers 		17 2.70 251 [26][27]
2009 CC Sabathia (3) New York Yankees 19 3.37 197 [11][26]
2010 David Price Tampa Bay Rays 19 2.72 188 [28][29]
2011 Clayton Kershaw ‡ Los Angeles Dodgers 21 2.28 248 [30][31]
2012 Gio Gonzalez Washington Nationals 21 2.89 207 [32][33]
2013 Clayton Kershaw (2) ‡ Los Angeles Dodgers 16 1.83 232 [34]
2014 Clayton Kershaw (3) ‡ Los Angeles Dodgers 21 1.77 239 [35]
2015 Dallas Keuchel ‡ Houston Astros 20 2.48 216 [9]
2016 Jon Lester Chicago Cubs 19 2.44 197 [10]
2017 Clayton Kershaw (4) Los Angeles Dodgers 18 2.31 202 [36]
2018 Blake Snell ‡ Tampa Bay Rays 21 1.89 221 [37]
2019 Patrick Corbin Washington Nationals 14 3.25 238 [38]
2020 Hyun-jin Ryu Toronto Blue Jays 5 2.69 72 [39]
2021 Julio Urías Los Angeles Dodgers 20 2.96 195 [40]
2022 Julio Urías (2) Los Angeles Dodgers 17 2.16 166 [41]
2023 Blake Snell (2) ‡ San Diego Padres 14 2.25 234 [42]
2024 Chris Sale Atlanta Braves 18 2.38 225 [43]
2025 Tarik Skubal ‡ Detroit Tigers 13 2.21 241 [44]

See also

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