1942 Season
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1942 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Mort Cooper
SLN
SP
29.3
8.4
28.3
18.8
2 Ray Starr
CIN
SP
36.2
5.5
21.5
12.1
3 Johnny Vander Meer
CIN
SP
27.7
4.6
21.0
12.7
4 Johnny Beazley *
SLN
SP
24.1
4.4
21.2
13.7
5 Max Lanier
SLN
SP
26.9
4.0
12.5
6.9
6 Larry French
BRO
SP
34.7
3.9
15.3
10.0
7 Tommy Hughes
PHI
SP
22.7
3.8
19.4
10.8
8 Curt Davis
BRO
SP
38.8
3.4
17.9
10.9
9 Al Javery
BSN
SP
24.1
3.1
15.7
6.8
10 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
33.2
3.1
17.3
8.7
11 Hal Schumacher
NY1
SP
31.6
2.9
13.7
6.4
12 Cliff Melton
NY1
SP
30.5
2.6
11.4
6.4
13 Claude Passeau
CHN
SP
33.2
2.6
18.2
8.8
14 Max Macon
BRO
SP
26.7
2.5
7.9
5.0
15 Whit Wyatt
BRO
SP
34.8
2.5
16.1
8.7
16 Ace Adams
NY1
RP
32.3
2.5
11.5
8.0
17 Lon Warneke
MULT
SP
33.3
2.4
12.7
6.6
18 Bill Lohrman
MULT
SP
29.1
2.4
14.4
8.5
19 Howie Krist
SLN
SW
26.3
2.3
11.6
7.3
20 Hugh Casey
BRO
RP
28.7
2.2
12.4
8.1
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1942 American League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Tex Hughson
BOS
SP
26.4
6.2
27.0
17.5
2 Al Benton
DET
SP
31.3
5.6
17.8
10.2
3 Hal White *
DET
SP
23.3
5.5
18.4
11.0
4 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
41.5
4.7
20.2
14.1
5 Johnny Niggeling
SLA
SP
39.0
4.6
17.1
10.2
6 Tiny Bonham
NYA
SP
28.9
4.2
21.5
13.9
7 Virgil Trucks *
DET
SP
25.2
4.1
15.4
9.6
8 Hal Newhouser
DET
SP
21.1
4.1
16.4
10.1
9 Dizzy Trout
DET
SP
27.0
3.9
14.9
7.3
10 Johnny Humphries
CHA
SP
27.0
3.7
19.3
11.6
11 Roger Wolff *
PHA
SP
31.2
3.6
14.0
6.8
12 Tommy Bridges
DET
SP
35.5
3.3
15.1
9.2
13 Spud Chandler
NYA
SP
34.8
2.8
17.4
10.6
14 Bill Butland *
BOS
SP
24.3
2.7
10.6
6.7
15 Jim Bagby
CLE
SP
25.8
2.7
20.7
11.5
16 Lum Harris
PHA
SP
27.5
2.5
9.3
3.6
17 Joe Dobson
BOS
SP
25.4
2.4
12.5
6.3
18 Alex Carrasquel
WS1
SP
29.9
2.3
7.0
1.6
19 Hank Borowy *
NYA
SP
26.1
2.3
15.6
9.6
20 Joe Haynes
CHA
RP
24.8
2.3
11.1
7.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James