1966 Season
1965 / 1967
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Koufax

1966 Major League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Sandy Koufax
LAN
SP
30.5
20
10.3
35.8
26.0
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Sandy Koufax
LAN
SP
30.5
20
10.3
35.8
26.0
2 Juan Marichal
SFN
SP
28.7
9.1
31.2
21.9
3 Jim Bunning
PHI
SP
34.7
8.9
29.6
20.1
4 Jim Maloney
CIN
SP
26.1
7.1
19.5
12.7
5 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
30.6
6.1
25.4
17.0
6 Earl Wilson
MULT
SP
31.7
6.1
19.4
11.6
7 Mike Cuellar
HOU
SP
29.1
5.6
19.8
12.7
8 Gary Peters
CHA
SP
29.2
5.2
17.7
11.6
9 Gaylord Perry
SFN
SP
27.8
5.2
20.9
13.1
10 Phil Regan
LAN
RP
29.2
5.0
21.9
16.6
11 Steve Hargan
CLE
SP
23.8
4.9
17.7
11.4
12 Sam McDowell
CLE
SP
23.8
4.9
15.9
10.0
13 Bob Veale
PIT
SP
30.7
4.7
17.7
9.6
14 Sonny Siebert
CLE
SP
29.5
4.7
19.7
12.6
15 Jack Aker
KC1
RP
26.0
4.6
19.6
14.0
16 Jim Kaat
MIN
SP
27.7
4.5
25.4
16.5
17 Jim Nash *
KC1
SP
21.4
4.3
12.6
8.8
18 Bobby Bolin
SFN
SP
27.4
4.2
16.3
9.5
19 Gary Bell
CLE
SP
29.6
4.2
16.5
8.9
20 Luis Tiant
CLE
SP
25.6
4.1
15.7
10.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1966 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 Sandy Koufax
LAN
SP
30.5
20
10.3
35.8
26.0
2 Juan Marichal
SFN
SP
28.7
9.1
31.2
21.9
3 Jim Bunning
PHI
SP
34.7
8.9
29.6
20.1
4 Jim Maloney
CIN
SP
26.1
7.1
19.5
12.7
5 Bob Gibson
SLN
SP
30.6
6.1
25.4
17.0
6 Mike Cuellar
HOU
SP
29.1
5.6
19.8
12.7
7 Gaylord Perry
SFN
SP
27.8
5.2
20.9
13.1
8 Phil Regan
LAN
RP
29.2
5.0
21.9
16.6
9 Bob Veale
PIT
SP
30.7
4.7
17.7
9.6
10 Bobby Bolin
SFN
SP
27.4
4.2
16.3
9.5
11 Billy McCool
CIN
RP
22.0
4.0
15.0
10.2
12 Al Jackson
SLN
SP
30.5
4.0
18.4
11.2
13 Larry Jackson
MULT
SP
35.1
3.7
18.2
10.5
14 Clay Carroll
ATL
RP
25.2
3.7
13.6
7.4
15 Don Sutton *
LAN
SP
21.2
3.6
14.3
7.5
16 Ken Johnson
ATL
SP
33.0
3.4
12.4
5.9
17 Fergie Jenkins *
MULT
SW
23.6
3.3
11.9
5.0
18 Dennis Ribant
NYN
SP
24.8
3.2
13.7
7.7
19 Larry Dierker
HOU
SP
19.8
3.2
12.5
6.9
20 Claude Osteen
LAN
SP
26.9
3.0
16.2
8.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1966 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 Earl Wilson
MULT
SP
31.7
6.1
19.4
11.6
2 Gary Peters
CHA
SP
29.2
5.2
17.7
11.6
3 Steve Hargan
CLE
SP
23.8
4.9
17.7
11.4
4 Sam McDowell
CLE
SP
23.8
4.9
15.9
10.0
5 Sonny Siebert
CLE
SP
29.5
4.7
19.7
12.6
6 Jack Aker
KC1
RP
26.0
4.6
19.6
14.0
7 Jim Kaat
MIN
SP
27.7
4.5
25.4
16.5
8 Jim Nash *
KC1
SP
21.4
4.3
12.6
8.8
9 Gary Bell
CLE
SP
29.6
4.2
16.5
8.9
10 Luis Tiant
CLE
SP
25.6
4.1
15.7
10.2
11 Jim Perry
MIN
SP
30.7
3.8
16.0
10.3
12 Steve Barber
BAL
SP
28.4
3.5
10.9
6.9
13 Stu Miller
BAL
RP
38.5
3.4
13.4
8.9
14 Joe Horlen
CHA
SP
28.9
3.3
15.2
8.8
15 Lee Stange
MULT
SP
29.7
3.2
10.7
5.3
16 Tommy John
CHA
SP
23.1
3.0
15.3
8.7
17 George Brunet
CAL
SP
31.1
2.6
12.2
5.7
18 Al Worthington
MIN
RP
37.4
2.6
13.8
9.3
19 Bruce Howard
CHA
SP
23.3
2.4
11.4
6.8
20 Lew Krausse
KC1
SP
23.2
2.4
11.9
6.2
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