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The past 25 years have seen pitchers such as Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez win multiple Cy Young Awards.

From Don Newcombe in 1956 to Steve Stone and Steve Carlton in 1980, the Cy Young award honors baseball's best pitchers. Here are the winners over the first 25 years.

Despite stumbling in July, Jake Peavy is back on his game and is the favorite to win the National League Cy Young Award. But Brad Penny is nipping at his heels.

Named after the pioneering pitcher from the turn of last century, the Cy Young Award is an award given each fall to the best MLB pitchers.

Here are the top five Cy Young contenders, and a few more who have an outside shot at the award.

Cy Young was so good that Major League Baseball named its annual award for the best pitcher in the game after him.

Beckett led the Red Sox to the 2007 A.L. East Division crown. He will win the Cy Young Award, but he wasn't the only Junior Circuit pitcher who had a great season.

After a 22 year Major League career, Cy Young set records that will never even be approached. Here is a short bio to mark the 100th anniversary of his 3rd no hitter.

The race for the American league Cy Young Award could come to one head to head matchup between front runners Chien-Ming Wang and Josh Beckett.

The mid-year awards in the National League for Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, Rookie of the Half Year, Comeback Player and Free Agent Bust.

2009 AL Cy Young champ Zach Greinke earns dual honor of Fantasy Starting Pitcher of the Year. But he drops to #3 in rankings for top ten 2010 AL roto starting pitchers.

Tim Lincecum recently won a 2nd consecutive NL Cy Young in the closest race since 1996. He's also the top ranked National League fantasy starting pitcher for 2010.

A baseball perfect game is so hard to accomplish that golf's hole in one's are easier and occur more frequently.

1968 is still the only year in baseball history that two pitchers claimed the four most prominent awards in the game, Most Valuable Player and the Cy Young Award.

A four person race has emerged for the NL Cy Young Award. In this five part series, each of the four candidates will be profiled.

A four person race has emerged for the NL Cy Young Award. In this five part series, each of the four candidates will be profiled.

A four person race has emerged for the NL Cy Young Award. In this five part series, each of the four candidates will be profiled.

A four person race has emerged for the NL Cy Young Award. In this five part series, each of the four candidates will be profiled.

A four person race has emerged for the NL Cy Young Award. In this five part series, each of the four candidates will be profiled.

Babe Ruth is the best player who ever lived because he was the best hitter of his time and one of the best pitchers of his time as well.

Chicago Cubs right-hander Ryan Dempster has the inside track for the Cy Young Award in the National League as best pitcher but Lincecum deserves a look.

Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and Mariano Rivera will make Baseball's Hall of Fame in their first eligible year.

With Major League Baseball announcing the AL and NL Rookie of the Year award winners yesterday, here's a few predictions on the races still to be determined:

The Phillies will win the NL East, Chase Utley will take the NL MVP, Mariano Rivera will finally get the AL Cy Young Award, and the Yankees will win the World Series.

When the American League was founded in 1901 to challenge the National League's monopoly on professional baseball, a fierce rivalry was born that continues to this day.

Satchel Paige once said that anybody could be a relief pitcher, so long as he had a thick skin, a short memory, and at least one great pitch.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the richest franchise histories in baseball. In their honor, please memorize their team and individual hitting and pitching records.

Here are the statistics and biographical sketches of the final five of the Top 10 MLB pitchers since 1950. These are some of the truly great MLB pitchers of all time.

Five starting pitchers have inked deals worth more than $100 million. A few have not been worth the money. Here is a rundown of pitchers with eight figure deals.

Bert Blyleven and Ferguson Jenkins have similar lifetime statistics, but Jenkins had many more dominating seasons . Johnson was better than either of them.

Pitching is the key to winning games and winning championships. here are some of the best (and worst) records for hurlers in Major League History.

The Giants have made several key acquisitions in recent weeks, and the addition of Randy Johnson could prove to be a huge signing for many reasons.

After scoring 15 runs on 17 hits Monday night, the Tampa Bay Rays were held hitless by Yankee pitcher A.J. Burnett for 6 innings. The Yankees went on to win the game 7-2.

Parity is the name of the game in the American League Central as all five teams should finish between 77 and 85 wins.

A fan's picks for greatest baseball players of the 1900s in the National and American Leagues - Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Cy Young, Lou Gehrig, Nolan Ryan and more

A renowned manager once said that pitching was 75 percent of baseball. The exact percentage may be debated, but it has consistently separated winners from losers.

The baseball world has gotten a lot tougher on pitchers since 1950. Shorter fences, lower mounds and bigger hitters make these greats so much more impressive.

Major League Execs gather in Las Vegas and are prepared to roll the dice

There have been a lot of brutally bad baseball teams in major league history, but none were more pathetic than the 1899 Spiders.

An analysis of whether the Boston Red Sox made a mistake low-balling Roger Clemens when the team had a chance to sign him, instead losing him to the New York Yankees.

Sandy Koufax overcame wildness, injuries and anti-Semitism to become the best pitcher of the 1960s.

Since the season ended in October, it looked as if the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox would land baseball's best pitcher. But in the end, the Mets got their man.

Four-time Cy-Young Award Winner Greg Maddux looks to give Padres first 3-0 start since 1984.

Recent retiree Greg Maddux was perhaps the best pitcher of this era. His command, control, and cerebral approach to the position made him nearly unstoppable.

From Cole Hamels to Felix hernandez, baseball has seen a recent explosion of top pitchers who are still under twenty-five years old.

The National League West figures to be a very competitive division in 2009.

October is here, and that means the MLB Playoffs are set to kick off. Here is a look at an intriguing match-up in the National League Division Series.

Barry Zito never showed a hint of frustration while he was taking so many losses after signing one of baseball's most lucrative contracts before the 2007 season.

From Frankie Frisch to Rogers Hornsby to Bob Gibson to Albert Pujols, the St. Louis Cardinals have given baseball some of its greatest players. Here's their record book.

From Dazzy Vance in the 1920s to Mike Piazza in the 1990s, the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers have had a plethora of great players. Here are the eleven best of all time.