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American League

Multiple winners: Lefty Grove (9); Roger Clemens (6);Walter Johnson (5); Pedro Martinez (4); Spud Chandler, Stan Coveleski, Red Faber, Whitey Ford, Lefty Gomez, Ron Guidry, Addie Joss, Hal Newhouser, Jim Palmer, Gary Peters, Luis Tiant and Ed Walsh (2).

Year		ERA
1901	Cy Young, Bos	1.62
1902	Ed Siever, Det	1.91
1903	Earl Moore, Cle	1.77
1904	Addie Joss, Cle	1.59
1905	Rube Waddell, Phi	1.48
1906	Doc White, Chi	1.52
1907	Ed Walsh, Chi	1.60
1908	Addie Joss, Cle	1.16
1909	Harry Krause, Phi	1.39

1910	Ed Walsh, Chi	1.27
1911	Vean Gregg, Cle	1.81
1912	Walter Johnson, Wash	1.39
1913	Walter Johnson, Wash	1.09
1914	Dutch Leonard, Bos	1.01
1915	Smokey Joe Wood, Bos	1.49
1916	Babe Ruth, Bos	1.75
1917	Eddie Cicotte, Chi	1.53
1918	Walter Johnson, Wash	1.27
1919	Walter Johnson, Wash	1.49

1920	Bob Shawkey, NY	2.45
1921	Red Faber, Chi	2.48
1922	Red Faber, Chi	2.80
1923	Stan Coveleski, Cle	2.76
1924	Walter Johnson, Wash	2.72
1925	Stan Coveleski, Wash	2.84
1926	Lefty Grove, Phi	2.51
1927	Wilcy Moore, NY	2.28
1928	Garland Braxton, Wash	2.51
1929	Lefty Grove, Phi	2.81

1930	Lefty Grove, Phi	2.54
1931	Lefty Grove, Phi	2.06
1932	Lefty Grove, Phi	2.84
1933	Monte Pearson, Cle	2.33
1934	Lefty Gomez, NY	2.33
1935	Lefty Grove, Bos	2.70
1936	Lefty Grove, Bos	2.81
1937	Lefty Gomez, NY	2.33
1938	Lefty Grove, Bos	3.08
1939	Lefty Grove, Bos	2.54

1940	Ernie Bonham, NY	1.90
1941	Thornton Lee, Chi	2.37
1942	Ted Lyons, Chi	2.10
1943	Spud Chandler, NY	1.64
1944	Dizzy Trout, Det	2.12
1945	Hal Newhouser, Det	1.81
1946	Hal Newhouser, Det	1.94
1947	Spud Chandler, NY	2.46
1948	Gene Bearden, Cle	2.43
1949	Mel Parnell, Bos	2.77

1950	Early Wynn, Cle	3.20
1951	Saul Rogovin, Det-Chi	2.78
1952	Allie Reynolds, NY	2.06
1953	Ed Lopat, NY	2.42
1954	Mike Garcia, Cle	2.64
1955	Billy Pierce, Chi	1.97
1956	Whitey Ford, NY	2.47
1957	Bobby Shantz, NY	2.45
1958	Whitey Ford, NY	2.01
1959	Hoyt Wilhelm, Bal	2.19

1960	Frank Baumann, Chi	2.67
1961	Dick Donovan, Wash	2.40
1962	Hank Aguirre, Det	2.21
1963	Gary Peters, Chi	2.33
1964	Dean Chance, LA	1.65
1965	Sam McDowell, Cle	2.18
1966	Gary Peters, Chi	1.98
1967	Joe Horlen, Chi	2.06
1968	Luis Tiant, Cle	1.60
1969	Dick Bosman, Wash	2.19

1970	Diego Segui, Oak	2.56
1971	Vida Blue, Oak	1.82
1972	Luis Tiant, Bos	1.91
1973	Jim Palmer, Bal	2.40
1974	Catfish Hunter, Oak	2.49
1975	Jim Palmer, Bal	2.09
1976	Mark Fidrych, Det	2.34
1977	Frank Tanana, Cal	2.54
1978	Ron Guidry, NY	1.74
1979	Ron Guidry, NY	2.78

1980	Rudy May, NY	2.47
1981	Steve McCatty, Oak	2.32
1982	Rick Sutcliffe, Cle	2.96
1983	Rick Honeycutt, Tex	2.42
1984	Mike Boddicker, Bal	2.79
1985	Dave Stieb, Tor	2.48
1986	Roger Clemens, Bos	2.48
1987	Jimmy Key, Tor	2.76
1988	Allan Anderson, Min	2.45
1989	Bret Saberhagen, KC	2.16

1990	Roger Clemens, Bos	1.93
1991	Roger Clemens, Bos	2.62
1992	Roger Clemens, Bos	2.41
1993	Kevin Appier, KC	2.56
1994	Steve Ontiveros, Oak	2.65
1995	Randy Johnson, Sea	2.48
1996	Juan Guzman, Tor	2.93
1997	Roger Clemens, Tor	2.05
1998	Roger Clemens, Tor	2.65
1999	Pedro Martinez, Bos	2.07

2000	Pedro Martinez, Bos	1.74
2001	Freddy Garcia, Sea	3.05
2002	Pedro Martinez, Bos	2.26
2003	Pedro Martinez, Bos	2.22
2004	Johan Santana, Min	2.61