Warren Spahn Award


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. The award is named after Warren Spahn, who holds the MLB record in wins for a left-handed pitcher with 363. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. CC Sabathia, Johan Santana, Clayton Kershaw, and Blake Snell are also multiple Warren Spahn Award winners. Johnson, Santana, Sabathia and Kershaw, and Snell also won the Cy Young Award, given annually to the best pitcher in each league, in years they won the Warren Spahn Award.
Santana, Sabathia, Kershaw, and Keuchel 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.
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. The tie-break was decided based on winning percentage.

Winners

YearThe MLB season the award was given
Player Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point
WWins
ERAEarned run average
KStrikeouts
Indicates player won the Cy Young Award that season
ItalicsIndicates player led MLB in that category
Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

YearPitcherTeamWERAKRefs
Arizona Diamondbacks172.48364
Arizona Diamondbacks192.64347
Arizona Diamondbacks212.49372
Arizona Diamondbacks242.32334
New York Yankees214.02180
Minnesota Twins202.61265
Florida Marlins222.63180
Minnesota Twins192.77245
Cleveland Indians193.21209
Cleveland Indians /
Milwaukee Brewers		172.70251
New York Yankees193.37197
Tampa Bay Rays192.72188
Los Angeles Dodgers212.28248
Washington Nationals212.89207
Los Angeles Dodgers161.83232
Los Angeles Dodgers211.77239
Houston Astros202.48216
Chicago Cubs192.44197
Los Angeles Dodgers182.31202
Tampa Bay Rays211.89221
Washington Nationals143.25238
Toronto Blue Jays52.6972
Los Angeles Dodgers202.96195
Los Angeles Dodgers172.16166
San Diego Padres142.25234
Atlanta Braves182.38225
Detroit Tigers132.21241