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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:IMG_1540_Roy_Oswalt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/IMG_1540_Roy_Oswalt.jpg/220px-IMG_1540_Roy_Oswalt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/IMG_1540_Roy_Oswalt.jpg/330px-IMG_1540_Roy_Oswalt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/IMG_1540_Roy_Oswalt.jpg/440px-IMG_1540_Roy_Oswalt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1288" data-file-height="1176" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Oswalt with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2010</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">Pitcher</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1977-08-29</span>) </span>August 29, 1977<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 47)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Weir,_Mississippi" title="Weir, Mississippi">Weir, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">May 6, 2001, for the Houston Astros</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 29, 2013, for the Colorado Rockies</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Win–loss record</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">163–102</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">Earned run average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3.36</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">1,852</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oswalro01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1330721#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2001 Major League Baseball season">2001</a>–<a href="/wiki/2010_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2010 Major League Baseball season">2010</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (<a href="/wiki/2010_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2010 Major League Baseball season">2010</a>–<a href="/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2011 Major League Baseball season">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2012 Major League Baseball season">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> (<a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2013 Major League Baseball season">2013</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/2005_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2005</a>–<a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2007</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NLCS_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NLCS MVP">NLCS MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/2005_NLCS" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 NLCS">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_annual_wins_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders">NL wins leader</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_annual_ERA_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders">NL ERA leader</a> (2006)</li> <li>Pitched a combined <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> on June 11, 2003</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros#Astros_Hall_of_Fame" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros Hall of Fame</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header borderless"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medals</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men's <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <span class="country-name">the <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Sydney</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_baseball_team" title="United States national baseball team">Team</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Roy Edward Oswalt</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span>; born August 29, 1977) is an American former <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a>. Oswalt played for the majority of his <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) career with the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>. He also played for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefoswaltmaj_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefoswaltmaj-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oswalt was selected by the Astros in the <a href="/wiki/1996_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1996 Major League Baseball draft">1996 MLB draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefoswaltmaj_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefoswaltmaj-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his MLB debut with Houston, in <a href="/wiki/2001_Houston_Astros_season" title="2001 Houston Astros season">2001</a>, finishing his rookie season with a <a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">win–loss record</a> of 14–3.<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefoswaltmaj_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefoswaltmaj-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oswalt was a back-to-back 20-game winner in <a href="/wiki/2004_Houston_Astros_season" title="2004 Houston Astros season">2004</a> and <a href="/wiki/2005_Houston_Astros_season" title="2005 Houston Astros season">2005</a>. He helped lead the Astros to their first <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> appearance in <a href="/wiki/2005_World_Series" title="2005 World Series">2005</a>, and was named <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player">Most Valuable Player</a> of the <a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2005 National League Championship Series">2005 National League Championship Series</a> (NLCS). When Oswalt left the Astros in 2010, both his wins (143) and strikeouts totals (1,593) ranked second in franchise history to <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a> (144) and <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> (1,866), respectively. Oswalt was a three-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a>, selected from 2005 to 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-sbnretirement_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbnretirement-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oswalt was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Weir,_Mississippi" title="Weir, Mississippi">Weir, Mississippi</a>, the son of Billy Joe and Jean Oswalt. Billy was a <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> veteran and <a href="/wiki/Lumberjack" title="Lumberjack">logger</a>. Oswalt grew up with his older brother, Brian, and their older sister, Patricia.<sup id="cite_ref-Ortiz2006_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ortiz2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jean was an avid baseball fan and taught her kids about the game.<sup id="cite_ref-jockbio_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jockbio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oswalt grew up rooting for the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ortiz2006_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ortiz2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oswalt joined the <a href="/wiki/Weir,_Mississippi#Education" title="Weir, Mississippi">Weir High School</a> football team as a quarterback and the baseball team as a pitcher. He could throw in the mid 80s with good control, but his relatively slight stature (5'10", 150 lbs.) scared away scouts.<sup id="cite_ref-jockbio_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jockbio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oswalt reflected, "I always heard that I was too small."<sup id="cite_ref-Ortiz2006_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ortiz2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Weir itself was very small in size, making it difficult for scouts to hear about Oswalt. Nonetheless, he was recruited to join the baseball team at <a href="/wiki/Holmes_Community_College" title="Holmes Community College">Holmes Community College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jockbio_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jockbio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Weir High School, Oswalt played <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">defensive back</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a> on the football team, which won a state title his senior year. He graduated in a class with 32 students. Oswalt attended <a href="/wiki/Holmes_Community_College" title="Holmes Community College">Holmes Community College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Goodman,_Mississippi" title="Goodman, Mississippi">Goodman, Mississippi</a>, for two years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_league_career">Minor league career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Minor league career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oswalt was spotted by only one MLB scout, James Farrar of the Houston Astros. Convinced that Oswalt's anonymity kept him hidden from other teams, the Astros allowed him to drop into the 23rd round of the <a href="/wiki/1996_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1996 Major League Baseball draft">1996 MLB draft</a>. By this point, Oswalt had drawn the attention of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Bulldogs" title="Mississippi State Bulldogs">Mississippi State Bulldogs</a>, for whom he had long wanted play. The Astros enticed Oswalt with a $500,000 signing bonus,<sup id="cite_ref-jockbio_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jockbio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he signed with the club on May 18, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefoswaltmaj_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefoswaltmaj-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oswalt would eventually become the latest-drafted player to lead his draft class in career <a href="/wiki/Baseball-Reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball-Reference">Baseball-Reference</a> <a href="/wiki/Wins_Above_Replacement" title="Wins Above Replacement">Wins Above Replacement</a> as of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, Oswalt played rookie ball in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast League">Gulf Coast League</a>, where he gave up only two runs in five starts. He was then called up to the <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Doubledays" title="Auburn Doubledays">Auburn Doubledays</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York%E2%80%93Penn_League" title="New York–Penn League">New York–Penn League</a>, where he went 2–4 the rest of the way.<sup id="cite_ref-jockbio_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jockbio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbrefoswaltmin_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefoswaltmin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oswalt split 1998 between the same two teams. In 16 <a href="/wiki/Inning" title="Inning">innings</a> of work with the Gulf Coast Astros, he <a href="/wiki/Struck_out" class="mw-redirect" title="Struck out">struck out</a> 27 <a href="/wiki/Batter_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Batter (baseball)">batters</a> and walked just one. Oswalt was promoted again to Auburn, where he recorded the league's fourth-lowest <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> (2.18).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1999 season, when Oswalt was with the <a href="/wiki/Class_A_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class A (baseball)">Class A</a> <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Battle_Cats" title="Michigan Battle Cats">Michigan Battle Cats</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Midwest_League" title="Midwest League">Midwest League</a>, he began suffering pain in his upper shoulder. A month after the season was over, he was still suffering pain. Team doctors diagnosed the pain as tendinitis earlier in the year, although Oswalt was convinced that his shoulder was torn. A few days after returning home, he was checking the <a href="/wiki/Spark_plug" title="Spark plug">spark plug</a> wires on his pickup truck. He touched one of the spark plug wires, causing the truck's engine to start. The truck's <a href="/wiki/Electric_current" title="Electric current">electric current</a> flowed through Oswalt's body, and consequently the muscles in his hand tightened on the spark plug wire. Unable to let go of it, Oswalt grasped the wire for what he said felt like two days, but was probably just a minute. He claimed his foot finally slipped off the truck's bumper and which threw him off the truck. Oswalt told his wife, "My truck done shocked the fire out of me, and my arm don't hurt no more."<sup id="cite_ref-Hoffer_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoffer-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished 1999 with 143 strikeouts and a club-high 13 wins. </p><p>Oswalt began 2000 with the Class A <a href="/wiki/Kissimmee_Cobras" title="Kissimmee Cobras">Kissimmee Cobras</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_League" title="Florida State League">Florida State League</a>, going 4–3 with a 2.98 ERA before a player injury on <a href="/wiki/Class_AA" class="mw-redirect" title="Class AA">Class AA</a> <a href="/wiki/Round_Rock_Express" title="Round Rock Express">Round Rock Express</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a> led to his promotion. Oswalt was only expected to pitch a few games and had been given a round-trip ticket. But after striking out 15 batters in his first start with the Express, <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Moore_(baseball)" title="Jackie Moore (baseball)">Jackie Moore</a> tore up his ticket. <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a>, owner of the Express and Oswalt's idol, admired his calm demeanor and his aggressiveness so much that he successfully lobbied to keep Oswalt on the roster, where he would go 11–4 with a 1.94 ERA, and record 141 strikeouts over 19 games (18 starts). It was in Round Rock that he met pitching coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Maddux" title="Mike Maddux">Mike Maddux</a>, who counseled the young Oswalt to be economical in his pitch selection by throwing more breaking balls and inducing groundouts early in the count. </p><p>As a result of his success at Round Rock, Oswalt was selected to play on the U.S. Olympic baseball team at the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Summer Olympics</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics">Olympic baseball</a> competition, Oswalt pitched in the semi-finals against <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, a game that the U.S. won with a walk-off home run by <a href="/wiki/Doug_Mientkiewicz" title="Doug Mientkiewicz">Doug Mientkiewicz</a> en route to their <a href="/wiki/Gold_medal" title="Gold medal">gold medal</a> finish. Oswalt struck out ten and allowed two runs (1.38 ERA) in his two starts.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, Oswalt started the season with the <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Zephyrs" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Zephyrs">New Orleans Zephyrs</a>, where he went 2–3 before being called up to the MLB when left-hander <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Franklin" title="Wayne Franklin">Wayne Franklin</a> was optioned down.<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefoswaltmin_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefoswaltmin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Houston_Astros_(2001–2010)"><span id="Houston_Astros_.282001.E2.80.932010.29"></span>Houston Astros (2001–2010)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Houston Astros (2001–2010)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2001–2005"><span id="2001.E2.80.932005"></span>2001–2005</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2001–2005"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roy_oswalt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Roy_oswalt.jpg/280px-Roy_oswalt.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Roy_oswalt.jpg/420px-Roy_oswalt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Roy_oswalt.jpg/560px-Roy_oswalt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="707" /></a><figcaption>Roy Oswalt on May 1, 2005.</figcaption></figure> <p>Oswalt finished his <a href="/wiki/Rookie" title="Rookie">rookie</a> campaign in <a href="/wiki/2001_Houston_Astros_season" title="2001 Houston Astros season">2001</a> with a 14–3 record and a 2.73 ERA, including a 12–2 mark with a 2.82 ERA in his 20 starts. He finished second in voting for <a href="/wiki/National_League_Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Rookie of the Year">National League Rookie of the Year</a>, losing unanimously to <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Albert Pujols</a>. He also placed fifth in <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> voting, which was won by <a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">Randy Johnson</a>. He won the <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award"><i>Sporting News</i> NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award</a>. He pitched 24 consecutive scoreless innings before giving up a home run to <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Galarraga" title="Andrés Galarraga">Andrés Galarraga</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2002_Houston_Astros_season" title="2002 Houston Astros season">2002</a> season was another step forward for Oswalt, who finished the season with a 19–9 record, striking out a career-high 208 batters and finishing with an ERA of 3.01. He tied with <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ric_Gagn%C3%A9" title="Éric Gagné">Éric Gagné</a> for fourth in Cy Young voting, losing once again to Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From July 27 to September 8, he won a then-club record 9 straight starts before getting a no-decision in an extra innings' Astros loss to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. </p><p>Injuries plagued Oswalt in 2003, but he still recorded a 10–5 record over 21 starts. He started a team <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> on June 11. Oswalt left after one inning, and 5 more Astros continued to no-hit the Yankees. </p><p>He rebounded in 2004 with the first 20-win season of his career, the only <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> (NL) pitcher to do so that year. He went 20–10 despite a career-high 3.49 ERA, and struck out 206 batters. He finished third in Cy Young Award voting, behind his teammate <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a> and, once again, Randy Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also made his first postseason appearance, going 1–0 with a 4.19 ERA in three starts and one relief appearance. He threw two complete-game shutouts during the season, both against the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>. He led all NL starters with the fastest average fastball, at 94.0 miles per hour (151.3 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won the <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Kile_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Darryl Kile Award">Darryl Kile Award</a>. </p><p>In 2005, Oswalt threw a career-high 241<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, striking out 184 batters and only walking 48 on the way to his second consecutive 20-win season – the first Astro to do so since <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a> in 1979–80. He notched a 20–12 record, including a career-best 10-game winning streak from April 10 to July 26, with a 2.94 ERA, and was named to his first <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a> as the National League <a href="/wiki/All-Star_Final_Vote" title="All-Star Final Vote">All-Star Final Vote</a> winner. He was fourth in Cy Young Award balloting, won by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Carpenter" title="Chris Carpenter">Chris Carpenter</a>. In the postseason that year, Oswalt started 4 games and went 3–0. His two seven inning one-run performances netted him the <a href="/wiki/NLCS_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NLCS MVP">NLCS MVP</a> award, including a three-hit seven strikeout game in Game 6. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roy_Oswalt_2010_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Roy_Oswalt_2010_crop.jpg/240px-Roy_Oswalt_2010_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Roy_Oswalt_2010_crop.jpg/360px-Roy_Oswalt_2010_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Roy_Oswalt_2010_crop.jpg/480px-Roy_Oswalt_2010_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="1355" /></a><figcaption>Oswalt pitching for the <a href="/wiki/2010_Houston_Astros_season" title="2010 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros in 2010</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Chase_Utley" title="Chase Utley">Chase Utley</a> behind him.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006–2009"><span id="2006.E2.80.932009"></span>2006–2009</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2006–2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oswalt went 15–8 in 2006 and was named to his second consecutive All-Star team and his final ERA led NL (2.98), and also struck out 166 batters while walking 38. On August 9 of that year, Oswalt hit his first and only career home run in the second inning in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, hitting a two-run homer off of <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Chacon" class="mw-redirect" title="Shawn Chacon">Shawn Chacon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 29, 2006, Oswalt's 29th birthday, he signed a five-year extension with the Astros totaling $73 million with an option for a 6th year.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He again finished fourth in Cy Young Award voting, won by <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Webb" title="Brandon Webb">Brandon Webb</a>. On September 18, while pitching against the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, Oswalt recorded his 1,000th strikeout, becoming the eighth player in Astros history to reach the milestone. </p><p>Before the 2007 season, Roy Oswalt received the second-highest Pitcher Player Value Ranking from <i>Sports Illustrated</i> Baseball Preview Edition. He was rated the best in the NL ahead of Brandon Webb and Chris Carpenter, and was only below the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Triple_Crown" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball Triple Crown">Triple Crown</a> winner <a href="/wiki/Johan_Santana" title="Johan Santana">Johan Santana</a>. On July 5, 2007, it was announced Oswalt would replace an injured <a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">John Smoltz</a> on the National League All-Star team, making it Oswalt's third consecutive All-Star game appearance. He did not pitch in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, however. On August 13, 2007, <i>Sports Illustrated</i> named Oswalt as one of the top five pitchers (along with Santana, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Roy Halladay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jake_Peavy" title="Jake Peavy">Jake Peavy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Justin Verlander</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 26, 2007, it was reported that Oswalt was suffering from pain in his left side and it was decided to shut him down for the remainder of the season so as not to risk a more serious injury.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished the 2007 season throwing 212 innings, his fourth consecutive year of 200 or more innings pitched, a 14–7 record, an ERA of 3.18 and 154 strikeouts. </p><p>Although he started off the 2008 season slowly (0–3, 9.00 ERA), a solid second half helped Oswalt reach his highest win total since 2005. Oswalt was able to accomplish this despite landing on the disabled list on July 19 for the first time since 2006. He also set an Astros team record with 32<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> scoreless innings.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished the 2008 season throwing 208<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, his fifth consecutive year of 200 or more innings pitched, a 17–10 record, an ERA of 3.54 and 165 strikeouts. </p><p>Oswalt is one of 10 major league pitchers who won at least 11 games in each year from 2004 to 2008.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2009, Oswalt played for the United States in the <a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic" title="World Baseball Classic">World Baseball Classic</a>, appearing in two games. He was the winning pitcher in the contest versus the Netherlands, but was pulled from the semifinal against Japan in the fourth inning after giving up 6 runs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philadelphia_Phillies_(2010–2011)"><span id="Philadelphia_Phillies_.282010.E2.80.932011.29"></span>Philadelphia Phillies (2010–2011)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Philadelphia Phillies (2010–2011)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010">2010</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 29, Oswalt was dealt to the Philadelphia Phillies for <a href="/wiki/J._A._Happ" title="J. A. Happ">J. A. Happ</a> and two minor league players, center fielder <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Gose" title="Anthony Gose">Anthony Gose</a>, and shortstop <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Villar" title="Jonathan Villar">Jonathan Villar</a>, playing for Class-A Advanced and Class-A, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 24, Oswalt became the first Phillies pitcher to field in a non-pitching position in 39 years. In a game against the Houston Astros, Phillies' first baseman <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a> was ejected after arguing a <a href="/wiki/Checked_swing" title="Checked swing">checked swing</a> to end the bottom of the 14th inning. Out of offensive reserves, the Phillies moved left fielder <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Iba%C3%B1ez" title="Raúl Ibañez">Raúl Ibañez</a> to first base and sent Oswalt to play left field. Oswalt acquired one <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putout</a> in the outfield, but later hit into the final out of the Phillies loss by grounding out in the bottom of the 16th inning. The previous Phillies pitcher to play a position was <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wilson_(pitcher)" title="Bill Wilson (pitcher)">Bill Wilson</a>, who played third base for one-third of an inning on August 6, 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-sbnoutfielder_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbnoutfielder-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IMG_1405_Roy_Oswalt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/IMG_1405_Roy_Oswalt.jpg/240px-IMG_1405_Roy_Oswalt.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/IMG_1405_Roy_Oswalt.jpg/360px-IMG_1405_Roy_Oswalt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/IMG_1405_Roy_Oswalt.jpg/480px-IMG_1405_Roy_Oswalt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1213" data-file-height="1188" /></a><figcaption>Oswalt pitching for the <a href="/wiki/2010_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2010 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies in 2010</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On September 12, Oswalt pitched his first complete game as a Phillie in a 3–0 win against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, allowing four hits and striking out six. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2010_National_League_Division_Series" title="2010 National League Division Series">2010 NLDS</a>, Oswalt pitched Game 2 of the Phillies' three-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds; he gave up four runs in five innings, but the Phillies came back to win 7–4. In the <a href="/wiki/2010_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2010 National League Championship Series">2010 NLCS</a> against the San Francisco Giants, Oswalt won Game 2 by allowing only one run in eight innings, which was his ninth postseason start without a loss.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oswalt entered Game 4 in the bottom of the ninth inning, attempting to preserve a tie game. However, he could only get two outs in the inning as Oswalt allowed two hits before <a href="/wiki/Juan_Uribe" title="Juan Uribe">Juan Uribe</a> drove the winning run from third base on a sacrifice fly. In Game 6, facing elimination, Oswalt allowed two runs in six innings but left with the game tied; the Giants later broke the tie to win that game and the series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011">2011</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Going into the 2011 season, the Phillies' top four pitchers (<a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Roy Halladay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Lee" title="Cliff Lee">Cliff Lee</a>, Oswalt, and <a href="/wiki/Cole_Hamels" title="Cole Hamels">Cole Hamels</a>) were widely touted as constituting one of the best <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">starting rotations</a> in history.<sup id="cite_ref-Corcoran11_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corcoran11-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a strong start to the 2011 season, Oswalt took a leave of absence from the Phillies on April 27, 2011, citing "personal reasons", namely to check on his family and home after a series of <a href="/wiki/2011_Super_Outbreak" title="2011 Super Outbreak">devastating tornadoes in Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later spent several weeks on the <a href="/wiki/Disabled_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Disabled list">disabled list</a> due to a back injury. Overall, his season was considered to be disappointing, perhaps due to his back problems.<sup id="cite_ref-Corcoran11_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corcoran11-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2011_National_League_Division_Series" title="2011 National League Division Series">2011 NLDS</a>, Oswalt started Game 4 with the Phillies leading the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> while needing only one more win to advance. Despite being spotted with two runs by the offense in the first, Oswalt allowed five runs in six innings and took the loss. The Phillies also lost Game 5 and were eliminated from the playoffs. </p><p>After the 2011 season for the Phillies, the team declined his option, thus making him a free agent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas_Rangers_(2012)"><span id="Texas_Rangers_.282012.29"></span>Texas Rangers (2012)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Texas Rangers (2012)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oswalt was regarded as one of the top starters on the free agent market and was courted by several teams. <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Stark" title="Jayson Stark">Jayson Stark</a> reported that Oswalt, only 34 years old and up to that point an elite pitcher, was holding out for the hope of a large salary from a team relatively close to his hometown of <a href="/wiki/Weir,_Mississippi" title="Weir, Mississippi">Weir, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stark2012_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stark2012-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, several of the teams on Oswalt's list were not interested, and Stark reported that Oswalt's performance in 2011 prevented other teams from offering the money he expected.<sup id="cite_ref-Stark2012_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stark2012-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roy_Oswalt_on_June_7,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Roy_Oswalt_on_June_7%2C_2012.jpg/220px-Roy_Oswalt_on_June_7%2C_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Roy_Oswalt_on_June_7%2C_2012.jpg/330px-Roy_Oswalt_on_June_7%2C_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Roy_Oswalt_on_June_7%2C_2012.jpg/440px-Roy_Oswalt_on_June_7%2C_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Oswalt during his tenure with the <a href="/wiki/Round_Rock_Express" title="Round Rock Express">Round Rock Express</a>, triple-A affiliates of the Rangers, in <a href="/wiki/2012_in_baseball" title="2012 in baseball">2012</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On May 29, it was reported that Oswalt had signed a minor league deal with the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To get back to form, Roy started four games in the Rangers' minor league system; three games for the Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Round_Rock_Express" title="Round Rock Express">Round Rock Express</a> and one for the Double-A <a href="/wiki/Frisco_RoughRiders" title="Frisco RoughRiders">Frisco RoughRiders</a>. Throughout the four starts, he went 1–1 with a 5.87 ERA. </p><p>On June 20, the Rangers announced that Oswalt would make his first start with the major league club on Friday, June 22, a <a href="/wiki/Rangers_Ballpark_in_Arlington" class="mw-redirect" title="Rangers Ballpark in Arlington">home</a> game against the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a>. In his debut with the Rangers, Oswalt pitched 6<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings. He collected 6 strikeouts, while surrendering 9 hits and one earned run. He received an ovation from the crowd as he exited. </p><p>On July 31, the Rangers moved Oswalt to the bullpen after the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Dempster" title="Ryan Dempster">Ryan Dempster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 23, Oswalt made a spot start against the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a> to give <a href="/wiki/Matt_Harrison_(baseball)" title="Matt Harrison (baseball)">Matt Harrison</a> an extra day of rest. However, he was removed after two innings with soreness in his elbow. On September 11, he was diagnosed with a right forearm strain and did not throw for several days. His first appearance since the injury was on September 24 in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>. He pitched two scoreless innings of relief. The next day, he pitched 1.1 innings.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colorado_Rockies_(2013)"><span id="Colorado_Rockies_.282013.29"></span>Colorado Rockies (2013)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Colorado Rockies (2013)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oswalt agreed to a minor league deal with the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> on May 2, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-mlb_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlb-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his Rockies debut on June 20 against the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a>, pitching 5 innings and giving up 4 earned runs on 9 hits with 11 strikeouts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement">Retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oswalt retired after the 2013 season and went to work for his former agent.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oswalt, along with former teammate <a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a> signed a one-day contract with Houston to officially retire as an Astro on April 5, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oswalt was first eligible for the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> in 2019. He received 4 votes, or 0.9%, which is less than the 5% threshold and thus became ineligible for further consideration.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oswalt was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame">Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame</a> on August 3, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pitching_style">Pitching style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Pitching style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oswalt threw the following five pitches:<sup id="cite_ref-brooks_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brooks-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Four-seam_fastball" title="Four-seam fastball">Four-seam fastball</a> – His main pitch, 91–94 miles per hour (146–151 km/h)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-seam_fastball" title="Two-seam fastball">Two-seam fastball</a> – 90–93 miles per hour (145–150 km/h)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curveball" title="Curveball">Curveball</a> – 68–72 miles per hour (109–116 km/h)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changeup" title="Changeup">Changeup</a> – 81–84 miles per hour (130–135 km/h)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slider_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slider (baseball)">Slider</a> – 83–85 miles per hour (134–137 km/h)</li></ul> <p>Oswalt's repertoire and approach evolved over time. His changeup was originally a rarely used <a href="/wiki/Circle_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Circle change">circle change</a>. However, in 2010, he changed the grip to make it more similar to a "<a href="/wiki/Fosh_(baseball)" title="Fosh (baseball)">fosh</a>" grip. Originally a fastball-curveball pitcher, Oswalt made his changeup part of his standard repertoire.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Laurila_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laurila-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He threw it only 4% of the time in 2008, but that jumped to 19% by 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-brooks_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brooks-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He says it also helped compensate for slightly reduced fastball velocity as a result of his age.<sup id="cite_ref-Laurila_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laurila-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His curveball was a common 2-strike offering, and his changeup was frequently used in those counts to right-handed hitters. He also often used the change as a substitute for a fastball when he was behind in the count.<sup id="cite_ref-brooks_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brooks-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He liked to work his fastball high in the strike zone: "It's often the best pitch for me to throw to a guy who is sitting on a fastball. If I throw it high, a lot of times he'll swing and not catch up to it."<sup id="cite_ref-Laurila_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laurila-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oswalt had good control throughout his career. He appeared in the top 10 in the National League in <a href="/wiki/BB/9" class="mw-redirect" title="BB/9">BB/9</a> rate seven times, as well as six times in <a href="/wiki/Strikeout-to-walk_ratio" title="Strikeout-to-walk ratio">strikeout-to-walk ratio</a>. He also finished four seasons without making an <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">error</a>. He finished his career with a .982 <a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">fielding percentage</a>, committing only nine errors in 487 <a href="/wiki/Total_chances" title="Total chances">total chances</a> over 2245.1 <a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">innings pitched</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbrefoswaltmaj_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbrefoswaltmaj-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oswalt was known as one of the faster workers in baseball in terms of time between pitches.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oswalt is married and has three daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-Ortiz2006_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ortiz2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They reside in <a href="/wiki/Starkville,_Mississippi" title="Starkville, Mississippi">Starkville, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, he opened a steakhouse in Starkville named "44 Prime."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 2,</span> 2011</span>. <q>Roy Oswalt wears long pants on days when he's not pitching, but always displays his high socks on the mound.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Philadelphia+Inquirer&rft.atitle=Baseball+and+socks+appeal&rft.date=2011-08-29&rft.aulast=Vitez&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.philly.com%2F2011-08-29%2Fsports%2F29941646_1_pants-socks-cuffs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoy+Oswalt" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Oswalt&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=571">Fangraphs</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=oswalt001roy">Baseball Reference (Minors)</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/O/Poswar001.htm">Retrosheet</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/royoswalt44net">Roy Oswalt</a> on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a></li></ul> <dl><dd></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF179;">Awards and achievements </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Curt Schilling</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Derek_Lowe" title="Derek Lowe">Derek Lowe</a></div> </td> <td 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Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Richie_Ashburn" title="Richie Ashburn">Ashburn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Ford" title="Whitey Ford">Ford</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Rookie</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Roy_Sievers" title="Roy Sievers">Sievers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso" title="Minnie Miñoso">Miñoso</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Clint_Courtney" title="Clint Courtney">Courtney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Kuenn" title="Harvey Kuenn">Kuenn</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Grim_(baseball)" title="Bob Grim (baseball)">Grim</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Herb_Score" title="Herb Score">Score</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio" title="Luis Aparicio">Aparicio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Kubek" title="Tony Kubek">Kubek</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ed_Bouchee" title="Ed Bouchee">Bouchee</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Allison" title="Bob Allison">Allison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Hansen_(baseball)" title="Ron Hansen (baseball)">Hansen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Tresh" title="Tom Tresh">Tresh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Crosby" title="Bobby Crosby">Crosby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Huston_Street" title="Huston Street">Street</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Verlander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Pedroia" title="Dustin Pedroia">Pedroia</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Evan_Longoria" title="Evan Longoria">Longoria</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(baseball)" title="Andrew Bailey (baseball)">Bailey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Jackson_(baseball)" title="Austin Jackson (baseball)">Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Trumbo" title="Mark Trumbo">Trumbo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Trout</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Wil_Myers" title="Wil Myers">Myers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu" title="José Abreu">Abreu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Correa" title="Carlos Correa">Correa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Fulmer" title="Michael Fulmer">Fulmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Judge" title="Aaron Judge">Judge</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Ohtani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Yordan_Alvarez" title="Yordan Alvarez">Alvarez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lewis" title="Kyle Lewis">Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Adolis_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Adolis García">García</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Julio_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Julio Rodríguez">Rodríguez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Gunnar_Henderson" title="Gunnar Henderson">Henderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Mason_Miller" title="Mason Miller">Miller</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Rookie</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Don_Newcombe" title="Don Newcombe">Newcombe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Mays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Black" title="Joe Black">Black</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilliam" title="Jim Gilliam">Gilliam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Moon" title="Wally Moon">Moon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Virdon" title="Bill Virdon">Virdon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">F. 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A. Happ">Happ</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Heyward" title="Jason Heyward">Heyward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Kimbrel" title="Craig Kimbrel">Kimbrel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Wade_Miley" title="Wade Miley">Miley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(pitcher)" title="José Fernández (pitcher)">Fernández</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Jacob_deGrom" title="Jacob deGrom">deGrom</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Kris_Bryant" title="Kris Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Corey_Seager" title="Corey Seager">Seager</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Cody_Bellinger" title="Cody Bellinger">Bellinger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Acu%C3%B1a_Jr." title="Ronald Acuña Jr.">Acuña Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Alonso" title="Pete Alonso">Alonso</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Jake_Cronenworth" title="Jake Cronenworth">Cronenworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_India" title="Jonathan India">India</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Strider" title="Spencer Strider">Strider</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Corbin_Carroll" title="Corbin Carroll">Carroll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Merrill" title="Jackson Merrill">Merrill</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Rookie<br />Player</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Albie_Pearson" title="Albie Pearson">Pearson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Howser" title="Dick Howser">Howser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Ward" title="Pete Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Oliva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Blefary" title="Curt Blefary">Blefary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Agee" title="Tommie Agee">Agee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Carew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Del_Unser" title="Del Unser">Unser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_May" title="Carlos May">C. May</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Roy_Foster_(baseball)" title="Roy Foster (baseball)">Foster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Chambliss" title="Chris Chambliss">Chambliss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk" title="Carlton Fisk">Fisk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Al_Bumbry" title="Al Bumbry">Bumbry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hargrove" title="Mike Hargrove">Hargrove</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Lynn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Butch_Wynegar" title="Butch Wynegar">Wynegar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Page" title="Mitchell Page">Page</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Molitor" title="Paul Molitor">Molitor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Putnam" title="Pat Putnam">Putnam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Charboneau" title="Joe Charboneau">Charboneau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gedman" title="Rich Gedman">Gedman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Ripken Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Kittle" title="Ron Kittle">Kittle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Davis" title="Alvin Davis">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Guill%C3%A9n" title="Ozzie Guillén">Guillén</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Jose_Canseco" title="Jose Canseco">Canseco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGwire" title="Mark McGwire">McGwire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Harvey" title="Bryan Harvey">Harvey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Worthington" title="Craig Worthington">Worthington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Alomar_Jr." title="Sandy Alomar Jr.">Alomar Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Knoblauch" title="Chuck Knoblauch">Knoblauch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Listach" title="Pat Listach">Listach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Salmon" title="Tim Salmon">Salmon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hamelin" title="Bob Hamelin">Hamelin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Garret_Anderson" title="Garret Anderson">G. Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Jeter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Nomar_Garciaparra" title="Nomar Garciaparra">Garciaparra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Grieve" title="Ben Grieve">Grieve</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Beltr%C3%A1n" title="Carlos Beltrán">Beltrán</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Quinn" title="Mark Quinn">Quinn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Suzuki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hinske" title="Eric Hinske">Hinske</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Jody_Gerut" title="Jody Gerut">Gerut</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Rookie<br />Pitcher</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Ryne_Duren" title="Ryne Duren">Duren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Don_Schwall" title="Don Schwall">Schwall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Peters_(baseball)" title="Gary Peters (baseball)">Peters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Bunker" title="Wally Bunker">Bunker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Marcelino_L%C3%B3pez" title="Marcelino López">M. López</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Nash_(baseball)" title="Jim Nash (baseball)">Nash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Phoebus" title="Tom Phoebus">Phoebus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Stan_Bahnsen" title="Stan Bahnsen">Bahnsen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nagy" title="Mike Nagy">Nagy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Bert_Blyleven" title="Bert Blyleven">Blyleven</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Parsons" title="Bill Parsons">Parsons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Tidrow" title="Dick Tidrow">Tidrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Busby" title="Steve Busby">Busby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Tanana" title="Frank Tanana">Tanana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley" title="Dennis Eckersley">Eckersley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Fidrych" title="Mark Fidrych">Fidrych</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rozema" title="Dave Rozema">Rozema</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gale" title="Rich Gale">Gale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Clear" title="Mark Clear">Clear</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Britt_Burns" title="Britt Burns">Burns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Righetti" title="Dave Righetti">Righetti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Vande_Berg" title="Ed Vande Berg">Vande Berg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Boddicker" title="Mike Boddicker">Boddicker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Langston" title="Mark Langston">Langston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Higuera" title="Teddy Higuera">Higuera</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Eichhorn" title="Mark Eichhorn">Eichhorn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Henneman" title="Mike Henneman">Henneman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Harvey" title="Bryan Harvey">Harvey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon" title="Tom Gordon">Gordon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Appier" title="Kevin Appier">Appier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Guzm%C3%A1n_(baseball)" title="Juan Guzmán (baseball)">Guzmán</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Cal_Eldred" title="Cal Eldred">Eldred</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Anderson_(pitcher)" title="Brian Anderson (pitcher)">B. Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Juli%C3%A1n_Tav%C3%A1rez" title="Julián Tavárez">Tavárez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/James_Baldwin_(baseball)" title="James Baldwin (baseball)">Baldwin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Dickson" title="Jason Dickson">Dickson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Rolando_Arrojo" title="Rolando Arrojo">Arrojo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hudson" title="Tim Hudson">Hudson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Sasaki" title="Kazuhiro Sasaki">Sasaki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">Sabathia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_L%C3%B3pez_(baseball)" title="Rodrigo López (baseball)">R. López</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Soriano" title="Rafael Soriano">Soriano</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Rookie<br />Player</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Willey" title="Carl Willey">Willey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams" title="Billy Williams">B. Williams</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Rose</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Allen" title="Dick Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Morgan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Helms" title="Tommy Helms">Helms</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Lee_May" title="Lee May">L. May</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Bench</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Coco_Laboy" title="Coco Laboy">Laboy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Carbo" title="Bernie Carbo">Carbo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Williams_(1970s_catcher)" title="Earl Williams (1970s catcher)">E. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rader_(baseball)" title="Dave Rader (baseball)">Rader</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Matthews" title="Gary Matthews">Matthews</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Gross" title="Greg Gross">Gross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Carter" title="Gary Carter">Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Herndon" title="Larry Herndon">Herndon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Dawson" title="Andre Dawson">Dawson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Horner" title="Bob Horner">Horner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Leonard" title="Jeffrey Leonard">Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lonnie Smith (baseball)">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Raines" title="Tim Raines">Raines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Ray_(second_baseman)" title="Johnny Ray (second baseman)">Ray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Strawberry" title="Darryl Strawberry">Strawberry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Samuel" title="Juan Samuel">Samuel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Coleman_(baseball)" title="Vince Coleman (baseball)">Coleman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Robby_Thompson" title="Robby Thompson">Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Benito_Santiago" title="Benito Santiago">Santiago</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Grace" title="Mark Grace">Grace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Walton" title="Jerome Walton">Walton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/David_Justice" title="David Justice">Justice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Bagwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Karros" title="Eric Karros">Karros</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Piazza" title="Mike Piazza">Piazza</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Mondes%C3%AD" title="Raúl Mondesí">Mondesí</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Chipper_Jones" title="Chipper Jones">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kendall" title="Jason Kendall">Kendall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Rolen" title="Scott Rolen">Rolen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Helton" title="Todd Helton">Helton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Preston_Wilson" title="Preston Wilson">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Furcal" title="Rafael Furcal">Furcal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Pujols</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Wilkerson" title="Brad Wilkerson">Wilkerson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Podsednik" title="Scott Podsednik">Podsednik</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Rookie<br />Pitcher</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Cepeda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hunt_(pitcher)" title="Ken Hunt (pitcher)">Hunt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Culp" title="Ray Culp">Culp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Billy_McCool" title="Billy McCool">McCool</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Linzy" title="Frank Linzy">Linzy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Sutton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Hughes_(baseball)" title="Dick Hughes (baseball)">Hughes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Koosman" title="Jerry Koosman">Koosman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Griffin_(baseball)" title="Tom Griffin (baseball)">Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Morton" title="Carl Morton">Morton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Cleveland" title="Reggie Cleveland">Cleveland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Jon_Matlack" title="Jon Matlack">Matlack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Rogers_(baseball)" title="Steve Rogers (baseball)">Rogers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/John_D%27Acquisto" title="John D'Acquisto">D'Acquisto</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/John_Montefusco" title="John Montefusco">Montefusco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Butch_Metzger" title="Butch Metzger">Metzger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Owchinko" title="Bob Owchinko">Owchinko</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Don_Robinson_(baseball)" title="Don Robinson (baseball)">D. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Sutcliffe" title="Rick Sutcliffe">Sutcliffe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Britt_Burns" title="Britt Burns">Burns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Valenzuela" title="Fernando Valenzuela">Valenzuela</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bedrosian" title="Steve Bedrosian">Bedrosian</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Craig_McMurtry" title="Craig McMurtry">McMurtry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Gooden" title="Dwight Gooden">Gooden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Browning" title="Tom Browning">Browning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Worrell" title="Todd Worrell">Worrell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunne_(baseball)" title="Mike Dunne (baseball)">Dunne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Belcher" title="Tim Belcher">Belcher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Benes" title="Andy Benes">Benes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Harkey" title="Mike Harkey">Harkey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Al_Osuna" title="Al Osuna">Osuna</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Rueter" title="Kirk Rueter">Rueter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Trachsel" title="Steve Trachsel">Trachsel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Nomo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Benes" title="Alan Benes">Benes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Morris_(baseball)" title="Matt Morris (baseball)">Morris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Wood" title="Kerry Wood">Wood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Williamson" title="Scott Williamson">Williamson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ankiel" title="Rick Ankiel">Ankiel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oswalt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Jennings" title="Jason Jennings">Jennings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Dontrelle_Willis" title="Dontrelle Willis">Willis</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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(baseball)">Avery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Schilling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <i>Not played</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Devereaux" title="Mike Devereaux">Devereaux</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Javy_L%C3%B3pez" title="Javy López">López</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Liv%C3%A1n_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Liván Hernández">Hernández</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Sterling_Hitchcock" title="Sterling Hitchcock">Hitchcock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_P%C3%A9rez_(baseball)" title="Eddie Pérez (baseball)">Pérez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hampton" title="Mike Hampton">Hampton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Counsell" title="Craig Counsell">Counsell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Benito_Santiago" title="Benito Santiago">Santiago</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Rodríguez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Pujols</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oswalt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Suppan" title="Jeff Suppan">Suppan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Holliday" title="Matt Holliday">Holliday</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Cole_Hamels" title="Cole Hamels">Hamels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Cody_Ross" title="Cody Ross">Ross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/David_Freese" title="David Freese">Freese</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Marco_Scutaro" title="Marco Scutaro">Scutaro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wacha" title="Michael Wacha">Wacha</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Bumgarner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Murphy_(baseball)" title="Daniel Murphy (baseball)">Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Javier_B%C3%A1ez" title="Javier Báez">Báez</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Taylor_(baseball)" title="Chris Taylor (baseball)">Taylor</a> & <a href="/wiki/Justin_Turner" title="Justin Turner">Turner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Cody_Bellinger" title="Cody Bellinger">Bellinger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Kendrick" title="Howie Kendrick">Kendrick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Corey_Seager" title="Corey Seager">Seager</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rosario" title="Eddie Rosario">Rosario</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Harper" title="Bryce Harper">Harper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Ketel_Marte" title="Ketel Marte">Marte</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Edman" title="Tommy Edman">Edman</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" 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G. Spalding">Spalding</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1877: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Bond_(baseball)" title="Tommy Bond (baseball)">Bond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1878: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Bond_(baseball)" title="Tommy Bond (baseball)">Bond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1879: <a href="/wiki/John_Montgomery_Ward" title="John Montgomery Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1880: <a href="/wiki/Jim_McCormick_(pitcher)" title="Jim McCormick (pitcher)">J. McCormick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1881: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Corcoran" title="Larry Corcoran">Corcoran</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jim_Whitney" title="Jim Whitney">Whitney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1882: <a href="/wiki/Jim_McCormick_(pitcher)" title="Jim McCormick (pitcher)">J. McCormick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1883: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Radbourn" title="Charles Radbourn">Radbourn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1884: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Radbourn" title="Charles Radbourn">Radbourn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1885: <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">Clarkson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1886: <a href="/wiki/Lady_Baldwin" title="Lady Baldwin">Baldwin</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tim_Keefe" title="Tim Keefe">Keefe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1887: <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">Clarkson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1888: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Keefe" title="Tim Keefe">Keefe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1889: <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">Clarkson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1890: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hutchison_(baseball)" title="Bill Hutchison (baseball)">Hutchison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1891: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hutchison_(baseball)" title="Bill Hutchison (baseball)">Hutchison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1892: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hutchison_(baseball)" title="Bill Hutchison (baseball)">Hutchison</a> & <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1893: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Killen" title="Frank Killen">Killen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1894: <a href="/wiki/Amos_Rusie" title="Amos Rusie">Rusie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1895: <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1896: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Killen" title="Frank Killen">Killen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kid_Nichols" title="Kid Nichols">Nichols</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1897: <a href="/wiki/Kid_Nichols" title="Kid Nichols">Nichols</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1898: <a href="/wiki/Kid_Nichols" title="Kid Nichols">Nichols</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1899: <a href="/wiki/Jay_Hughes" title="Jay Hughes">Hughes</a> & <a href="/wiki/Joe_McGinnity" title="Joe McGinnity">McGinnity</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1900: <a href="/wiki/Joe_McGinnity" title="Joe McGinnity">McGinnity</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1901: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Donovan" title="Bill Donovan">Donovan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1902: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Chesbro" title="Jack Chesbro">Chesbro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1903: <a href="/wiki/Joe_McGinnity" title="Joe McGinnity">McGinnity</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1904: <a href="/wiki/Joe_McGinnity" title="Joe McGinnity">McGinnity</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1905: <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1906: <a href="/wiki/Joe_McGinnity" title="Joe McGinnity">McGinnity</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1907: <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1908: <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1909: <a href="/wiki/Mordecai_Brown" title="Mordecai Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1910: <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1911: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1912: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Cheney" title="Larry Cheney">Cheney</a> & <a href="/wiki/Rube_Marquard" title="Rube Marquard">Marquard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1913: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaton" title="Tom Seaton">Seaton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1914: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1915: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1916: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1917: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1918: <a href="/wiki/Hippo_Vaughn" title="Hippo Vaughn">Vaughn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1919: <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Barnes" title="Jesse Barnes">Barnes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921: <a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Cooper" title="Wilbur Cooper">W. Cooper</a> & <a href="/wiki/Burleigh_Grimes" title="Burleigh Grimes">Grimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922: <a href="/wiki/Eppa_Rixey" title="Eppa Rixey">Rixey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1923: <a href="/wiki/Dolf_Luque" title="Dolf Luque">Luque</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1924: <a href="/wiki/Dazzy_Vance" title="Dazzy Vance">Vance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1925: <a href="/wiki/Dazzy_Vance" title="Dazzy Vance">Vance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Donohue" title="Pete Donohue">Donohue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Kremer" title="Ray Kremer">Kremer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Meadows" title="Lee Meadows">Meadows</a> & <a href="/wiki/Flint_Rhem" title="Flint Rhem">Rhem</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Root" title="Charlie Root">Root</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Benton" title="Larry Benton">Benton</a> & <a href="/wiki/Burleigh_Grimes" title="Burleigh Grimes">Grimes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Malone" title="Pat Malone">Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Kremer" title="Ray Kremer">Kremer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Pat_Malone" title="Pat Malone">Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931: <a href="/wiki/Jumbo_Elliott_(baseball)" title="Jumbo Elliott (baseball)">Elliott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hallahan" title="Bill Hallahan">Hallahan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Heine_Meine" title="Heine Meine">Meine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932: <a href="/wiki/Lon_Warneke" title="Lon Warneke">Warneke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Hubbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Hubbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Hubbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher)">Lee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Walters" title="Bucky Walters">Walters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Walters" title="Bucky Walters">Walters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Kirby_Higbe" title="Kirby Higbe">Higbe</a> & <a href="/wiki/Whit_Wyatt" title="Whit Wyatt">Wyatt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Mort_Cooper" title="Mort Cooper">M. Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Mort_Cooper" title="Mort Cooper">M. Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Riddle" title="Elmer Riddle">Riddle</a> & <a href="/wiki/Rip_Sewell" title="Rip Sewell">Sewell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Walters" title="Bucky Walters">Walters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Red_Barrett" title="Red Barrett">Barrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Pollet" title="Howie Pollet">Pollet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Ewell_Blackwell" title="Ewell Blackwell">Blackwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Sain" title="Johnny Sain">Sain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Jansen" title="Larry Jansen">Jansen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sal_Maglie" title="Sal Maglie">Maglie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Roberts</a> & <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Roberts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Don_Newcombe" title="Don Newcombe">Newcombe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Friend" title="Bob Friend">Friend</a> & <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Lew_Burdette" title="Lew Burdette">Burdette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(baseball)" title="Sam Jones (baseball)">S. Jones</a> & <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Broglio" title="Ernie Broglio">Broglio</a> & <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Joey_Jay" title="Joey Jay">Jay</a> & <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Drysdale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a> & <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Marichal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Jackson" title="Larry Jackson">L. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormick_(pitcher)" title="Mike McCormick (pitcher)">M. McCormick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Marichal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Seaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Gibson" title="Bob Gibson">Gibson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Jenkins" title="Ferguson Jenkins">Jenkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Bryant" title="Ron Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Messersmith" title="Andy Messersmith">Messersmith</a> & <a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">P. Niekro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Seaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Jones_(baseball)" title="Randy Jones (baseball)">R. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">J. Niekro</a> & <a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">P. Niekro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Seaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/John_Denny" title="John Denny">Denny</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_And%C3%BAjar" title="Joaquín Andújar">Andújar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Gooden" title="Dwight Gooden">Gooden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Valenzuela" title="Fernando Valenzuela">Valenzuela</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Sutcliffe" title="Rick Sutcliffe">Sutcliffe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Orel_Hershiser" title="Orel Hershiser">Hershiser</a> & <a href="/wiki/Danny_Jackson" title="Danny Jackson">D. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Scott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Drabek" title="Doug Drabek">Drabek</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Glavine</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Smiley_(baseball)" title="John Smiley (baseball)">Smiley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Glavine</a> & <a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Maddux</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Glavine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hill_(baseball)" title="Ken Hill (baseball)">Hill</a> & <a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Maddux</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Maddux</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Denny_Neagle" title="Denny Neagle">Neagle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Glavine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hampton" title="Mike Hampton">Hampton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Glavine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Morris_(baseball)" title="Matt Morris (baseball)">Morris</a> & <a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Schilling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Russ_Ortiz" title="Russ Ortiz">Ortiz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oswalt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Dontrelle_Willis" title="Dontrelle Willis">Willis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Harang" title="Aaron Harang">Harang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Lowe" title="Derek Lowe">Lowe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brad_Penny" title="Brad Penny">Penny</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">Smoltz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Webb" title="Brandon Webb">Webb</a> & <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Zambrano" title="Carlos Zambrano">Zambrano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Jake_Peavy" title="Jake Peavy">Peavy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Webb" title="Brandon Webb">Webb</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Adam_Wainwright" title="Adam Wainwright">Wainwright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Halladay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Kennedy" title="Ian Kennedy">Kennedy</a> & <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Kershaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Gio_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Gio González">González</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Adam_Wainwright" title="Adam Wainwright">Wainwright</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Zimmermann" title="Jordan Zimmermann">Zimmermann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Kershaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Jake_Arrieta" title="Jake Arrieta">Arrieta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Max_Scherzer" title="Max Scherzer">Scherzer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Kershaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Lester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miles_Mikolas" title="Miles Mikolas">Mikolas</a> & <a href="/wiki/Max_Scherzer" title="Max Scherzer">Scherzer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Strasburg" title="Stephen Strasburg">Strasburg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Yu_Darvish" title="Yu Darvish">Darvish</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Julio_Ur%C3%ADas" title="Julio Urías">Urías</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Wright_(baseball)" title="Kyle Wright (baseball)">Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Strider" title="Spencer Strider">Strider</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Sale" title="Chris Sale">Sale</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Keefe">Keefe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1881: <a href="/wiki/Stump_Weidman" title="Stump Weidman">Weidman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1882: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Corcoran" title="Larry Corcoran">Corcoran</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1883: <a href="/wiki/Jim_McCormick_(pitcher)" title="Jim McCormick (pitcher)">J. McCormick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1884: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Radbourn" title="Charles Radbourn">Radbourn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1885: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Keefe" title="Tim Keefe">Keefe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1886: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Boyle_(baseball)" title="Henry Boyle (baseball)">Boyle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1887: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Casey_(baseball)" title="Dan Casey (baseball)">Casey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1888: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Keefe" title="Tim Keefe">Keefe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1889: <a href="/wiki/John_Clarkson" title="John Clarkson">Clarkson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1890: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Rhines" title="Billy Rhines">Rhines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1891: <a href="/wiki/John_Ewing_(baseball)" title="John Ewing (baseball)">Ewing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1892: <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1893: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Breitenstein" title="Ted Breitenstein">Breitenstein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1894: <a href="/wiki/Amos_Rusie" title="Amos Rusie">Rusie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1895: <a href="/wiki/Al_Maul" title="Al Maul">Maul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1896: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Rhines" title="Billy Rhines">Rhines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1897: <a href="/wiki/Amos_Rusie" title="Amos Rusie">Rusie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1898: <a href="/wiki/Clark_Griffith" title="Clark Griffith">Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1899: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Willis" title="Vic Willis">Willis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1900: <a href="/wiki/Rube_Waddell" title="Rube Waddell">Waddell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1901: <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Tannehill" title="Jesse Tannehill">Tannehill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1902: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Taylor_(1900s_pitcher)" title="Jack Taylor (1900s pitcher)">Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1903: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Leever" title="Sam Leever">Leever</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1904: <a href="/wiki/Joe_McGinnity" title="Joe McGinnity">McGinnity</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1905: <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1906: <a href="/wiki/Mordecai_Brown" title="Mordecai Brown">M. Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1907: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Pfiester" title="Jack Pfiester">Pfiester</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1908: <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1909: <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1910: <a href="/wiki/King_Cole_(baseball)" title="King Cole (baseball)">Cole</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1911: <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1912: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Tesreau" title="Jeff Tesreau">Tesreau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1913: <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Mathewson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1914: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Doak" title="Bill Doak">Doak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1915: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1916: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1917: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Fred Anderson (baseball)">Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1918: <a href="/wiki/Hippo_Vaughn" title="Hippo Vaughn">Vaughn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1919: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920: <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Doak" title="Bill Doak">Doak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Douglas_(baseball)" title="Phil Douglas (baseball)">Douglas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1923: <a href="/wiki/Dolf_Luque" title="Dolf Luque">Luque</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1924: <a href="/wiki/Dazzy_Vance" title="Dazzy Vance">Vance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1925: <a href="/wiki/Dolf_Luque" title="Dolf Luque">Luque</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Kremer" title="Ray Kremer">Kremer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Kremer" title="Ray Kremer">Kremer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928: <a href="/wiki/Dazzy_Vance" title="Dazzy Vance">Vance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walker_(baseball)" title="Bill Walker (baseball)">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930: <a href="/wiki/Dazzy_Vance" title="Dazzy Vance">Vance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walker_(baseball)" title="Bill Walker (baseball)">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932: <a href="/wiki/Lon_Warneke" title="Lon Warneke">Warneke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Hubbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Hubbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Cy_Blanton" title="Cy Blanton">Blanton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Hubbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Turner_(baseball)" title="Jim Turner (baseball)">Turner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher)">Lee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Walters" title="Bucky Walters">Walters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Walters" title="Bucky Walters">Walters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Riddle" title="Elmer Riddle">Riddle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Mort_Cooper" title="Mort Cooper">Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Max_Lanier" title="Max Lanier">Lanier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Heusser" title="Ed Heusser">Heusser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Prim" title="Ray Prim">Prim</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Pollet" title="Howie Pollet">Pollet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Brecheen" title="Harry Brecheen">Brecheen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Koslo" title="Dave Koslo">Koslo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Sal_Maglie" title="Sal Maglie">Maglie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Chet_Nichols_Jr." title="Chet Nichols Jr.">Nichols Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Wilhelm" title="Hoyt Wilhelm">Wilhelm</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Antonelli" title="Johnny Antonelli">Antonelli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Friend" title="Bob Friend">Friend</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Lew_Burdette" title="Lew Burdette">Burdette</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Podres" title="Johnny Podres">Podres</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Stu_Miller" title="Stu Miller">Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(baseball)" title="Sam Jones (baseball)">S. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormick_(pitcher)" title="Mike McCormick (pitcher)">M. McCormick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Spahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">Niekro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Gibson" title="Bob Gibson">Gibson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Marichal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Seaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Seaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Seaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Buzz_Capra" title="Buzz Capra">Capra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Jones_(baseball)" title="Randy Jones (baseball)">R. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/John_Denny" title="John Denny">Denny</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/John_Candelaria" title="John Candelaria">Candelaria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Swan" title="Craig Swan">Swan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/J._R._Richard" title="J. R. 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