San Francisco Giants pitcher Mike McCormick wins the 1967 National League Cy Young Award

On October 31, 1967 — San Francisco Giants pitcher Mike McCormick, the National League leader with 22 victories, is honored with the 1967 National League Cy Young Award. It is the first year in which pitchers are honored in both leagues.

The veteran, who was paid $50,000 to sign with the old New York Giants back in 1956, and was reacquired by the club last December in a deal with Washington, won in a landslide with 18 of the 20 votes by the committee of writers, two from each league city. Ferguson, Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs and Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies each received one vote. It was the first time the writers have voted for the Cy Young Award in both major leagues. Always in the past, there has been just one winner, but the writers petitioned Commissioner William D. Eckert for his approval to change to picking one pitcher for each league. Former Commissioner Ford Frick, who suggested the idea originally, always had favored the selection of just one pitcher. The winner of the American League Award will be named in a few days. McCormick pitched the Giants to second place with a 22-10 season record, making him the top winner in the league. He pitched 14 complete games, worked 262 innings, allowed 220 hits, and walked 81. struck out 150 and finished with a 2.85 earned run average. With Juan Marichal on the disabled list, McCormick became the club’s ace.

‘Every Pitcher’s Dream’ – “This is the realization of every pitcher’s dream,” Mike McCormick said Tuesday. on learning that he is the winner of the Cy Young Award as the; National League’s best pitcher of 1967. “It certainly is the cake-icing of my playing year,” McCormick told a newsman. “In all honesty, my family and I are very elated.” The San Francisco Giant left-hander makes his home in Mountain View, some 40 miles south of Candlestick Park. Since the end of the baseball season, he said he has been loafing and playing golf but expects to do some public relations work during the winter.

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