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Judge DredI guess we need to petition MLB and let them know that the name of the award needs to be changed to the Walter Johnson Award - but it just doesn't have that snappy ring to it like the "Cy Young Award."
I see there were no 19th century players listed (unless you count half of Cy's wins during that era).
My vote goes for Walter Johnson with the Big Six close behind.
By the way I think that the overall win percentage of the teams on which Walter Johnson pitched was about .492 (perhaps someone could verify this). There were some good teams and some bad teams mixed in his tenure on that staff.
Perhaps some SABR member could look up which dead-ball pitching star hurled for the most futile team. It'd be interesting to see a comparison like Steve Carltons 1972 season when he was 27-10 while the Phillies were 59-97. Instead of one season, make the comparison for a full career for the dead ball era pitchers.
Are there any game SABR tooth go-getters out there?