1880 Cy Young Award

1880 National League - Jim McCormick, Cleveland Blues

45-28, 1.85 ERA, 260 K

Jim McCormick was pretty busy in 1880, to say the least.  He started an astonishing 74 games, completing 72 of them; both figures are good for third all time.  He also pitched 657.2 innings, the 4th most of all time.  All of those stats would be impressive no matter how he pitched, but to make things even better, he was also the best pitcher of the year.  In addition to leading the league in wins, he finished second in strikeouts, second in shutouts, and fifth in ERA (and he pitched more innings than the 1st, 2nd, and 4th place pitchers combined).  All in all, he certainly would have deserved the Cy Young Award if it was around in 1880.