mlb pitchers to win cy young in both leagues
Seventeen pitchers have won the award multiple times. Roger Clemens currently holds the record for the most awards won, with seven-his first and last wins separated by eighteen years. Greg Maddux (1992 -- 1995) and Randy Johnson (1999 -- 2002) share the record for the most consecutive awards won. Clemens, Johnson, Pedro Martínez, Gaylord Perry, Roy Halladay and Max Scherzer are the only pitchers to have won the award in both the American League and National League; Sandy Koufax is the only pitcher who won multiple awards during the period when only one award was presented for all of Major League Baseball. Roger Clemens was the youngest pitcher to win a second Cy Young Award, while Tim Lincecum is the youngest pitcher to do so in the National League and Clayton Kershaw is the youngest left-hander to do so. Clayton Kershaw is the youngest pitcher to win a third Cy Young Award.