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Clemens, 18-10 this year with a 2.62 ERA and 241 strikeouts, became the fifth three-time Cy Young winner, and the youngest. Only Jim Palmer (1973-75-76) had done it previously in the AL. Steve Carlton won four NL Cy Youngs and Tom Seaver three. Sandy Koufax is the only one to win three Cy Youngs when the award covered both leagues...
...NL Championship Series...
PLAYER OF THE YEAR Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore80 Cecil Fielder, Detroit 37 Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh 14 Terry Pendleton, Atlanta 12 Frank Thomas, Chicago (AL) 10 Bobby Bonilla, Pittsburgh 7 Julio Franco, Texas 4 Howard Johnson, New York (NL) 4 Jose Canseco, Oakland 2 Paul Molitor, Milwalkee 2 Joe Carter, Toronto 1 Will Clark, San Francisco 1 Ron Gant, Atlanta 1 Tom Glavine, Atlanta 1 Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle 1 Reuben Sierra, Texas...
...Atlanta Braves finally shucked their loser's image, shutting out Pittsburgh in Game 7 of the NL playoffs and setting up the most unlikely World Series ever...
...after NL playoffs MVP Steve Avery and Alejandro Pena shut down Pittsburgh 1-0, Smoltz won his second game of the series with a six-hitter. In reversing their history, the Braves also stopped the Pirates' series of Game 7 successes: Pitts-burgh had played five previous deciding seventh games, and won them...