NEW YORK – Former Saint Mary's pitcher Corbin Burnes has been named the 2021 National League Cy Young Award Winner by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Burnes led the league in Earned Run Average, strikeouts per nine innings, ERA-plus, strikeout-to-walk ratio, and home runs allowed per nine innings pitched in 2021. The former 2016 fourth-round draft pick of the Brewers finished with a 2.43 ERA while going 11-5 in 167 innings pitched, striking out 234 batters to just 34 walks in 28 starts.
The former Gael started the season setting the record for batters struck out without allowing a walk at 58.