This day in baseball: Palmer awarded the Cy Young
Posted: November 5, 2014 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Baseball Writers Association of America, Cy Young Award, history, Jim Palmer, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports Leave a commentOn November 5, 1976, for the second consecutive season (and third ever), Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer won the Cy Young Award. In the voting cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), Palmer won 19 of 24 first place votes. That season, Palmer finished with a record of 22-13, a 2.51 ERA, and an average of 4.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
