Which White Sox pitchers have won the Cy Young Award? MLB Immaculate Grid Answers July 29

Each day, MLB Immaculate Grid publishes a puzzle that baseball fans have been lapping up with enthusiasm. Many are calling it the best online baseball exercise ever.

The daily challenge features a 3x3 square featuring nine spaces. Along the Y-axis and X-axis, teams or a statistic are referenced. It is then up to the user to populate the squares with players who fit the criteria.

On July 29, one of the questions posed by the Immaculate Grid was to name a pitcher who had won the Cy Young Award as a member of the White Sox. The Cy Young Award, named after the legendary pitcher himself, is awarded to the best hurler each season.

To date, only three men have won a Cy Young Award in a Chicago White Sox uniform.

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Early Wynn was the first player to win a Cy Young Award in a Sox jersey, doing so in 1959. A winner at 39, Wynn was 40 days older than Justin Verlander was when he won the 2022 distinction as a member of the Houston Astros. To date, Wynn is the third-oldest pitcher to win a Cy Young.

"Early Wynn about to throw one to Willie Mays. 1954 World Series" - Baseball History Nut

LaMarr "The Incredible Hulk" Hoyt won the honor as a member of the 1983 Sox. That season, he led the MLB in wins and WHIP, posting figures of 24 and 1.024 respectively. A native of South Carolina, Hoyt played for the Sox from 1979 until 1984, before spending the final two seasons of his career with the San Diego Padres.

Six-foot-five right-hander Jack McDowell is the most recent Chicago White Sox pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. McDowell won the distinction in 1993 after posting four complete-game shutouts, and an ERA of 3.37. The year prior, McDowell finished second in Cy Young voting after throwing 13 complete games.

"Over a 3 season stretch (1991-1993) "Black Jack" McDowell was 59-30 with a 3.31 ERA, 38 CG, 8 Shutouts, and the 1993 AL Cy Young" - Old Time Hardball