Most recent MVP or CY per team, also in Hall of Fame.

Recently a friend sent me an email message asking: name the most recent Yankee who won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the Yankees or the Cy Young (CY) award for the Yankees and was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player.

I got the answer pretty quickly: Mickey Mantle, who was American League (AL) MVP in 1956, 1957, 1962. But it was thought provoking and made me think that the Yankees should have had somebody more recently. Mantle's most recent MVP was 54 years ago. That seems like ancient history.

I started wondering about other teams and used data extracted from the Lahman database to do the research.

Click this link to find the details for all thirty teams using their current names. So, Lefty Grove is listed under Oakland Athletics for being the first AL MVP in 1931; Grove played for the Philadelphia Athletics.

The modern MVP award started in 1931 and pitchers won often. That prompted the creation of the Cy Young award in 1956 for the best pitcher. From 1956-1966 there was only one CY awarded each year. Starting in 1967, CY was awarded in each league, American and National.

The data is in these tabs:
- Most recent: MVP, CY Hall of Famer, if any; also below.
- MVP by team
- MVP by team totals
- CY by team
- CY by team totals
- Hall of Fame MVP
- Hall of Fame CY
- Hall of Fame

The Detroit Tigers have the longest gap between 2016 and the most recent MVP season of a Tiger: 71 years for pitcher Hal Newhouser, who was AL MVP in 1944 and 1945, the final two years of World War II.

Early Wynn won CY in 1959 for the Chicago White Sox and has the longest CY gap: 57 years.

Pitchers who won MVP and CY and are most recent for both:
Sandy Koufax: Dodgers MVP 1963, CY 1966
Bob Gibson: Cardinals 1968 both
Dennis Eckersley: Athletics 1992 both

Pitchers who were most recent CY for two teams:
Gaylord Perry: Indians 1972, Padres 1978
Randy Johnson: Mariners 1995, Diamondbacks 2002
Pedro Martinez: Nationals (Expos) 1997, Red Sox 2000

Some teams had no Hall of Fame player or none who won MVP or CY: Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, Tampa Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays.

Teams with the most players and awards:
MVP:
Yankees: 12 players, 20 awards
Cardinals: 13 players, 17 awards
CY:
Dodgers: 8 players, 12 awards

Most recent:

2016	MVP	MVP	MVP	MVP	MVP	MVP
franchName	FirstName	LastName	FirstYear	LastYear	Num	Years
Arizona Diamondbacks
Atlanta Braves	Hank	Aaron	1957	1957	1	59
Baltimore Orioles	Cal	Ripken	1983	1991	2	25
Boston Red Sox	Jim	Rice	1978	1978	1	38
Chicago Cubs	Andre	Dawson	1987	1987	1	29
Chicago White Sox	Frank	Thomas	1993	1994	2	22
Cincinnati Reds	Barry	Larkin	1995	1995	1	21
Cleveland Indians	Lou	Boudreau	1948	1948	1	68
Colorado Rockies
Detroit Tigers	Hal	Newhouser	1944	1945	2	71
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals	George	Brett	1980	1980	1	36
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Dodgers	Sandy	Koufax	1963	1963	1	53
Milwaukee Brewers	Robin	Yount	1982	1989	2	27
Minnesota Twins	Rod	Carew	1977	1977	1	39
New York Mets
New York Yankees	Mickey	Mantle	1956	1962	3	54
Miami Marlins
Oakland Athletics	Dennis	Eckersley	1992	1992	1	24
Philadelphia Phillies	Mike	Schmidt	1980	1986	3	30
Pittsburgh Pirates	Willie	Stargell	1979	1979	1	37
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants	Willie	McCovey	1969	1969	1	47
Seattle Mariners	Ken	Griffey	1997	1997	1	19
St. Louis Cardinals	Bob	Gibson	1968	1968	1	48

CY	CY	CY	CY	CY	CY	2016
FirstName	LastName	FirstYear	LastYear	Num	Years	franchName
Randy	Johnson	1999	2002	4	14	Arizona Diamondbacks
Tom	Glavine	1991	1998	2	18	Atlanta Braves
Jim	Palmer	1973	1976	3	40	Baltimore Orioles
Pedro	Martinez	1999	2000	2	16	Boston Red Sox
Greg	Maddux	1992	1992	1	24	Chicago Cubs
Early	Wynn	1959	1959	1	57	Chicago White Sox
						Cincinnati Reds
Gaylord	Perry	1972	1972	1	44	Cleveland Indians
						Colorado Rockies
						Detroit Tigers
						Houston Astros
						Kansas City Royals
						Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Sandy	Koufax	1963	1966	3	50	Los Angeles Dodgers
Rollie	Fingers	1981	1981	1	35	Milwaukee Brewers
						Minnesota Twins
Tom	Seaver	1969	1975	3	41	New York Mets
Whitey	Ford	1961	1961	1	55	New York Yankees
						Miami Marlins
Dennis	Eckersley	1992	1992	1	24	Oakland Athletics
Steve	Carlton	1972	1982	4	34	Philadelphia Phillies
						Pittsburgh Pirates
Gaylord	Perry	1978	1978	1	38	San Diego Padres
						San Francisco Giants
Randy	Johnson	1995	1995	1	21	Seattle Mariners
Bob	Gibson	1968	1968	1	48	St. Louis Cardinals
						Tampa Rays
						Texas Rangers
						Toronto Blue Jays
Pedro	Martinez	1997	1997	1	19	Washington Nationals