Texas League Pitcher of the Year Award

The Texas League Pitcher of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best pitcher in minor league baseball's Texas League. In 1933, George Darrow won the first ever Texas League Pitcher of the Year Award.

Ten players from the New York/San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball (MLB) organization have won the Pitcher of the Year Award, more than any other, followed by the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization (9); the Houston Colt .45's/Astros and St. Louis Cardinals organizations (6); the New York Mets organization (4); the California Angels/Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles, and Texas Rangers organizations (3); the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Milwaukee Braves organizations (2); and Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics, and Seattle Mariners organizations (1). Five pitchers won the award on teams that were not affiliated with a major league team.

Key

*	Indicates multiple award winners in the same year
	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum[1]
^	Denotes player who is still active

Winners

George Darrow, 1933 Texas League Pitcher of the Year

Harry Perkowski, 1948 Texas League Pitcher of the Year

Frank Tanana, 1973 Texas League Pitcher of the Year

Dennis Eckersley, 1974 Texas League Pitcher of the Year

Éric Gagné, 1999 Texas League Pitcher of the Year

Matt Shoemaker, 2011 Texas League Pitcher of the Year

Year	Winner	Team	Organization	Record	Saves	ERA	Ks	Ref
1933	Darrow, GeorgeGeorge Darrow	Galveston Buccaneers	Unaffiliated	22–7	—	2.61	—	[2]
1934	Hillin, Harold !Harold Hillin	San Antonio Missions	St. Louis Browns	24–12	—	3.66	—	[3]
1935	None selected
1936	None selected
1937	None selected
1938	None selected
1939	None selected
1940	None selected
1941	None selected
1942	None selected
1943	League not in operation
1944	League not in operation
1945	League not in operation
1946	Oana, PrincePrince Oana	Dallas Rebels	Detroit Tigers	24–10	—	2.54	—	[4]
1947	Beers, ClarenceClarence Beers	Houston Buffaloes	St. Louis Cardinals	25–8	—	2.40	—	[5]
1948	Perkowski, HarryHarry Perkowski	Tulsa Oilers	Cincinnati Reds	22–10	—	2.98	—	[6]
1949	Landrum, JoeJoe Landrum	Fort Worth Cats	Brooklyn Dodgers	19–11	—	2.53	—	[7]
1950	McLeland, WayneWayne McLeland	Dallas Eagles	Unaffiliated	21–8	—	2.49	—	[8]
1951	Turley, BobBob Turley	San Antonio Missions	St. Louis Browns	20–8	—	2.96	—	[9]
1952	Erickson, HalHal Erickson	Dallas Eagles	Cleveland Indians	20–14	—	2.59	—	[10]
1953	Fracchia, Don !Don Fracchia	Beaumont Exporters	Unaffiliated	15–12	—	3.68	76	[11]
1954	André, JohnJohn André	Shreveport Sports	Unaffiliated	21–9	—	3.05	142	[12]
1955	Murff, RedRed Murff	Dallas Eagles	New York Giants	27–11	—	1.99	157	[13]
1956	Thiel, BertBert Thiel	Dallas Eagles	New York Giants	18–11	—	3.11	113	[14]
1957	Bowers, Tom !Tom Bowers	Dallas Eagles	New York Giants	20–8	—	3.06	90	[15]
1958	Kotrany, Joe !Joe Kotrany	Dallas Rangers	Unaffiliated	19–10	—	2.99	128	[16]
1959	Beringer, CarrollCarroll Beringer	Victoria Rosebuds	Los Angeles Dodgers	19–5	—	3.35	109	[17]
1960	Curtis, JackJack Curtis	San Antonio Missions	Chicago Cubs	19–8	—	3.57	144	[18]
1961	Maxie, LarryLarry Maxie	Austin Senators	Milwaukee Braves	17–7	—	2.08	47	[19]
1962	Richardson, GordieGordie Richardson	Tulsa Oilers	St. Louis Cardinals	13–6	—	3.18	153	[20]
1963	Estevis, Camilo !Camilo Estevis	Albuquerque Dukes	Los Angeles Dodgers	16–12	—	3.74	196	[21]
1964	Zachary, ChrisChris Zachary	San Antonio Bullets	Houston Colt .45's	16–6	—	3.20	188	[22]
1965	Nixon, Ken !Ken Nixon	Austin Braves	Milwaukee Braves	19–7	—	3.10	132	[23]
1966	Norman, FredFred Norman	Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs	Chicago Cubs	12–11	—	2.73	198	[24]
1967	Duffie, JohnJohn Duffie	Albuquerque Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers	16–9	—	2.40	171	[25]
1968	Guzmán, SantiagoSantiago Guzmán	Arkansas Travelers	St. Louis Cardinals	13–8	—	3.16	133	[26]
1969	Frost, William !William Frost	Amarillo Giants	San Francisco Giants	16–6	0	3.28	104	[27]
1970	Flynn, Jim !Jim Flynn	Albuquerque Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers	19–4	0	2.64	135	[28]
1971	Garland, WayneWayne Garland	Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs	Baltimore Orioles	19–5	0	1.71	154	[29]
1972	Freisleben, DaveDave Freisleben	Alexandria Aces	San Diego Padres	17–9	0	2.32	163	[30]
1973	Tanana, FrankFrank Tanana	El Paso Sun Kings	California Angels	16–6	0	2.71	197	[31]
1974*	Wiles, RandyRandy Wiles	Arkansas Travelers	St. Louis Cardinals	8–7	1	2.56	82	[32]
1974*	Eckersley, DennisDennis Eckersley	San Antonio Brewers	Cleveland Indians	14–3	0	3.40	163	[33]
1975	None selected
1976	None selected
1977	None selected
1978	None selected
1979	None selected
1980	None selected
1981	Fowlkes, AlanAlan Fowlkes	Shreveport Captains	New York Giants	14–10	0	2.79	152	[34]
1982	Bittiger, JeffJeff Bittiger	Jackson Mets	New York Mets	12–5	0	2.96	190	[35]
1983	Fernandez, SidSid Fernandez	San Antonio Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers	13–4	0	2.82	209	[36]
1984	Schiraldi, CalvinCalvin Schiraldi	Jackson Mets	New York Mets	14–3	0	2.88	131	[37]
1985	Nieves, JuanJuan Nieves	El Paso Diablos	Milwaukee Brewers	8–2	0	3.52	91	[38]
1986	Ferran, George !George Ferran	Shreveport Captains	New York Giants	16–1	4	2.29	147	[39]
1987	Cook, DennisDennis Cook	Shreveport Captains	San Francisco Giants	9–2	0	2.13	98	[40]
1988	Beatty, BlaineBlaine Beatty	Jackson Mets	New York Mets	16–8	0	2.46	103	[41]
1989	Benes, AndyAndy Benes	Wichita Wranglers	San Diego Padres	8–4	0	2.16	115	[42]
1990	Young, AnthonyAnthony Young	Jackson Mets	New York Mets	15–3	0	1.65	95	[43]
1991	McClellan, PaulPaul McClellan	Shreveport Captains	San Francisco Giants	11–1	0	2.82	63	[44]
1992	Smith, DanDan Smith	Tulsa Drillers	Texas Rangers	11–7	0	2.52	122	[45]
1993	Van Ryn, BenBen Van Ryn	San Antonio Missions	Los Angeles Dodgers	14–4	0	2.21	144	[46]
1994	Roberson, SidSid Roberson	El Paso Diablos	Milwaukee Brewers	15–8	0	2.83	119	[47]
1995	Bourgeois, SteveSteve Bourgeois	Shreveport Captains	San Francisco Giants	12–3	0	2.85	91	[48]
1996	Foulke, KeithKeith Foulke	Shreveport Captains	San Francisco Giants	12–7	0	2.76	129	[49]
1997	Woodard, SteveSteve Woodard	El Paso Diablos	Milwaukee Brewers	14–3	0	3.17	97	[50]
1998	Jiménez, JoséJosé Jiménez	Arkansas Travelers	St. Louis Cardinals	15–6	0	3.11	88	[51]
1999	Gagné, ÉricÉric Gagné	San Antonio Missions	Los Angeles Dodgers	12–4	0	2.63	185	[52]
2000	Smith, BudBud Smith	Arkansas Travelers	St. Louis Cardinals	12–1	0	2.32	102	[53]
2001	Redding, TimTim Redding	Round Rock Express	Houston Astros	10–2	0	2.18	113	[54]
2002	Saarloos, KirkKirk Saarloos	Round Rock Express	Houston Astros	10–1	0	1.40	82	[55]
2003	Blackley, TravisTravis Blackley	San Antonio Missions	Seattle Mariners	17–3	0	2.61	144	[56]
2004	Francis, JeffJeff Francis	Tulsa Drillers	Colorado Rockies	13–1	0	1.98	147	[57]
2005	Hirsh, JasonJason Hirsh	Corpus Christi Hooks	Houston Astros	13–8	0	2.87	165	[58]
2006	Albers, MattMatt Albers^	Corpus Christi Hooks	Houston Astros	10–2	0	2.17	95	[59]
2007	Geer, JoshJosh Geer	San Antonio Missions	San Diego Padres	16–6	0	3.20	102	[60]
2008	Mazzaro, VinVin Mazzaro^	Midland RockHounds	Oakland Athletics	12–3	0	1.90	104	[61]
2009	Deduno, SamuelSamuel Deduno	Tulsa Drillers	Colorado Rockies	12–4	0	2.57	123	[62]
2010	Beavan, BlakeBlake Beavan	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas Rangers	4–4	0	4.01	34	[63]
2011	Shoemaker, MattMatt Shoemaker^	Arkansas Travelers	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	12–5	0	2.48	129	[64]
2012	Loux, BarretBarret Loux	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas Rangers	14–1	0	3.47	100	[65]
2013	Martínez, DavidDavid Martínez	Corpus Christi Hooks	Houston Astros	14–2	1	2.02	86	[66]
2014	Anderson, TylerTyler Anderson^	Tulsa Drillers	Colorado Rockies	7–4	0	1.98	106	[67]
2015	Smith, NateNate Smith^	Arkansas Travelers	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	8–4	0	2.48	81	[68]
2016	De Jong, ChaseChase De Jong^	Tulsa Drillers	Los Angeles Dodgers	14–5	0	2.86	125	[69]

References

General

• "Players of the Year". Texas League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved February 18, 2016. 

Specific