Former MLB Cy Young Winner Mike McCormick Dies At 81

Former Major League Baseball Cy Young Award Winner Mike McCormick died on Saturday according to the San Francisco Giants, who McCormick played the most for during his career and won the Cy Young Award with in 1967,  in a post on their Twitter account.

McCormick passed away at the age of 81 at his home in North Carolina due to complications from Parkinson’s diseases.

McCormick played in the MLB for 16 seasons, primarily for the Giants, but also played for Orioles, Senators, Yankees and Royals, having a record of 134-128 and a career 3.73 ERA. In that 1967 season he won the Cy Young, McCormick went 22-10 in 35 starts, where he threw 14 complete games, 5 shutouts, had a 2.84 ERA and struckout 150 batters. 

In a statement by Giants President and CEO Larry Bear, he addressed McCormick’s passing. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Mike McCormick, a true gentleman and forever Giant. Like many Giants fans, I have many fond childhood memories of watching Mike pitch at Candlestick Park and then was blessed to call him my friend these past 30 years. As a member of the inaugural San Francisco Giants team in 1958, Mike helped establish baseball on the West Coast and then went on to play a major role in the legendary Giants teams of the 1960s, becoming San Francisco’s first pitcher to win a Cy Young Award.” McCormick signed with the Giants at the age of 17 in 1956.

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