Won Cy Young with ’67 Giants
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CORNELIUS, N.C. — Longtime Giants pitcher Mike McCormick, who won the Cy Young Award in 1967, has died. He was 81.
The Giants said Mr. McCormick died Saturday at his home in North Carolina after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Mr. McCormick played 16 years in the majors from 1956-71 with the Giants, Orioles, Senators, Yankees and Royals. He had a 134-128 record with a 3.73 ERA.
Mr. McCormick signed with the Giants as a 17-year-old “bonus baby” in 1956 for $50,000, requiring him to forgo the minors. He recorded 50 wins before turning 23 and was the youngest player to reach that milestone until Dwight Gooden broke that record in 1986.
The franchise moved to San Francisco in 1958, and he recorded at least 10 wins each year from 1958-61 and led the National League with a 2.70 ERA in 1960 when he was named an All-Star for the first of two times in his career.
Mr. McCormick was traded to Baltimore after the 1962 season and struggled for four seasons in the American League with the Orioles and Washington.
He was traded by the Senators back to the Giants following the 1966 season and went 22-10, leading the league in wins, and posted a 2.85 ERA. He completed 14 games and five shutouts and was the first San Francisco pitcher to win the Cy Young Award.
He won 23 games combined the next two seasons before getting traded to the Yankees in 1970. He spent his final season with the Royals.
Mr. McCormick is recognized as the player who hit the 500th home run ever by a pitcher in the majors and also gave up Hank Aaron’s 500th home run. Because of these two feats, his personalized license plate read “Mr. 500.”