Cy Young winners Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler make history together

Both earning the highest individual honor awarded to a pitcher unanimously, Milwaukee Brewers' ace Jacob Misiorowski and New York Yankees' stud Cam Schlittler will forever be tied together. 

Being named their respective league's Cy Young winner on Wednesday means that they made MLB history together, too. 

Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler both won a Cy Young award in their second season  

Misiorowski and Schlittler made 2026 only the second year that both Cy Young pitchers claimed the award while each in their second seasons and the first since 1985, when Bret Saberhagen and Dwight Gooden each completed historic campaigns, according to MLB.com's Sarah Langs. 

Only the fourth Brewer to win a Cy Young, Misiorowski dominated all summer long. After registering a 4.26 ERA in 15 outings as a rookie in 2025, the 24-year-old ace used his extremely high heat to go 16-5 for a Brewers team that led MLB in wins and then finished the job by capturing the franchise's first World Series title. 

Misiorowski completed one of the most dominant seasons ever 

To further paint the picture of Misiorowski's dominance, he ended the regular season with a 1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts and a 0.80 WHIP in 174.2 innings. He even only walked 44 batters all year. His .157 opponents' batting average set a new standard, as it's now the lowest by a pitcher in a qualified season on record (excluding shortened seasons), surpassing Pedro Martínez’s .167 in 2000, again per Lang's research.