The Bronx / 2026 awards edition
Cam Schlittler Wins Unanimous 2026 AL Cy Young Award
A 1.95 ERA in his first full season put the Yankees’ No. 31 beside Ron Guidry and Gerrit Cole. His reaction took one word.
Ellie Shirt Editorial · November 13, 2026
| Pitcher | First | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Cam Schlittler | 30 | 210 |
| Dylan Cease | 0 | 110 |
| Parker Messick | 0 | 84 |
Cam Schlittler didn’t post a list of numbers after winning the American League Cy Young Award. He posted one word: “Unanimous.” It would have been a boast if the result had left room for argument. On November 11, 2026, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America revealed that all 30 voters had put the New York Yankees right-hander first. Seven points per first-place vote gave him 210, the most he could possibly earn.
The vote made Schlittler the seventh Yankees pitcher to win a Cy Young and only the third to do it unanimously, after Ron Guidry in 1978 and Gerrit Cole in 2023. That’s what the headline on the shirt points to. In the New York Yankees collection, “UNANIMOUS” reads less like a celebration slogan than a specific line in the club’s pitching history. Read the complete BBWAA ballot.
The season behind all 30 votes
Schlittler went 14–6 with an AL-leading 1.95 ERA and 239 strikeouts in 193⅔ innings. The number that says the most about his consistency is 21. That’s how many starts he made while allowing one run or none, more than any other pitcher in MLB that season. There were other ways to build a Cy Young case, but this one didn’t require voters to pick a favorite stretch.
The road split makes the case even clearer. He went 8–2 with a 1.16 ERA away from Yankee Stadium over 17 starts. At home, the crowd could turn a two-strike count into an event. On the road, he was even harder to score against. His full-season 1.95 ERA was the third-lowest by a qualified pitcher in Yankees history, behind Spud Chandler’s 1.64 in 1943 and Guidry’s 1.74 in 1978. Read MLB.com’s season and award coverage.
“I definitely could have had a better season.” Cam Schlittler after winning the award, via MLB.com
That quote reads differently beside his one-word post. One answers the question of what the writers decided. The other tells you what the pitcher still saw when he looked back over the same season. The writers had sent in their ballots before the postseason. By the time the result was announced, the public could look back on October too, but it wasn’t part of the vote.
Why the design leaves room around No. 31
The graphic puts a navy “UNANIMOUS” across a heather-gray field, then sets a white-uniformed pitcher underneath it with No. 31 visible on his back. His stride gives the design a horizontal line that keeps the huge word from feeling like a static banner. The award line and Schlittler’s name stay small. The image doesn’t claim to reproduce a particular pitch. It gives the season a familiar figure and gives the ballot the biggest type.
Cam Schlittler / UnanimousSee the No. 31 pitching illustration and the award-night headline →
Questions about Cam Schlittler’s 2026 AL Cy Young
Who won the 2026 American League Cy Young Award?
Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees won the award on November 11, 2026, with all 30 first-place votes and 210 points.
Which other Yankees won the Cy Young unanimously?
Ron Guidry won unanimously in 1978, and Gerrit Cole did it in 2023. Schlittler became the third Yankees pitcher to do it.
What were Cam Schlittler’s 2026 regular-season numbers?
He went 14–6 with a 1.95 ERA and 239 strikeouts in 193⅔ innings in his first full MLB season.
Why does the shirt say “Unanimous”?
Schlittler received every first-place vote. “Unanimous” was also the one-word reaction he posted after the result.
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