Tarik Skubal won the 2024 American League Cy Young Award with the Detroit Tigers. He was a unanimous choice, receiving all 30 first-place votes after leading the AL in wins, ERA and strikeouts.
Skubal went 18–4 with a 2.39 ERA and 228 strikeouts in 2024. That combination gave him the American League pitching Triple Crown, a rare achievement that underscored why voters selected him over the league’s other top starters. His season also helped Detroit reach the postseason for the first time since 2014.
The award was Skubal’s first Cy Young honor and made him the fifth Tigers pitcher to win it. The other names in the choices can cause confusion: Casey Mize was also a notable Detroit pitcher, Jack Flaherty spent part of 2024 with the Tigers, and Kevin Gausman has been an established AL starter, but none won that year’s AL award.