The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award

Starting and Relief Pitchers of the Year awards
Sport	Baseball
League	Major League Baseball
Awarded for	Most outstanding starting and relief pitcher in the American League and National League
Country	United States, Canada
Presented by	The Sporting News
History
First award	1944: Pitcher of the Year ; AL: Hal Newhouser; NL: Bill Voiselle; 2013: Starting Pitcher of the Year / Relief Pitcher of the Year;
Most recent	NL: Chris Sale (SP), ; Ryan Helsley & Raisel Iglesias (RP); AL: Tarik Skubal (SP),; Emmanuel Clase (RP);

The Sporting News established the Pitcher of the Year Award in 1944 to recognize the most outstanding pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB). It was given annually (except in 1946 and 1947) to one pitcher each in the American League and National League. In 2013, the Pitcher of the Year Award was split into the Starting Pitcher of the Year Award and Relief Pitcher of the Year Award, which are given annually to a starting pitcher and relief pitchers in each league, as judged by The Sporting News baseball experts.