Can you name the likely Cy Young winners from before the award was introduced in 1956?

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Source: Baseball1.com
Using ESPN's "Cy Young Predictor" formula (from Bill James & Rob Neyer), deej calculated hypothetical Cy Young winners from 1871 through 1955, the year before the award was introduced.
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Year/League	'Cy Young Winner'	Team
1871 - NA		CHI
1872 - NA		BOS
1873 - NA		BOS
1874 - NA		BOS
1875 - NA		BOS
1876 - NL		STL
1877 - NL		BSN
1878 - NL		BSN
1879 - NL		PRO
1880 - NL		CLV
1881 - NL		CHC
1882 - AA		CIN
1882 - NL		CLV
1883 - AA		CIN
1883 - NL		PRO
1884 - AA		LOU
1884 - NL		PRO
1884 - UA		BAL
1885 - AA		STL
1885 - NL		CHN
1886 - AA		STL
1886 - NL		DTN
1887 - AA		BAL
1887 - NL		CHC
1888 - AA		STL
1888 - NL		NYG
1889 - AA		BRO
1889 - NL		BSN
1890 - AA		LOU
1890 - NL		CHC
1890 - PL		CHP
1891 - AA		BOS
1891 - NL		CHC
1892 - NL		CLV
1893 - NL		NYG
1894 - NL		NYG
1895 - NL		CLV
1896 - NL		BSN
1897 - NL		BSN

Year/League	'Cy Young Winner'	Team
1898 - NL		BSN
1899 - NL		BSN
1900 - NL		BRO
1901 - AL		BOS
1901 - NL		BRO
1902 - AL		BOS
1902 - NL		BSN
1903 - AL		BOS
1903 - NL		NYG
1904 - AL		NYY
1904 - NL		NYG
1905 - AL		PHA
1905 - NL		NYG
1906 - AL		NYY
1906 - NL		CHC
1907 - AL		CHW
1907 - NL		CHC
1908 - AL		CHW
1908 - NL		NYG
1909 - AL		DET
1909 - NL		CHC
1910 - AL		PHA
1910 - NL		CHC
1911 - AL		CHW
1911 - NL		PHI
1912 - AL		WAS
1912 - NL		NYG
1913 - AL		WAS
1913 - NL		NYG
1914 - AL		WAS
1914 - FL		CHF
1914 - NL		BSN
1915 - AL		WAS
1915 - FL		CHF
1915 - NL		PHI
1916 - AL		BOS
1916 - NL		PHI
1917 - AL		CHA
1917 - NL		PHI

Year/League	'Cy Young Winner'	Team
1918 - AL		WAS
1918 - NL		CHC
1919 - AL		CHW
1919 - NL		NYG
1920 - AL		CLE
1920 - NL		CHC
1921 - AL		NYY
1921 - NL		BRO
1922 - AL		NYY
1922 - NL		PIT
1923 - AL		CLE
1923 - NL		CIN
1924 - AL		WAS
1924 - NL		BRO
1925 - AL		WAS
1925 - NL		CIN
1926 - AL		CLE
1926 - NL		PIT
1927 - AL		NYY
1927 - NL		STL
1928 - AL		PHA
1928 - NL		NYG
1929 - AL		PHA
1929 - NL		CHC
1930 - AL		PHA
1930 - NL		BRO
1931 - AL		PHA
1931 - NL		STL
1932 - AL		PHA
1932 - NL		CHC
1933 - AL		PHA
1933 - NL		NYG
1934 - AL		NYY
1934 - NL		STL
1935 - AL		BOS
1935 - NL		STL
1936 - AL		DET
1936 - NL		NYG
1937 - AL		NYY

Year/League	'Cy Young Winner'	Team
1937 - NL		NYG
1938 - AL		NYY
1938 - NL		CHC
1939 - AL		CLE
1939 - NL		CIN
1940 - AL		CLE
1940 - NL		CIN
1941 - AL		CLE
1941 - NL		BRO
1942 - AL		BOS
1942 - NL		STL
1943 - AL		NYY
1943 - NL		STL
1944 - AL		DET
1944 - NL		CIN
1945 - AL		DET
1945 - NL		CHC
1946 - AL		CLE
1946 - NL		STL
1947 - AL		CLE
1947 - NL		BSN
1948 - AL		CLE
1948 - NL		BSN
1949 - AL		BOS
1949 - NL		BSN
1950 - AL		CLE
1950 - NL		PHI
1951 - AL		NYY
1951 - NL		NYG
1952 - AL		NYY
1952 - NL		PHI
1953 - AL		CHW
1953 - NL		MLN
1954 - AL		CLE
1954 - NL		NYG
1955 - AL		NYY
1955 - NL		PHI

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MLB Historical Cy Young Winners Quiz

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	sal:	May 10th, 2012 at 19:57 GMT		4 points
	Fantastic quiz. There's a shortage of baseball quizzes that focus on the first half of baseball history, a shortage of baseball quizzes that focus on pitching, and a shortage of challenging quizzes generally, so, thanks!

	swellwrench:	May 10th, 2012 at 22:25 GMT		2 points
	Was surprised to see Chief Bender not make it, but I guess he had the bad luck in his best season of 1910 (23-5, 1.58 for the pennant-winning A's) come the same year Jack Coombs came out of nowhere to go 31-9 with a 1.30 ERA in over 350 innings. His best year other than that was probably 15-10, 2.58 in 1915. Wow.

	hubbjm:	May 10th, 2012 at 23:13 GMT		12 points
	I guess I am having trouble spelling Moyer.

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	will101:	May 11th, 2012 at 02:22 GMT		-1 points
	I went back and checked these against Wins Above replacement, and there is a surprising amount of disparity. My conclusion is the Cy Young formula is flawed. Start with getting rid of the huge team title bonus, and see what happens.

	Ember_Nickel:	May 11th, 2012 at 02:33 GMT		-1 points
	I thought my Anthropology of Baseball class could be useless academic posturing, but no, now I've heard of Dolf Luque. :D

	zaphkr:	May 11th, 2012 at 02:57 GMT		-4 points
	Hal Neuhauser, with the u, not the w. I gave up on this quiz when I thought he wasn't included.

	MasterNachosII:	May 11th, 2012 at 03:25 GMT		0 points
	Wow, I knew Bill James knew a lot about baseball, but I didn't know he was a big league pitcher!

	deej:	May 11th, 2012 at 04:02 GMT		4 points
	@Will101 - yep, The Cy formula uses wins and playoff appearances because, despite what we now know is uselessness, they have historically been reliable predictors of winning the Cy; WAR ignores both of those. They measure different things, so you'll find plenty of disparity.

	gwynn19:	May 11th, 2012 at 12:51 GMT		3 points
	Exactly, deej. WAR attempts to tell us who was/is the "best" pitcher; the Cy formula is designed to tell us who would have/will win the Cy Young. The two are VERY different. I'm sure James and Neyer would tell you that WAR or Win Shares is a better way of judging who's best. That's not what they're trying to do here.

	Whitty:	May 11th, 2012 at 16:55 GMT		0 points
	Sadly, I feel the door may have closed on the opportunity to ever see a Cy Young winner named "Hippo", "Orval", or "Lady". Outstanding quiz!

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	HinesWard86:	May 12th, 2012 at 07:03 GMT		-3 points
	Why not include the Negro League as well? You are already including the Federal League and pre-World Series, it would be nice to show Satchel Paige and the Negro Leaguers some love too.

	abernier3:	May 16th, 2012 at 11:17 GMT		4 points
	AWESOME list! I didn't do well but so interesting. I love this sh*t.

	slujboy:	May 16th, 2012 at 14:58 GMT		4 points
	Brilliant idea for a quiz, well executed.

	deej:	May 28th, 2012 at 06:36 GMT		5 points
	@HinesWard - if there existed in this world anything remotely resembling accurate statistics for the Negro Leagues, I would show them love aplenty. Alas, this is not the case.

	ShapeShift58:	Jul 19th, 2012 at 10:26 GMT		1 point
	Awesome quiz. Put together very well. Great job!