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- won 14 games without a
- loss until he lost on July 2
- to the Toronto Blue Jays.
- He finished the season
- 24-4, with an ERA of
- 2.48, and led the Red Sox to the American
- League pennant. Roger won the Cy Young
- Award, the American League MVP, and the
- All-Star Game MVP, making him the first
- pitcher ever to win all three awards in one
- season.
-
- Roger went on to win the Cy Young Award
- again, in 1987, becoming only the fourth
- pitcher to win the award two years in a row.
- In his short career, he has already passed
- Cy Young himself as the all-time Red Sox
- strikeout leader.
-