Only one winner was selected in the major leagues from 1956 to 1966
| 1966 --*Sandy
Koufax, Los Angeles (NL) 1965 --*Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles (NL) 1964 -- Dean Chance, Los Angeles (AL) 1963 --*Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles (NL) 1962 -- Don Drysdale, Los Angeles (NL) 1961 -- Whitey Ford, New York (AL) 1960 -- Vernon Law, Pittsburgh (NL) 1959 -- Early Wynn, Chicago (AL) 1958 -- Bob Turley, New York (AL) 1957 -- Warren Spahn, Milwaukee (NL) 1956 -- Don Newcombe, Brooklyn (NL) |
*winner was a unanimous selection
1. switches his pitching stance from the windup position to the set position (or vice versa)
without properly disengaging the rubber
2. when going from the stretch to the set position, fails to pitch
3. throws from the rubber to a base without stepping toward
(gaining distance in the direction of) that base
4. throws from the rubber to a base where there is no runner and no possibility of a play
5. steps or feints from the rubber to first base without completing the throw
6. pitches a quick return pitch, that is, intending to catch the batter off-guard
7. pitches or mimics a part of his pitching motion while not in contact with the rubber
8. drops the ball while on the rubber
9. after a feint or throw to a base from the rubber, fails to disengage
the rubber before reengaging and pitching
10. after beginning to pitch, interrupts his pitching motion
11. begins to pitch while the catcher is out of the catcher's box when giving an
intentional walk
12. while pitching, removes his pivot foot from the pitching rubber, except to pivot;
13. inordinately delays the game
14. pitches while facing away from the batter
15. after bringing his hands together on the rubber, separates them except in making a
pitch or a throw
16. stands on or astride the rubber without the ball, or mimics a pitch without the ball
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