Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year Award
The Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best pitcher in Minor League Baseball's Pacific Coast League (PCL) based on their regular season performance. Managers and broadcasters from the 10 Pacific Coast League teams and media representatives in each city across the league vote for the winner of the award. Though the league was established in 1903, the award was not created until 1957. It was issued only sporadically through 1974 before being discontinued from 1975 to 2000. From 1927 to 2000, PCL  pitchers were eligible to win the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP). Ten pitchers won the MVP Award. The Pitcher of the Year Award was revived in 2001. In 1957, Leo Kiely of the San Francisco Seals won the first PCL Pitcher of the Year Award. After the cancellation of the 2020 season, the league was known as the Triple-A West in 2021 before reverting to the PCL name in 2022. Five pitchers from the Tacoma Giants/Cubs/Rainiers have been selected for the Pitcher of the Year Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the  Nashville Sounds and Oklahoma City 89ers/RedHawks/Dodgers (3); the Albuquerque Dukes, Iowa Cubs, and Round Rock Express (2); and the Albuquerque Isotopes, Denver Bears, Edmonton Trappers, Fresno Grizzlies, Hawaii Islanders, Memphis Redbirds, New Orleans Zephyrs, Omaha Storm Chasers, Phoenix Giants, Sacramento River Cats, Salt Lake Bees, San Francisco Seals, Spokane Indians, Sugar Land Skeeters, and Vancouver Mounties (1). Six players from the Houston Astros Major League Baseball (MLB) organization have won the Pitcher of the Year Award, more than any others, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers organization (5); the Chicago Cubs organization (4); the Milwaukee Brewers organization (3 ); the Los Angeles Angels, San Francisco Giants, and Seattle Mariners organizations (2); and the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and Texas Rangers organizations (1).