Jacob de Grom won the Cy Young award in 2018 and 2019. This is the award given by the Baseball Writers Association to who they vote for as the best pitcher in the National League. Here is a record of his starts for those two years. Let the numbers speak for themselves and decide, based on a narrative of his starts if you think he was the best pitcher in the National League these years.
Key: Start # Innings, hits, runs, earned runs, walks, strikeouts, won-loss record, earned run averate; score when de Grom left, final score
2018 Inn H R ER W K HR WL ERA SDL Fin Team record
Start 1: 5.2 4 1 1 1 7 0 1-0 1.59 (4-1--6-2) (1-0--2-0)
Start 2: 6.0 4 2 1 3 5 0 2-0 1.54 (4-2--8-2)*(4-1--5-1)
Start 3: #6.0 7 4 4 1 6 1 2-0 3.06 (4-4--8-6) (8-1--9-1)
Start 4: #7.1 6 3 3 1 12 1 2-0 3.24 (6-1--6-8) (12-2--12-3)
Start 5: 7.0 4 0 0 2 10 0 2-0 2.53 (0-0--3-4)*(14-5--14-6)
Start 6: #7.1 5 0 0 3 8 0 3-0 2.06 (4-0--5-1) (15-8--16-8)
Start 7: 4.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 3-0 1.87 (0-0--0-7)**(17-10--17-11)
Start 8: 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3-0 1.83 (0-0--2-4)* (19-17--19-18)
Start 9: 7.0 6 1 1 0 13 0 4-0 1.75 (3-1--3-1) (20-19--21-19)
Start 10:#7.0 4 0 0 2 9 0 4-0 1.54 (1-0--1-2)* (24-20--24-21)
Start 11:#7.0 5 1 1 3 8 1 4-0 1.52 (2-1--2-4) (26-24--26-25)
Start 12:#7.0 7 1 1 2 13 0 4-0 1.49 (1-1-1-7[14])*(27-28--27-29)
Start 13:#8.0 4 3 2 2 8 1 4-1 1.57 (1-3--1-4)* (27-32--27-33)
Start 14:#7.0 7 1 1 0 7 0 4-2 1.55 (0-1--0-2) (28-35--28-36)
Start 15:#8.0 5 2 1 1 7 0 5-2 1.51 (6-2--12-2)*(30-38--31-38)
Start 16:#6.0 5 3 3 3 6 0 5-3 1.69 (2-3--3-8) (31-42--31-43)
Start 17: 6.0 6 3 3 1 8 1 5-4 1.84 (2-3--2-5)* (32-47--32-48)
Start 18:#8.0 4 1 1 1 8 1 5-4 1.79 (1-1--5-1) (34-49--35-49)
Start 19:#8.0 5 0 0 1 7 0 5-4 1.68 (0-0--3-0[10])*(36-53--37-53)
Start 20:#8.0 5 3 2 2 10 0 5-5 1.71 (2-3--2-3) (39-57--40-57)
Start 21:#7.0 8 3 3 0 5 0 5-6 1.82 (0-3--0-5) (43-58--43-59)
Start 22:#8 0 6 2 2 1 9 1 5-7 1.85 (1-2--1-2)* (44-62--44-63)
Start 23: 6.0 4 0 0 1 10 0 6-7 1.77 (5-0--8-0)* (46-65--47-65)
Start 24:#6.2 5 3 2 2 12 0 7-7 1.81 (7-3--8-5) (49-66--50-66)
Start 25:#9.0 7 1 0 0 9 0 8-7 1.71 (3-1) (52-69--53-69)
Start 26: 6.0 4 2 1 4 10 0 8-8 1.71 (0-2--1-3) (56-70--56-71)
Start 27:#8.0 8 1 1 1 10 0 8-8 1.68 (1-1--1-2[11])(58-72--58-73)
Start 28: 6.0 2 1 1 1 6 1 8-8 1.68 (1-1--4-2)* (61-75--62-75)
Start 29: 7.0 3 2 2 2 9 0 8-9 1.71 (1-2--3-5)* (65-77--65-78)
Start 30:#7.0 5 3 3 1 12 1 8-9 1.78 (3-3--3-4) (69-79--69-80)
Start 31: 7.0 3 1 1 1 8 0 9-9 1.77 (4-1--4-2)* (71-82--72-82
Start 32: 8.0 2 0 0 0 10 0 10-9 1.70(1-0--3-0) (73-84--74-84)
*=de Grom removed for a pinch hitter--14 starts. Removed from the game: 17 starts.
**=de Grom left with an injured elbow
#=de Grom faced opposition's entire lineup 3 times (27 or more batters faced): 13 starts, Did not face opposition's entire lineup 3 times: 19 starts.
10 wins 9 losses (.526) 13 no decisions. 1.70 ERA
1 complete game. 0 shutouts.
Starts with 10+ strike outs=11 (.344)
<6 innings=3 starts
6-6.2 innings=8 starts
7-7.2 innings=12 starts
8-8.2 innings=8 starts
9 innings=1 start
Mets record in the games de Grom started (all of his appearances were starts): 14-18 (.437)
Mets record when de Grom did not pitch: 63-67 (.485)
Mets 77-85 (.468)
Number of starts de Grom gave up the 1st run(s) of the game:
11 (.344).
Mets record in those games: 2-9. de Grom was 1-6-4.
Number of starts the Mets were losing when de Grom left: 9 Mets: 0-9; de Grom 0-9
Number of starts the Mets were tied when de Grom left: 10
Mets: 4-6
Number of start Mets were winning when de Grom left: 13
Mets: 10-3; de Grom 10-0-3. Relievers blew 3 de Grom leads. So with a better bull pen, he could have been 13-9. They would have been 80-82.
Opposition
v NL
Team Record Standings de Grom w-l-nd Mets
Atlanta (90-72) 1st East +8 g--6 starts (1-2-3) (1-5)
Washington (82-80) 2nd East -8 g--3 starts (2-0-1) (2-1)
Philadelphia (80-82) 3rd East -10.0 g--3 starts (1-0-1) (2-1)
NEW YORK METS(77-85) 4th East -13.0 g
Miami (63-98) 5th East -26.5 g--4 starts (0-2-2) (1-3)
16 starts--4-4-8
Mets record in Eastern Division games de Grom pitched: 6-10
Total divisional record including Mets: 389-416; not including Mets 312-331
Milwaukee (96-67) 1st Central +1.0 g--0 starts
Chicago (95-68) 2nd Central -1.0 g--2 starts(0-0-2)(0-2)
St. Louis (88-74) 3rd Central -7.5 g--1 start (1-0-0)(1-0)
Pittsburgh (82-79) 4th Central -13.0 g--1 start(0-1-0)(0-1)
Cincinnati (67-95) 5th Central -28.5 g--1 start(1-0-0)(1-0)
5 starts--2-1-2
Mets record in Central Division games de Grom pitched: 2-3
Total divisional record: 428-383
Total divisional record of the teams de Grom pitched against:332-316
Los Angeles (92-71) 1st West +1.0 g--2 starts(0-1-1)(1-1)
Colorado (91-72) 2nd West -1.0 g--1 start (1-0-0)(1-0)
Arizona (82-80) 3rd West -9.5 g--1 start (1-0-0)(1-0)
San Francisco (73-89) 4th West -18.5 g--1 start (0-1-0)(0-1)
San Diego (66-96) 5th West -25.5 g--2 starts(1-1-0)(1-1)
7 starts--3-3-1
Mets record in Western Division games de Grom pitched: 4-3
Total divisional record: 404-408
v American League
Boston (108-54) 1st East + 8.0 g--1 start (0-0-1) (0-1)
New York (100-62) 2nd East -8.0 g--2 starts(1-1-0) (1-1)
Tampa Bay (90-72) 3rd East -18.0 g--1 start (0-0-1) (1-0)
4 starts--1-1-2
Mets record in Interleague games de Grom pitched 2-2
Total divisional record: 418-392
Total record of the teams de Grom pitched against: 298-188
