Looking quickly at Cy winners it seems pretty common to have winners who never got a vote otherwise: add Denny, Hernandez, Flanagan, Lonborg, ...
According to B-Ref, Jim Perry finished 3rd in the Cy Young voting in 1969, behind Cuellar and McClain, before winning the award the following ...
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