Isn't the Cy Young just for who is the best "pitcher", not really about how well the team does? My understanding is it's not the MVP award, so why should what team he's on matter. The fact that Johnson was on such a suck a$$ team and won the amount of games he won should attest to his abilities.

What award was out there before "Cy Young" was around? What award, if any, did he win?