History of Paul Skenes Bobbleheads
The Pirates also released two other Skenes bobbleheads throughout the 2025 season.
The next bobblehead came out on June 22 against the Texas Rangers, which was a Superman Skenes bobblehead, a collaboration with DC Comics. Fans that wanted the bobblehead bought a special ticket, as it wasn’t a Pirates giveaway.
Pittsburgh also unveiled a Fanatics MLB Debut Skenes bobblehead that came out on Sept. 2 vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers, but fans had to spend $200 in the team store to get the bobblehead.
Cy Young Award Completes Great Season for Skenes
Skenes just won the NL Cy Young award on Nov. 12, honoring the best pitcher in each league, with Detroit Tigers left-handed starter Tarik Skubal winning the American League Cy Young Award.
He beat out both Philadelphia Phillies left-handed starter Cristopher Sánchez and Dodgers right-handed starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, winning the award unanimously.
This made Skenes the third Pirates pitcher that won the Cy Young Award, along with Doug Drabek in 1990, who announced Skenes as the winner on MLB Network, and Vern Law in 1960.
Skenes had just a 10-10 record in 32 starts with the Pirates, but posted a 1.97 ERA over 187.2 innings pitched, 216 strikeouts to 42 walks, a .199 opposing batting average and a 0.95 WHIP, along with a 10.36 K/9, a 2.01 BB/9 and a 5.14 K/BB.
He ranked amongst the best pitchers in the MLB, with the lowest ERA, tied for the fourth most strikeouts, the fourth lowest WHIP, the sixth lowest batting average and the 10th most innings pitched, plus the fifth best K/BB, seventh best K/9 and ninth best BB/9.
Skenes also ranked highly in the National League, with the lowest WHIP, the fourth lowest batting average, tied for the second most strikeouts and the fourth most innings pitched, as well as the second best K/BB and both the fifth best K/9 and BB/9.