Once again, Clayton Kershaw is the NL Cy Young Award winner. (USATSI)
As expected, Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw was named the 2014 NL Cy Young Award winner, the BBWAA announced. He received all 30 first place votes.
This is Kershaw’s second straight Cy Young and third in the last four years. He won the award in 2011 and 2013 but finished second in the voting to R.A. Dickey in 2012. Kershaw is the first pitcher to win three Cy Youngs in a four-year span since Randy Johnson won four straight with the Diamondbacks from 1999-2002.
The 26-year-old Kershaw went 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP in only 27 starts this past season after missing April with a back issue. He set new career bests in strikeout rate (10.8 K/9), walk rate (1.4 BB/9) and ground ball rate (51.8 percent).
Kershaw threw a no-hitter against the Rockies on June 18 and he has led all of MLB in ERA in each of the last four years. He’s the first pitcher in history to accomplish that feat.
Reds righty Johnny Cueto finished second in the voting and Cardinals righty Adam Wainwright finished third. The full voting results are available at the BBWAA’s site.
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