Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw is the winner of the National League Cy Young Award, the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Wednesday.
Clayton Kershaw unanimously wins 2014 NL Cy Young Award
Clayton Kershaw takes home his third National League Cy Young Award at age 26.
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This is Kershaw's second consecutive Cy Young Award and third overall, beating out Johnny Cueto and Adam Wainwright. Kershaw joins Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson and Steve Carlton as three-time winners of the award. Maddux, Johnson and Carlton each won four times (Johnson won a fifth in the American League).
Kershaw led the league in just about everything but innings, which he failed to accomplish thanks to missing several starts following his opening day outing in Australia. He led the league in wins (21), ERA (1.77), strikeouts per nine innings (10.85), strikeout percentage (31.9 percent) and FIP (1.81). Kershaw finished third in total strikeouts (239) and fourth in walks per nine innings (1.41). He also allowed the second-fewest hits of any pitcher in the league despite throwing 35 more innings than either the first- or third-place finishers.
The 26-year-old left-hander was also the league leader in WAR for pitchers with 7.5, per Baseball-Reference.
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