Clayton Kershaw wins NL Cy Young

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By Tony Jackson
ESPNLosAngeles.com


Left-hander Clayton Kershaw won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday, becoming the first Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher to be so honored since Eric Gagne in 2003 and the first Dodgers starter to win it since Orel Hershiser in 1988.

Kershaw won the award handily in balloting by a select panel of 32 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. He received 27 of 32 first-place votes, three seconds and two thirds for a total of 207 points, 74 more than runner-up Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Halladay received four first-place votes, with the last one going to the Phillies' Cliff Lee.

Kershaw, 23, tied for the National League lead in wins with 21 while losing just four times. He also led the league in both ERA (2.28) and strikeouts (248), giving him pitching's version of the Triple Crown.

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[tycobb420]

Another no-brainer. The two MVP votes will be very interesting.