Clayton Kershaw wins National League Cy Young award for Los Angeles Dodgers

Former Great Lakes Loons pitcher Clayton Kershaw was named the National League Cy Young Award winner this season, according to an announcement by Major League Baseball. The Los Angeles left-hander led the National League in ERA (2.28), wins (21) and strikeouts (248). Kershaw, 23, won his final eight decisions, becoming the youngest player to win the Cy Young Award since Dwight Gooden in 1985. Kershaw received 27 of the 32 first-place votes by the Baseball Writers Association to earn 207 points, enough to beat out Roy Halladay (133) and Cliff Lee (90) of the Philadelphia Phillies.

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