Indians right-hander Corey Kluber was named the 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner on Wednesday night, the BBWAA announced. He received 17 of the 30 first place votes.Kluber, 28, went 18-9 with a 2.44 ERA in 34 innings. He led the league with a 2.35 FIP and struck out 269 innings in 235 2/3 innings. 
Kluber walked only 51 batters and posted a stellar 5.27 K/BB ratio.Kluber is the third different Indians pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in the last eight years. CC Sabathia won in 2007 and Cliff Lee won in 2008.Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez finished second in the voting and received 13 first place votes. White Sox left-hander Chris Sale finished third in the voting.Mike Axisa/CBS Sports
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Kluber walked only 51 batters and posted a stellar 5.27 K/BB ratio.Kluber is the third different Indians pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in the last eight years. CC Sabathia won in 2007 and Cliff Lee won in 2008.Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez finished second in the voting and received 13 first place votes. White Sox left-hander Chris Sale finished third in the voting.Mike Axisa/CBS Sports
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Player, Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
Points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Kluber, Indians | 17 | 11 | 2 | 169 | |||
| Felix Hernandez, Mariners | 13 | 17 | 159 | ||||
| Chris Sale, White Sox | 2 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 78 | ||
| Jon Lester, Red Sox/Athletics | 3 | 15 | 7 | 46 | |||
| Max Scherzer, Tigers | 4 | 6 | 8 | 32 | |||
| David Price, Rays/Tigers | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |||
| Phil Hughes, Twins | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Wade Davis, Royals | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Greg Holland, Royals | 1 | 1 |
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