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Kershaw Wins 2013 National League Cy Young Award

Kershaw posted MLB's Best ERA at 1.83
By Roger Hoover
November 14, 2013

JACKSONVILLE - Former Jacksonville Suns pitcher and Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw was named the 2013 National League Cy Young Award winner, his second-career selection, announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America on Wednesday night.

Kershaw garnered 29 of 30 first-place votes, and this is his second Cy Young Award in the past three seasons after winning the honor in 2011.

"Winning this award a second time is every bit as special as it was the first time around," Kershaw said in a press release by the Dodgers on Wednesday. "I want to especially thank my teammates and coaches for helping place me in such amazing company."

A first round selection (sixth overall) by the Dodgers in 2006, Kershaw rose quickly throughout the L.A. system reaching Double-A Jacksonville just a year later in 2007.

That season Kershaw made five starts for the Suns, going 1-2 with a 3.65 ERA. In 2008 Kershaw began the season as the Suns' ace, going 2-3 with a 1.91 ERA in 13 games and 11 starts in a Jacksonville uniform.

Kershaw earned his first call-up to the big leagues on May 28 before being sent back Jacksonville, and then he joined the Dodgers for good on July 22, 2008.

Since that point, Kershaw has been a three-time National League All-Star (2011-13), a two-time N.L. strikeout champion (2011, 2013), and three-time N.L. ERA champion (2011-13).

This season Kershaw went 16-9 with a 1.83 ERA in 33 starts and 236 innings for the Dodgers, helping Los Angeles win the National League West Division Title. He posted a Major League-leading 1.83 ERA as he won his second Cy Young Award.

Detroit's Max Scherzer won the American League Cy Young Award after going 21-3 with a 2.90 ERA in 32 starts in 2013.

Miami Marlins right-hander Jose Fernandez, who won the National League Rookie of the Year Award on Monday, finished third in the voting behind Kershaw and St. Louis right-hander Adam Wainwright.

For the latest Suns news this offseason, fans are encouraged to visit www.jaxsuns.com and can keep up with the Jacksonville Suns on the club's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram social media platforms, as well as the "Tales from Bragan Field" blog: www.sunsradio.com.