Kershaw named Cy Young, four Giants get votes

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The Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw has won the 2011 NL Cy Young Award, running away with the honor with 27 of 32 first-place votes.

The award is no stranger to the Bay Area, as two of the past four years have seen the honor go to the Giants' Tim Lincecum, and four Giants from last year's starting rotation received Cy Young votes.

Kershaw also received five second-place votes and two thirds, giving him 207 points. Roy Halladay, the Cy Young incumbent, was a distant second with 133 points (four firsts, 21 seconds, seven thirds). Cliff Lee, Ian Kennedy and Cole Hamels rounded out the Top 5, but four of the next seven spots went to pitchers in Orange and Black.

Lincecum got one fourth-place vote and five fifths. Matt Cain received one fourth-place vote and one fifth, and Madison Bumgarner and Ryan Vogelsong each garnered one fifth-place vote.

It was the Miami Herald's Clark Spencer who included Vogelsong on his ballot, and the St. Louis Press Democrat's Bernie Miklasz who tagged Bumgarner.

Kershaw and Lincecum went head to head four times last season. In those four starts, Lincecum kept the Dodgers down with a 1.24 ERA, but he was served an 0-4 record after Kershaw dominated the Giants, allowing just one earned run in those four games.

Kershaw, 23, made 500K in 2011 and turned in a Triple Crown season with 21 wins, 248 strikeouts and a 2.28 ERA. Kennedy, who finished fourth, also won 21 games.

In comparison, Lincecum made 405K in 2008 when he won his first Cy Young, and 650K in 2009 when he earned his second.

One Bay Area athlete recognized Kershaw's accomplishment, as the A's Brett Anderson offered his congratulations on Twitter:

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Brett AndersonCongrats to kershaw..he definitely deserves it.
Nov 17 via EchofonFavoriteRetweetReply

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