Max Scherzer Wins NL Cy Young Award

Pitcher, Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Points
Max Scherzer, Nationals 25 3 1 1 192
Jon Lester, Cubs 1 16 9 2 102
Kyle Hendricks, Cubs 2 7 8 7 5 85
Madison Bumgarner, Giants 2 6 7 6 46
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers 2 1 5 3 30
Johnny Cueto, Giants 3 3 4 19
Jose Fernandez, Marlins 1 1 1 9 18
Noah Syndergard, Mets 1 1 3 2 15
Jake Arrieta, Cubs 1 2
Tanner Roark, Nationals 1 1

Max Scherzer, who led the National League in wins, strikeouts, WHIP, walk-to-strikeout rate and Wins Above Replacement level, won the NL Cy Young Award on Wednesday.

The Nationals righthander got 25 of 30 first-place votes, with the Cubs’ Jon Lester getting one first-place vote to finish second and teammate Kyle Hendricks finishing third and getting two first-place votes.

Scherzer also won the Cy Young award in 2013 while with the Tigers, joining Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord Perry and Roy Halladay as Cy Young Award winners in both leagues.

“Having this be the second one verifies everything I set out to achieve,” Scherzer said in a conference call with reporters. “Winning the second one confirms everythign I try to do, works.”

Scherzer, 31, was the only pitcher listed on every ballot. He was 20-7, 2.96—seventh-best in baseball—and his opponent average of .196 was second in the NL.

“It shows when we work together as teammates we can accomplish anything,” he said. “It’s the culmination of everything from coaching staff to how they prepared us to everybody working together in unison and competing at the same level.”

Scherzer wasn’t aware of how close the vote was in the AL Cy Young, where former Tigers teammates Rick Porcello and Justin Verlander finished 1-2, just five votes apart. But when asked about it, he said he was not surprised.

“It shows, in the five years we spent together that we all looked out for each other, and tried to find ways to make each other better. Critiquing each other, and understanding how we needed to get better.”

HOW THEY VOTED
Name Affiliation 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Dave Cameron FanGraphs Kershaw Scherzer Syndergaard Hendricks Fernandez
Guy Curtright The Sports Xchange Scherzer Hendricks Lester Kershaw Bumgarner
Steve Gilbert MLB.com Scherzer Hendricks Lester Syndergaard Bumgarner
Jack Magruder FanRagSports.com Hendricks Lester Bumgarner Scherzer Cueto
Katsushi Nagao Kyodo News Scherzer Lester Bumgarner Cueto Hendricks
Bruce Miles Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL Scherzer Lester Hendricks Syndergaard Fernandez
Matt Snyder CBS Sports Hendricks Scherzer Cueto Lester Bumgarner
C Trent Rosecrans Cincinnati Enquirer Scherzer Lester Bumgarner Hendricks Cueto
Jack Etkin Honorary Scherzer Hendricks Lester Bumgarner Fernandez
Thomas Harding MLB.com Scherzer Lester Cueto Bumgarner Hendricks
J.P. Hoornstra Southern California News Group Kershaw Fernandez Scherzer Syndergaard Hendricks
Doug Padilla ESPN.com Scherzer Hendricks Lester Kershaw Fernandez
Craig Davis South Florida Sun Sentinel Scherzer Lester Hendricks Fernandez Kershaw
Jon Heyman FanRagSports Scherzer Lester Hendricks Kershaw Fernandez
Todd Rosiak Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Scherzer Lester Cueto Hendricks Syndergaard
Tom Haudricourt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Scherzer Hendricks Lester Bumgarner Fernandez
Joel Sherman New York Post Scherzer Lester Kershaw Hendricks Bumgarner
Matthew Ehalt The Record Scherzer Hendricks Lester Kershaw Bumgarner
Jim Salisbury CSNPhilly Scherzer Lester Bumgarner Cueto Hendricks
Todd Zolecki MLB.com Scherzer Lester Fernandez Bumgarner Syndergaard
Rob Biertempfel Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Scherzer Jon Lester Bumgarner Hendricks Roark
Stephen J. Nesbitt Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Scherzer Lester Hendricks Bumgarner Kershaw
John Maffei San Diego Union-Tribune Lester Scherzer Hendricks Arrieta Cueto
Bernie Wilson Associated Press Scherzer Lester Hendricks Bumgarner Fernandez
Jorge Ortiz USA Today Scherzer Bumgarner Hendricks Lester Cueto
Alex Pavlovic CSN Bay Area Scherzer Lester Bumgarner Hendricks Kershaw
Jenifer Langosch MLB.com Scherzer Lester Hendricks Kershaw Bumgarner
Mark Saxon ESPN.com Scherzer Syndergaard Jon Lester Hendricks Fernandez
Todd Dybas The Washington Times Scherzer Bumgarner Lester Cueto Hendricks
Mark Zuckerman MASNsports.com Scherzer Hendricks Lester Bumgarner Fernandez

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