Cleveland Indians right-hander Corey Kluber had never received a Cy Young Award vote in any previous election. He was the fourth Indians player honored. The others: Gaylord Perry in 1972, CC Sabathia in 2007 and Cliff Lee in 2008.
It marked the second runner-up finish for Hernandez, who won the award in 2010 and finished second in 2009 to Zack Greinke.
Kluber and Hernandez were the only pitchers named to every ballot.
Ballots from two writers in each league city prior to postseason play are tabulated on a system that rewards seven points for first place, four points for second place, three points for third place, two votes for fourth place and one point for fifth place.
2014 AL Cy Young
Player, Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Points | |
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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 |
Below is a breakdown of the 30 individual ballots, submitted by two writers representing each city in the American League. Note that in some cases (*), when a city does not have enough eligible voters, a voter from another city represents that chapter. For more information on the voting, see our Voting FAQ.
Name | Affiliation | Chapter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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Ken Rosenthal | Fox Sports | BAL | Kluber | Hernandez | Price | Lester | Sale |
Rich Dubroff | CSNBaltimore.com | BAL | Kluber | Hernandez | Scherzer | Sale | Davis |
Michael Silverman | Boston Herald | BOS | Hernandez | Kluber | Sale | Price | Lester |
Peter Abraham | The Boston Globe | BOS | Hernandez | Sale | Kluber | Lester | Hughes |
Dan Hayes | CSN Chicago.com | CHI | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Lester | Scherzer |
Naoko Sato | Nikkan Sports News | CHI | Hernandez | Sale | Kluber | Scherzer | Lester |
Dennis Manoloff | The Plain Dealer | CLE | Kluber | Hernandez | Scherzer | Sale | Lester |
Jim Ingraham | News-Herald | CLE | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Scherzer | Lester |
Matthew B. Mowery | The Oakland Press | DET | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Lester | Scherzer |
James Schmehl | MLive Media Group | DET | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Lester | Scherzer |
Evan Drellich | Houston Chronicle | HOU | Kluber | Hernandez | Price | Sale | Lester |
Nick Cafardo | Boston Globe | HOU* | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Lester | Scherzer |
Joe Posnanski | NBC Sports | KC | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Price | Davis |
Sam Mellinger | Kansas City Star | KC | Kluber | Hernandez | Lester | Sale | Scherzer |
Pedro Moura | Orange County Register | LA | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Hughes | Lester |
Tim Brown | Yahoo Sports | LA | Hernandez | Kluber | Sale | Lester | Price |
La Velle Neal III | Minneapolis Star Tribune | MIN | Hernandez | Kluber | Sale | Lester | Hughes |
Patrick Borzi | Honorary | MIN | Hernandez | Kluber | Lester | Scherzer | Sale |
Daniel Barbarisi | Wall Street Journal | NY | Hernandez | Kluber | Sale | Lester | Price |
Erik Boland | Newsday | NY | Hernandez | Kluber | Sale | Lester | Scherzer |
Joe Stiglich | Comcast SportsNet Bay Area | OAK | Kluber | Hernandez | Lester | Price | Sale |
Matt Kawahara | The Sacramento Bee | OAK | Hernandez | Kluber | Sale | Lester | Price |
Ryan Divish | Seattle Times | SEA | Hernandez | Kluber | Sale | Scherzer | Lester |
John McGrath | Tacoma News Tribune | SEA | Hernandez | Kluber | Sale | Scherzer | Hughes |
Martin Fennelly | Tampa Tribune | TB | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Scherzer | Holland |
Joe Smith | Tampa Bay Times | TB | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Lester | Scherzer |
Gerry Fraley | Dallas Morning News | TEX | Kluber | Hernandez | Scherzer | Sale | Davis |
Yuzo Hayakawa | Kyodo News | TEX | Hernandez | Kluber | Scherzer | Lester | Price |
Ken Fidlin | Toronto Sun | TOR | Hernandez | Kluber | Sale | Lester | Scherzer |
Brendan Kennedy | Toronto Star | TOR | Kluber | Hernandez | Sale | Lester | Hughes |