Word: awards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Roger Clemens, who won his first 14 decisions this season and wound up with a 24-4 record in leading the Boston Red Sox to their division title, capped his dream year Tuesday by being voted the league's Most Valuable Player Award...
...becoming the first starting pitcher in 15 years to earn the award, the 24-year-old right-hander captured 19 of 28 first-place votes for 339 points. He easily outdistanced Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly and Sox outfielder Jim Rice in the balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers Association of America...
Only seven other major-league pitchers have won the MVP award since the Cy Young Award for outstanding pitcher was instituted in 1956. Two of those seven were relief pitchers. The last starter to take both awards was Vida Blue of the Oakland...
...this year's balloting, Mattingly, the 1985 most valuable player, had 5 first-place votes and 258 points as he failed in a bid to become the first to win the award in consecutive years since the Yankees' Roger Maris...
Rice, who won the award in 1978, was third with 4 first-place votes and 241 points in the balloting by two writers in each of the 14 league cities. Each writer lists 10 players with 14 points for each first-place vote, 9 for second, 8 for third, and so forth. The vote was taken before postseason play began...