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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.
"I thought I did have a pretty good chance even though I was a starting pitcher," said Clemens from his home in Katy, Tex. He conceded, though, that the news still was a bit of a shock. "I guess I did put an exclamation mark in all those writers' minds...
Returning after surgery to his right shoulder in 1985, Clemens became the Boston stopper. The Red Sox did not lose more than four games in a row all this past season. Clemens followed 14 of their losses with a victory.
Clemens was 24-4 this season with a 2.48 earned run average, tops in the American League. He won his first 14 decisions of the year.
Clemens put his name in the record book with a remarkable strikeout performance, fanning 20 batters in a game at Fenway Park April 29 against the Seattle Mariners.