Chris Sale 3rd in AL Cy Young voting

Sep 24, 2014; Detroit, MI, USA; Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale (49) warms up before the first inning against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

Chris Sale, the ace of the Chicago White Sox starting rotation, finished third in the voting of the 2014 AL Cy Young Award voting.

I felt Sale deserved a little better, but that could be some of my Ken “Hawk” Harrelson bias as well in that statement.

Anyway, Sale finished with two second-place votes and 19 third-place votes. He also had five fourth-place votes and three votes for fifth place, totaling 78 points.

Winning the award was Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber with 169 total points, including 17 first-place votes, 11 second-place and two third-place votes.

In second place was Seattle Mariners’ ace Felix Hernandez with 159 points (13 first-place votes, 17 second-place votes).

Looking back at the ’14 season of Sale, he finished with a 12-4 record in 26 starts. He made 26 starts (two complete games) in what amounted to 174.0 innings pitched.

He walked 39 and finished with 208 strikeouts, holding opponents to a .205 batting average.

Sale’s WHIP was under 1.00 at 0.97.

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Looking even closer at the numbers of Sale for 2014, the 25-year old lefty has a WAR (wins above replacement) of 6.6 with a RA9 (all runs allowed per nine innings) of 2.48. Sale also had a WAA (wins above average) of 5.0.