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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Detroit starter Justin Verlander, who led the major leagues with 24 wins, was selected the Sporting News' 2011 Player of the Year.
Verlander is the first pitcher to win the award since Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988, the publication said in announcing the award Friday.
Verlander helped the Tigers to the American League Central title. Detroit advanced to the AL Championship Series but lost to the Texas Rangers in six games.
The Sporting News Player of the Year honor is determined by a vote of major league players with 289 -- 177 from the American League and 112 from the National League -- participating this season.
Verlander was 24-5 on the year with a 2.40 earned run average. He struck out 250 batters in 251 innings of work.
Granderson , with 41 home runs this season, was second in the majors to Bautista, who hit 43. Kemp led the majors in runs batted in with 126 and Braun was fifth in hitting at .332.
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DETROIT, June 3 (UPI) --
Phil Hughes logged his second career complete game Sunday, holding Detroit to one run in the New York Yankees' 5-1 victory.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (UPI) --
"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, was honored at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in San Francisco, the organization said.
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The Internet could someday look very different and be less open and free if a proposal for the International Telecommunications Union, an arm of the United Nations, to take over management of the Internet comes to pass, critics of the proposal say.
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