Peavy wins Cy Young unanimously

Jake Peavy was a unanimous winner of the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday after leading the league in wins, earned-run average and strikeouts -- pitching’s version of a Triple Crown.

The San Diego Padres ace received all 32 first-place votes and finished with 160 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Assn. of America. Arizona sinkerballer Brandon Webb, last year’s winner, was a distant runner-up with 94 points. He was listed second on 31 ballots and third on one. Brad Penny of the Dodgers finished third, Cincinnati’s Aaron Harang was fourth and Chicago’s Carlos Zambrano came in fifth.

Peavy went 19-6 and topped the majors in ERA (2.54) and strikeouts (240) for the Padres, who came within one win of their third consecutive playoff berth. He joined Roger Clemens as the only starting pitchers to win a Cy Young Award without tossing a complete game.

Dodgers first base coach Mariano Duncan has been told that he will be part of the team’s coaching staff again next season, according to a baseball source.

Only hitting coach Don Mattingly and third base coach Larry Bowa have officially been named to Manager Joe Torre’s staff.

Bob Schaefer is expected to be the bench coach, the same position he held with the Oakland Athletics last season. Pitching coach Rick Honeycutt met with Torre on Monday and could be asked back.

Third base coach Rich Donnelly appears unlikely to return.

Meanwhile, right-hander Jason Schmidt was cleared to toss a ball for the first time since undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery in June.

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Baseball revenue climbed to $6.075 billion this year, and Commissioner Bud Selig envisions an even rosier financial future.

* NL CY YOUNG VOTING, D12