Hendricks finished his first half of the 2016 season with a solid 7-6 record with a rotation leading 2.55 ERA. Kyle threw his second career complete game against the Phillies on Saturday May 28 and was one out short of a shutout. He skipped in front of a struggling John Lackey to get the third spot in the Cubs rotation for the second half of the season. On August 1, Hendricks threw another complete game for a shutout in a 5-0 victory against the Miami Marlins. He had the best ERA from July 1 - August 1 in the whole league at 1.00. On August 7, Hendricks picked up his eleventh win and moved his ERA down to 2.17, placing him as the second lowest in the NL and lowest amongst Cubs starters. Hendricks entered September with a 13-7 record and earned run average of 2.09 in 159 innings pitched, which led all major league starting pitchers. He was named NL Pitcher of the Month for August.[18] Hendricks finished the 2016 season with a record of 16-8 in 190 innings pitched and an ERA of 2.13 which was the lowest in all of baseball. He was the first Cub to lead the National League in the stat since 1945 and the first to lead the majors since 1938.[19]
In Game 6 of the NLCS, Hendricks pitched 7 1⁄3 innings facing the minimum in the clinching game to send the Cubs to their first World Series since 1945. The Cubs won the 2016 World Series over the Cleveland Indians, with Hendricks as the starting pitcher in Games 3 and 7, giving them their first title in 108 years.
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