Mariano Rivera
The 1st unanimous selection to Cooperstown, 13-time All Star & 5-time WS champ Mariano Rivera holds the MLB record for saves & games finished.
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The 1st unanimous selection to Cooperstown, 13-time All Star & 5-time WS champ Mariano Rivera holds the MLB record for saves & games finished.
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The runner-up for the 1948 NL Most Valuable Player Award, Johnny Sain was the 1st pitcher to face Jackie Robinson & the last to face Babe Ruth.
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In 1986 Roger Clemens won the American League’s Cy Young and Most Valuable Player Awards and the All Star Game MVP.
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Curt Schilling has the highest strikeout-to-walk ratio of any member of the 3,000 strikeout club; he also had 3 seasons of 300 or more strikeouts.
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Chet Brewer played for at least nine teams over the course of his 24-year playing career. He competed in at least nine countries and 40 US states.
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Though he made his MLB debut at age 29, Hoyt Wilhelm was the 1st pitcher to save 200 games & the 1st to appear in 1,000 games.
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Joe Williams debuted in the Negro Leagues in 1905 and won 115 games in his first 5 seasons. He was never allowed to play in the big leagues.
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Vic Willis was the last to throw a no-hitter during the 1800s. He holds the post-1900 record for complete games (46) & losses (29) in a season.
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Early Wynn won exactly 300 games despite missing all of 1945 and a portion of 1946 while serving in the United States Army during WWII.
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Cy Young remains #1 in MLB history in games started, innings, complete games, wins, & losses. His 511 victories are 94 more than #2 on the list.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954