Sandy Koufax
Over his final five campaigns from 1962-1966, Sandy Koufax won 111 games while leading the National League in earned run average each season.
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Over his final five campaigns from 1962-1966, Sandy Koufax won 111 games while leading the National League in earned run average each season.
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Tommy Lasorda guided the Dodgers to 4 National League pennants and 2 World Series championships in his 20-year reign as Los Angeles skipper.
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From 1948-1956 Bob Lemon averaged 20 wins per season and appeared in seven All Star games. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976.
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Ted Lyons received MVP votes in nine of his 21 seasons despite appearing in only one All Star game. He was elected to the Hall in 1955.
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The first Canadian voted into the Hall of Fame, Fergie Jenkins played basketball in the off-season for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1967-1969.
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Walter Johnson was the only member of the 3,000 strikeout club for more than 50 years; he’s still first in career shutouts & second in wins.
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Addie Joss’s career 1.89 ERA ranks second all time. Of his 160 career wins, 45 were shutouts. Addie Joss died in 1911 at the age of 31.
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Tim Keefe pitched in the majors from 45 feet, 50 feet, and 60’6″ and won 342 games in a 14-year MLB career that spanned from 1880-1893.
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Waite Hoyt is the only member of the Baseball Hall of Fame to play in both the American and National Leagues before he was old enough to vote.
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Carl Hubbell set the Major League record for consecutive wins when he went 24 straight decisions without a loss during the 1936 & 1937 seasons.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954