Tim Hudson
A four-time All Star with three different teams, Tim Hudson finished in the top-6 in Cy Young balloting four times on his way to 222 career wins.
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A four-time All Star with three different teams, Tim Hudson finished in the top-6 in Cy Young balloting four times on his way to 222 career wins.
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Four-time champion and 2000 inductee to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Larry Gardner claimed the first walk-off in World Series history in 1912.
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Dave Stewart won at least 20 games each season from 1987-1990, was the 1989 World Series MVP, and a three-time Fall Classic champion.
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Jon Lester set an MLB record by starting the opening game in 12 playoff series; the 200-game winner has a career 1.77 ERA in six World Series appearances.
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Felipe Alou, Frank Robinson, and Joe Torre are the only three men in baseball history to have 2,000 hits, 200 home runs, and 1,000 managerial wins.
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The purported inventor of the forkball, 196-game winner Bullet Joe Bush won 15 games for the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics team that won only 36 contests all season.
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As captain of the Oakland Athletics from 1969-1976 three-time World Series champ Sal Bando received MVP votes in 7 seasons and finished in the top-4 three times.
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While on furlough from WWI military service in 1918, Bob Shawkey shut out the Senators in Washington D.C. on the Fourth of July; he later helped the Yankees win 4 pennants.
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Known as “The Father of the Knuckleball”, Eddie Rommel had a winning percentage that is higher than 35 Hall of Famer hurlers; he also had a 22-year AL umpiring career.
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The inspiration for Charlie Sheen’s Wild Thing character in the movie Major League, Ryne Duren was a World Series champion and a four-time All Star.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954