Verlander won the pitching Triple Crown while catapulting his career to the Hall-of-Fame-caliber trajectory it’s been riding ever since. He became the first American League pitcher to accumulate 24 wins and 250 strikeouts while posting an ERA of 2.40 or lower. Verlander also no-hit the Blue...
Veteran lefty Chris Sale reclaimed his elite status in his first year in Atlanta by going 18-3 (a career-high in wins) with an MLB-best 2.38 ERA and an NL-best 225 strikeouts in his 177 2/3 innings as he claimed theNL Cy Young Award. ...
From 1991 to 2005, the Braves were one of the most successful teams in baseball, winning division titles an unprecedented 14 consecutive times (omitting the strike-shortened 1994 season in which there were no official division champions), and producing one of the greatest pitching rotations in ...
pitching seasonTeam 2010 ATL 2011 ATL 2012 ATL 2013 ATL 2014 ATL 2015 SD 2016 BOS 2017 BOS 2018 BOS 2019 CHC 2020 CHC 2021 CHC 2021 CHW 2022 LAD 2023 PHI 2024 BAL Career Season Averages GPGSWLW%WARERAWHIPIPKBBK/BBHRERSVHLDBLSV 21 0 4 0 1.000 0.7 0.44 1.21 20.2 40 16 2.5 9 ...
With each right-hander under contract through at least 2027, they have a shot at becoming the best pitching pairing in Phillies history.That realization leads to a rather obvious question: Who are the best starting pitcher duos in AL/NL history?
Kpct_plusPitching strikeout rate indexed relative to league average (which is always 100). BBpct_plusPitching walk rate indexed relative to league average (which is always 100). oppAVG_plusOpponent's batting average indexed relative to league average (which is always 100). ...
Tommy John: 288 wins With the exception of Roger Clemens -- for reasons having nothing to do with his pitching record -- each of the 24 pitchers with 300 victories is in the Hall of Fame. And no pitcher since the turn of the 20th century has gotten closer to that mark without reaching...
Hitting Major League pitching is already one of the most difficult tasks in sports. Doing so from both sides of the plate offers advantages, but also further challenges. It certainly helps that a switch-hitter always has the platoon advantage and will never find himself, say, facing a tough ...
Caldwell died in 1967 but to this day remains a favorite subject of baseball historians. His wild career encompasses 292 wins in 4,400 innings of pro and minor league baseball, a brief stint as Babe Ruth's bunkmate, the strangest contract in MLB history, a disappearance to Centra...
Yamamoto’s list of accolades was almost unprecedented at his age. The 25-year-old won the pitching Triple Crown in Nippon Professional Baseball -- leading the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts -- and the Eiji Sawamura Award (Japan’s equivalent of the Cy Young Award) in each of the ...