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menu skip to content home circle of greats mount rushmore search statistics pitchers winning 20 games in first 20 start season since 1901 pitchers with 200 wins and fewer than 100 losses as starters measured at end of any season of career pitchers with 200 wins and fewer than 100 losses at end of any season of career players scoring all of their team s runs in a 4 run game players with 15 home runs in first 40 career games as a visiting player in a ballpark players with lead off and walk off home runs in same game about player stats quiz solved quizzes al left handers with season incl multiple 13 so games against same opponent quiz alpha pitchers quiz crazy eights quiz don baylor all stars quiz double trouble quiz fantasy fun quiz milestone makers quiz monster mashers stumped quiz new breed hitters quiz precocious producers quiz run wild run free quiz sesame street seasons quiz triple threats support a portrait of the pitcher as a cy young man part 1 24 replies with apologies to james joyce here s a post on the cy young award to be awarded this season for the sixtieth time to the best pitcher in each league as voted by the baseball writers association of america the idea for this post and most of the content are courtesy of commenter no statistician but more after the jump continue reading this entry was posted in analysis award elections player profile on august 18 2026 by doug quiz six of one half dozen of the other 165 replies here s a group of accomplished pitchers who enjoy the distinction of a certain career accomplishment of which no other retired modern era pitcher can boast more specifically they did something twice in their careers that every other pitcher has done only once or in most cases not at all the list and a clue are after the jump continue reading this entry was posted in quiz trivia on june 6 2026 by doug quick quiz pitchers who did it all 47 replies just uncovered this unlikely list of pitchers for you to ponder more after the jump continue reading this entry was posted in quiz records and milestones trivia on may 16 2026 by doug one season wonders or one of these things is not like the others pitchers edition part 2 154 replies continuing my post on exceptional pitching seasons part 2 looks at most exceptional pitcher seasons for rate statistics more after the jump continue reading this entry was posted in analysis player profile quiz records and milestones trivia on april 2 2026 by doug one season wonders or one of these things is not like the others pitchers edition part 1 77 replies most players can point to one season in their careers as their career year when everything clicked most of their luck was good and their stat line was clearly head and shoulders above every other season of their careers last year i presented a post on everyday players whose best season by various statistical measures showed the largest difference from their second best season by that same statistical measure with this post i m presenting the same analysis applied to pitcher metrics more after the jump on pitchers with the most exceptional seasons of their careers continue reading this entry was posted in player profile quiz records and milestones trivia on march 15 2026 by doug oldest players with pinch home runs by franchise 59 replies last season justin turner hit the first walk off home run of his career a two run pinch hit blast against the orioles on august 3rd that kept the cubs just two games back of the division leading brewers what the 40 year old turner may not have known was that he had become the oldest cubs player to hit a pinch home run after the jump more on pinch home runs by experienced players continue reading this entry was posted in game notes player profile records and milestones trivia on february 16 2026 by doug circle of greats 1981 balloting part 2 89 replies this post is for voting and discussion in the 145th round of balloting for the circle of greats cog this is the second of two rounds of balloting adding to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1981 rules and lists are after the jump continue reading this entry was posted in circle of greats award elections quiz trivia on february 3 2026 by doug circle of greats 1981 balloting part 1 90 replies this post is for voting and discussion in the 144th round of balloting for the circle of greats cog this is the first of two rounds of balloting adding to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1981 rules and lists are after the jump continue reading this entry was posted in circle of greats award elections quiz trivia on january 20 2026 by doug wild card and division series musings 180 replies we re through the wild card round and almost through the division series a brief snapshot of some of the more notable performances is after the jump continue reading this entry was posted in game notes post season records and milestones trivia on october 11 2025 by doug one season wonders or one of these things is not like the others 244 replies most players can point to one season in their careers as their career year when everything clicked most of their luck was good and their stat line was clearly head and shoulders above every other season of their careers for this post i ll be identifying the most exceptional career years with the largest improvement over the second best season in a number of offensive categories and everyone is eligible as i ll be looking at those career years for very short and very long careers and for all the careers in between more after the jump continue reading this entry was posted in analysis player profile quiz records and milestones trivia on august 5 2025 by doug post navigation older posts proudly powered by wordpress