Who has the most nineteenth-century pitching wins for any pitcher not in the Hall of Fame?
Hint: #1 He was the first pitcher to lose more than twenty-five games in a season for the Cincinnati Reds.
Hint: #2 He is the only pitcher to pitch ambidextrously in more than one major league game.
Wednesday’s question answered:
Q. Who is the most recent pitcher to win twenty-five games in a season and not win the Cy Young Award that year?
Hint: #1 He was the last American League pitcher to be included in a game’s batting order and get a hit.
Hint: #2 He is the only pitcher in the majors to retire in the twentieth century with more than three thousand strikeouts and fewer than 1,000 bases on balls.
– Ans. In 1974, Jenkins & Catfish Hunter had 25 pitching victories in the AL. Jenkins had a better WAR, 7.7 to 6.9, but Hunter’s wins were for a first-place team, the WS champion Oakland A’s.
– #1 On 02-Oct-1974, TEX played the game without a DH, starting Jenkins in the 9th spot in the batting order. He was 1 for 3 with a single in the 6th. He also pitched 7 innings was the winning pitcher.
– #2 He pitched from 1965 to 1983 and ended with a record of 3,192 K & 997 BB. Six other pitchers have achieved those numbers, finishing in the 21st century.