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.

A. FERGIE JENKINS  [SABR Bio]

– 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 9^th spot in the batting order.  He was 1 for 3 with a single in the 6^th.  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 21^st century.

FCR – Jeffery Fink, Howell, New Jersey