The last pitcher to win 30 games in a season, he's since done time for extortion & mail fraud
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Jim Ruppert: Summer of 1968 still a dream for Denny McLain  Jun 21, 2014 ... Denny McLain, the last MLB player to win 30 games in a season, ... The right-handed pitcher won his 30th game, making him the first 30-game winner since 1934 and ... The first time Denny McLain pitched as a professional in 1962 fresh ... mail fraud and conspiracy in connection with the theft of $2.5 million...
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Jeopary Questions page 1810 - SHOCKING! - TriviaBistro.com  SHOCKING!: The last pitcher to win 30 games in a season, he's since done time for extortion & mail fraud  '90s MUSIC: Her album "Pieces Of You" has been on...
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ESPN Classic - From the big time to the big house - ESPN.com  Denny McLain is the last MLB pitcher to win 30 games in a season. ... Any day I expect him to come riding on a Conestoga wagon selling elixir out the back end as he's leaving town. Probably ... Life after baseball also proved troublesome to McLain. .... theft, money laundering and mail fraud, he was sentenced to eight years.
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End Zone: Dining at Denny's - NY Daily News  Apr 5, 2008 ... Turns out that Dennis Dale McLain is still pitching after all these years. ... Denny McLain put a stamp on 1968 with 31-win season with Tigers . ... baseball's first 30-game winner since Dizzy Dean, and, quite probably, its last. ... The second time was for embezzlement and mail fraud, stemming from the theft of...
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McFall insists time served - Recordnet.com  Mar 21, 2009 ... Monte McFall has served his share of prison time and should be ... on 17 counts for attempted extortion, mail fraud and witness tampering. ... filed a request Friday to the federal appeals court for a 30-day delay so .... How the East Union football team fares in its final six regular-season games is uncertain.
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Discover one of baseball's forgotten streaks - ESPN.com  May 15, 2013 ... On May, 23, 1980, Oakland A's pitcher Rick Langford threw a ... By the end of June, Langford's complete-game streak was eight. ... His final line for the season: a 19-12 record, 3.26 ERA, 290 innings ... Not since 1986 has a pitcher completed 20 games, when the Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela did it.
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Frick Voting - Active Broadcasters - Baseball Hall of Fame  Former major league catcher who played 17 seasons, including two seasons with the ... Spent 25 years in professional baseball as a player, including 17 seasons in the ..... 1982-85, leaving to become executive vice president for baseball operations .... Finished third in the N.L. Cy Young voting in 1989, posting 18 wins.
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Tony Gwynn, the 1994 Strike and Baseball's Last Real Shot at .400 ...  Aug 11, 2014 ... Tony Gwynn, the 1994 Strike and Baseball's Last Real Shot at .400 ... And most in today's game now view Williams' .406 in 1941 as an antique relic from a forever bygone era. ... In the 73 years since Williams' epic .406, only four times has a ... Not only was Gwynn at .394, but he was hitting .423 during the...
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George Brett's quest for .400 batting average fell off pace 35 years ago  Sep 18, 2015 ... George Brett, 1980 Royals .390 ... 19, 1980, Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett went ... The last player to hit .400 was Ted Williams, who hit .406 in 1941. ... Unlike Brett, Williams had a .400 or better batting average for most of the season. ... The other last great chase: Tony Gwynn in 1994.
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jeopardy/1623_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  SINNERS | Iowa senator Tom Harkin is trying to get this Black Sox ballplayer's record cleared | "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. right: Pat. Wrong: Value: $400. Number:...
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Ken Griffey Jr. - Wikipedia  George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey Jr. (born November 21, 1969) nicknamed "Junior" and "The Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent most of his career with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, ... He is tied for the record of most consecutive games with a home run (8...
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J! Archive - Show #5027, aired 2006-06-20  In 2003 this Atlanta Braves pitcher set a record by winning at least 15 games for the 16th straight season ... Many Oregon Trail trekkers set out from this Missouri city, the trail's eastern terminus ... Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:...
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Cal Ripken Jr. - Wikipedia  Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed "The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles ... Ripken is best known for holding the record for consecutive games played, 2,632, surpassing...
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Sandy Koufax - Baseball Player - Biography.com  Apr 2, 2014 ... Born on December 30, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York, Sandy Koufax signed by the hometown Brooklyn Dodgers, the hard-throwing left-hander was the most ... set a single-season record with 382 strikeouts, and won three Cy...
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Ted Williams becomes last player to hit .400 - Sep 28, 1941 ...  In addition to his .406 batting averageno major league player since him has hit ... led the league with 37 homers, 135 runs and had a slugging average of .735. .... Both men were optimistic that progress had been made in easing Cold War .... Red Sox star Ted Williams hits a home run in the last at-bat of his 21-year career.
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Brooks Robinson | The On Deck Circle  Sep 13, 2012 ... He belted 39 doubles, and led the league in stolen bases and runs ... His career WAR of 70.5, accumulated in just a dozen full seasons, places him among the top 50 ... The Hall by the Veteran's Committee in 1985, fully 33 years after his ... The voters finally came to their senses in 1977, jumping him into the...
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Rickey Henderson - Wikipedia  Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson (born December 25, 1958) is an American retired professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, ... He holds the major league records for career stolen bases, runs, ..... I am now in the class of the greatest players of all time.
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Francisco Mejia's Hit Streak Nears History | BaseballAmerica.com  Aug 3, 2016 ... The Indians' catcher has hit safely in 44 consecutive games in a streak ... minor league streak with a 61-game hit streak in the Pacific Coast League in 1933. ... when Joe DiMaggio was in the midst of his 56-game hitting streak. ... 6/18/16, C, 5, 1, 1, 2 RBIs ... Scout&#8217;s View: Yankees RHP Dillon Tate...
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Ted Williams hits home run in last major league at-bat - Sep 28 ...  On this day in History, Ted Williams hits home run in last major league at-bat on ... the Korean War, again to fly, this time with John Glenn as his wingman. ... a less-than-stellar season, he returned in 1960 at 42 years old and hit .316 for ... Lou Gehrig Bids Farewell to Baseball ... Ted Williams becomes last player to hit .400.
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Orel Hershiser - Wikipedia  Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958) is an American former baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1983 to 2000. He later became a broadcast color analyst and a professional poker player. After playing baseball in high school at Cherry Hill High School East and at ... After 12 seasons with the Dodgers, Hershisher spent time with the Cleveland...
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The Los Angeles Dodgers' Ten Greatest Pitchers of All Time  By age 27, Kershaw already laid claim to three Cy Young Awards; a MVP ... where he has historically struggled; in 13 games (ten starts), he's 2-6 with a 4.59 ERA. .... Perhaps no pitcher flew under the radar to 300 career wins more than Sutton, ... he never led in strikeouts, though he's seventh on the all-time list with 3,574;...