A major pitching award is named for this hurler who won a record 511 games
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Cy Young : A Life In Baseball Book Review - Baseball Almanac  Baseball's most prestigious award for pitchers is the "Cy Young Award." The prize is named for the hurler who chalked up the most lifetime wins (511) and the ... He holds the record for most victories by a man aged thirty-four (33), thirty-five .... for $12,500 and two pitchers who between them had won 27 major league games.
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Cy Young - Wikipedia  Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867  November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-season baseball career (18901911), he pitched for five different teams. Young established numerous pitching records, some of which have stood for ... Young compiled 511 wins, which is most in Major League history and 94...
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Sports - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Many people like to watch sports games on TV or in person since watching a ... A major pitching award is named for this hurler who won a record 511 games.
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Who was cy young? - Answerlib  who was he im starten to get into baseball and i kno the award is for pitchers so ... was arguable the best pitcher ever. he set most of the records and is near the top of ... a pitching award was needed and they wanted it to honor an individual hurler, ... He posted a 511-316 record in 22 seasons with (these names might sound...
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Top 99 Trivia Answers - Baseball Roundtable  Name the pitcher with the best won-lost percentage of any hurler with at least ... hit his 600th during the decade and three of them have last names that start with M. ... of the Minnesota Twins won 25 games and did not win the Cy Young Award. ... Which pitcher holds the MLB record for the most strikeouts in a single game?
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ESPN Classic - Mantle's mammoth blast - ESPN.com  Yankees announcer Mel Allen made the call: "Here's the pitch . ... It's got to be one of the longest home runs I've ever seen hit. How about that!" Mantle's awesome blast, his first homer of the season, was estimated at 565 feet by Arthur ... Besides holding the World Series record for most homers (18), Mantle also leads in RBI...
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Nolan Ryan - Wikipedia  Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947), nicknamed "The Ryan Express", is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and a previous chief executive officer (CEO) of the Texas Rangers. He is currently an executive adviser to the owner of the Houston Astros. ... Ryan is the all-time leader in no-hitters with seven, three more than any other...
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Nolan Ryan - Wikipedia  Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947), nicknamed "The Ryan Express", is a former ... Ryan was also known to throw a devastating 126 curveball at exceptional velocity for a breaking ball. While his lifetime ..... Ryan threw a record seven no-hitters during his Major League career, three more than any other pitcher.
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Nolan Ryan - Wikipedia  Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947), nicknamed "The Ryan Express", is a former ... During a major league record 27-year baseball career (1966, 19681993), ... Ryan, a hard-throwing, right-handed pitcher, threw pitches that were .... In 1973, Ryan set his first major record when he struck out 383 batters in one...
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Archive: Rangers' Nolan Ryan earns 5000th career strikeout  Jan 31, 2012 ... Texas Rangers relief pitcher Jake Diekman throws a pitch against .... Archive: Rangers' Nolan Ryan earns 5,000th career strikeout ... At 8:51 p.m., on his 73rd pitch of the game, Ryan became the first pitcher in history to strike out 5, 000 batters. ... Although the A's tried to play down their part and point to their...
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Nolan Ryan facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  Get information, facts, and pictures about Nolan Ryan at Encyclopedia.com. ... Baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan is the all-time strikeout king, with a career total ... His first assignment was with the Mets' minor league team in Marion, Virginia, .... Ryan has had his uniform number retired by three teams, also a major league record.
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List of Major League Baseball perfect games - Wikipedia  Over the 140 years of Major League Baseball history, and over 210,000 games played, there .... His perfect game featured an unusual 93 putout, with Worcester right fielder Lon Knight .... In either calculation, the streak remains a record. .... catch by center fielder DeWayne Wise to rob Gabe Kapler of a home run; Wise had...
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Baseball Crank: BASEBALL: Baseball's Underappreciated Great ...  The Hall of Fame recognized this a few years back when it inducted one of the .... runs with a pitcher (Grover Alexander) who allowed just 3 longballs in 376 innings. ... in the league (Alexander) had been available to them, who knows how many ... 35 year old center fielder Max Carey batted .343, was fourth in the league in...
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Ripken breaks record for consecutive games played - Sep 06, 1995 ...  On this day in 1995, Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 2,131st ... breaking Iron Horse Lou Gehrig's record for most consecutive games played. ... He made his major league debut three years later, and on May 30, 1982, began ... Ripken went on to play 2,632 games in a row before ending the streak by...
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Nolan Ryan - Wikipedia  Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947), nicknamed "The Ryan Express", is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and a previous chief executive officer (CEO) of the Texas Rangers. .... On April 18, 1970, Ryan tied a Mets record by striking out 15 batters in one game. Four days later, Ryan's teammate, Tom...
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Robin Roberts Before and After the Philadelphia Phillies | Baseball ...  Aug 3, 2011 ... Between 1950 and 1955 Roberts won 20 games each season, leading the ... Six times he led the league in games started, five times in complete games ... His 28 wins in 1952, the year he won The Sporting News Player of the Year ... In a career-high 346 innings pitched, Roberts walked just 66 batters...
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fly robin fly; valley's own yount will get his wings today in coopertown.  His body of work during 20 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers would suggest otherwise. ... Yount is the second player in major-league history to record 3,000 hits, 200 home ... Lifetime, he batted .285 with 1,632 runs, 3,142 hits and 251 homers. ... It was the way he fought through shoulder and leg pain late in his career,...
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Maris Hits 61st in Final Game - The New York Times  Yank First to Exceed 60 Home Runs in Major Leagues ... Roger Maris yesterday became the first major league player in history to hit more ... The 27-year-old Yankee outfielder hit his sixty-first at the Stadium before a roaring ... Artistically enough, Maris' homer also produced the only run of the game as Ralph Houk's 1961...
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George Brett - Wikipedia  George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953), is a retired American baseball third baseman and designated hitter who played 21 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are the most by any third baseman in major league ... He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 on the first ballot...
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Westcott: No easy task to choose top Phillies of all time  Mar 27, 2014 ... First Base: Ryan Howard (2004-present) is second on the Phillies' all-time list with 311 home runs. A two-time league home run champ and three-time RBI leader, ... He ranks 15th with 548 career home runs while leading the league eight ... A three-time MVP and a 12-time All-Star, he has 2,234 career hits,...
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The 3000-Hit Club - AstrosDaily.com  Jun 29, 2007 ... Cleveland's Tris Speaker is the fifth member of the 3,000 hit club. ... and the first to have 500 home runs and finish his career with 3,771 hits, 167 as a DH. ... 1974 off the Orioles' Dave McNally in the fourth inning for his 3,000th hit. ... becomes the 15th player in baseball history to get 3,000 hits when rips an...