Never happen again trivia

by Chris Martin on Jan 23, 2007 2:17 PM CST Comment 21 comments

Answer the following questions about things that will probably never happen again.

Who was the last pitcher with 300 innings in 1 season?
Who was the last pitcher with 40 games started in 1 season?
Who was the last pitcher with 20 or more complete games in one season?
Who was the last pitcher to win 30+ games in 1 season?
Who was the last pitcher with 10 shutouts in 1 season?
Who was the only pitcher in history to pitch in over 100 games in a season?
This one is before 1900 and just thrown in for the WOW factor. Who is the only pitcher with over 500 strikeouts in one season?

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4. Denny McLain

I feel bad for not knowing for sure but its some tiger pitcher like that.

The other ones are way out of my league

by ab03 on Jan 23, 2007 2:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

You're definitely right

as a baby Tiger fan at the time, his 31 game winning season was one of my first Baseball memories.

"I told him, 'You (Blalock) are a waste of talent,' " Jaramillo said. "He knows I think he can be the best hitter on our club.

by DJCahill on Jan 23, 2007 3:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the reason i felt bad

was cause i thought that record was set more recently than the others but after looking at the answers, it was sent before all of them except the last one.

I had no idea 80's pitchers were pitching that much. its just their longevity that isn't the same as the turn of the century pitchers.

by ab03 on Jan 23, 2007 4:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

40 games started

I don't see why that couldn't happen again.

by ab03 on Jan 23, 2007 2:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Probably the most likely

But with the 5 man rotation and fear of overusing pitchers I just can't see it happening again.....unless Dusty Baker gets another job.

by Chris Martin on Jan 23, 2007 2:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

#5

Clemens in the late 80s?

by RangerMoto on Jan 23, 2007 2:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

#5

Didn't Greg Maddux do it in the mid 90s?

by cstorm15 on Jan 23, 2007 3:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm guessing....

Phil Niekro for question 1 and 2.

by bdavison94 on Jan 23, 2007 3:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

#2 is Charlie Hough

I think #1 is Wilbur Wood, but maybe not.

#6 is Mike Marshall

by Lucas on Jan 23, 2007 3:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

For #7

I'll say Charley Radbourn, but he had to throw 1,200 innings to do it.

And he was juicing.

by Lucas on Jan 23, 2007 3:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It's not Hoss

And what kind of juicing was going on in 1885? Prune juice?

by Chris Martin on Jan 23, 2007 3:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Close

Prune juice mixed with creosote distilled from discarded railroad ties used in building the Transcontinental Railroad. I think Pud Galvin wrote a book about it.

by Lucas on Jan 23, 2007 3:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ha

If that makes it to the Google search index or whatever, we'll hear about suspensions soon enough.

"Figgins did not test positive for steroids; however, urine tests revealed high levels of a specific type of iron ore juice believed to be derived from processing antique transcontinental railroad ties"

by Dustin on Jan 23, 2007 3:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

#1 - Steve Carlton

"Hello, win column..."

by rangersfan34 on Jan 23, 2007 3:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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Steve Carlton - 304 in 1980
Charlie Hough - 40 in 1987
Fernando Valenzuela - 20 in 1986
Denny McClain - 31 in 1967.
John Tudor - 10 in 1985. Unfortunately for Tudor, Doc Gooden had an even better season and won the Cy Young.
Mike Marshall - 106 in 1974.
Matt Kilroy -513 in 1886.

by Chris Martin on Jan 23, 2007 4:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Im reasonably positive

McLain was 1968.

First game I ever went to was a Denny Mclain win against the tribe, and it was when I was 4. So it was before August. I remember how great the Cotton Candy was and that the tiggers kicked the dog out of the hated Indians. About all I remember about the game was what a stud Jim Northrup was.

"I told him, 'You (Blalock) are a waste of talent,' " Jaramillo said. "He knows I think he can be the best hitter on our club.

by DJCahill on Jan 23, 2007 4:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Typo. My bad.

by Chris Martin on Jan 23, 2007 5:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

1968

McClain got his 26th victory the day I was born. I remember it well.

Anyway, not to take anything away from his accomplishment, but I noticed he got 5.23 runs per game of support that season, an outrageous number in the Year Of The Pitcher. League-wide scoring was just 3.4 runs per game.

by Lucas on Jan 23, 2007 5:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dang

Quite a few late 30s, early 40s LSBers... ;-)

by RangerMoto on Jan 23, 2007 8:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Damn!

Tudor had an awesome year in 1985... I'd forgotten how good he was that season. As for Gooden, his numbers that season were in an entirely different league -- his '85 season would have to rank as one of the best seasons in my lifetime (born in 1969)...

Thanks for the cool post. It's fun to look back on the history of the game sometimes...

"Hello, win column..."

by rangersfan34 on Jan 23, 2007 5:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs