Dennis Martinez
Dennis Martinez’s 245 career victories are the second-most by a Latin American pitcher and the most for any hurler without a 20-win season.
Read More > Bob Cain
Bob Cain threw the famous 4-pitch walk to Eddie Gaedel in 1951. When Gaedel died 10 years later, Cain was the only baseball man at the funeral.
Read More >Brent Strom
A college All American and two-time NCAA champion at USC, Brent Strom was the third overall pick in the 1970 first-year player draft.
Read More >Mickey Lolich
Mickey Lolich won 14 or more games in 11 consecutive seasons; when he retired he was MLB’s All-Time strikeout leader among left handers.
Read More >Babe Adams
Greg Maddux would have to pitch 217 more 9-inning games without a walk to lower his BB/9 to the same level as Pirates great Babe Adams.
Read More >Double Duty Radcliffe
Negro League great Ted Radcliffe earned the nickname “Double Duty” by often pitching in the first game of a doubleheader and catching the next.
Read More >Ned Garver
All Star Ned Garver went 20-12 for the 1951 St. Louis Browns & is the first & only MLB pitcher to win 20 for a team that lost at least 100 games.
Read More >Zack Greinke
A former Gatorade National High School Player of the Year, Zack Greinke has won the Cy Young, Gold Glove, and Silver Slugger awards.
Read More >Billy Wagner
Among pitchers with 900+ innings, Billy Wagner holds the MLB record with 11.92 Ks per nine innings and a .187 opponents’ batting average.
Read More >Fernando Valenzuela
The only pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year & Cy Young in the same season, Fernando Valenzuela made 6 straight All Star teams from 1981-86.
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