Phil Niekro

Phil Niekro holds the MLB record with 121 victories after the age of 40. He & Joe Niekro won combined to win 539 games – a record for brothers.
Read More >Phil Niekro holds the MLB record with 121 victories after the age of 40. He & Joe Niekro won combined to win 539 games – a record for brothers.
Read More >Satchel Paige pitched in two MLB All Star games after the age of 45. His last big league appearance came after his 59th birthday.
Read More >With eight seasons of 20 or more wins during the decade, Jim Palmer totaled more victories than any Major League pitcher of the 1970s.
Read More >In the Yankees first World Series Championship in 1923, Herb Pennock won Game 2, saved Game 4, and won the clinching Game 6 on one day rest.
Read More >Juan Marichal vs. Warren Spahn in the greatest game ever pitched: both went the distance in a 16-inning 1-0 contest on July 2, 1963.
Read More >From 1911-1913 Rube Marquard totaled 73 victories to lead the New York Giants to three consecutive National League championships.
Read More >Iron Man Joe McGinnity threw 3,441 1/3 innings in his 10-year MLB career; he pitched in the minors until age 54 & won more than 450 pro games.
Read More >Sandy Koufax led the National League in earned run average from 1962-1966 & won 111 games during that time. Those were his final 5 seasons. Be sure to visit our page on Facebook.
Read More >Tommy Lasorda guided the Dodgers to 4 National League pennants and 2 World Series championships in his 20-year reign as Los Angeles skipper.
Read More >From 1948-1956 Bob Lemon averaged 20 wins per season and appeared in seven All Star games. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976.
Read More >"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball…"
~Jacques Barzun, 1954