Joe Nuxhall
Best known as the youngest player in MLB history, Joe Nuxhall was an All Star and 135-game winner who spent 40 years in the broadcast booth.
Read More > Deacon Phillippe
Deacon Phillippe has the best walk per 9 innings rate of any pitcher from 60’6” & holds the single-season World Series records in wins, CG, & IP.
Read More >Rick Reuschel
All Star, Gold Glover, & 214-game winner Rick Reuschel has a higher career WAR than Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal & Don Drysdale.
Read More >Tony Freitas
Tony Freitas pitched in 107 MLB games and 748 more in the minors; his 348 victories in the Minor Leagues are the most ever by a left-hander.
Read More >Ewell Blackwell
An All Star every season from 1946-51, Ewell Blackwell pitched a no-hitter on 6/18/47; in his next start his no-hitter was broken up in the 9th.
Read More >Dwight Gooden
An All Star each of his first three seasons, Dwight Gooden was the Rookie of the Year, a Cy Young winner & World Series champ before turning 22.
Read More >Orel Hershiser
In 1988 Orel Hershiser set the mark for consecutive scoreless innings, was the Cy Young winner & the MVP of both the NLCS and World Series.
Read More >Max Manning
Max Manning of the Newark Eagles twirled a shutout in his Negro League debut against Josh Gibson & Buck Leonard of the Homestead Grays.
Read More >Bill Byrd
Pitcher Bill Byrd was among 39 on the 2006 Special Committee on Negro Leagues final ballot; voters ushered in 17 of them into Cooperstown.
Read More >Craig Kimbrel
The 2011 Rookie of the Year, Craig Kimbrel is a seven-time All Star who led the National League in saves each of his first four full seasons.
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