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Stephen Louis Dalkowski Jr. (June 3, 1939 [1] – April 19, 2020), nicknamed Dalko, [2] was an American left-handed pitcher.He was sometimes called the fastest pitcher in baseball history and had a fastball that probably exceeded 100 mph (160 km/h).
Cy Young, the all-time leader in career wins. This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this ...
This is a list of the top 100 Major League Baseball pitchers who have accumulated the most innings pitched of all time. Cy Young is the all-time leader in innings pitched with 7,356, and the only pitcher to throw more than 7,000 innings. Pud Gavin is the only other pitcher in MLB history to throw more than 6,000 innings.
Nichols' and Radbourn's streaks date from the start of their careers; the only pitchers to start their careers with streaks of seven consecutive seasons of 20 wins. Winning percentage is generally computed to the thousandths place. When necessary, the percentage is computed to greater precision to establish a true order.
List of Major League Baseball career putouts leaders; List of Major League Baseball annual putouts leaders; List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a pitcher leaders; List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a catcher leaders; List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a first baseman leaders
Other pitchers with more than thirty career home runs include Bob Lemon, who hit 35 HR as a pitcher and two more as a pinch hitter during his 18-year career, all spent with the Indians; Warren Spahn, who hit 35 while playing for the Braves and is the all-time National League leader; Red Ruffing, who had 34 home runs as a pitcher and two more as ...
Most home runs by a pitcher Wes Ferrell: 37 Most grand slams by a pitcher shared by Madison Bumgarner and Tony Cloninger: 2 [5] [6] Oldest player to hit first home run Bartolo Colón: 42 years, 349 days old [7] Youngest player to hit a home run Tommy Brown: 17 years, 257 days old [8] Most runs batted in: Hank Aaron: 2,297 [9] Most hits: Pete ...
This list is for pitchers. For career strikeouts by batters, see List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders. The following list is of the top 100 pitchers in career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. In baseball, a strikeout occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated ...