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He was the first pitcher for Cincinnati to receive the award; previously, the Reds were the only active MLB team founded prior to 1961 that had never boasted a winning pitcher. [86] Bauer rejected the Reds' $18.9 million qualifying offer on November 4, 2020, making him a free agent , but he said he remained open to rejoining the team.
Only 14 of his 714 career home runs were hit as a pitcher, however. [20] The first pitcher to officially hit a home run was Jack Manning, who accomplished the feat on August 3, 1876. [21] The most home runs by a pitcher in a single game is three, achieved by Jim Tobin on May 13, 1942. [22]
John Alexander "Andy" Messersmith (born August 6, 1945) is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.During a 12-year baseball career, he pitched for the California Angels (1968–72), Los Angeles Dodgers (1973–75 and 1979), Atlanta Braves (1976–77) and the New York Yankees (1978).
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 does not happen, the official scorer awards ...
Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Maddux is the only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He also holds the record for most Gold Gloves by any player with 18, and most putouts by a pitcher with 546, including a tied live-ball-era record of 39 putouts in a season ...
Angels relief pitcher Ben Joyce throws a 105.5-mph pitch as he strikes out the Dodgers' Tommy Edman to end the ninth inning on Tuesday in Anaheim. It was the third-fastest pitch recorded. (Mark J ...
Madison Kyle Bumgarner (born August 1, 1989), nicknamed "MadBum", [1] is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Previously, he pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants (2009–19) [2] and Arizona Diamondbacks (2020–23).
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