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Channel Master's original product was a prefabricated television aerial with hinged elements which would unfold and snap into place; this patented design greatly reduced installation time as existing antenna designs at the time had to be bolted together from multiple pieces by rooftop installers. [17]
He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and Texas Rangers. A right-handed starting pitcher, Scherzer is an eight-time MLB All-Star , has won three Cy Young Awards , has pitched two no-hitters , and won the World Series with the Nationals ...
An immaculate inning occurs in baseball when a pitcher strikes out all three batters he faces in one inning using the minimum possible number of pitches: nine. [1] This has happened 115 times in Major League history and has been accomplished by 105 pitchers (80 right-handed and 25 left-handed).
His 2.06 ERA is the best in MLB history for any pitcher with more than 200 wins. Brown was a switch-hitter , which was and is unusual for a pitcher. He took some pride in his hitting, and had a fair batting average for a pitcher, compiling a career .206 batting average (235-for-1143) with 93 runs , 2 home runs and 73 RBI .
Hrabosky led the National League in saves in 1975 with 22 (a career-best) en route to winning The Sporting News "NL Fireman of the Year" award. [4] He had a career-high in wins, posting a 13–3 record with an ERA of 1.67. Early in his career with the Cardinals, Hrabosky enhanced his menacing appearance with long hair and a horseshoe moustache.
Maddux was the first pitcher in MLB history to win the Cy Young Award four consecutive years (1992–1995), matched by only one other pitcher, Randy Johnson. During those four seasons, Maddux had a 75–29 record with a 1.98 earned run average (ERA), while allowing less than one baserunner per inning.
[3] Only National League pitchers ever received a Silver Slugger Award; [4] from the Silver Slugger Award's inception until 2019, and in 2021, a designated hitter generally took the place of the pitcher in the batting order in the American League. [5] A Silver Slugger Award for designated hitters was given only in the American League during ...
Cy Young [1] [2] [3] holds the MLB win record with 511; Walter Johnson [4] is second with 417. Young and Johnson are the only players to earn 400 or more wins. Among pitchers whose entire careers were in the post-1920 live-ball era, Warren Spahn [5] has the most wins with 363. Only 24 pitchers have accumulated 300 or more wins in their careers. [6]