Great Pitcher Names
Between these monikers and Mexican geographic names of places, these are the most poetic things unto themselves that I know of.
Enjoy. From the career win leaders: Career Leaders & Records for Wins | Baseball-Reference.com
| 5. | Pud Galvin+ (15) | 365 | 6003.1 | R |
7. Kid Nichols+ (15) 362 5067.1 R
| 19. | Old Hoss Radbourn+ (12) | 310 | 4527.1 | R |
| 23. | Lefty Grove+ (17) | 300 | 3940.2 | L |
| 29. | Fergie Jenkins+ (19) | 284 | 4500.2 | R |
| 32. | Red Ruffing+ (22) | 273 | 4344.0 | R |
| Waite Hoyt+ (21) | 237 | 3762.1 | R |
| 66. | Sad Sam Jones (22) | 229 | 3883.0 | R |
| Catfish Hunter+ (15) | 224 | 3449.1 | R |
| Bobo Newsom (20) | 211 | 3759.1 | R |
| 105. | Bob Lemon+ (15) | 207 | 2850.0 | R |
Silver King (10) 203 3180.2 R
| Bucky Walters (19) | 198 | 3104.2 | R |
| Bob Friend (16) | 197 | 3611.0 | R |
| Dazzy Vance+ (16) | 197 | 2966.2 | R | |
| 128. | Bullet Joe Bush (17) | 196 | 3085.1 | R |
| 132. | Babe Adams (19) | 194 | 2995.1 | R |
| Dolf Luque (20) | 194 | 3220.1 | R |
| 145. | Dutch Leonard (20) | 191 | 3218.1 | R |
| 147. | Lefty Gomez+ (14) | 189 | 2503.0 | L |
| Deacon Phillippe (13) | 189 | 2607.0 | R | |
| Doc White (13) | 189 | 3041.0 | L |
| 153. | Brickyard Kennedy (12) | 187 | 3030.0 | R |
| Urban Shocker (13) | 187 | 2681.2 | R |
| Hippo Vaughn (13) | 178 | 2730.0 | L | |
| 171. | John Candelaria (19) | 177 | 2525.2 | L |
Virgil Trucks (17) 177 2682.1 R
175. Guy Bush (17) 176 2722.0 R
| 179. | Chick Fraser (14) | 175 | 3364.0 | R |
| Guy Hecker (9) | 175 | 2924.0 | R |
| Slim Sallee (14) | 174 | 2821.2 | L | |
| 184. | Sadie McMahon (9) | 173 | 2634.0 | R |
| Dizzy Trout (15) | 170 | 2725.2 | R |
| 202. | General Crowder (11) | 167 | 2344.1 | R |
| Pink Hawley (10) | 167 | 3012.2 | R |
| Paul Splittorff (15) | 166 | 2554.2 | L |
| 221. | George Cuppy (10) | 163 | 2283.0 | R |
| 230. | Bump Hadley (16) | 161 | 2945.2 | R |
| Jeff Pfeffer (13) | 158 | 2407.1 | R | |
| Schoolboy Rowe (15) | 158 | 2219.1 | R |
| 241. | Ice Box Chamberlain (10) | 157 | 2521.2 | R |
Okay, that is from the top 241 winners of all time.
More later.
Who was your favorite?
Wanted to re-read this... Out Loud.
ReplyDeleteI need to go through more.... 242 through 1,000?
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