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Ned Garver: the game I'll never forget: former Browns pitcher recalls his 20th victory in 1951 for a club that lost 102 games and finished in last place in the A.L.(St. Louis Browns)
NINETEEN-FIFTY-ONE WAS THE high point of my career, and there was more than one game I'll always remember.
That was the year I won 20 games for the St. Louis Browns, who finished in last place with a 52-102 record. I was the first pitcher to win 20 for a last place team. Steve Carlton did it for the Phillies later on, but I'm still one of only two pitchers to win 20 for a team that lost 100 or more games--the other was Irv Young.
Getting to 20 wasn't easy, since I was 16-12 with only a couple of weeks remaining in the season. I mapped out my schedule and had four more starts to go. I won the first three games to get to 1912, and my last game was against ...
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