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Are Clemens and Maddux destined to be the last 300-game winners? (Warm Up Tosses).
SINCE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CAME INTO BEING IN 1876, THERE HAVE BEEN approximately 6,900 pitchers who have toiled in the majors.
Maybe that's a generous estimate, but from Don Aase to George Zuverink, these pitchers through the years have been known by such delightful names as Mysterious Walker, Cannonball Titcomb, Blue Moon Odom, Oil Can Boyd and Phenomenal Smith.
They have also included an elite group of 300-game winners who at the start of the 2003 season numbered only 20 members.
That makes for an exclusive club the admission to which, with two obvious exceptions, may be shut down for future generations of pitchers.
The exceptions are ...
- Legendary matchup Burnitz's homer the difference as Maddux outpitches Clemens...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Miles, Bruce April 30, 2005 700+ words
...the seventh inning against Clemens to break a 2-2 tie. "To...night." The 42-year-old Clemens was denied a chance to pick...The last time a pair of 300-game winners hooked up in the National League...era, and you could excuse Clemens if he felt he was transported...
- Rare Pair of Aces; When Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux pitch against each other...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Christensen, Joe April 29, 2005 700+ words
...be historic. When Roger Clemens and the Houston Astros face...Chicago Cubs, two 300-game winners will square off for the...first World Series title. Clemens has 329 victories, and Maddux has 305. But Clemens has been robbed of three...
- 300-game winners: a vanishing breed?(pitching)
- Magazine article from: The Baseball Research Journal Westcott, Rich January 1, 2004 700+ words
...existence of future 300-game winners. Equally significant...other potential 300-game winners in sight. In fact...only five active 200-game winners--Tom Glavine, Randy...season before him, Roger Clemens, 39, each won their...
- Four 300-game winners sit out the big one
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times July 14, 1986 700+ words
...the New York Mets and Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox are...and Don Sutton - all 300-game winners but all older than 40. Also...early 1900s that four 300-game winners have been in action at the...of the four current 300-game winners, however, is having an All...
- 300-GAME WINNERS VANISH AS GAME EVOLVES.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) Lancaster, Marc May 21, 2003 700+ words
...One should come quickly. When Roger Clemens starts tonight for the New York Yankees...for win No. 299 of his career. Beyond Clemens, a pair of 37-year-olds who were...not like we've seen a plethora of 300 game-winners. "(Tom) Seaver went every fifth game...
- 200-game winners.
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest July 1, 2004 700+ words
...right-handed throwers and 24 were left-handers. 200-Game Winners Pitcher Years W L ERA G Cy Young 1890-1911 511 316 2.63...26 774 Phil Niekro 1964-1987 318 274 3.35 864 Roger Clemens 1984-2003 316 160 3.18 613 Gaylord Perry 1962-1983 314...
- StatisticPage: 20-game winners listed by club.
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest December 1, 2001 700+ words
...13 1974 Luis Tiant 22-13 1976 Luis Tiant 21-12 1978 Dennis Eckersley 20- 8 1986 Roger Clemens 24- 4 1987 Roger Clemens 20- 9 1990 Roger Clemens 21- 6 1999 Pedro Martinez 23- 4 CHICAGO CUBS Year Pitcher W-L 1902 Jack Taylor 22-11 1903...
- NEAR 300, CLEMENS FOCUSED.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) May 26, 2003 700+ words
...Now look at Roger Clemens, age 40, still...the list of 300-game winners, and wonder...winning percentage. Clemens has just 153 losses. Of the 300-game winners, only Lefty Grove...has fewer. If Clemens wins today, he...