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Up first up a little trivia who had what pitcher had The lowest ERA for a CY winner . . . .
Day of Cy Young Awards, 8 Cy Youngs are awarded with 3 multiple winners –
Vern Law 60 he went 20-1 and started game 1, 4 and the historic game 7 of the 1960 World Series and went 2-0 you can listen to all three of those games in our community.
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Sandy Koufax wins his 3rd, setting the NL record with 382 stakeouts in 1965. You can listen to his starts from 1965, April 22, June 20 and August 10, the 9th inning of his perfect game and for good measure Game 7 of the 1965 World Series on 2 days rest.
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Jim Lonborg 67, 22-9 the leader on the mound for the impossible dream red sox, you can hear his Sept 2, and all three of his world series starts
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Bob Gibson 2 70, Gibson posts his career high in wins with 23, you can listen to Gibson in the 68, 64 and 67 World Series, and his no hitter in 1971.
Fergie Jenkins 71. Finally gets his after 2 close calls and you can hear him in the 1971 All Star game.
Rollie Fingers 82 and Pete Vuckovich 82 – back to back for the Brewers and they were both acquired by the brewers from the Cardinals in the same trade on December 12, 1980.
And Greg Maddux wins his (2) in a row in 1993, and he will win the next two as well becoming the first pitcher to win 4 in a row. Maddux went 20-10 with a 2.36 ERA
All but Law, Lonborg and Vuckovich will end up in Cooperstown
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On November 3, 1928 — Voters in Massachusetts approve Sunday baseball in Boston, provided that Braves Field is more than 1,000 feet from a church. This leaves Pennsylvania as the only state with no Sunday baseball in the major leagues.
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On November 3, 1987 — Oakland Athletics first baseman Mark McGwire, who hit 49 home runs with 118 RBI, wins the 1987 American League Rookie of the Year Award. McGwire is the second player to win that league’s award unanimously. Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox was the first to do it in 1972. McGwire set a rookie record with 49 homers and was the first rookie to lead the majors in homers since Al Rosen in 1950.
On November 3, 1968 — Harry Carey, trying to cross the busy Kings Highway near the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis suffers two broken legs, a broken nose, and a dislocated shoulder when he is knocked 40 feet in the air after being struck by a car at 1:15 AM on an inclement Sunday morning. The popular Cardinals broadcaster, whose hospital room will become party central before he is discharged, will recover in time to be on the air for Opening Day.
We have countless games he called, including the game where Richie Allen hit his famous blast over the Coke sign on May 29, 1965.
Happy Birthday to Ken Holtzman, Born: November 3, 1945 in St. Louis, MO Holtzman was compared to Sandy Koufax early in his career. Both were left-handed, both were Jewish, and both had devastating curveballs. But that comparison was unfair to Holtzman, who went on to have an excellent career, winning 174 games in 15 seasons. The St. Louis native was involved in three big trades, one sending him from the Cubs to Oakland, one sending him from the A’s to Baltimore, and the other shipping him from the Orioles to the Yankees. With the A’s he joined Vida Blue and Catfish Hunter in a formidable starting rotation that led Oakland to three straight World Series titles. A crafty left-hander who preferred to induce a groundball rather than a strikeout, Holtzman won 17 or more games six times, and pitched two no-hitters. A clutch performer, Holtzman was 4-1 with a 2.54 ERA in eight World Series starts.
Trivia Answer as you probably already guessed it was one of the guys I mentioned above . . . .
Brewers’ reliever Rollie Fingers In 78 innings, he walked just 13 and flashed a 1.04 ERA, the lowest in history for a Cy Young Award winner. He saved 28 and won six, figuring in 55% of Milwaukee's victories in the strike-shortened season. Along with the Cy Young, he will also walk away with the MVP.
Charlie Lea pitches first No Hitter at Olympic Stadium
Catfish Hunter is Perfect May 8 1968 - 9th Inning Broadcast
Bob Watson of the Houston Astros scores the one millionth run in major league history
Willie Mays hits 4 homeruns at County Stadium
Apr 28, 1965 Mets announcer Lindsay Nelson calls the game from the Dome's ceiling - Vintage Baseball Reflections
April 24, 1966 Willie Mays ties Mel Ott - Vintage Baseball Reflections
April 18, 1987 Mike Schmidt 500th Homerun - Vintage Baseball Reflections
April 12 - The Grey Eagle Soars - The Tris Speaker Trade
April 11 One and Done the home debut and story of the Seattle Pilots
April 10 - FISK changes his Sox
April 9 - FERNANDOMANIA
April 8 - I Had A Hammer How Hank Aaron rose above it all
April 7 - The Stat that created a position The Save
April 6 - The DH officially debuts after 86 years of debate
Mickey Cochrane World Series Walk Off
April 5 - Charlie Ebbets builds Ebbets Field
April 4 1994 - A New Era is born in Cleveland as The Jake opens
Tom Seaver signs with the Mets and 3 years later pulls off a Miracle
April 3 - Dennis Eckersley traded and then he evolves into one of the greatest closer in Baseball history
April 2 1976 - Future Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is traded to Baltimore in 6 player deal
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