TRIVIA WINNER: In 1967, according to Baseball Reference.com, Lou Gehrig hit .373, with 52 doubles, 18 triples and 47 homers, as well as driving in and scoring well over 100 runs. However, he also found time to lay down 21 Sacrifice bunts, believe it or don't. 10 points toward the person's total.
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NEW TRIVIA QUESTION: The three pitchers highlighted in this column each appeared in the World Series. How many different WS did they combine for, not the total games, just the Fall Classics total? TOTAL 10 POINTS.
Some of the greatest pitchers of the era had great careers which really took place in the 1950's, to only extend to some point in the 1960's where it all ended. The three we like to cite are Robin Roberts, Warren Spahn and Early Wynn. The latter with one of the great baseball names.
Wynn toiled from 1939 to 1963 and won exactly 300 games. Five times he won 20 or more games, topping out at 23 in 1952 and 1954. Both with Cleveland. He helped the White Sox win the AL Pennant in 1959 with 22 wins and leading the AL in Games Started for a fifth time. He was 29-31 in the 1960s, finishing a great career. A total of 15 times in 23 seasons he won in double figures.
Warren Spahn was superb in the latter part of his career. From 1942 to 1965 he toiled mainly for the Braves, missing three seasons to the military. His career ended in 1965 with San Francisco. in 13 different seasons he was at least 20 games. Amazingly consistent, eight times he won 21 games. Inall he had 363 victories with 103 coming in the turbulent 1960's including what might be considered his best ever season, going 23-7, with a 2.60 ERA in 1963 at the age of 42! He pitched 259 innings that season, too.
Robin Roberts, like the other two spent most of his career in the 1950's, starting out in 1948 and lasting until 1966, winning 286 games including six consecutive 20 win seasons. After closing out the decade he went onto to win 80 games, including 14 in 1963 for Baltimore when he pitched more than 250 innings at age 36. During that amazing six season run he never started less than 37 games, 41 in a single season and three times won 23. In 1952 he was 28-7, and missed a seventh consecutive 20 win season by won game, He won 19 in 1956.
Pitchers will never see those numbers again.
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