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He made the Best Nine as the top pitcher and top DH in the PL. He became the first player to receive the awards as both a pitcher and a hitter. [ 49 ] He topped four-time Cuban MVP Alfredo Despaigne easily at DH (190 votes to 47; three others combined for eight votes) but the vote at pitcher was closer (he had 111 of 245 votes, Ishikawa 69 and ...
He hit 37 as a pitcher. [6] Baseball Hall of Famers Bob Lemon and Warren Spahn are tied for second with 35 career home runs apiece. [7] [8] [9] Red Ruffing, Earl Wilson, and Don Drysdale are the only other pitchers to hit at least 25 home runs. [10] [11] [12] Jack Stivetts hit a total of 35 home runs in his playing career, 21 as a pitcher. [13]
Among pitchers whose entire careers were in the post-1920 live-ball era, Warren Spahn [5] has the most wins with 363. Only 24 pitchers have accumulated 300 or more wins in their careers. [6] Roger Clemens [7] is the only pitcher with 300 wins or more not elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Young MLB pitchers (3/10): RHP Roansy Contreras, ... and the Pirates organization right now is chock-full of arms. ... one of baseball’s top prospects, is the real wild card here — for better ...
Young MLB pitchers: scored 0-10; 26-and-under pitchers and rookie-eligible pitchers projected to be on Opening Day rosters Prospect hitters : scored 0-5; prospect-eligible position players ...
Why the Dodgers wanted him: Only 25 and already perhaps the most proven Japanese pitcher to make the leap to MLB, Yamamoto is a top-of-the-rotation arm the Dodgers sorely needed. A shorter right ...
A total of 71 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
Jhoan Duran, Twins relief pitcher. Duran was phenomenal as a rookie, posting a 1.86 ERA with 103 mph heat, a super-bendy curveball and a pitch called the “splinker,” which is a portmanteau of ...