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kairos12

(12,852 posts) Sat Nov 30, 2019, 02:39 PM Nov 2019

Fewest wins at age 30 by an eventual 300 Game Winner

Answer:
Phil Niekro
31 wins.

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Fewest wins at age 30 by an eventual 300 Game Winner (Original Post) kairos12 Nov 2019 OP

The knuckleballer! Ohiogal Dec 2019 #1

He could probably still get a few outs in the Majors with that knuckler of his. jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #2

the level of detail in baseball stats today.... RussBLib Dec 2019 #3

Great question! kairos12 Dec 2019 #4

Ohiogal

(31,977 posts)

1. The knuckleballer!

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2019, 08:57 PM

Dec 2019

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)

2. He could probably still get a few outs in the Majors with that knuckler of his.

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 16, 2019, 08:49 PM

Dec 2019

Especially with there being so few knuckleball pitchers (just Steven Wright if I'm not mistaken) in baseball these days. His brother Joe also had a pretty good knuckler, though not as wicked as Phil's.

RussBLib

(9,006 posts)

3. the level of detail in baseball stats today....

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2019, 01:15 PM

Dec 2019

I used to track the San Francisco Giants as a kid. Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal....but the detail of stats kept today just blows my mind.

Q: What's the highest number of wins of any baseball pitcher who died before his 40th birthday?

A: I sure don't know, but I bet that stat is kept somewhere.

kairos12

(12,852 posts)

4. Great question!

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 19, 2019, 01:38 PM

Dec 2019

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