What can Kellogg's teach me about Grove? I knew he was a left-handed pitcher with 300 wins already. Wow, he led the AL in strikeouts during his first seven seasons.
I checked that on baseball-reference.com. He never again led the league in strikeouts in his 17-year career. The site showed that he led the league in ERA nine times.
Roger Clemens is second to Grove in number of seasons leading the league in ERA. Clemens accomplished this seven times.
Only three players have led the league in strikeouts more than seven times - Walter Johnson, Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson. None of them led the league in their first two seasons.
Nice to see that he fanned three famous Yankees (Ruth, Gehrig, Meusel) on nine pitches.
This is the first mention in this set of someone being named Greatest Ever for this card set. He beat out Hubbell, Wadell, Plank, Spahn and Koufax for the honor.
He had 31 wins in a season, the most ever by a lefty. He won 16 games in a row during that season.
Fanning Ruth, Gehrig, and Meusel on 9 pitches is insanely impressive. I feel like that's something more baseball fans should know.
ReplyDeleteKinda like that Carl Hubbell game....
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