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371:
360:
356:Dave McNally
351:World Series
340:
332:wild pitches
325:
314:
302:
270:
250:
238:
210:
200:Barney Pelty
199:
198:
94:
88:
77:(1939-05-24)
75:May 24, 1939
72:
52:
43:
28:Barney Pelty
18:
1476:1939 deaths
1471:1880 births
1449:Tom Zachary
1400:Steve Stone
1351:Jack Powell
1344:Nels Potter
1330:Tom Phoebus
1316:Milt Pappas
1302:Bobo Newsom
1267:Bob Milacki
1204:Lou Kretlow
1197:Jack Kramer
1176:Sig Jakucki
1155:Billy Hoeft
1141:Pat Hentgen
1134:Pink Hawley
1106:Bump Hadley
1071:Kyle Gibson
1057:Milt Gaston
1022:Red Donahue
1008:Storm Davis
966:Dylan Bundy
938:Érik Bédard
917:Elden Auker
903:Ivy Andrews
423:Later years
384:earned runs
328:hit batsmen
1465:Categories
1442:Bill Wight
1309:Jim Palmer
1260:John Means
1218:Don Larsen
1050:Ned Garver
1015:Pat Dobson
836:August 10,
819:, or
815:, or
386:lifetime,
150:Strikeouts
58:1880-09-10
1379:Ed Siever
1190:Jimmy Key
1092:Bob Groom
959:Hal Brown
817:Fangraphs
796:March 16,
104:MLB debut
1211:Joe Lake
1085:Sam Gray
980:Joe Bush
686:Archived
470:See also
449:alderman
445:Missouri
363:shutouts
319:and 301
307:and the
764:Sources
734:at the
321:innings
283:of the
277:semipro
247:College
223:in the
212:Yiddish
207:pitcher
89:Batted:
778:
388:errors
218:Jewish
214:Curver
134:92–117
95:Threw:
67:, U.S.
756:1919.
487:Notes
163:Teams
97:Right
91:Right
73:Died:
53:Born:
838:2010
798:2014
776:ISBN
343:hits
303:The
189:1912
179:1912
175:1903
144:2.63
419:).
336:ERA
259:in
154:693
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544:^
514:^
495:^
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861:t
854:v
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