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1571:Dick Rudolph
1550:Bill Posedel
1529:Joe Oeschger
1494:Tim McNamara
1424:Tommy Hanson
1403:Joe Genewich
1347:John Burkett
1340:Lew Burdette
1326:Buster Brown
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1762:1920 births
1690:Tom Zachary
1662:Jim Whitney
1655:Lefty Tyler
1606:John Smoltz
1578:Johnny Sain
1522:Phil Niekro
1515:Kid Nichols
1508:Carl Morton
1480:Rick Mahler
1473:Greg Maddux
1417:Tom Glavine
1410:Gary Gentry
1375:Eddie Eayrs
1298:Tommy Boggs
1138:January 22,
1112:January 22,
1083:January 21,
1054:January 21,
1025:January 22,
999:January 23,
973:January 22,
947:January 22,
904:January 22,
872:January 22,
763:January 22,
732:January 22,
592:Johnny Sain
572:double play
570:hit into a
568:Duke Snider
517:Johnny Sain
457:Dick Culler
437:Johnny Mize
433:double play
384:and Braves
78:May 6, 1960
1706:Categories
1676:Vic Willis
1648:Jim Turner
1599:Zane Smith
1543:Hub Perdue
1536:Russ Ortiz
1487:Al Mattern
1459:Derek Lowe
1438:Pat Jarvis
1431:Tim Hudson
1312:Joe Borden
1305:Tommy Bond
1284:Huck Betts
1277:Len Barker
1194:Rex Barney
1163:, or
1159:, or
694:References
609:bone spurs
605:line drive
556:Rex Barney
544:strikeouts
429:Sid Gordon
389:John Quinn
382:Lou Perini
304:Early life
225:Pitched a
156:Strikeouts
61:1920-08-17
1683:Irv Young
1592:Bob Smith
1564:Pat Ragan
1445:Al Javery
1396:Max Fried
1319:Ed Brandt
1161:Fangraphs
842:March 29,
664:carpenter
560:Jim Tobin
548:no-hitter
293:no-hitter
272:in 1954.
227:no-hitter
110:MLB debut
1354:Guy Bush
1333:Bob Buhl
682:See also
660:salesman
626:and the
598:in 1951.
445:grounder
425:Al Lyons
278:All-Star
242:baseball
216:All Star
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646:in the
511:of the
475:1949–50
368:of the
357:of the
341:of the
268:of the
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636:earned
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254:Boston
177:Boston
101:Threw:
87:, U.S.
70:, U.S.
443:on a
169:Teams
140:66–57
103:Right
97:Right
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449:hits
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