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Daily Rewind - January 18 - Sutton passes away
January 18 2021 - Don Sutton passed away.
Sutton generated some controversy concerning his place in the Hall of Fame, he never won a Cy Young Award, and garnered 20 wins just once. However, he did perform at a very high level for more than two decades, finishing in the top five in Cy Young voting five times (the same number of times as Robin Roberts, and four more than Whitey Ford or Catfish Hunter). Sutton won at least 15 games in a season twelve times and was part of four World Series pitching staffs on his way to 324 victories.
On his fifth try in 1998 he was finally elected in with (81.6%) of the vote.
A few interesting facts about Sutton. He pitched eight innings in All-Star Game play and never surrendered a run. During his lengthy career he never spent a day on the disabled list. His big League debut was April 14, 1966, when Sutton debuted, he joined aces Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, along with Claude Osteen, to form a talented four-man pitching rotation. The four are the only rotation in baseball history to all record at least 40 shutouts in their careers.
Sutton had two shutout streaks of 30 innings or more in 1972. From September 10 to October 3, he strung together 36 shutout innings, including three shutouts. In April and earyl May, he had a 30 2/3 innings shutout streak. As late as July 29 of that season, his ERA was under 2.00. He hurled nine shutouts during the season.
Todays game of the day brings us to 1974, Sutton starts game 2 of the World Series facing Vida Blue.
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How many All Star games did Hall of Famer Ted Lyons pitch in? A little back ground, Lyons was a hard-luck pitcher who won 260 games despite pitching for the Chicago White Sox, who posted a .447 winning percentage when he didn't get the decision.
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One
Three
Six
Hint: The answer is below
January 18, 1934, future Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean predicts that he and his brother Paul will lead the St. Louis Cardinals to the National League pennant. Dean will prove to be a man of his word, as the brothers will combine for 49 victories in helping the Cards reach and win the World Series.
January 18 1938 — Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander becomes the 10th player to be elected to the Hall of Fame, as the only player to get the required 75 percent of the Baseball Writers Association of America votes. In a 20-season major league career, Alexander posted a 373-208 record with 2198 strikeouts and a 2.56 ERA, including 30 or more wins in three seasons. Old Pete’s 373 victories is the record for the most career wins in the National League, which he shares with Christy Mathewson
January 18, 1947, the Detroit Tigers sell star first baseman Hank Greenberg to the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1946, Greenberg led the American League with 44 home runs and 127 RBIs, but will slump to 25 home runs and 74 RBIs with the Pirates. Greenberg will retire after the 1947 season.
January 18, 1973, the Boston Red Sox sign veteran slugger Orlando Cepeda to be their first designated hitter. The Red Sox become the first team to sign a player specifically for the role of DH, a new rule that will go into effect in 1973.
January 18, 1975, Tom Seaver agrees to take a 20% pay cut. He made a record $173,000 last season and he takes a $34K pay hit after winning only 11 games in 1974.
HIGHLIGHTED GAME OF THE DAY:
Game two of the 1974 World Series, the two time defending champs, Oakland A’s and Vida Blue take on the Los Angeles Dodgers and Don Sutton.
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Birthday Boys!
Bill McGowan, Bill Sharp, Billy Grabarkwitz, Carl Morton, Chuck Cottier, Chuck Dobson, Curt Flood, Dick Estelle, Merrill May, Mike Fornieles
Passings.
Don Sutton, George Crow and Leo Kiely
Quote of the day:
"Find the grain of truth in criticism-chew it and swallow it.”
Hall of Famer - Don Sutton
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Trivia Answer: One, 1939
