Here are notable pitchers of the past twenty seasons. They alone have accomplished a seasonal feat that epitomizes pitchers of the current era?
What is this feat?
| Player |
|---|
| Gio Gonzalez |
| Ian Kennedy |
| CC Sabathia |
| Josh Beckett |
| Johan Santana |
| Russ Ortiz |
| Barry Zito |
| Derek Lowe |
| Matt Morris |
| Andy Pettitte |
| John Burkett |
Hint: these are the only pitchers since 1916 to achieve this feat.
There’s also a part B to the quiz after the jump.
I’m afraid I’ve stumped the panel with this one. It’s a bit complicated to explain – the solution is after the jump
Here’s the second part of the quiz. The players below are the only pitchers since 1946 to have accomplished a particular season feat. What is this feat?
| Player |
|---|
| Greg Maddux |
| Tom Glavine |
| J.R. Richard |
| Bert Blyleven |
| Dean Chance |
| Steve Barber |
| Mike Garcia |
| Hal Newhouser |
| Bob Lemon |
| Johnny Sain |
| Bob Feller |
Hint: no pitcher has accomplished the second feat since the first time a pitcher accomplished the first feat.
As described in comment #26, all of the pitchers in both lists won 20 games in their age 29 season or earlier.
- The additional criterion to make it onto the first list was for your win total to be more than 10 times greater than your complete game total (i.e. W > 10 x CG). Never achieved until John Burkett in 1993, and now by 10 others since then.
- The additional criterion to make it onto the second list is to have more losses than home runs allowed, last achieved by Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, both in 1992. Prior to 1946, this was no big deal – had happened 218 times since 1901.
