Sam Jones has the distinction of leading the National League in victories one season, while topping the senior circuit in losses in another. Pitching for the San Francisco Giants in 1959, Jones was 21-15 with an ERA of 2.83, while recording four shutouts. All of those numbers led the NL as Jones was named the […]

Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the only multiple winner of the Cy Young Award in the first 11 years. If there had been one in each league handed out, Warren Spahn would have been first. In 1957, Spahn’s helped the Milwaukee Braves to a World Series victory as he won the award […]

A Hall of Fame career and a Cy Young Award may not always be on the same resume. Case in point, Jim Bunning. Bunning was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996. Although Bunning has an extensive list of accomplishments from his 17-year career, being a Cy Young Award winner isn’t among […]

Brooklyn’s Don Newcombe won the very first Cy Young Award in 1956 as he posted a 27-7 record, while receiving 10 of the 16 votes from the baseball writers representing each team. While Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees picked up one vote, it was Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox who would […]

The top prize for major league pitchers is the Cy Young Award, which was established in 1956 after the legendary hurler passed away the year before. Since 1967, the annual honor has been handed out to the best pitcher in the American and National leagues. However, during the first 11 years of the award there […]

Baseball players do great things that are sometimes forgotten. In 1960, Hal Smith hit a three-run homer that could have won the World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Today, he celebrates his 88th birthday. Smith and his teammates were far from celebrating at Forbes Field as the Pirates trailed the New York Yankees 7-4 in […]

Felix Millan had 21 games in his 12-year career where he banged out at least four hits. Perhaps his best day at the plate was in 1970 against San Francisco in Atlanta on July 6. Millan collected six hits with a double and a triple as he knocked in six runs as he led the […]

There are times when one has to wonder what people have in their minds that make an idea seem wonderful. A few days ago, broadcaster Rich Eisen posted on his twitter feed @RichEisenShow this message: “One #MLB executive told @richeisen about an idea to improve excitement in the game by allowing managers to put anyone […]

A National Baseball Hall of Fame career began on a summer day in 1959. The rookie first baseman for the San Francisco Giants got four hits as he led his team to a 7-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on July 30, 1959. Willie McCovey singled in his first big league at bat off Robin […]

Playing baseball indoors has become routine as stadiums have retractable roofs to prevent rain outs. However in 1965, being inside what would become known as the Astrodome for a baseball game was unique. After playing their first two seasons as the Houston Colt .45s, the renamed Astros officially opened their new facility known as the […]