HOF pitcher trivia

Topnotchsy · Jul 17, 2013

Please give it a go before checking google. It's not all that difficult, but I was looking at his stats today, so here goes:

Clues:
1) HOF Pitcher
2) MVP winner
3) Only really played 5 full seasons
4) Injuries were a factor in his retirement

Krom · Jul 17, 2013

Koufax?

Topnotchsy · Jul 17, 2013

Krom said:
Koufax?

Not Koufax

He fits 3 of the criteria, but he had roughly 8-9 complete seasons, not 5. Actually he was the impetus for the question because when I came across this player I was shocked at how short his career was. We talk about how brief Koufax played, but this guy was around for even a shorter period.

deaconblues63 · Jul 17, 2013

Dizzy Dean had his career end early because of an injury sustained in an All-Star game.

It wouldn't surprise me if he had only 5 or 6 full seasons.

deaconblues63 · Jul 17, 2013

Krom said:
Koufax?

I thought Koufax was a really good guess as well.

Topnotchsy · Jul 17, 2013

deaconblues63 said:
Dizzy Dean had his career end early because of an injury sustained in an All-Star game.

It wouldn't surprise me if he had only 5 or 6 full seasons.

He's the one. I had no clue how short his career was.

deaconblues63 · Jul 17, 2013

Topnotchsy said:
He's the one. I had no clue how short his career was.

He broke his toe on a ball hit back through the box in an All-Star game. He tried to come back to early and changes that he made to his delivery to compensate for the bad toe damaged his shoulder and he was never the same again.

That was an interesting question.

Topnotchsy · Jul 17, 2013

deaconblues63 said:
He broke his toe on a ball hit back through the box in an All-Star game. He tried to come back to early and changes that he made to his delivery to compensate for the bad toe damaged his shoulder and he was never the same again.

That was an interesting question.

1 MVP and 2 second place finishes. Pretty crazy. Last full season at 26 years old.

Y4NK335 · Jul 17, 2013

Topnotchsy said:
1 MVP and 2 second place finishes. Pretty crazy. Last full season at 26 years old.

Even crazier that 197.1 IP during his age 27 season with 17 (!) CG's was only a partial season.

Austin · Jul 17, 2013

Wow, great trivia question, and I would never had guessed Dean.
I love reading about baseball history, but for some reason didn't realize his career was so short.
He was a legendary TV commentator too.

Topnotchsy · Jul 17, 2013

Y4NK335 said:
Even crazier that 197.1 IP during his age 27 season with 17 (!) CG's was only a partial season.

lol yup.

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