Greatest Left-Handed Pitchers of All-Time
His 1972 Hall of Fame Plaque says it all: Set ALL-Time records with 4 no-hitters in 4 years, capped by 1965 Perfect game and by capturing earned-run title five seasons in a row, 1962-1966. Won 25 or more games three times. Had 11 shutouts in 1963. Strikeout leader four times with record 382 in 1965. Fanned 18 in a game twice. Most Valuable Player 1963. Cy Young Award Winner, 1963-65, 66
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Much better than johnson
His 2016 Hall of Fame plaque is truly something special: At 6'10" a towering and intimidating left hander whose crackling fastball and devastating slider paralyzed hitters for more than two decades. Five-time CY Young Award winner including four consecutive, 1999-2002. Led league in strikeouts nine times and posted six 300 strikeout seasons. Ten time ALL-Star and three-time 20-game winner, ranked second on ALL-Time Strikeout list (4,875), and first in strikeouts per nine innings (10.6). Upon retirement won 303 games and led the league in E.R.A four times, won three games in 2001 World Series with champion Diamondbacks, earning co-MVP honors.
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1972 was the ultimate bad year for the Philadelphia Phillies, but before the season began the Phillies acquired Steve Carlton from the Philadelphia Phillies. During the season, all Phillies fan we're not talking about the Phillies bad record, they we're talking about Carlton who had a super season. He won 27 games, the last National League pitcher to win more than 25 games in a season. Carlton also struck out 310 batters, had 30 complete games and an ERA of 1.97. His martial arts training helped his amazing season and was awarded as the Hickok Belt as pro sports athlete of 1972.
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Clayton Edward Kershaw is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.He was the Meal Ticket that drove the Giants to the head of the National League in the 1930s. Baseball Hall of Fame great Waite Hoyt once said "Hubbell is the greatest pitcher in the league, but he presents no mystery to the onlooker. The source of his skill is...the curveball setting up the screwball." He once pitched 18 innings in a complete game 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in 1933, and when the MLB ALL-Star Game was at San Francisco in 1984, it was Carl Hubbell a true great who threw out the first pitch. After his pitching career ended in 1943, it would be 8 years 'til the Giants return to world series.
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I meant this he threw 110-115 in the minor league!
He played 20 great seasons, here's his 1963 Hall of Fame Plaque: Won 266 lost 251 Pct. .515 ERA 3.15 set record for most victories by left-handed pitcher. Led league in victories with 25 in 1922. Gave only 1082 base on balls in 4494 innings.
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