Did you know that Hal Newhouser, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992 by the Veterans Committee, is the only pitcher who has won consecutive Most Valuable Player Awards?
Mel Ott, National Baseball Hall of Fame member and former New York Giant, scored six runs on August 4, 1934. On April 30, 1944, he scored six runs again making him the only player to ever score six runs during a single game twice in a career.
In 1963 Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves won twenty-three games at the age of forty-two making him the oldest pitcher to be a twenty game winner. |