1971 Baltimore Orioles had 4 twenty game winners. I am pretty sure they were the only team to ever do that.
I just looked it up. The 1920 Chicago White Sox also had 4 twenty game winners, but the difference was no one on the Orioles lost more than 9 games, whereas the Sox had 3 guys with double digit loses.
I just looked it up. The 1920 Chicago White Sox also had 4 twenty game winners, but the difference was no one on the Orioles lost more than 9 games, whereas the Sox had 3 guys with double digit loses.
I was talking more about cores that were proven successful in the longer run. Were these groups together for a few seasons?
5. 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Sandy Koufax (27-9, 1.73), Don Drysdale (13-16, 3.42), Claude Osteen (17-14, 2.85), Don Sutton (12-12, 2.99)
4. 1993 Atlanta Braves Greg Maddux (20-10, 2.36), Tom Glavine (22-6, 3.20), Steve Avery (18-6, 2.94), John Smoltz (15-11, 3.62)
3. 1986 New York Mets Ron Darling (15-6, 2.81), Dwight Gooden (17-6, 2.84), Sid Fernandez (16-6, 3.52), Bob Ojeda (18-5, 2.57), Rick Aguilera (10-7, 3.88)
2. 1971 Baltimore Orioles Mike Cueller (20-9, 3.08), Pat Dobson (20-8, 2.90), Jim Palmer (20-9, 2.68), Dave McNally (21-5, 2.68)
1. 1998 Atlanta Braves Greg Maddux (18-9, 2.22), Tom Glavine (20-6, 2.47), Denny Neagle (16-11, 3.55), Kevin Millwood (17-8, 4.08), John Smoltz (17-3, 2.90)
I was talking more about cores that were proven successful in the longer run. Were these groups together for a few seasons?
Yes. The Orioles produced something like 9 20 win seasons from that core over a period of like 3-4 years. 1971 in particular had 4 of those 9 20 win seasons.
Two guaranteed and deserving Hall of Famers, one who will be close and then two guys who had some nice peak years.
I can almost guarantee you Smoltz is making it too the Hall of Fame too. He has 200+ wins and 150+ saves. You know the only other player to ever do this in the majors? Dennis Eckersley. Who is in the hall of fame with 197 wins, 350 saves.