Where have you gone, Vida Blue?
The Oakland A’s lefthander recently passed away at the age of 73. He was one of the game’s best pitchers in the 70s.
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Framber Valdez set a single-season record for consecutive quality starts and Yordan Alvarez and Martin Maldonado drove in four runs apiece as the Houston Astros
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Ten pitchers have gone into the Hall of Fame with a Giants cap, a nod to the franchise’s rich history of developing elite arms. Several of these all-time greats burnished their credentials by producing some of the best individual seasons the league has seen. Here’s a look back at five of those superlative campaigns:
, 1908
One of the most dominant pitchers in baseball history, Mathewson’s biggest year came in 1908, when he won a career-high 37 games, setting a modern-era record for National League pitchers. The Hall of Fame right-hander posted a 1.43 ERA over 390 2/3 innings, racking up 259 strikeouts while issuing only 42 walks. Mathewson completed 34 of his 44 starts that year, including a franchise-record 11 shutouts. “Big Six” was worth 10.8 Wins Above Replacement in 08, the highest single-season total by a pitcher in Giants history, according to FanGraphs.