Blissful sixty fourth birthday to 11-time All-Star, seven-time Cy Younger and ERA title winner, two-time World Sequence champion and 1986 American League MVP, Roger Clemens!
Clemens – often known as “Rocket,” – was one of the dominant pitchers in baseball historical past. After discovering his ft as a Large Leaguer in his first two seasons, by 1986 he introduced himself as a premier arm in baseball.
He went a staggering 24-4 with an A.L.-best 2.48 ERA with 238 strikeouts in 254 innings. It was the primary of 12 200-strikeout seasons Clemens authored in his 24-year profession, together with his high-water mark coming with 292 with the Blue Jays in 1997. He’s additionally certainly one of simply 5 pitchers to strike out 20 batters in a single sport and is the one participant to do it twice.
Regardless of his dominance, Clemens didn’t win a World Sequence till becoming a member of the New York Yankees dynasty of the late Nineteen Nineties, profitable rings in 1999 and 2000. In 2000, he had the notorious second the place he chucked a damaged bat at Mike Piazza as he ran to first base in Game 2 of the 2000 Subway Series.
After leaving the Yankees following the 2003 season, he made two extra All-Star appearances and yet another journey to the World Sequence in three seasons as a Houston Astro earlier than returning to and retiring with the Yankees in 2007.
Which brings us to as we speak’s quiz. Clemens is top-10 in MLB historical past in strikeouts (4,672), video games began (707) and wins (354), and he’s certainly one of 23 pitchers to win a number of Cy Younger awards. With that being mentioned, what number of of these 23 pitchers are you able to identify in 5 minutes?
Good luck!
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