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Maven of Minutiae. Graphics Producer of White Sox Baseball on NBC Sports Chicago. https://t.co/7rldUKrAC3 Stathead. SABR member. Defender of deep dish pizza.

Aug 12, 2021, 7 tweets

Trivia rip. 1989 Panini Stickers!

They just wrapped up loss #11,087. Most of any franchise.

MLB career

First 148 games
969.0 IP 333 BB 579 K

Next 268 games
1,965.2 IP 333 BB 1,492 K

Last 328 games
2,073.2 IP 333 BB 1,300 K

Even if you just count the games saved by Eckersley, he STILL had 19 wins in 1990.

161 career wins are the most of any pitcher selected 1st overall in the MLB draft (1981)

Won a batting title (.370) in the inaugural season in Rockies history (1993)

Won the 1987 Cy Young Award on an obscure clause in the voting guidelines that stated if you get a save total that matches your jersey number, you automatically win (or maybe not).

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