Wednesday morning's offerings! Is it just me, or does it look like Woodie Fryman was trying to sneak up on the camera man, maybe to give him a wedgie or something... but he turned around quickly and got the shot?
And in the category of "That's the most ridiculous thing ever," I present this about Mickey Lolich. In 1971, the year commemorated on this leader card, Lolich pitched 376 innings. Do you realize how unachievable that is today? Let's plug that number into the 5-man rotation of today. In 162 games, a starter would get 32.5 starts if he pitched every fifth start. So if you did that today, pitched 32.5 games, or every fifth day... do you have any idea how many innings you would have to average, per start, to get to 376 IP?
The answer is 11.5 IP/start. Yep, over eleven innings per start, for the whole year! I'm pretty sure nobody is coming close to that number anytime soon. And it's not even the post WWI record... Wilbur Wood beat him by 2/3 of an inning the next year. That's just crazy... I'm tipping an Odell Brewing Drumroll American Pale Ale to Mickey Lolich. I'd eat a donut if I had one.
94 AL Pitching Leaders Ex
357 Woody Fryman NrMt
381 Chicago White Sox Ex
