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Originally Posted by triwak
Off-topic, but didn't the Elias Sports Bureau credit him with a 60th Win (for one of his relief appearances, I think)? Not sure if MLB ever formally adopted it, though.
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When I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, Radbourn's record in 1884 was always given as 60-12, and I'm pretty sure that's what it was in at least the first two editions of the Baseball Encyclopedia (1969 and 1973). I'm not sure exactly when the record was corrected, but at some point somebody did the research and found that he had been mistakenly credited with a win for one of those ties. The single-season record for pitching wins was drilled into my head as 60 for so long that it still looks odd when I see his record given as 59-12, even though I know it's more accurate.