Posted By:
bruce Dorskind
Only nine pitchers in the history of MLB have pitched 10 or more seasons without
ever experiencing a losing season.
Whilst we do not have representative examples of any of these pitchers' rookie
or key baseball cards in our collection, it would be fun to view each of them.
Spud Chander appears the least often as the 1940 Playball set is the only standard
issue which sports his card. The other issues are Cuban cards and Exhibits.
The ranking of the "Perfect 9" (in terms of number of seasons) is:
Deacon Phillippe 1899-1911
Urban Shocker 1916-1928
Dizzy Dean 1930. 1932-41. 1037
Andy Pettitte 1995-2006 ONLY ACTIVE PITCHER ON THE LIST
David Foutz 1884-1894
Spud Chandler 1937-1947
Jay Powell 1995-2005
Joe McGinnity 1899-2008
Babe Ruth 1914-21, 1930, 1933
Quite a group, indeed.
Bruce Dorskind
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