Tuesday Trivia: Oldest teams’ winningest pitchers

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Just wild guesses, Eppa Rixey for the Reds and Vern Law for the Pirates. Rixey might have played for other teams than the Reds but I know Law was a Pirate lifer.

Nice work! Eppa Rixey's 179 wins is the most in Reds franchise history.

Vern Law is a fine guess, but is 40 away from the top spot.

Just looking for the Pirates top winning pitcher.

[rats60]

I believe the Pirates is Wilbur Cooper.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by rats60

I believe the Pirates is Wilbur Cooper.

It most certainly is, Mr. Pirates fan! Wilbur Cooper's 202 wins is 8 more than Babe Adams or Sam Leever.

Well done everybody.

Cooper walked only 2.2 per 9 innings for his career (1917 to 1924 he finished in the NL’s Top 10 five times in fewest walks per nine innings) and also holds the franchise single-season record for ERA (1.87 in 1916).

According to his SABR biography: "He remains one of only two pitchers with more than 3,000 innings and an ERA under 3.00 who are not enshrined at Cooperstown. In one of his last letters he wrote: “I would die a happy man if they voted me into the Hall of Fame. But, if they don’t, I will understand.”"