Articles related to "Bert Blyleven"

Bert Blyleven and Ferguson Jenkins have similar lifetime statistics, but Jenkins had many more dominating seasons . Johnson was better than either of them.

If Whitey Ford's career had begun in 1987, when Tom Glavine's did, would Ford have made the Hall of Fame as easily as he did?

Perhaps the time has finally come for three players who dominated at their respective positions in the 1970s and 1980s: Goose Gossage, Andre Dawson and Jim Rice.

Manager Rod Delmonico hopes his strong pitching staff can lead the Netherlands deeper in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Jim Bunning was a good pitcher, but he does not rank among the greatest in the history of the game and was not a Hall of Fame player.

Jim Rice and Andre Dawson barely missed election into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday, January 8, 2008. But a hard-throwing mutton-chopped reliever finally made the cut.

Only twenty-three pitchers have won 300 or more career games since professional baseball started in 1869. Tom Glavine is the newest member.

Rickey Henderson will be named to the Hall of Fame when results are announced in January. Jim Rice, Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven may get passed over again, though.

They had power, speed, pitching, and a lot of veteran savvy. But the Pittsburgh Pirates still weren't the most likely of championship contenders.

Mike Mussina has concluded that a starting pitcher who wins 50 percent of his starts is successful. He is right on target.

Memo to baseball purists worldwide: The designated hitter is here to stay, like it or not. And it's time the National League got on board and adopted the DH rule.

Both Clay and Chamberlain are 22 years old. The number of innings each works in 2008 will be limited. Putting a cap on a young pitcher's workload is unnecessary.

Pitching is the key to winning games and winning championships. here are some of the best (and worst) records for hurlers in Major League History.

The 2009 World Baseball Classic promises to be a thrilling showcase with the Dominican Republic, United States, champs Japan and 2006 runners-up Cuba among the favorites.

The Baseball Writers Association of America voted Rickey Henderson, on his first ballot, and Jim Rice, on his final one, into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

With an uncertain economy, the Nats and Marlins go the much-cheaper trade route to improve their ballclub. But which team "wins" often takes a few years to determine.

A pitcher's win-loss record is just the beginning of the tale. These stats, once understood, can help a fan learn the whole story about a pitcher's value to his team.