What was the last MLB team to have 4 twenty game winning pitchers in the same year?
Although in 1970 the Orioles had 4 Twenty game winning pitchers and got to the world series, they eventually lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games.
The mainstays of the 1971 Orioles rotation were 25-year-old future Hall of Famer Jim Palmer, 28-year-old Dave McNally, and 34-year-old Mike Cuellar. The fourth 20-game winner was Pat Dobson.
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Mike Dorman
vonlora, Only David Cine won 20, Wells 18, Petitte 16. Clemens won 20 with Toronto in 1998, wasn't even a Yankee.
Reed Flake
vonlora, the 1998 Yankees had only one 20 winner in David Cone.
Arvon
Ditto. Never say never.
Bruce Schaefer
vonlora, David cone was the only 20 game winner
vonlora
The last MLB team to have four twenty-game winning pitchers in the same year was the 1998 New York Yankees. The pitchers on that team were David Wells, David Cone, Andy Pettitte, and Roger Clemens. Picked the team, not the year
Howard Groopman
I've always remembered this. A feat unlikely ever to be duplicated.
skrueger
This question doesn't need to be dated, as it will never happen again. Major League Baseball is lucky to have one or two pitchers a year win twenty games, much less to have 4 twenty game winners on one team. They make too much money just to win fifteen games a year.
teacherchicky
There are ONLY two teams to actually achieve this and the other one is the 1920 Chicago White Sox!
patrhea
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Randy HandyRandy Lipscomb
They had hitting and defense as well
Leanna Greenbush
No idea and got it wrong.
Thor Johnson
And Dave McNally is the only pitcher to hit a grand slam in the World Series.
Jane Glick-Coleman
The photo gave me a clue
ninakamwene
Very lucky guess. I know nothing about this game.
John W Shreve
The last team before the 1971 Orioles to have 4 20 game winners was the 1920 Chicago White Sox: Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Dickie Kerr, and Red Faber.