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The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players
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In 1930, he led the league in wins and saves (though it would be decades before the save became an official statistic).
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100


A young pitcher, facing Hornsby, complained about a pitch being called a ball. “Son,” umpire Bill Klem said, “when you pitch a strike, Mr. Hornsby will let you know it.”
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
B. J. Ryan (in 2003, with the Baltimore Orioles) and Alan Embree (in 2009, with the Colorado Rockies) were each credited with a victory in a game in which they threw zero pitches. Both relievers picked a runner off a base to end an inning before their offense plated the winning run.