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Post by dukecrunchybagel on Nov 14, 2013 14:48:43 GMT -5
The Reds have had four pitchers in their history who had won the Cy Young Award prior to pitching for the Reds in a regular season game. One was Tom Seaver.
Can you name the other three?
One guess per day please.
Frank Viola - schellis
John Denny- schellis
Don Newcombe - schellis
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Post by schellis on Nov 14, 2013 15:33:42 GMT -5
Frank Viola
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Post by dukecrunchybagel on Nov 14, 2013 16:47:06 GMT -5
Yes indeed. The Twin's 1988 AL Cy Young Award winner had three pretty awful starts in August and September of 1995 in the twilight of his career. He did not make any postseason appearance.
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Post by schellis on Nov 15, 2013 16:04:32 GMT -5
John Denny. The Reds only bring in Cy Young types when they are near done.
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Post by dukecrunchybagel on Nov 18, 2013 10:56:45 GMT -5
Two for two, Schellis!
I thought the Reds had made a brillinat move when they got Denny for Gary Redus & Tom Huume! Hah!
Your maxim is true about the third Red on the list as well.
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Post by schellis on Nov 19, 2013 12:26:57 GMT -5
Doesn't look like anyone else wants to play. I had to look up the last one, the others I just needed to look at the Cy Young award list to pick off. I didn't think that he played for any team other then the Dodgers, but that isn't true.
Don Newcombe. To be fair he did have at least one year that was in line with his career marks with the Reds, so wasn't completely done, and did have a stop with I think the Cubs after that.
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Post by dukecrunchybagel on Nov 19, 2013 16:50:29 GMT -5
Yes, Don Newcombe, the original CYA award is the last one on the list.
Good for you, schellis!
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Post by rufralf on Dec 13, 2013 10:47:38 GMT -5
Lets not forget that the Reds traded for Christy Matthewson after he was washed up. He deserves mention because he would have probably won 4 or 5 CYA's if the award had been around back then.
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Post by schellis on Dec 13, 2013 17:21:27 GMT -5
Lets not forget that the Reds traded for Christy Matthewson after he was washed up. He deserves mention because he would have probably won 4 or 5 CYA's if the award had been around back then. He was also a Red prior to being great too. I think both of those trades weren't completely on the up and up. |
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