RANDY JOHNSON [SABR Bio] won more Cy Young Awards than any other Hall of Famer: AL 1995, NL 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 (unanimous). When pressed by a reporter for an answer, Nolan Ryan predicted that Johnson would be the next dominant pitcher, i.e., the next Nolan Ryan. Interview 01-May-1992, after Ryan’s 7th no-hitter. He didn’t make it to the majors until he had turned twenty-five years old, yet still won 303 games. Pitched until he was 46.
FRANK ROBINSON [SABR Bio] is the only player to hit 50 doubles in a season in the 1960s: 51 in 1962 for CIN. Robinson was awarded the PMOF on 09-Nov-2005 by President George W. Bush. Robinson was the youngest of his mother’s ten children. She moved them all to Oakland when Frank was just a toddler.
Nice skyline view at GT's Chandler Stadium.
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