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As his team only won 51 games that year, his ratio of winning 31. 3 % of his team's games was the highest for any starting pitcher since Steve Carlton in 1972 ( who won 27 of the Phillies ' 59 wins for an all-time record ratio of 45. 8 %).
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-- The Orioles tonight retained the distinction of being the only winless team among the eighteen Major-League clubs as they dropped their sixth straight spring exhibition decision, this one to the Kansas City Athletics by a score of 5 to 3.
The Yankee triumph made Ralph Houk only the third man to lead a team to both a pennant and a World Series victory in his first year as a manager.
Since 1949, the only National League club that got off to a hot start and made a runaway of the race was the '55 Dodger team.
The ruthless and belligerent Armstrong led his team back to England in 1921 where his men lost only two games late in the tour to narrowly miss out of being the first team to complete a tour of England without defeat.
The 2010 – 11 Ashes series is the only one in which a team has won three Tests by innings margins and it was the first time England had scored 500 or more four times in a single series.
Other less commonly used nicknames were the " Gridbirds " ( used only by a local newspaper columnist ) or " Cardiac Cards " ( used only to refer to the 1975 team ).
The team finished the 1960s with only 12 wins.
Also known as the D-Backs, Arizona has one World Series title, in 2001, becoming the fastest expansion team in the majors to win a championship, doing it in only the fourth season since their expansion in 1998.
In 1972, they completed the European treble by winning the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the European Cup ; to date, they are the only team to keep the European Cup and accomplish the European treble.
* CG — Complete game: number of games where player was the only pitcher for his team
Defensive indifference is generally only scored instead of a stolen base when the game is in a late inning and the team with the stealing baserunner is down by more than one run.
The Western League began play in April 1894 with teams in Detroit ( the only league team that has not moved since ), Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Sioux City and Toledo.
The Toronto Blue Jays are the only team to have never played in the ALDS and are the last team to win the World Series under the old 4 division format.
The team only gets to choose the schedule ; the opponent is still determined by win-loss records.
The team managed two early wins before losing the test to New Zealand and only winning one more game as well as drawing once.
It was only with the return of the English team and the subsequent use of Bodyline against English players in England by the touring West Indian cricket team in 1933 that demonstrated to the country the dangers it posed.
The team with the closest ball to the jack is the only team that can score points in any frame.
When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired by Boston businessman, Ivers Whitney Adams to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the " Red Stockings " nickname along ( Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal ).
The remainder of the season would not be as pleasant, with the team enduring 100 losses while avoiding the AL cellar by only three games.
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Eighty thousand won top honors and a chance to try for the team itself.
The team achieved good results and in 1960 the club presented a team that won the third division of the Buenos Aires league, reaching the second division.
They won the first eight matches in succession including a 5 – 0 whitewash in 1920 – 1921 at the hands of Warwick Armstrong's team.
Bradman rated the team that won the series 2 – 1 as England's best ever.
It was the first time since 1894 – 95 that a team following on had won a Test match.
The Sun Devils have played in the Fiesta Bowl five times, and in 1987 the ASU football team won the Rose Bowl, defeating the University of Michigan 22 – 15.
ASU has won 23 national collegiate team championships in the following sports: baseball ( 5 ), men's golf ( 2 ), women's golf ( 7 ), men's gymnastics ( 1 ), softball ( 2 ), men's indoor track ( 1 ), women's indoor track ( 2 ), men's outdoor track ( 1 ), women's outdoor track ( 1 ), and wrestling ( 1 ).
Currently, the team has played in the 2007 Holiday Bowl, 1997 Rose Bowl and also won the Rose Bowl in 1987 as well as the Fiesta Bowl in 1982, 1975, 1973, 1972, and 1971.
The team has also won four division titles (,,, and ) since their 1947 – 1948 NFL championship game appearances.
This was the first time since that the home team won all seven games of a World Series and the first time that a National League team won a World Series in which the home team won all seven games of a World Series.
The team finished the 2002 season with a 98-64 record and won the NL West Division Title, but were swept out in the NLDS by the St. Louis Cardinals.
In 1995, the year Ajax won the Champions League, the Dutch national team was almost entirely composed of Ajax players, with Edwin van der Sar in goal ; players such as Michael Reiziger, Frank de Boer, and Danny Blind in defense ; Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, and Clarence Seedorf in midfield ; and Patrick Kluivert and Marc Overmars in attack.
AZ's second championship was the first Eredivisie title in 28 years, and the first time since then that the Eredivisie was won by a team other than the " big three " ( Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord ).
The 33rd America's Cup Race was won by Golden Gate Yacht Club racing team BMW Oracle, founded by Larry Ellison.
The Lions ' 2005 tour to New Zealand, coached by 2003 England world cup winning coach Clive Woodward, won all seven games against provincial teams however suffered heavy defeats in all three tests and were narrowly defeated by the New Zealand Maori team.
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Bradman was succeeded as Australian captain by Lindsay Hassett, who led the team to 4 – 1 victory in 1950 – 51.
Liverpool features in the film The 51st State ( also known as Formula 51 ), in which ex-hitman Felix DeSouza ( Robert Carlyle ) is a keen supporter of the team and the last scene takes place at a match between Liverpool and Manchester United.
Multi-talented running back Earl Cooper also provided the team with a good running and receiving threat, rushing for 330 yards and catching 51 passes for 477 yards.
Wide receiver Andre Reed led the team with 65 receptions for 913 yards and 3 touchdowns, receiver James Lofton contributed 51 receptions for 786 yards and 6 touchdowns, and wide receiver Don Beebe caught 33 passes for 554 and 2 touchdowns.
Kile's breakthrough year came in 1993 when he went 15 – 8 with a 3. 51 earned run average and made the All-Star team.
The Flyers as a team improved their record slightly with a mark of 51 – 18 – 11, the best record in the league.
The Flyers recorded the best record in team history ( points wise ) with a record of 51 – 13 – 16.
The team stayed in contention for a playoff spot until March, but in the end, they finished the season with a record of 31 – 51.
With Wesley, Phills, Rice, Mason and Divac, the Hornets romped through the regular season, finishing with a 51 – 31 record ; Rice had another good season, as he finished sixth in league scoring and earned all-NBA third team honors.
" George Gervin and James Silas took that style to heart, as the Spurs became an exciting fast breaking team on the way to a solid 51 – 33 record, good enough for 2nd place in the West.
The team became popular among fans with its high-flying style of basketball and the Clippers did improve a bit with a 31 – 51 record, leading the NBA in bench-scoring with 37 points per game.
The following season, the team improved to 51 – 17, repeating as champions.
The last championship team was led by current Auburn University guard Frankie Sullivan, who scored 51 points in the championship game.
While details remain undisclosed, several sources cite Matsuzaka as having received a guaranteed $ 52 million for a six-year contract ( with elevator clauses potentially bringing the value up to $ 60 million ), in addition to the $ 51. 1 million posting fee that the Red Sox paid his former team, Seibu Lions, to release him.
The school was commended by the 2007 Ofsted inspection team and rated outstanding in all 51 criteria.
McGriff hit a pivotal home run in his first game with the Braves and his offensive tear during the second half of the season helped carry the team to a division title, with a record of 51 – 19 after his arrival.
The 1928 Yellow Jackets win over the Packers marked the last time in 51 years a Philadelphia NFL team won a road victory over the Packers.
" She asked Reagan if he minded having a lifelong Democrat on his team ; he replied that he himself had been a Democrat till age 51, and in any event he liked her way of thinking about American foreign policy.
The Monkeystone team moved to Austin, Texas to work on Midway's Area 51 title until its release.
The Predators continued to improve and finished with a new team record of 51 wins and 110 points.
The Stars decided to rebrand their entire operation, renaming the team the 51s as a reference to Area 51, a military base located north-northwest of Las Vegas known for the legendary rumors of its housing UFOs and other " alien " technology.
The Cardinals finished in fourth place in 1925, finishing one game over. 500, though the team won 64 games and lost 51 under Hornsby.
After comfortably leading his team to an impressive 51 – 17 record and storming through the playoffs, Mikan's team played the 1950 NBA Finals against the Syracuse Nationals.
In 2005, the team, along with Interza Lesego and Ellis Park Stadium Ltd, announced its acquisition of a 51 % share in Ellis Park Stadium, making it the first majority black owned stadium in South Africa.
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