In 1999, Martínez delivered one of the greatest pitching seasons of all time, finishing 23 – 4 with a 2. 07 ERA and 313 strikeouts ( earning the pitching Triple Crown ), unanimously winning his second Cy Young Award ( this time in the American League ), and coming in second in the Most Valuable Player ballot.

The pitching Triple Crown is accomplished by a pitcher who has led the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average ( ERA ).

The pitching Triple Crown has been accomplished 38 times, including 8 since 1997.

The most pitching Triple Crowns captured by one player is three, accomplished by three players.

Alexander is the only pitching Triple Crown winner to win his titles with more than one team.

One pitcher, Guy Hecker, won a Triple Crown in a major league that is currently defunct ; he led the American Association in wins, strikeouts, and ERA in 1884 while pitching for the Louisville Colonels.

The most recent Triple Crown winners for pitching are Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander, who won for the NL and AL respectively in 2011 ( the first season since 1924 to see Triple Crown winners in both leagues ).

The first Triple Crown winner was Tommy Bond, who won the NL pitching crown in 1877.

Leading Major League Baseball with 24 wins, 268 strikeouts, and a 1. 53 ERA ( the second lowest in the Live Ball Era, trailing only Bob Gibson's 1. 12 in ) Gooden earned the major leagues ' pitching Triple Crown.

In 2002, Johnson won the pitching Triple Crown, leading the NL in wins, ERA and strikeouts, and was voted his fourth consecutive Cy Young and Warren Spahn Awards.

In 1884 he won the National League's pitching Triple Crown with a 1. 38 earned run average, 59 wins and 441 strikeouts.

* List of Triple Crown winners ( pitching )

* Triple Crown ( pitching )

In baseball, an earned run is any run for which the pitcher is held accountable ( i. e., the run scored as a result of normal pitching, and not due to a fielding error or a passed ball ).

Since inside pitching is a legitimate tactic in baseball, courts have recognized that being hit by a pitch is an inherent risk of the game, so that players cannot sue for any resulting injuries.

A pitching revolution would not be unprecedented — several pitches have changed the game of baseball in the past, including the slider in the 1950s and 1960s and the split-fingered fastball in the 1970s to 1990s.

The ' 38 club saw Dizzy Dean lead the team's pitching staff and provided a historic moment when they won a crucial late-season game at Wrigley Field over the Pittsburgh Pirates with a walk-off home run by Gabby Hartnett, which became known in baseball lore as " The Homer in the Gloamin '".

In February 1902, before the start of the baseball season, Young served as a pitching coach at Harvard University.

* Win – loss record ( pitching ), the number of wins and losses a baseball pitcher has accumulated

A strong gust appeared to cause Giants relief pitcher Stu Miller to slip off the pitching rubber during his delivery, resulting in a balk ( and a baseball legend that Miller was " blown off the mound ").

* Loss ( baseball ), a pitching statistic in baseball

He continued to play baseball during his years at Bucknell, pitching for minor league teams in Honesdale and Meridian, Pennsylvania.

* Red Adams, baseball player and pitching coaching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

* Jesse Orosco, major league baseball record-holder for career pitching appearances.

One of the most celebrated and dominating players in baseball history, Johnson established several pitching records, some of which remain unbroken.

The bunt has enjoyed periodic waves of acceptance and use throughout baseball history, coinciding with the periodic shifts of dominance between pitching and hitting over the decades.

Eddie Plank, pitching for the St. Louis Terriers, won his milestone 300th game on September 14, 1915 at St. Louis ' Handlan's Park, becoming the first 300-game winning left-hander in the history of major league baseball and one of only five as of 2008.

In baseball, he hit. 384 and played center field when he wasn't pitching.

The game is considered by many to be the most dominant pitching performance in the history of baseball.

In baseball, a complete game ( denoted by CG ) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game without the benefit of a relief pitcher.

In baseball, innings pitched ( IP ) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and base runners that are put out while the pitcher on the pitching mound in a game.

After his retirement from baseball, Sutcliffe became a color commentator for the San Diego Padres on Channel 4 San Diego ( 1997 – 2004 ), ESPN ( 1998 – present ) and DirecTV / MLB International ( 1997 – 2002 and since 2010, as well as a minor-league pitching coach in the San Diego Padres system for a couple of seasons.

Players usually have less experience or have particular issues to work out ; pitching control and batting consistency are the two most frequent reasons for a player to be assigned to Class A baseball.

These records are considered among the most secure records in baseball, as pitchers today rarely earn more than one or two shutouts per season with a heavy emphasis on pitch count and relief pitching.

In baseball, all pitching, hitting and defensive contributions by the player are taken into account.

During a 22-year baseball career, he pitched from 1967-1988 for seven different teams, pitching primarily for the Houston Astros.

Pitchers Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Eric Gagne, pitching coach John Farrell ( pitcher ) | John Farrell and Schilling prior to a Red Sox game at Safeco Field

Haren pitching during the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game | 2009 All-Star Game in St. Louis.

Horseshoe pitching contest at the annual Field day ( agriculture ) | field day of the Farm Security Administration | FSA farmworkers community, Yuma, Arizona

Bédard pitching for the Baltimore Orioles | Orioles in 2006

Cordero pitching for the Rangers in 2005 Texas Rangers season | 2005

Cordero pitching for the Reds in 2009 Cincinnati Reds season | 2009