Come and See Those Interesting Baseball Stats For some people this is Baseball Fantasy For some people this is Baseball Memorabilia For me it is joy and amazement. I love perusing baseball stats.

Walter Johnson - One of first to enter Hall of Fame in 1936 From 1912 to 1915 He won 124 games Pitched in 196 games Started 152 games and completed 131 games - Do you think Senators had a strong bullpen? 10 years with an era of under 2 Lifetime era 2.17

Pedro Martinez Third highest lifetime winning % 2653 strike outs in 2296 innings - an average of 10.39 strike outs per game 321 starts - 42 complete games

Christy Mathewson His initial three years he had a record of 34-37 His next three years - 94-34 - He discovered spinach? Lifetime era - 2.13 He pitched in a total of 11 World Series games. His era was .97 yes .97 79 career shutouts

As a Yankee fan for over 40 years I have seen many Yankee comebacks. 1978 was a great year. After being down 14 games Bronx Bombers stormed back to overtake Red Sox in one game playoff. Bucky Dent sure had his baseball fantasy.

The 1958 Yanks. The team of Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra were down three games to one. They beat Milwaukee Braves to redeem themselves for previous year’s World Series loss. The Braves happened to be target for another Yankee comeback in 1996 when New Yorkers stormed back from a 2-0 ( both losses at Yankee Stadium) deficit in games to win four in a row.

Other teams have turned series around after being down three games to one. The 1968 Tigers did it against St Louis Cardinals, in spite of Bob Gibson incredible performances. And 1968 Pirates overturned Orioles with “Their Family” of stars.