- Cy Young
Denton True "Cy" Young was an American baseball player who pitched for five different major league teams from 1890 to 1911. He established numerous professional pitching records during his 22-year career in the majors, some of which have stood for a century. Young retired with 511 career wins, the most in MLB history and 94 more wins than Walter Johnson, who is second on the list. In honor of Young's contributions to Major League Baseball, MLB created the Cy Young Award, … - Nolan Ryan
Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947) is an American right-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in a record-tying 27 seasons for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers, from to. Ryan still holds many major-league pitching records, some by such wide margins over previous marks that they will likely stand for many years. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in. Ryan, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher, … - Justin Verlander
Justin Brooks Verlander (born February 20, 1983, in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He ended the 2005 season pitching for the Erie SeaWolves, the AA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. He became the fifth starter in the Tigers rotation in 2006. Verlander, a 6'5", 200 pound right-hander, pitched for the Old Dominion University baseball team for three years. - Mark Buehrle
Mark Alan Buehrle (pronounced BUR-LEE)(born March 23, 1979 in St. Charles, Missouri) is a left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the Chicago White Sox since 2000. Buehrle is a command pitcher, relying on finesse and accuracy. He is considered an efficient pitcher, pitching quickly and keeping his pitch count low. Buehrle throws a fastball, curveball, changeup, slider, and cut fastball. - Sandy Koufax
Koufax attended Brooklyn's Lafayette High School. While there, he was better known for basketball and than for baseball. When he started high school, school sports were not available because the New York school teachers were refusing to supervise extracurricular activities without monetary compensation. As an alternative to school sports, Koufax started playing basketball for a local Jewish Community Center team. - Dock Ellis
Dock Phillip Ellis, Jr. (born March 11, 1945, in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional baseball player who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, among other teams. His best season was 1971, when he won 19 games for the World Series champion Pirates and was the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star Game. - Kevin Millwood
Kevin Austin Millwood (born December 24, 1974 in Bessemer City, North Carolina) is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who plays for the Texas Rangers. Millwood was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the 1993 amateur draft. After a couple of years in the minors, Millwood made his debut with the Atlanta Braves on July 14, 1997. A year later he won 17 games. Millwood formed a part of the Braves' star pitching rotation, … - Matt Cain
Matthew Thomas Cain (born October 1 1984 in Dothan, Alabama) is a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. He is 6' 3" tall and weighs 235 lbs. Cain graduated from Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee, and was selected by the Giants in the 1st round (25th overall) in the 2002 MLB amateur entry draft. Prior to the 2005 season, Cain was named the Giants' #1 prospect by Baseball America. He has a fastball, curve, slider and change-up. - Gavin Floyd
Gavin Christopher Floyd (born January 27, 1983 in Annapolis, Maryland) is a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. He stands 6'4" tall, weighs 225 pounds, and throws and bats right-handed. In 2001, Floyd was selected fourth by the Phillies in the MLB amateur draft, just ahead of fellow Mount Saint Joseph High School graduate and Texas Rangers All-Star, Mark Teixeira. - Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 - July 5, 2002), best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. He played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the Boston Red Sox. - Dave Righetti
David Allan Righetti (born November 28, 1958 in San Jose, California), nicknamed "Rags," is an American left-handed former pitcher for various Major League Baseball teams. He is also currently the pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants. He was the first player in history to both pitch a no-hitter and also lead the league in saves in his career. Dennis Eckersley later duplicated the feat. He was selected by the Texas Rangers on January 11, … - Jake Westbrook
Jacob Cauthen "Jake" Westbrook (born September 29, 1977 in Athens, Georgia) is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Jake was the 21st overall pick in the 1996 Major League first-year player draft out of Madison County High School by the Colorado Rockies. He tossed 6 no-hitters in his high school career. As a minor league pitcher in the Colorado organization, … - Jim Abbott
James Anthony Abbott (born September 19, 1967), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the California Angels, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Brewers, from 1989 to 1998. Abbott is best known for playing despite having no right hand. He graduated from Flint Central High School and grew up in the East Village area of Flint, MI. While with the University of Michigan, … - Al Leiter
Alois Terry "Al" Leiter ["lighter"] (born October 23, 1965 in Toms River, New Jersey), is a retired Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher. He attended Central Regional High School. He is now a color commentator and an analyst on the New York Yankees Pre-Game Show and New York Yankees Post-Game Show for the YES Network. - Eric Milton
Eric Robert Milton (born August 4, 1975 in State College, Pennsylvania) is an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Cincinnati Reds. Milton was selected by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft, and was among four players traded to the Minnesota Twins two years later in exchange for Chuck Knoblauch. On September 11, 1999, he pitched a 7-0 no-hitter against the Anaheim Angels, … - Wilson Alvarez
Wilson Eduardo Alvarez Fuenmayor is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played in 13 seasons for the Texas Rangers (1989), Chicago White Sox (1991–1997), San Francisco Giants (1997), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2002) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2003–2005). No one connected with the White Sox will ever forget Alvarez's debut on August 11, 1991. - Devern Hansack
Devern Brandon Hansack (born February 5, 1978 [as listed by the Red Sox, other sources have listed him as being born in 1980 and 1982] in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua) is a pitcher who currently plays in the Boston Red Sox organization. He bats and throws right-handed. Hansack originally signed with the Houston Astros as a non-drafted free agent on October 21, 1999. He spent 5 seasons with the organization before being released on March 29, 2004. - Gerald Laird
Gerald Lee Laird III (born November 13, 1979 in Westminster, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers. Laird was originally a second round draft choice of the Oakland A's in 1998, and was traded to the Rangers before the 2002 season, along with Ryan Ludwick, Jason Hart, and Mario Ramos, for first baseman Carlos Pena and pitcher Mike Venafro. Laird won the Rangers' starting catching job in spring training in 2004, … - Matt Young
Matthew John Young (born August 9, 1958) is a former American Major League baseball player. Young played for a variety of teams over his career, and is best known for his unofficial no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians while a member of the Boston Red Sox. - Mel Parnell
Melvin Lloyd Parnell (born June 13, 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher. Parnell spent his entire 10-year career with the Boston Red Sox (1947-1956) and compiled a 123-75 record with 732 strikeouts, a 3.50 earned run average, 113 complete games, 20 shutouts, and 1752.2 innings pitched in 289 games (232 as a starter). He is the third best ever lefty pitcher in Fenway Park with more than 25 decisions at 71-30 .703. - Darryl Kile
Darryl Andrew Kile (December 2 1968 - June 22 2002) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three National League teams, the last being the St. Louis Cardinals. In his first season for the Cardinals, he won 20 games in 2000 as the team reached the postseason for the first time in four years, and they again advanced to the playoffs in the next two seasons. - Bud Smith
Bud Smith (born Robert Allan Smith on October 23, 1979 in Torrance, California) is a former American baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, active at the Major League level in 2001 and 2002. His Major League career was short but notable, as he became the 18th rookie since 1900 to throw a no-hitter. Smith's Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres 4-0 on September 3, 2001, the rookie hurler giving up four walks but no hits, … - Mike Scott
Michael Warren Scott (born April 26, 1955 in Santa Monica, California) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and - most notably - the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in 1986. Scott is part of a select group of pitchers that have thrown a no-hitter and struck out 300 batters in the same season. - Kent Mercker
Kent Franklin Mercker (born February 1, 1968) is a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who has played for nine teams over his seventeen-year career. He currently is a free agent. Mercker, a native of Dublin, Ohio, was taken in the first round (5th pick overall) of the 1986 amateur draft by the Atlanta Braves. He made his Major League debut with the Braves on September 22, 1989 and appeared in two games that season. - Don Orsillo
Don Orsillo joined NESN in April 2001 as the network's voice of Boston Red Sox baseball. Honored with two New England Emmy Awards, Orsillo was also named the 2005 Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. - Cat Osterman
Catherine ("Cat") Leigh Osterman (born April 16, 1983) is an American athlete and was one of the pitchers on the USA Women's Softball Team which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She started playing softball in first grade before quitting to play soccer, but she eventually found her way back to the diamond in fifth grade. She completed her collegiate eligibility in 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin, … - Stu Miller
Stuart Leonard (Stu) Miller (born December 26, 1927 in Northampton, Massachusetts), is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1952-1956), Philadelphia Phillies (1956), New York & San Francisco Giants (1957-1962), Baltimore Orioles (1963-1967) and Atlanta Braves (1968). He batted and threw right handed. In a 16-season career, Miller posted a 105-103 record with a 3.24 earned run average, 1164 strikeouts, … - Steve Barber
Stephen David Barber (February 22 1938 - February 4 2007) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1974, best known for his years with the Baltimore Orioles. In 1963 he became the first pitcher of the modern Orioles to win 20 games in a season. Barber was born in Takoma Park, Maryland, and signed with the Orioles in 1957. As a 1960 rookie he had a record of 10-7 and an earned run average of 3.22 (sixth best in the American League), … - Ken Holtzman
Kenneth Dale Holtzman (born November 3, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri) is a left-handed former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics. He became the only pitcher since the 1880s to throw 2 no-hitters for the Cubs, and was also one of the principal pitchers on Oakland's championship teams from 1972 to 1975. His 174 career victories are the most in the major leagues by a Jewish pitcher, … - Fred Toney
Fred Toney (December 11 1888 - March 11 1953), of Nashville, Tennessee, was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals from 1911-1923. His career record was 139 wins, 102 losses, and a 2.69 earned run average. Toney twice won 20 games in a season (1917, 1920) and also led the National League in saves in 1918. - Phil Nevin
Phillip Joseph "Phil" Nevin (born January 19, 1971 in Fullerton, California) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played for the Minnesota Twins (2006), Chicago Cubs (2006), Texas Rangers (2005-2006) San Diego Padres (1999-2005), Anaheim Angels (1998), Detroit Tigers (1995-97), and the Houston Astros (1995). Phil Nevin attended El Dorado High School, in Placentia, California and California State University, … - Hippo Vaughn
James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn (April 9 1888 - May 29 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs during the 1910s. He had some good years for the Cubs during a time when they were not always competitive, winning over 20 games in five seasons, including a National League-leading 22 in 1918, when the season was ended a month early due to government restrictions brought about by World War I. Vaughn was born in Weatherford, Texas. - Chris Sampson
Christopher Keith Sampson (born May 23, 1978 in Pasadena, Texas, United States) is a right-handed, Major League pitcher for the Houston Astros. Sampson is 6'0", and started his Major League Baseball career on June 2, 2006 when he entered a blowout game for the Houston Astros against the Cincinnati Reds in relief of starting pitcher Wandy Rodriguez. Sampson originally began his professional baseball career in the late 1990s as a shortstop. - Don Cardwell
Donald Eugene Cardwell (born on December 7, 1935 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. A right-handed pitcher, Cardwell pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies (1957-60), Chicago Cubs (1960-62), Pittsburgh Pirates (1963-66), New York Mets (1967-70) and Atlanta Braves (1970). Cardwell signed with the Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1954. He debuted in 1957 and struggled in three seasons with the Phillies, … - Juan Nieves
Juan Manuel Nieves Cruz (born January 5, 1965 in Las Lomas, Puerto Rico) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who, on April 15, 1987, became the second-youngest player in major league history to throw a no-hitter, and so far the only Milwaukee Brewer to do so. After playing for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1986 to 1988, he suffered a career-ending arm injury. He was signed by the Brewers after graduating from Avon Old Farms school in Connecticut. - Carl Erskine
Carl Daniel Erskine (born December 13 1926 in Anderson, Indiana) is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants, peaking with a 1953 season in which he won 20 games and set a World Series record with 14 strikeouts. He pitched two of the NL's seven no-hitters during the 1950s. - Ernie Lombardi
Ernesto Natali (Ernie) Lombardi (born April 6, 1908 in Oakland, California - died September 26, 1977 in Santa Cruz, California), was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds, the Boston Braves and the New York Giants during a Hall of Fame career that spanned 17 years, from 1931 to 1947. His nickname was "Schnozz." Ernie Lombardi played his rookie season for the-then Brooklyn Dodgers in 1931, … - Jim Maloney
James William Maloney (born June 2, 1940 in Fresno, California) is a former righthanded pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Cincinnati Reds (1960-70) and California Angels (1971). One of the hardest-throwing pitchers of his era, Maloney boasted a fastball clocked at 99 miles per hour, threw three no-hitters, won 10 or more games from 1963 to 1969, and struck out more than 200 batters for four consecutive seasons (1963-66). - Bill Stoneman
William Hambly Stoneman III (born April 7, 1944, in Oak Park, Illinois) is the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of American Major League Baseball and a former righthanded pitcher who threw two no-hit, no run games during his eight-year MLB career. Stoneman pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and the Angels from 1967-74. He threw his two no-hitters as an Expo: the first against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 17, 1969, … - Earl Wilson
Robert Earl Wilson (name changed from Earl Lawrence Wilson was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1959-60, 1962-66), Detroit Tigers (1966-1970) and San Diego Padres (1970). Wilson batted and threw right handed. He was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. In an 11-season career, Wilson posted a 121-109 record with 1452 strikeouts and a 3.69 ERA in 2051.2 innings pitched.
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