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Pud Galvin
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Birthdate: 12/25/1856
Died: 3/7/1902
Height / Weight: 5' 8" / 190 lbs.
Place of Birth: St. Louis, MO, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Pud Galvin, master pitcher has the most wins of any pitcher who did not play on a pennant winning team. He is the only player in baseball history to win 20 or more games in 10 different years and none of these teams were able to win the pennant. Nicknamed because he made the hitters look like pudding, a popular phase in the 1880's. Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1965. In 1883, Galvin won 46 games and he repeated this feat again the next year. During his first six years he won 206 games and pitched two no-hitters. Galvin's first no-hitter was pitched when the pitching mound was 45 feet from home plate. The second came when the mound was moved back to 50 feet. In 1883, this great hurler completed 72 games, the third highest in baseball history. In 1884, he completed 71 games.

In 1884 , Pud Galvin struckout 369 batters, the 10th highest in history for one year. His 56 lifetime shutouts are the 12th. most in history and his 361 career wins put Galvin in 7th place on the all-time wins lists. Here's "Pud" career records; 361 wins, 308 loses, ERA of 2.87, strikeouts 1799. Here's the best ever record; Jim "Pud" Galvin started 697 games and he completed 639 of them. Pud Galvin is second on the all-time list in innings pitched with 5941. Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1875 STL (NA) 8 7 4 2 1 7 1 62.0 53 37 15 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 2.18
1879 BUF (NL) 66 66 37 27 0 65 6 593.0 585 299 150 3 31 0 136 23 0 0 2.28
1880 BUF (NL) 58 54 20 35 0 46 5 458.2 528 281 138 5 32 0 128 24 0 0 2.71
1881 BUF (NL) 56 53 28 24 0 48 5 474.0 546 250 125 4 46 0 136 31 0 0 2.37
1882 BUF (NL) 52 51 28 23 0 48 3 445.1 476 255 157 8 40 0 162 19 0 1 3.17
1883 BUF (NL) 76 75 46 29 0 72 5 656.1 676 367 198 9 50 0 279 28 0 0 2.72
1884 BUF (NL) 72 72 46 22 0 71 12 636.1 566 254 141 23 63 0 369 16 0 0 1.99
1885 PIT (AA) 11 11 3 7 0 9 0 88.1 97 64 36 2 7 0 27 7 0 0 3.67
1885 BUF (NL) 33 32 13 19 1 31 3 284.0 356 204 129 8 37 0 93 14 0 0 4.09
1886 PIT (AA) 50 50 29 21 0 49 2 434.2 457 229 129 3 75 0 72 13 7 0 2.67
1887 PIT (NL) 49 48 28 21 0 47 2 440.2 490 259 161 12 67 0 76 7 11 0 3.29
1888 PIT (NL) 50 50 23 25 0 49 6 437.1 446 190 128 9 53 0 107 11 8 0 2.63
1889 PIT (NL) 41 40 23 16 0 38 4 341.0 392 233 158 19 78 0 77 13 10 0 4.17
1890 PBB (PL) 26 25 12 13 0 23 1 217.0 275 192 105 3 49 0 35 7 6 0 4.35
1891 PIT (NL) 33 31 14 14 0 23 2 246.2 256 143 79 10 62 0 46 6 12 0 2.88
1892 PIT (NL) 12 12 5 6 0 10 0 96.0 104 51 28 0 28 0 29 3 3 0 2.62
1892 STL (NL) 12 12 5 6 0 10 0 92.0 102 47 33 4 26 0 27 1 0 0 3.23
17 years   705 689 364 310 2 646 57 6003.1 6405 3355 1910 122 745 0 1806 223 57 1 2.86
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1875 STL (NA) 13 46 8 6 2 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .130 .130 SLG
1879 BUF (NL) 67 265 34 66 11 6 0 27 1 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249 .252 SLG
1880 BUF (NL) 66 241 25 51 9 2 0 12 5 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .228 SLG
1881 BUF (NL) 62 236 19 50 12 4 0 21 3 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .222 SLG
1882 BUF (NL) 54 206 21 44 7 4 0 17 2 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .221 SLG
1883 BUF (NL) 80 322 41 71 11 2 1 19 3 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .228 SLG
1884 BUF (NL) 72 274 34 49 6 1 0 24 2 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 .185 SLG
1885 PIT (AA) 11 38 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .105 SLG
1885 BUF (NL) 33 122 14 23 4 2 1 10 1 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 .195 SLG
1886 PIT (AA) 50 194 24 49 7 2 0 21 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .253 .264 SLG
1887 PIT (NL) 49 193 10 41 7 3 2 22 2 47 5 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .221 SLG
1888 PIT (NL) 50 175 6 25 1 1 1 3 1 51 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .148 SLG
1889 PIT (NL) 41 150 15 28 7 2 0 16 3 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 .187 .203 SLG
1890 PBB (PL) 26 97 8 20 2 1 0 12 6 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 .252 SLG
1891 PIT (NL) 33 109 11 18 0 0 0 7 3 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 .165 .202 SLG
1892 PIT (NL) 12 41 4 5 1 0 0 4 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .122 .163 SLG
1892 STL (NL) 12 39 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .51 .75 SLG
17 years   731 2748 278 552 87 31 5 220 38 631 23 0 0 2 0 0 .201 .212 .SLG



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