Pitcher 1:
1984 Rookie of the Year
1985 Cy Young / Triple Crown Winner (Wins, Ks, ERA)
- All-star in each of first 3 seasons, 4 AS appearances overall
- Cy Young candidate each of first 4 seasons, finishing 2nd, 1st, 7th, and 5th, respectively.
- Led the league in Ks first two season
- Seemed to be headed for the hall of fame; this pitcher had “once in a lifetime” stuff, but started falling off the face of the earth in the late '80s / early '90s
Pitcher 2:
1986 Cy Young / All-star MVP / League MVP
- 10 All-star appearances
- 7 Cy Youngs
- Led league in ERA 6 times; will lead again this year
- Led league in wins 4 times
- Led league in Ks 5 times; all-time active leader
- Led league in shutouts 6 times
- ERA has been under 4.00 in all but 5 of his 22 seasons.
- ERA has been under 3.00 in 11 of 22 seasons (assuming he finishes less than 3.00 this year)
- ERA has been under the league’s average ERA in 20 of 22 seasons
- First ballot hall of famer…
Pitcher 1 is Dwight Gooden. Pitcher 2 is Roger Clemens. Both began their careers in 1984 with electric stuff and met in the 1986 World Series. Gooden was an instant success while Clemens took a couple of years to develop - Gooden was 19 when he started playing in the MLB, Clemens was almost 22.
Of course, Dwight’s plight with drugs ended his career much too soon and Clemens has been phenomenal throughout his career.
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Doc actually stuck around for a while. The league wasn't finally rid of him till 2001. That year, he pitched for three teams- Houston, Tampa Bay, and the Yankees.
Him along with Darryl Strawberry are probably the two biggest wastes of talent I've seen in my lifetime. If it's one thing I hate in sports- it's not seeing gifted athletes not realize their true full potential.
yeah, doc stuck around, but the early 90s he was just average and the mid-to-late 90s he was less than average. after a blazing start to his career, he just "stuck around" for the rest of his career and certainly didn't live up *not even close* to his potential.
I heard that Doc used to snort the foul line thinking it was cocaine.
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