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This day in baseball: Chesbro’s 41 wins

Posted: October 7, 2017 | Author: | Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , |Leave a comment

Jack Chesbro of the Highlanders recorded his 41st win of the season on October 7, 1904 when he defeated Boston, 3-2.  Chesbro’s 41 wins are the most in a single season by a pitcher in “modern era” major league baseball (the modern era defined as having begun in 1901).

 

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Chesbro, 1909 (Tacoma Times)

 

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