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 Roger Clemens
6th. Clemens won 20 or more in 1986 (24), 1987 (20), 1990 (21), 1997 (21), 1998 (20) and 2001 (20).
| In 1990, the Rocket had one of his greatest seasons, going 21-6 with a 1.93 ERA. However, he failed to win the Cy Young Award that year. Who did? | Roger Clemens - Stats Insanity
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Bob Welch . Welch won 27 games in 1990, and although he had a much higher ERA he took 15 1st place Cy Young votes, to Clemens's 8.
| Clemens is best known for his power-pitching, especially his fastball. In how many seasons has he struck out 300 or more batters? | Roger Clemens - Stats Insanity
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0. Rocketman has never struck out 300 batter, his highest being 292 in 1997.
| The 2001 season saw Clemens finish, in the top 3 in voting for the Cy Young, for the 8th time. Of those 8 he won 6 awards. The first time he was in the top 3 and didn't win was 1990. What was the second year he finished in the top 3 but didn't win? | Roger Clemens - Stats Insanity
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1992. In 1992 Clemens went 18-11 with a 2.41 ERA. He finished third in the Cy Young voting behind Dennis Eckersley (7-1, 1.91 ERA and 51 saves) and Jack McDowell (20-10, 3.18 ERA).
8. Clemens had 30 or more starts 14 times between 1986 and 2003. In 8 of those seasons his ERA was under 3.00, and only once was it over 4.00 (1999).
5. Roger led the league in shutouts in 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1992. His career high was 8 shutouts in 1988.
| Clemens is reknowned for brushback pitches and beanballs. In 1995 he led the league with 14 hit batsmen. Had he ever led the league in beanballs before? | Roger Clemens - Stats Insanity
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No. Although he has hit over 140 batters in his career with a pitch, he only ever led the league once, with 14 in 1995.
| In the 2003 season Clemens struck out 190 batters, to take him through the 4000 mark: at the end of the season he had struck out 4099 batters. At that time, how many other pitchers in baseball history had stuck out more? | Roger Clemens - Stats Insanity
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2. At the end of the 2003 season, Clemens was third on the all-time strikout list with 4099, only 37 behind Steve Carlton on 4136. He still needed over 1600 to catch Nolan Ryan in the #1 spot with 5714.
| In 2001, a 38 year-old Clemens went 20-3 and led the league in winning percentage with 87%. Was this the first time he'd ever led the league in winning percentage? | Roger Clemens - Stats Insanity
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No. Clemens also led the league with an 85.7% winning percentage during his 24-4 season in 1986.
Yes. In the 2003 World Series, in his 16th post-season game, Clemens finally collected his first post-season hit, a single.
| In 1986, on top of winning the Cy Young Award, Clemens also won the award as the League's Most Valuable Player. He has never won it again, but he did finish third in the voting in one subsequent season. Which year was it? | Roger Clemens - Stats Insanity
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1990. Clemens finished third in the MVP voting in 1990, behind Rickey Henderson and Cecil Fielder. He was 10th in the voting in 1991 (won by Cal Ripken Jr.), 10th again in 1997 (won by Ken Griffey Jr.), and 8th in 2001 (won by Ichiro Suzuki).
| During the 18 seasons from 1986 and 2003, how many times did Clemens finish in the top 10 in the league in strikeouts recorded? | Roger Clemens - Stats Insanity
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16. Clemens was in the top 10 in strikeouts for 16 of the 18 seasons (leading the league 5 times), missing the top ten in 1993 and 1995.
strike out 20 men in a nine-inning game. Clemens has struck out 20 men in a 9 inning game twice in his career, and he was the first man to accomplish this, on April 29th, 1986.
True. This game took place on June 13th 2003 at Yankee Stadium. Friday the 13th turned out to be lucky for Clemens.
St. Louis Cardinals. They played the St. Louis Cardinals and won 5-2.
Yes. The promotion on June 13th was a key ring bottle opener.
Miguel Cairo. In 2003, Miguel Cairo played for the Cardinals. Jeff Bagwell, B.J. Surhoff, and Toby Hall, didn't even play in the game.
Jason Giambi. Miguel Cairo hit a hard ground ball right to Giambi. He stepped on 1st base to end the game.
4003. Clemens is one of the greatest pitchers in history.
6.2. Clemens recorded 10 strikeouts with only 2 walks and 6 hits.
Yankees-5, Cardinals-2. Clemens went to the Astros in 2004.
| Roger Clemens was the oldest winner of the Cy Yound Award, when he won it in 2004. Who was the previous oldest winner? | Roger Clemens - 2004 Cy Young
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Gaylord Perry at age 40. Roger Clemens was 42 when he won the 2004 award. He retired in 2003 but decided to pitch one more year in his home state of Texas. Gaylord Perry won his Cy Young in 1978 for San Diego.
False. Clemens won 18 games, but his teammate Roy Oswalt led the National League with 20 wins.
| How many BBWAA awards (MVP, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, Manager of the Year) had Clemens won upon winning the 2004 Cy Young Award? | Roger Clemens - 2004 Cy Young
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8. Clemens had won seven Cy Young awards and one MVP when he won the 2004 Cy Young Award. His MVP came in 1986 with the Red Sox.
1986, 1987, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004. The 2004 award was Clemens' seventh. He won with Boston (86, 87, 91), Toronto (97, 98), Yankees (01), and Houston (04).
Boston, Toronto, New York (AL), Houston. Clemens is the first player in baseball history to win one of the BBWAA awards for four different teams.
Randy Johnson. Randy Johnson would have been the oldest winner at age 41. He pitched a perfect game against Atlanta in 2004.
328. 300 wins is a remarkable achievement in modern baseball because all teams now have five man rotations. Prior to the 1980s, most teams had four man rotations allowing 5-10 more starts per year. Greg Maddux also won his 300th game in 2004.
False. Nolan Ryan had 5,714 strikeouts. Clemens was second at 4,317 in 2004.
Most Valuable Player. Clemens won the 1986 MVP award for Boston.
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