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BP Daily: Tommy Hanson's great start

By Kevin Goldstein
Baseball Prospectus

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

I present the stats of four rookie pitchers to you, without names. One of those pitchers went on to win 305 big league games to go with 10 All-Star selections and a pair of Cy Young Awards. Another went to eight All-Star Games, won a Cy Young and later became one of the best closers in the game. A third had a pair of 18-win seasons and 10 postseason starts before he reached age 24, although his career later was derailed by arm injuries. Those three pitchers are Tom Glavine, John Smoltz an ...

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