Talker series: The worst of the best -- 300-game winners in MLB

The legend continues.

August 13, 2010 at 3:05PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

We continue on now with the hugely successful vacation series called "Worst of the Best." After tackling the 3,000-hit club, 10,000-yard rushers and 500-goal scorers, we are now back to baseball: 300-win pitchers, of whom there are 24. The aim: to find the weakest link in a list of gentlemen who reached these hallowed milestones. Your list to choose from among the 300-game winners:

Rank/Name/Victories/Throws (+ denotes HOFer)

1.Cy Young+ 511R
2.Walter Johnson+ 417R
T-3.Pete Alexander+ 373R
Christy Mathewson+ 373R
5.Pud Galvin+ 365R
6.Warren Spahn+ 363L
7.Kid Nichols+ 361R
8.Greg Maddux 355R
9.Roger Clemens 354R
10.Tim Keefe+ 342R
11.Steve Carlton+ 329L
12.John Clarkson+ 328R
13.Eddie Plank+ 326L
T-14.Nolan Ryan+ 324R
Don Sutton+ 324R
16.Phil Niekro+ 318R
17.Gaylord Perry+ 314R
18.Tom Seaver+ 311R
19.Old Hoss Radbourn+ 309R
20.Mickey Welch+ 307R
21.Tom Glavine 305L
22.Randy Johnson 303L
T-23.Lefty Grove+ 300L
Early Wynn+ 300R

Before you say "Old Hoss Radbourn," remember that anyone with that name probably has descendants who could do you harm. Also, he was 59-12 in 1884. Let's see Ubaldo do that!

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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