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kairos12

(13,242 posts) Fri Feb 16, 2018, 04:25 PM Feb 2018

Since the mound was moved to it's present distance

no teenager has every won 20 games. Dwight Gooden won 24 when he was 20 years old.

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Since the mound was moved to it's present distance (Original Post) kairos12 Feb 2018 OP

When was it moved? Beakybird Feb 2018 #1

It was moved from 50 feet to kairos12 Feb 2018 #2

Hardly surprising WestMichRad Feb 2018 #3

Beakybird

(3,390 posts)

1. When was it moved?

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 04:29 PM

Feb 2018

kairos12

(13,242 posts)

2. It was moved from 50 feet to

Reply to Beakybird (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 04:33 PM

Feb 2018

60 feet 6 inches in 1893.

WestMichRad

(1,769 posts)

3. Hardly surprising

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 06:08 PM

Feb 2018

Winning 20 or more in a single season has always been unusual and requires a degree of luck. Also is generally only achieved by very crafty pitchers who know how to mix up their pitches to keep hitters off balance. The young studs who make the majors before turning 20 are generally guys with awesome fastballs and they soon find out that in the majors, most of the hitters can make a good living hitting fastballs, so to beat them you need another very good pitch in your arsenal. It takes the young studs a bit of time to make the adjustment.... and then they're no longer teenagers!

The Doc had the ability to not only bring the heat, but he knew how to use his breaking ball very effectively. A rare talent he was!

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