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Here are players with the most seasons in the first 9 years of their careers with at least 15 starts and a .600+ winning percentage.:
From To Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons +-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+ Roy Oswalt 2001 2009 23-31 9 Ind. Seasons Tim Hudson 1999 2007 23-31 8 Ind. Seasons Dwight Gooden 1984 1991 19-26 8 Ind. Seasons Roger Clemens 1984 1992 21-29 8 Ind. Seasons Mordecai Brown 1904 1911 27-34 8 Ind. Seasons Mike Mussina 1992 1999 23-30 7 Ind. Seasons Ron Guidry 1977 1983 26-32 7 Ind. Seasons Whitey Ford 1953 1959 24-30 7 Ind. Seasons Lefty Gomez 1931 1938 22-29 7 Ind. Seasons Lefty Grove 1927 1933 27-33 7 Ind. Seasons Ed Reulbach 1906 1912 23-29 7 Ind. Seasons
This includes Oswalt's 2009. He is currently 6-4 (.600), so he has little room for error. However, if he can keep it up Oswalt could become the first player ever to start his career with 9 such seasons.
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July 29th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
As much as I like Mussina, his W-L in '98 was 13-10 (.565). An even shorter list that Mussina is on, though...since WWII, only Mussina and Marichal were the winning pitchers in 50% or more of all games in which they pitched (250 or more GP).
July 30th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
I think Mussina's seven seasons are 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 and 99. I don't think this list requires those seasons to be consecutive.