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Larry Jansen won exactly 122 games in both the major and minor leagues, including leading the league once at each level. He was the last AAA player to win 30 games in a year and was the winning hurler in the game in which Bobby Thomson hit the Shot Heard 'Round the World. He twice won 20 games in the majors (once leading the National League) and also made two All-Star teams, winning one All-Star Game. Known for his control, he finished first or second in the National League in fewest walks per 9 innings on four occasions and twice led in strikeout/walk ratio. Recently featured: 1990 Montréal Expos - Bobby Ávila - Dock Ellis
Did You Know...
From the Bullpen's newest and recently updated articles: ...what gem Ben Onyshko (pictured) completed for Team Canada? ...what record Édgar Arredondo set in Mexico? ...what title game Akino Tanaka saved for Japan? ...what notable firsts Isaac Rodríguez accomplished for the Mexican national team? ...who were the minor league Philadelphia Phillies? ...that Megan Baltzell is the career home run leader in the Women's Baseball World Cup? ...how many times Frank Stattler won Best Pitcher honors in Germany? ...in what event Nana Sasanuma was named the top starting pitcher? ...what Assaf Lowengart was the first Israeli native to accomplish? ...what historic win Alex Seidl pitched for Austria? ...how Tal Erel played in an official Hoofdklasse game - only to never officially play in the league? ...what historic hit Nalor Gniatou had for Laos?

News
The Toros de Tijuana (logo pictured) win the Mexican League title, defeating Leones de Yucatan in seven games after losing the first three in the Serie del Rey. Efrén Navarro is named finals MVP. Max Scherzer becomes the 19th pitcher with 3,000 strikeouts. Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader combine to throw the 9th no-hitter of the season, breaking the record for most in a single year. The team from Taylor, MI defeats Hamilton, OH in the final game to win the 2021 Little League World Series Heidenheim Heideköpfe wins their third straight Bundesliga championship. 46-year-old Enorbel Márquez takes the finals MVP.
Today in Baseball
September 17: Today's featured birthday is that of Candy Harris, who turns 74. 1920 - The Detroit Tigers' Bobby Veach (pictured) and the New York Giants' George Burns hit for the cycle, the first time in Major League history that it happened twice in the same day. The feat would not be duplicated for 88 years. 1935 - Brooklyn Dodgers OF Len Koenecke, dropped by the team, and put off an American Airline flight for drunkenness in Detroit, hires a private plane to fly him to Buffalo, where he had played previously. During the flight he tries to take over the controls and gets into a fight with the pilot. He dies after the co-pilot hits him over the head with a fire extinguisher. 1968 - Yutaka Enatsu fans Sadaharu Oh to set a new strikeout record. He will finish the day with 354. He will have 401 by the end of the Year of the Pitcher. 1988 - Pitching in the 9th inning, Jeff Reardon saves his 40th game of the season in the Minnesota Twins' 3 - 1 win over the Chicago White Sox, becoming the first pitcher ever to save 40 games in a season in each league. Reardon saved 41 for the Montreal Expos in 1985. 1996 - The Dodgers' Hideo Nomo throws the first no-hitter by a Japanese-born pitcher in Major League Baseball history against the offensively-potent Rockies in Coors Field, where pitchers are supposed to struggle. Recent days: September 16 – September 15 – September 14

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Recent Events
July 23, 2021 - The delayed 2020 Olympics opened in Tokyo, Japan. July 13, 2021 - The 2021 All-Star Game was played at Coors Field in Denver, CO. July 13, 2021 - The 2021 European Champions Cup began in Ostrava, Czechia. July 11, 2021 - The first day of the 2021 amateur draft was held in Denver, CO. July 11, 2021 - The 2021 Futures Game was played at Coors Field. June 22, 2021 - The 2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament opened in Mexico
Future Events
September 8, 2021 - The Hall of Fame will hold its induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY, covering the 2020 and 2021 Hall of Fame classes. September 12, 2021 - The 2021 European Championship will kick off in Italy. October 3, 2021 - Final day of the 2021 Major League Baseball regular season. October 5, 2021 - The 2021 Postseason will start with the first of two Wild Card Games. October 26, 2021 - The 2021 World Series will begin. August 17, 2022 - The twice postponed SABR Convention will start in Baltimore, MD

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