Elroy Face's 18-1 looks safe.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:11 am

Strasburg finally lost today. He's now 13-1. Unless he wins out, Elroy Face's winning pct record of .947 (18-1 in 1959) looks safe. Every other qualifying pitcher has at least 2 losses this year. Ironically, Face took the loss on opening day 1960.

Incidentally, 1959 was an interesting year for the Pirates. Having transformed from the laughingstock of the 1950s into a 2nd place team in 1958, they traded their best player in Frank Thomas to acquire LHP Harvey Haddix (a former 20-game winner), C Smoky Burgess and 3B Don Hoak only to regress to only 78-76 and 4th place in 1959. Despite that, Haddix pitched his near-perfect game for 13 innings, Vern Law went 18-9, Elroy Face was a record-setting 18-1, and Dick Stuart had a fine year hitting .297 with 27 HRs.

Wrathchild · Post by **Wrathchild** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:44 am

Do you think he pops open the champagne every year when his record is safe like the '72 Dolphins?

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:20 am

183D2E3B272C2726232B4F0 wrote: Do you think he pops open the champagne every year when his record is safe like the '72 Dolphins?

Wouldn't surprise me.

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:37 am

Funny, Wrathchild.

I probably would if I was him. But I would wait until it is official.