tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689353.post7921134811582810487..comments2008-11-07T13:49:20.527-05:00Travis M. Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689353.post-90871688063785788502008-11-07T13:49:00.000-05:002008-11-07T13:49:00.000-05:00Yeah, nice for Moose to add to his collection, I guess, and of course finally winning 20 was a nice bonus. It would be a real surprise to me if he were to hang up the spikes now. Not exactly Koufax after 1966, but something akin to that. There's a modest precedent in that Lefty Williams and Eddie Cicotte both won 20+ in 1920, their last year in MLB, but they didn't exactly choose to retire. <BR/><BR/>The only other player to win 20 in his final year was a guy named Henry Schmidt, who had played in the Pacific Coast League but went to Brooklyn in 1903 and went 22-13. That proved to be his only season in the majors, as he went back to the PCL afterwards. At the time, you could make just as much money playing for the PCL or the American Association as you could in MLB, so that kind of thing wasn't totally unusual as it would be today.Travis M. Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689353.post-3254566730597461332008-11-07T12:47:00.000-05:002008-11-07T12:47:00.000-05:00Congratulations to Moose. What a season for him. 20 wins and a Glove. Good way to go out if that's what he chooses to do.http://janeheller.mlblogs.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17736216783887471978noreply@blogger.com