A TALE OF TWO 300-GAME WINNERS

Two pitchers who have recorded 300 Major League Baseball wins were in the news last week.

Of Tom Glavine’s 305 career wins, 244 of those came in an Atlanta Braves jersey, mostly in the 1990’s. Glavine was released by the Braves last Wednesday after spending all this season on the disabled list while rehabbing from surgery on his left elbow and shoulder. For his career, Glavine has a 305-203 record (with five 20-win seasons) and a 3.54 ERA.

San Francisco’s Randy Johnson made headlines by reaching the 300 win mark Thursday night as the Giants beat the Washington Nationals, 5-1. The 6-10 “Big Unit” raised his record to 5-4 by tossing four no-hit innings at the Nats, finishing after five innings with a 2-1 lead. The five-time Cy Young Award winner becomes the 24th MLB pitcher to win 300 games, and only the sixth lefthander.