September 19, 1993
It was on this day in 1993 that
Atlanta Braves’ lefthander Tom Glavine picked up the victory in the Braves 11-2
win over the New York Mets, his 20th of the season. Glavine became
the first National League pitcher since Ferguson Jenkins in 1973 to win twenty
or more games for three consecutive seasons. In picking up the W, Glavine
pitched six innings, allowing two runs on nine hits while striking out four
Mets’ batters.
He would finish the 1993 season
with a record of 22-6 and an ERA of 3.20—the 22 wins leading the National
League—but finish third in the Cy Young Award voting behind winner and teammate
Greg Maddux (20-10, 2.36) and San Francisco’s Bill Swift (21-8, 2.82).
For his career, Glavine would
win 305 games, leading the NL five times, was a ten-time All Star, won two Cy
Young Awards (1991 and 1998) and be inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in
2014. He was also the winning pitcher in Game 6 of the 1995 World Series, the
game that clinched the city of Atlanta’s only professional championship in any
of the four major sports.
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