1980 Oakland A’s starting pitching. 93 complete games!

[Hy Feiber]

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1980.shtml

Team save total was all of 13.

That must’ve been on a different planet.

[Donn Beach]

Yeah, it was, Ricky Henderson breaks the stolen base record in his second season

[D-train]

Yeah, it was, Ricky Henderson breaks the stolen base record in his second season

I was just going to say it is a miracle he is still alive but then I remembered he isn't.

[Hy Feiber]

Yeah, it was, Ricky Henderson breaks the stolen base record in his second season

I was just going to say it is a miracle he is still alive but then I remembered he isn't.

You were right the first time, it would indeed be a miracle if he were still alive, cause he isn’t!

[harmony]

In 1980 Oakland right-hander Mike Norris was a 22-game winner who posted 5.9 bWAR, tossing 24 complete games, including this 14-inning marathon:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxe ... 6110.shtml

This summer Norris threw the first pitch at the Celebration of Rickey Henderson Day hosted by the Oakland Ballers of the Pioneer League. I watched Norris, who is my age, use a walker to reach the pitcher's mound.

[Donn Beach]

1982 Norris goes 11-9, 1983 he's returned to the minors, after that he was a relief pitcher. Billy Martin gets the blame for ruining his arm