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Originally Posted by David Watts
Did Fidrych have more than one good season? Just wondering because I see he's 23 years old.
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That was his only one where he made it into the top five. He's 30 now and has pitched sparingly in long relief each of the last four seasons with four different teams. I would say he was kind of in the discussion, but at the fringes of the race in 1946 (age 20 season: 17-10, 3.14), and 1948 (age 22 season: 7-10, 3.24). His age 21 season (the sweet spot IRL) was OK too as he went 14-14, 3.63. It just wasn't as magical as 1976 was IRL though. 1949 was definitely his best season as he led the league in Wins (20), GS (35) and IP (269.0) and went 20-8, 2.58.