[Highlander]

Dizzy Dean- Dizzy was drafted by the Brooklyn Robins with the 9th overall pick of the 1929 draft, but did not sign with them. He was drafted again in 1930 by the Browns with the 6th overall pick and decided to sign with them. He made his debut with them in 1931 as a 21 year old and remained in St Louis until 1940. That was his last action in the Majors, although he stuck around in the minors for 5 more years, mostly as a relief pitcher, but never had enough success to be brought back up.

Dean's numbers looked like this-

138-129, 4 Saves, 2441.1 IP, 4.02 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 1132 K, 4.2 K/9, 47.3 WAR

As you can tell from the numbers, Dizzy was not the same kind of pitcher he was in real life. He did put together one really good season in 1936- 24-7, 291.2 IP, 2.84 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 147 K, 8.2 WAR. He led the league in wins, ERA, WHIP and WAR that year.

Dean did win two World Series, was named to 3 All-Star teams and won the Cy Young in his one great season. That was about it for him, as he was not even given any consideration for the HOF.