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VAN DER HOUT FIRST NBBO PITCHER TO 300 WINS
CANTABRIGIANS PITCHER IS 4TH OVERALL TO LANDMARK VICTORY NUMBER

PORTLAND, ME. (July 29, 1874) - It has been a rough season for Cantabrigians #1 Rainer van der Hout. The eighteen-year veteran entered Wednesday’s game at New England leaders Portland with a 9-22 record in spite of a 3.54 ERA, easily the worst Won-Loss figure of his lengthy career.

However, the game in Portland game proved to be a surprise as 18-37 Cantabrigians won 2-1 at William King Field to take a highly unlikely victory to drop their hosts to “just” 42-14 and a nine-game lead atop the New England standings. Cantabrigians’ pitcher of record was Rainer van der Hout, who was brilliant:

• CAN P Rainer v. .d Hout: CG, 2 HA, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

The win wasn’t an ordinary one for van der Hout. It was the 300th victory of his long career, making van der Hout the first pitcher with 300 Wins in the NBBO and the fourth overall with 300+ Wins in organized baseball.

The four members of the 300 Win Club:

• Jim Creighton: 257-139 in NBBO, 99-77 in APBL, 356-216 overall (1860-present for Excelsior)
• Carl Bancroft: 298-222 in NBBO, 36-31 in APBL, 334-253 overall (1857-present for six teams)
• James Goodman: 227-207 in NBBO, 97-54 in APBL, 324-261 overall (1857-present for MIN & FC)
• Rainer v. d. Hout: 300-255 in NBBO, 0-0 in APBL, 300-255 overall (1857-present for ten teams)

The only other active pitcher remotely close to 300 Wins is Grover Wright, who has a 294-201 record in the NBBO during a career that spans 1858 to the present with Kings County, Niagara, Continental, & Portland.

Rainer van der Hout doesn’t have the accolades that the three other members of the 300 Win Club do (1x All-Star, 1x Champion, 4x 20-game Winner), but nonetheless he has earned each and every one of his 300 career victories.