| It has been a year of milestones for Major | | | | Gaylord Perry and Tom Seaver. |
| League Baseball. | | | | In addition to Lefty Grove, the old-timers include |
| From Tom Glavine to Barry Bonds to Alex | | | | Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, |
| Rodriguez to Craig Biggio the records have been | | | | Christy Mathewson, Pud Galvin, Kid Nichols, Tim |
| piling up like poker chips in a major tournament. | | | | Keefe, John Clarkson, Eddie Plank, Charles |
| Tom Glavine of the New York Mets has arguably | | | | Radbourn and Mickey Welch. |
| the most prestigious record so far, notching his | | | | No one will ever break Cy Young's record 511 |
| 300th career win on August 5, 2007 with an 8-3 | | | | career wins. Walter Johnson had 417, and every |
| victory over Lou Piniella's Chicago Cubs in an away | | | | other pitcher has between 300 to 373. |
| game at Wrigley Field. | | | | More old-timers than modern day pitchers appear |
| The historic win was Glavine's 10th this year | | | | on the list because in the early days baseball |
| against 6 losses. | | | | teams used a two-man pitching rotation, giving |
| Glavine won 242 of his victories pitching 16 | | | | old-timers many more starts and many more |
| seasons for the Atlanta Braves, and he has won | | | | chances to notch 300 victories. |
| the last 58 after coming to the New York Mets | | | | Modern day teams use a 4 or 5-man pitching |
| as a free agent in 2003. He is in his 21st season | | | | rotation, and the arrival of specialists including |
| and is one of baseball's winningest pitchers in the | | | | set-up men (for the 7th and 8th innings) and |
| National League. He is a five-time 20-game winner | | | | closers (for the 9th inning) have meant that |
| and a two-time Cy Young Award winner, and is | | | | today's pitchers log far fewer innings. |
| one of only 23 pitchers in major league history to | | | | Speculation now abounds about whether any |
| earn 300 career wins. He is also only the 5th left | | | | other player (right-hander or left-hander) will be |
| hander among the 23 300-game winners. He joins | | | | able to achieve 300 career victories. The smart |
| a select group that includes Warren Spahn (363 | | | | money is on 44-year-old Randy Johnson who has |
| wins), Steve Carlton (329), Eddie Plank (326) and | | | | 284 victories and a back problem that will not go |
| Lefty Grove (300). | | | | away. No one else is even remotely close. |
| Glavine is a lock to become a Hall of Fame Player | | | | Following Johnson in career wins is Mike Mussina |
| when he retires. He has also been long known as | | | | (247), David Wells (235), Jamie Moyer (227) and |
| an excellent fielding and hitting pitcher. The | | | | Curt Schilling (213). Logging 300 career wins is a |
| 41-year-old left hander will pass Lefty Grove and | | | | sure ticket to the Baseball Hall of Fame. One |
| Early Winn on the all-time list as they both had | | | | reason Glavine notched 300 wins is longevity (21 |
| exactly 300 wins when they retired. | | | | seasons and still pitching), and another is that he |
| Besides Tom Glavine and Early Winn, pitchers who | | | | amazingly has never been hurt and on the |
| have 300 career wins since 1958 include Warren | | | | disabled list. |
| Spahn, Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Steve | | | | (Editor's Note: This is Part 1 of a 3-Part Series. |
| Carlton, Nolan Ryan, Don Sutton, Phil Niekro, | | | | |