Best 21-Year Old Pitchers, Dodger History
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Cnt Player **ERA ** IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+--------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 1 Bob Welch 174 111.1 1978 21 LAD NL 23 13 4 3 6 7 4 .636 3 92 28 25 26 66 2.02 6 439 402 14 2 2 1 4 6 8 2 5 1 2 2 .229 .274 .318 .592 70 2 Ralph Branca 155 280 1947 21 BRO NL 43 36 15 4 5 21 12 .636 1 251 100 83 98 148 2.67 22 1158 6 1 7 0 3 Pedro Martinez 147 107 1993 21 LAD NL 65 2 0 0 20 10 5 .667 2 76 34 31 57 119 2.61 5 444 378 6 5 4 4 0 5 7 6 4 0 1 3 .201 .309 .283 .592 69 4 Ismael Valdez 125 197.2 1995 21 LAD NL 33 27 6 2 1 13 11 .542 1 168 76 67 51 150 3.05 17 804 737 32 1 5 1 10 5 12 10 4 2 3 1 .228 .277 .343 .620 74 5 Fernando Valenzue 122 285 1982 21 LAD NL 37 37 18 4 0 19 13 .594 0 247 105 91 83 199 2.87 13 1156 1046 45 6 12 2 19 6 21 23 18 12 0 4 .236 .292 .328 .620 79 6 Don Sutton 110 225.2 1966 21 LAD NL 37 35 6 2 0 12 12 .500 0 192 82 75 52 209 2.99 19 916 841 24 3 6 3 14 6 12 14 6 1 0 5 .228 .274 .332 .606 79 7 Sandy Koufax 107 104.1 1957 21 BRO NL 34 13 2 0 12 5 4 .556 0 83 49 45 51 122 3.88 14 444 385 13 4 1 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 0 5 .216 .309 .379 .688 83 8 George Hunter 105 113.1 1909 21 BRO NL 16 13 10 0 3 4 10 .286 0 104 48 31 38 43 2.46 2 451 3 1 1 0 9 Stan Williams 103 119 1958 21 LAD NL 27 21 3 2 2 9 7 .563 0 99 58 53 65 80 4.01 10 516 434 15 6 1 7 7 3 14 8 1 0 0 5 .228 .336 .359 .695 87 10 Don Drysdale 99 211.2 1958 21 LAD NL 44 29 6 1 7 12 13 .480 0 214 107 98 72 131 4.17 21 913 815 36 12 6 14 6 6 25 1 4 1 2 8 .263 .331 .413 .744 99 11 Johnny Podres 96 151.2 1954 21 BRO NL 29 21 6 2 4 11 7 .611 0 147 77 72 53 79 4.27 13 641 1 0 3 0 12 Johnny Babich 93 135 1934 21 BRO NL 25 19 7 0 4 7 11 .389 1 148 76 63 51 62 4.20 5 589 2 0 3 0 13 Clyde King 92 112.1 1945 21 BRO NL 42 2 0 0 25 5 5 .500 3 131 64 51 48 29 4.09 8 503 0 1 1 0 14 Van Mungo 86 223.1 1932 21 BRO NL 39 33 11 1 2 13 11 .542 2 224 122 110 115 107 4.43 9 989 6 0 5 0 15 Joe Moeller 77 145.1 1964 21 LAD NL 27 24 1 0 0 7 13 .350 0 153 89 68 31 97 4.21 14 624 577 27 5 4 4 8 4 7 3 3 0 0 5 .265 .305 .402 .707 111 Seasons/Careers found: 15.
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