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Baseball

Ohiogal

(35,515 posts) Fri Jan 3, 2020, 04:04 PM Jan 2020

Dwight Gooden of the NY Mets

1984 NL Rookie of the Year

1985 NL Cy Young Award

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Only pitcher to follow ROY award with a Cy Young Award (Original Post) Ohiogal Jan 2020 OP

I got that one right!! Bleacher Creature Jan 2020 #1

Well done! Ohiogal Jan 2020 #2

Vida Blue in 1971 topped that. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #3

Wow, excellent! Ohiogal Jan 2020 #4

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1. I got that one right!!

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 04:36 PM

Jan 2020

Good question!

(35,515 posts)

2. Well done!

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 04:55 PM

Jan 2020

Dwight was something else, wasn’t he?

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3. Vida Blue in 1971 topped that.

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 05:44 PM

Jan 2020

He won both that year. The Fred Lynn of pitching.

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4. Wow, excellent!

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 05:49 PM

Jan 2020

Great trivia. 👍