Sports writer Bill Baer figured out that Minnesota Twins’ starter, 44-year old Bartolo Colon (Cy Young in 2005) is only the 18th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to have earned a victory against all 30 MLB teams in a career. Colon completed the 30th team on Sunday, 20 August 2017, when he was the pitcher of record when the Twins defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-5. Colon pitched sixth innings of the game, allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks, along with six strikeouts.
As reported, it was not easy to get the 30th victory. He had failed to earn the win in his previous four attempts against the Diamondbacks in 2006, 2015 and two last season. There currently are only nine active pitchers in the Majors close to beating all 30 teams.
Diario Libre reports that with his win against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Colón is only five games behind Juan Marichal’s record for the most wins of a Dominican pitcher in Major League Baseball. He will have at most eight more opportunities to seek the wins because the Twins have 39 games to go. In his seven games with the Twins, he has three wins and two losses.
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22 August 2017
