Walter Johnson should have learned how to win.

knows how to win

All right, contestants. In all of MLB history, two (count 'em) pitchers have had careers of ten or more years and have had a winning record every year they pitched. And they are ...?

And they are ...

A dirty, rotten, commissioner-defying, sheep-testicle-eating, illegal-bat-using cheater, and a dirty, rotten, HGH-using, throw-your-best-pal-under-the-bus, that's-a-balk-that's-a-damned-balk cheater.

All right, contestants. In all of MLB history, two (count 'em) pitchers have had careers of ten or more years and have had a winning record every year they pitched. And they are ...?

Pedro Martinez and Spud Chandler?

Pedro went 0-1 in his first season. My first guess was going to be Tim Hudson but he has only pitched 9 years. My other guess was Whitey Ford but that's wrong.

Read the question carefully.

Sheep-testicle eating? I thought it was injecting.

His pitching line with the Yanks: 5G, 5GS, 31 IP, 5.52 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 5K, 16BB (those last 2 not transposed).

His record: 5-0.

He knew how to win.

Found one! The Babe!

EDIT: OK, I missed the sheep comment before acting like I was in the Yukon. And he only started FOUR games for the Yanks.

Don't have it yet, but Cy Young didn't have a losing season until he was 38. That's not too shabby.

Spud Chandler?

Alas, his 1944 0-0 ruins everything.

I thought this was going to be about Wells's body mass index.

HGH-using, throw-your-best-pal-under-the-bus

How many more clues do you need?

David. Shut up, hang em up, and come home. I'll buy you a beer.

HGH-using, throw-your-best-pal-under-the-bus
How many more clues do you need?

"The power of Christ COMPELS you! The power of Christ COMPELS you! The power of Christ COMPELS you!"

Meanwhile, I give you the closest thing to Mr. Opposite:

4-1
3-5
9-10
3-18
0-3
0-1
7-9
9-20
1-2
2-5
0-2
(Too bad about that rookie year.)

That's a great question.

I at first thought Clemens, but I should have looked at it from the other side.

Anthony Young?

And he only started FOUR games for the Yanks.

Yeah. 5G, 4GS.

But he still went 5-0. Even when he didn't start, he knew how to win.

But he still went 5-0. Even when he didn't start, he knew how to win.

Especially in 1921: 2G, 9 IP, 10 R, 9 ER, 14 H, 9 BB, 2 K, 2-0. He taught Jack Morris to pitch to the score.

Andy Pettitte?

Andy Pettitte?

Andy Pettitte and Babe Ruth are the answer.

It may be that there's something about modern pitcher usage that increases winning percentage. Here's the list of pitchers with 250+ decisions and a >=500 win%

5 of the top 15 are active (Pedro, Clemens, Johnson, Pettitte, Mussina) and none of them except possibly Pettitte are likely to see a big decrease in their win%'s I don't think. It's 12 of the top 50 if we include Kevin Brown and Curt Schilling is just behind.

If you look younger, you see guys like Oswalt (675), Hudson (659), Santana (679), Halladay (669), Mulder (632). Even guys like Matt Morris, Freddie Garcia, Russ Ortiz, Kirk Rueter had >600 win%'s through age 30.

We sure have a lot of pitchers who "know how to win" these days.

Or maybe leaving the game after 6-7 is beneficial to a pitcher's W-L%.