{"product_id":"one-win-wonders-9781960819130","title":"One-Win Wonders","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Society for American Baseball Research\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Society for American Baseball Research\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOne-Win Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e, we meet 78 players whose time in the major leagues included only a single pitching win. \u003cem\u003eOne-Win Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e is a companion book to the 2021 SABR book \u003cem\u003eOne-Hit Wonders, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich included biographies of players who had gotten only a single hit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 78 players whose biographies are presented here are among the 915 players who completed their major-league career with just one win. An astonishing 229 of those never lost a game, ending with a career record of 1-0. Some simply had very brief stays in the majors, like Bill Ging \"With the Wonderful Wing\" who joined the Boston Beaneaters at the tail end of 1899 and secured a 2-1 complete game victory over the New York Giants, but found himself without a team when the National League contracted from 12 teams to eight in 1900. Then there's Nick Adenhart, whose career was tragically cut short by a drunk driver hours after securing his win for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOthers, like catcher Brent Mayne, were position players who wound up on the mound and left with a victory. Mayne's win came in an epic extra-innings contest between the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves, after the last pitcher on the roster was ejected after a brawl. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the current 30 major-league franchises is represented by at least one such wonder, as are a number of other teams, some dating back to the nineteenth century. \u003cem\u003eOne-Win Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e represents the collaborative work of nearly 60 researchers, authors, and editors from the Society for American Baseball Research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Society for American Baseball Research","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45161424814231,"sku":"9781960819130","price":2970.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781960819130.webp?v=1768569943","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/one-win-wonders-9781960819130","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}