Pud Galvin

'If I had Galvin to catch, no one would ever steal a base on me. That fellow keeps them glued to the bag,' Hall of Fame catcher Buck Ewing said.

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Reflecting on the life and career of Pud Galvin, a writer commented that a proper accounting of Galvin’s achievements "would be a task of time and would … require a volume in size almost equal to the dictionary."1 Galvin pitched for 16 years during a career that spanned three decades, four major leagues, and countless changes to the rules governing pitchers. He threw the first perfect game on record and was the first pitcher to reach 300 career wins in the major leagues; but his accomplishments came before the existence of the term "perfect game," and in an age that had no sense of the meaning of 300 career victories.

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James Francis "Pud" Galvin (December 25, 1856 – March 7, 1902) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher in the 19th century. He was MLB's first 300-game winner and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965.

Career: 365-310 (5th), 2.85 ERA, 1807 SO, P/OF, HOF in 1965, Bisons/Alleghenys/... 1875-1892, t:R, 3x BB9 Leader, born in Unite. 1856, died 1902