Baseball Hall of Fame: Jaime Moyer and the Fountain of Youth.
Moyer was the oldest pitcher to win an MLB game and the oldest to pitch a shutout, which he did as a 47-year-old with the Phillies in 2010 (breaking a record held by Satchel Paige).
Moyer was an interesting pitcher to watch. In the second half of his career, his fastball hovered just a bit above 80 mph, and his curveball floated in at just below 70 mph. He was the proverbial “guts and guile” pitcher who was still slinging it in the big leagues as a 49-year-old in 2012. In fact, most of his success came after he turned 30. He was 34-54, with a 4.56 ERA before his age-30 season, then went 235-155, with a 4.19 ERA after.
He shined during his 11 years with the Seattle Mariners (145-87, 3.97 ERA), which came in the heart of the high-offense era at the turn of the century. When the Mariners won 116 games in 2001, the 38-year-old Moyer was 20-6, with a 3.43 ERA. Two years later, at the age of 40, he was 21-7, with a 3.27 ERA. He also had a 16-7, 3.71 ERA season as a 45-year-old with the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies.
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Moyer may not be Baseball Hall of Fame worthy, but he had a long and impressive career. Sherwin gave him a vote. I wouldn’t have because there are so many good players on the ballot and you can only vote for 10 guys, but there have been plenty of one-vote guys who were less deserving.