I assume you're referring to lifetime pitchers who are incidentally hitters, rather than erstwhile pitchers (like Babe Ruth and Lefty O'Doul) who started as pitchers, then became hitters.
If so, my WAG is Walter Johnson. I assume he had close to the most plate appearances in the 20th century, so I'd guess the most hits.
Cy Young had a .210 career batting average and 623 hits, with 906 games. He owns an amazing array of MLB career highs, including:
Most starts (815, but only led the league once in 22 seasons))
Most innings pitched (7,356)
Highest WAR (165.6)
Most wins (511, led league in wins five times)
Most losses (315, led league in losses once)
Most complete games (749)
Most hits allowed (7,092)
Most earned runs allowed (2,147, yet a career ERA of just 2.63 -- led the league twice, but led in FIP seven times)
Most batters faced (29,5656. Young attributed his career longevity to pitching in four arm slots, overhand, three quarters, sidearm and submarine)
2,803 career strikeouts, led the league twice.
He had just three career balks and 156 wild pitches. His finest attribute? He had the fewest walks in the league as expressed by walks per nine innings 14 times. 30+ wins five times, 20 or more wins 16 times, along with 19 and 18 in two other seasons.
He threw so hard, his nickname was Cyclone (for what his fastball did to fences), later shortened to Cy. Because of Young (and Giants Amos Rusie and Jouett Meekin), MLB moved back the pitcher's rubber from 55'6" to 60'6" in Young's third year. Young supposedly invented the changeup, called a "slow ball" at the time.
When Young played for the Red Sox, he served as pitching coach for Harvard, a fact that delighted Bostonian sportswriters. He was a Freemason and he became a vegetarian.
He was not elected to the Hall of Fame in its first class. Stopped school after 6th grade to work on his family farm. The Cy Young award was started in 1956, the year after his death.
If so, my WAG is Walter Johnson. I assume he had close to the most plate appearances in the 20th century, so I'd guess the most hits.
Cy Young had a .210 career batting average and 623 hits, with 906 games. He owns an amazing array of MLB career highs, including:
Most starts (815, but only led the league once in 22 seasons))
Most innings pitched (7,356)
Highest WAR (165.6)
Most wins (511, led league in wins five times)
Most losses (315, led league in losses once)
Most complete games (749)
Most hits allowed (7,092)
Most earned runs allowed (2,147, yet a career ERA of just 2.63 -- led the league twice, but led in FIP seven times)
Most batters faced (29,5656. Young attributed his career longevity to pitching in four arm slots, overhand, three quarters, sidearm and submarine)
2,803 career strikeouts, led the league twice.
He had just three career balks and 156 wild pitches. His finest attribute? He had the fewest walks in the league as expressed by walks per nine innings 14 times. 30+ wins five times, 20 or more wins 16 times, along with 19 and 18 in two other seasons.
He threw so hard, his nickname was Cyclone (for what his fastball did to fences), later shortened to Cy. Because of Young (and Giants Amos Rusie and Jouett Meekin), MLB moved back the pitcher's rubber from 55'6" to 60'6" in Young's third year. Young supposedly invented the changeup, called a "slow ball" at the time.
When Young played for the Red Sox, he served as pitching coach for Harvard, a fact that delighted Bostonian sportswriters. He was a Freemason and he became a vegetarian.
He was not elected to the Hall of Fame in its first class. Stopped school after 6th grade to work on his family farm. The Cy Young award was started in 1956, the year after his death.
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