Monday, May 1, 2023

1970 "20-WIN CIRCLE": DAVE BOSWELL

Good day all!

On the blog today, we add Minnesota Twins pitcher Dave Boswell to my new(ish) 1970 "20 Win Circle" sub-set, celebrating the pitchers who reached the magic mark during the 1969 season:


Boswell had what turned out to be the best season of his career in 1969, helping the Minnesota Twins take the American League West by posting a record of 20-12 over 38 starts, posting an earned run average of 3.23 and tossing 256.1 innings.
Sadly things went downhill for him rather quickly after that season, as he suffered an arm injury in the 1969 American league Championship Series against the Orioles.
In 1970, he went 3-7 over 18 games, with a bloated 6.42 ERA before finding himself splitting the 1971 season with the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles, his last year in the Big Leagues.
For his career Boswell went 68-56 with a 3.52 E.R.A., six shutouts and 882 strikeouts before leaving the game at a young 26 years of age due to the aforementioned injury.
Rough end to a once thriving career.