Adrian (Addie) Joss was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1978 along with Larry MacPhail and Edwin Mathews. Joss was a RHP with nine seasons MLB experience pitching with the Cleveland Bronchos (1902) and Cleveland Naps (1903-1910). For his career he was 160-97 with a 1.89 ERA, 920 K, 0.97 WHIP, 5 SV, 260 complete games, 45 shut outs in 2327.0 IP over 286 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1907 when he was 27-11 with a 1.83 ERA, 127 K, 0.98 WHIP, 2 SV, 34 complete games, 6 shut outs in 338.2 IP over 42 games, 1908 when he was 24-11 with a 1.16 ERA, 130 K, 0.81 WHIP, 2 SV, 29 complete games, 9 shut outs in 325.0 IP over 42 games and 1906 when he was 21-9 with a 1.72 ERA, 106 K, 0.93 WHIP, 1 SV, 28 complete games, 9 shut outs in 282.0 IP over 34 games.
Joss led the American League in wins in 1907. He led the AL in ERA in 1904 (1.59) and 1908.
He pitched two no hitters with one on October 2, 1908 against the Chicago White Sox which was a perfect game and one on April 20, 1910 also against the Chicago White Sox. Joss has the second best career ERA in MLB history and his career WHIP (0.968) is the best in MLB history.
Hall of Fame page
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