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Originally Posted by David Watts

Stieb entered the league in 1984 at the age of 21. He drafted by the Indianapolis Arrow, round 1, pick 11. Stieb went 22-7 3.08 125 ERA+ as a rookie in 1984. Believe it or not, he didn't win rookie of the year, losing out to Anthony Rendon .314/.389/.447 14 home runs. 1985, 19-11 2.74 143 ERA+. Indianapolis would lose to the Dallas Eagles in 7 games in the 85 World Series. Stieb had a bad post season, starting 3 WS games losing them all with a 7.31 ERA. So far in 1986 he is 11-5 with a 2.88 ERA and 134 ERA+. So overall, he is 52-23 2.90 134ERA+ 13.1 WAR. Indianapolis is once again leading their division. Joining Stieb in the rotation are Johan Santana, Dave McNally and Fausto Carmona. Their big hitters are Ken William(power hitter from the 20's) Chet Lemon and Larry Parrish

That's my guy. There he is...The pitcher of the '80's.