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CyTwo players of the 50s come to mind as obscure but really had some significant year(s).
In 1951 Ned Garver went 20-12 on a St. Louis Browns team that won a grand total of 52 games. The Browns went 52-102 that year. This is reminiscent of Steve Carlton going 27-10 with a Phillies team that had a 59-97 record. Ned Garver's record that year on an extremely terrible team was truly amazing. I am not sure if any other pitcher, other than Carlton, had a bigger percentage of his teams total wins.
The other player is Mel Parnell. Parnell was a very good pitcher for the Red Sox in the 1950s. During a stretch of six seasons, Parnell had a record of 109-56. These are amazing stats for a player who very few people know about at all.
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