Who Am I?

[NetShrine]

What non-American pitcher won 15+ ten times in addition to finishing in the Top Ten for Ks (in his league) 15 times in a 17 year period? Come on, from your head, without looking it up. :nono:

[Golden Bear]

The first impluse is to think of Latino players (My first thought was Marichal), but in fact the answer is Bert Blyleven, who was born in the Netherlands.

[NetShrine]

Correct John!
Was this one too easy?
I tried to throw some of the track with the non-native mention. :blush:

[Golden Bear]

No, it was hard. Also throwing you off track was talking about wins initially instead of K's. When you think about wins, you go nuts, because there isn't a Latino player with more than 250. (I think Dennis Martinez is tops somewhere in the 240's.)

Once you focus on K's, you mentally roll down the list of K leaders, and you come upon Blyleven quickly (Ryan, Carlton, Blyleven). Then I thought, "Hey, wait a minute...isn't he Dutch?"

[NetShrine]

Funny - I was going to do HRs allowed (not Ks) - - but thought that would point to Bert even faster!