As of September 20, 2008 that was Bud Smith who no hit the Padres and won, 4-0, on September 3, 2001.
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The pitcher who got the last out in the previous bottom of that inning. In other word, that pitcher can be credited with the win by making only one pitch. If I'm called in as a reliever and get a ground out to end the inning and then my team goes ahead in the top of the next inning, I would be the winning pitcher. Even if i only threw one pitch.
Ted Williams hit a home run in his last at bat off of Jack Fisher of the Baltimore Orioles on September 28, 1960.
The last MLB pitcher to pitch at least 162 innings (must pitch 162 innings to qualify to win the ERA title) and have an ERA under 2.00 was Roger Clemens who had a 1.87 ERA for the Houston Astros in 2005. Prior to that, Pedro Martinez had a 1.74 ERA for the Boston Red Sox in 2000.
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