R.A. Dickey’s 2012 season caught everyone off guard. Although he had pitched well since joining the New York Mets for the 2010 season, nobody thought he would win a Cy Young Award.
Dickey did that and more in his ridiculous 2012 campaign. The 37-year-old knuckleballer led the league with 230 strikeouts, 5 complete games, and 3 shutouts. In a pair of June interleague match-ups, Dickey did something more people should mention whenever his name comes up.
When Dickey took the mound on June 13, 2012, he was already 9-1 with a 2.