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Born in Orient , Iowa , Vance played a decade in the minors before establishing himself as a big league player in 1922 with the Brooklyn Dodgers at the age of 31, when he went 18-12 with a 3.70 ERA and a league-leading 134 Strikeout s. His best individual season came in 1924 , when he led the National League in wins (28), strikeouts (262) and ERA (2.16) (see Triple Crown ) en route to winning the National League MVP Award . Vance's play began to decline in the early 1930s , and after bouncing to the St. Louis Cardinals , Cincinnati Reds and back to the Dodgers, he retired after the 1935 season. Vance led the league in ERA three times, wins twice, and established a National League by leading the league in strikeouts in seven consecutive years (1922 - 1928 ). He retired with a 197-140 record, 2045 strikeouts and a 3.24 ERA - remarkable numbers considering he only saw 33 innings of big league play during his twenties. Vance pitched a No-hitter in 1925 . He was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1955 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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