On this day in 1948, the Indians acquired Early Wynn -- possibly the greatest-named pitcher ever

There are some fine baseball names in baseball these days -- from Prince Fielder to Homer Bailey. But perhaps the greatest designation for a gentleman of superior baseball-ing talents was one who was traded from the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians 67 years ago today. A man who not only had a first and last name made for the game, but lived up to it quite admirably.

Early Wynn.

The 28-year-old, who had already won 72 games while maintaining a 3.94 ERA, joined a pitching staff that included future Hall of Famers Bob Feller, Bob Lemon and Satchel Paige. The group didn't win many games that first season (Paige only made five starts), but in 1954, Feller (13 victories), Lemon (23) and Wynn (23) took their team to the World Series. The three stalwarts ended up pitching together for eight seasons from '49-56. In 1952, Lemon, Mike Garcia and Wynn each won at least 20 decisions.

Wynn, probably, mostly because of his name (and tenacity toward pitching inside), won 164 games with the Indians and exactly 300 during his 23 years in baseball. He was an All-Star three times with the team and received MVP votes on five separate occasions. He's fifth all-time in franchise wins, tied for third in strikeouts and, in 1972, he was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The only truly tragic part of Wynn's life was that DJ Khaled wasn't around to give him some fun "All I do is Wynn" nickname. His moniker ended up being "Gus," because, well, he apparently "looked like a Gus."