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and strikeouts - 124. He led the AL with 37 starts. For the second year in a row, he finished 11th in AL MVP voting.

Against the Dodgers in the 1949 World Series, Raschi made two starts. He threw a complete Game 2, with an RBI single by Gil Hodges accounting for the only run as the Yankees lost 1–0. Manager Casey Stengel said afterwards; "Raschi pitched a good game; good enough to win if we got some runs." Raschi allowed six runs over 6+2⁄3 innings in Game 5 but earned the win, clinching the series victory for the Yankees. "It would have been nice to be around at the finish," Raschi said, "but I have

no complaints as long as we won. That's the important thing."

An arm injury suffered on May 13, 1950, caused Raschi to miss a few days, but he returned on May 22 to pitch a complete game

five hitter against the Indians as the Yankees won 5–2, continuing a seven game winning streak. In the first game of a June 11 doubleheader, he held the Browns to three hits in a 1–0 victory. He started the All-Star Game for the first time in 1950, allowing two runs in three innings, though he got a no decision in the AL's 4–3 loss. Facing Feller on August 4, he pitched a three hit shutout in a 1–0 victory over the Indians, as 66,743 fans turned out to see the night game at Cleveland Stadium. Five

days later, he had a perfect game going against the Red Sox until Billy Goodman got a single with two outs in the seventh.