Claim: In the 1973 Philadelphia Phillies season, Steve Carlton failed to recover from a spring training illness while Jim Lonborg and Ken Brett won 13 games each after being obtained from a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers, an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee.
Evidence: Pitchers Jim Lonborg and Ken Brett, both obtained in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers, won 13 games each, as did Wayne Twitchell, whose 2.50 ERA was third in the league. Steve Carlton, the highest paid pitcher in the game at $165,000, never recovered from a spring training illness and went 13–20. The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.