the team to a league championship. On June 5 of that year, Chandler lifted the ban on the players who had jumped to the Mexican League, but Maglie chose to spend the entire season with Drummondville. He returned to the Giants in 1950. New York Giants (1950–55) After his return to the majors, Maglie was integral to the success of the New York Giants teams of the early 1950s, gaining a reputation as one of the game's best pitchers despite being 33 before he ever pitched a full season in the majors. He made the team out of spring training in 1950, but manager Leo Durocher used him sparingly the first part of the year, unimpressed right away with his new pitcher. Maglie emerged as the mainstay of the Giants' bullpen in the first part of the 1950 season. On July 21, he got a chance to start and worked 11 innings, emerging the victor in a 5–4 triumph over the Cardinals. After that, he became part of the starting rotation. From August 16 through September 4, he threw 45 consecutive scoreless innings, narrowly missing the National League (NL) record of straight scoreless innings set by Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell, also of the Giants, in 1933. Included in the streak were four straight shutouts, the most by a major leaguer since Doc White threw five straight in 1904. Hubbell congratulated Maglie after the game, and as of 2020, the streak was still the eighth-longest in major league history (tied with Cy Young's 1904 streak and White's 1904 streak). After losing a game on July 16, Maglie won 11 decisions in a row, not losing again until September 21, his final loss of the season. Though not used as a starter regularly until July 21 and making just 16 starts, he led the NL in winning percentage (.818), ERA (2.71), and shutouts (five). He had an 18–4 record (his 18 wins were the eighth-most in the NL), and he gave up 169 hits in 206 innings pitched. He finished 10th in NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) voting after the season. By the 1951 season, Maglie had emerged as the ace of the Giants' staff. After back-to-back losses in April, he won nine games in a row from April 30 through June 5. After allowing a leadoff triple to Pete Castiglione on May 4, he allowed no further hits in a