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1984 Caribbean Series

Other significant members of the roster included pitchers Porfi Altamirano, Luis Sánchez and Manny Sarmiento; catcher Bobby Ramos; infielders Juan Bustabad, Johnny Paredes, Razor Shines and Manny Trillo, and outfielders Jeff Stone and César Tovar.

Angela Tincher

Tincher ranks third behind Monica Abbott and Cat Osterman on the NCAA Division I Softball career strikeouts list with 2,149 and was one of only two pitchers to strike out more than 500 batters in the 2007 college season.

Art Fowler

He led Southern Association pitchers in games pitched (54), innings pitched (261), hits allowed (273), and ERA (3.03) while playing for the Atlanta Crackers in 1953, and led Carolina League pitchers with 23 wins while playing for the Danville Leafs in 1945.

Babe Birrer

Thanks to the persistent advocacy of former pitchers David Clyde and Gary Neibauer, as well as sportswriter Doug Gladstone, both MLB and the MLBPA announced in 2011 that all these inactive, non-vested men like Birrer and all of whom played between 1947 and 1979, would receive up to $10,000 per year.

Bases Loaded II: Second Season

Though some characteristics remained the same between Bases Loaded and Bases Loaded II (e.g. the same fictitious 12-team league returns in this game, with new players. It is worth noting that all of the players on the Washington, D.C. team are named after famous politicians, while all of Los Angeles's players take their names from Hollywood luminaries. In addition, one of Hawaii's pitchers is named Ho.), there are several noteworthy changes.

Black Aces

Some black pitchers from Latin America, notably Luis Tiant, have expressed disappointment that they are not included in this group.

Bryan Morris

In an interview with MLB.com, Morris stated that he talks to other pitchers for valuable tips on throwing, like most other young pitchers do, however he also talks a lot with catchers for their perspective on how they attack hitters.

Bunny Hearn

At a game in London, Hearn explained the various grips pitchers used on the ball to King George V.

Cardinals–Royals rivalry

The Royals took two out of three from the Cardinals in 2010 behind victories from starting pitchers Zack Greinke and Bruce Chen.

Cho Young-Hun

While attending Sokcho Commerce High School in Gangwon-do, Cho was considered one of the top high school hitting pitchers nationwide along with Choo Shin-Soo and Lee Dae-Ho.

College of Southern Nevada

On March 18, 1999, CSN hired its first baseball coach—local legend Rodger Fairless, who coached former MLB pitchers Greg Maddux and Mike Maddux at Valley High School during the 1980s, and was more well known for coaching Green Valley High School to six consecutive Nevada state baseball championships from 1993-98.

Dan Wheeler

He is one of four pitchers who have pitched in at least 70 games each of the four seasons from 2004 to 08, the others being Scott Schoeneweis (who has done so for five seasons), Bob Howry, and Chad Qualls.

East-West League

The top league pitchers were Harry Salmon (14–6 with Homestead) and Bertrum Hunter (12–4 with Detroit), with Satchel Paige of non-league Pittsburgh holding the overall lead in wins with a 21–9 record.

First-pitch strike

The Indiana Hoosiers men's baseball team records their own pitchers' first pitch strike percentages.

Guy Conti

Prior to joining the Mets, Conti held various coaching positions in the Los Angeles Dodgers' minor league system, where he befriended Sandy Koufax and also worked with young pitchers such as Pedro Martínez and Ismael Valdez.

Harry Dunlop

Between May 13 and May 26, 1952, Dunlop caught three no-hitters from Bristol pitchers, one from Ron Necciai in which Necciai struck out a record 27 batters in a nine-inning game, and two no-hitters from teammate Bill Bell.

Herb Moford

On April 11, 1962, Moford was one of four New York Mets pitchers in the first game in franchise history, an 11–4 defeat against the St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman's Park.

Knuckle curve

This version of the knuckle curve is currently used by Major League pitchers Cliff Lee, Dan Haren, J. P. Howell, Brandon Morrow, Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett, and Jonathan Sanchez.

Lee Jae-Hak

Lee spent the Dinos' inaugural 2013 KBO campaign as a solid part of the starting rotation, alongside former MLB pitchers Charlie Shirek, Adam Wilk and Eric Hacker.

Lefty Gomez

Among pitchers who made their MLB debuts from 1900 to 1950, only Lefty Grove, Christy Mathewson and Whitey Ford have both more victories and a higher winning percentage than Gomez.

Ma Jung-Kil

During his collegiate years at Dankook University, Ma was considered one of the top sidearm/submarine pitchers along with Chong Tae-Hyon of Kyung Hee University.

Matt Murton

On July 8, 2008, Murton was traded along with three other Cubs prospects to the Oakland Athletics for pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin.

Mel Stottlemyre

His sons Todd and Mel Jr. both followed their father by becoming major league pitchers.

Naoko Funayama

In her first year with NESN, she covered Red Sox pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima.

Nepenthes inermis

Nepenthes inermis pitchers mostly trap flying insects, particularly those of the two fly suborders: Nematocera and Brachycera.

Nepenthes izumiae

Nepenthes izumiae may also bear a resemblance to N. bongso and N. ovata, but both of these species have entirely infundibular upper pitchers and often have spathulate laminae with glabrous margins.

Nepenthes peltata

It has been speculated that the species may produce aerial pitchers only in deep shade or if provided with sufficient vegetation to support a climbing stem, as is the case with the closely related N. deaniana and N. mira.

Nepenthes spectabilis

In 1996, Paul Harwood, Heiko Rischer and Andreas Wistuba observed that the majority of prey in both lower and upper pitchers of this form consisted of beetles.

Plants from the type locality produce relatively broad upper pitchers, while those from Mount Pangulubao are much narrower.

Newark Peppers

Along with Roush and McKechnie, notable players on the Peppers included pitchers Ed Reulbach and Cy Falkenberg.

Pflugerville High School

Its athletics department is fairly notable in that it has produced two Major League Baseball pitchers, Mario Ramos and Nate Minchey, along with many other minor league baseball players.

Pitch count

Rany Jazayerli estimates that two thirds of young starting pitchers from 1999 on are still playing five years later, compared to one of two between 1984 and 1998, and attributes the improvement to greater emphasis on the pitch count.

Reserve clause

The reserve clause was struck down in 1975 when arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled that since pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally played for one season without a contract, they could become free agents.

Rick Wise

Wise would have joined Cy Young and Jim Bunning as pitchers who had hurled no-hitters in both leagues (Nolan Ryan, Hideo Nomo and Randy Johnson have done it since).

Russ Christopher

The following season, Christopher was part of an optimistic 1945 Athletics team, so much so that coach Earle Mack felt that Christopher, Black, Newsom and Jesse Flores were the best quartet of starting pitchers in the league.

Salem Senators

These pitchers are Kirk McCaskill, who easily had the most extensive career of the four, Bob Kipper, Urbano Lugo, and Tony Mack.

Sam Moffie

The novel is loosely based upon an obscure real-life incident between former New York Yankees' pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Petersen, who, in the 1970s, actually traded their wives, children and pets to one another.

Sergio Mitre

On December 7, 2005, Mitre and minor league pitchers Ricky Nolasco and Renyel Pinto were traded to the Florida Marlins for Juan Pierre.

Steve Lombardozzi, Jr.

On December 2, 2013, Lombardozzi was traded to the Detroit Tigers, along with pitchers Ian Krol and Robbie Ray, for starting pitcher Doug Fister.

Takehiro Ishii

He led all pitchers in the 1988 Cup in strikeouts (32 in 27 1/3 IP), beating out the likes of Andy Benes, Ben McDonald, Charles Nagy, Jim Abbott, Hideo Nomo and Orlando Hernandez.

Terris McDuffie

McDuffie led the league's pitchers with a 5-3 record, surpassing Johnny Lindell, Bob Feller, Lee Stine, George Darrow, Tom Glover and Pat Tobin, among others.

Tomo Ohka

In the March 16, 2003 episode entitled C. E. D'oh!, Bart Simpson exclaims "Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!" while playing baseball, to which Milhouse replies "Well, I'm Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays!", referencing the relative obscurity of the two pitchers, as well as the unusual nature of their names.

Tyler Hinman

The theme consisted of World Series-winning pitchers who share a name with vocalists on #1 hits.

Willie Tasby

After just 11 games in 1962, Willie was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for a couple of pitchers.


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