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unusual facts about starting pitcher



Bill Koski

In his one starting assignment, his second Major League appearance on May 5, 1951, Koski lasted 4⅓ innings against the New York Giants, gave up four hits, six bases on balls and four earned runs, and took the loss in an 8–3 defeat at the Polo Grounds.

Blaine Thomas

Blaine M. "Baldy" Thomas (August 1888 – August 21, 1915) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1911 season.

Bob Milliken

Robert Fogle Milliken (August 25, 1926 – January 4, 2007) was a reliever and spot starter in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1953-54).

Brian Denman

Brian John Denman (born February 12, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1982 season.

Chong Tae-Hyon

As the only amateur player on the 24-man roster, Chong started two critical games against Team USA, facing Roy Oswalt as a starter in both of the games.

David Pauley

He posted a 2–3 with a 2.39 ERA in 10 starts for the Sea Dogs before making his major league debut on May 31 starting for Boston in place of the injured David Wells.

Delvin James

Delvin DeWayne James (born January 3, 1978 in Nacogdoches, Texas) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Dick Brodowski

Richard Stanley Brodowski (born July 26, 1932) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1952 through 1955 for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and Cleveland Indians.

Doc McMahon

Henry John McMahon (December 19, 1886 – December 11, 1929) was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1908 season.

Eric Hetzel

Eric Paul Hetzel (born September 25, 1963 in Crowley, Louisiana) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1989 and 1990 for the Boston Red Sox.

Hank Olmsted

Henry Theodore Olmsted (January 12, 1879 – January 6, 1969) was formally a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Americans during the 1905 season.

Jeff Sellers

Jeffrey Doyle (Jeff) Sellers (born May 11, 1964 in Compton, California) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox from 1985 through 1988.

Jerry Casale

Jerry Joseph Casale (born September 27, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1958 and 1962.

Josh Outman

On July 17, 2008, Outman was traded, along with fellow prospects Adrian Cardenas and Matthew Spencer, to the Oakland Athletics for starting pitcher Joe Blanton.

Ken Chase

Kendall Fay Chase (October 6, 1913 – January 16, 1985) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three teams between 1936 and 1943.

Mo Chang-Min

He hit a two-RBI single off future Orioles starting pitcher Jake Arrieta in Game 3 but struggled at the plate during the series, going 1-for-10.

Sheldon Jones

He earned his nickname from a character in the Li'l Abner comic strip and because of his durability as both a starting pitcher and a reliever early in his MLB career as a member of the Giants.

Strikeout-to-walk ratio

However, in 2005, Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Carlos Silva easily led the major leagues in K/BB ratio with 7.89:1, despite only striking out 71 batters over 188⅓ innings pitched; he walked only nine batters.


see also

1954 Missouri Tigers baseball team

Missouri defeated Oklahoma A&M Aggies 7-3 in the behind a strong outing from starting pitcher Norm Stewart and home runs from Jerry Schoonmaker and George Gleason.

Adewale Ogunleye

He was a classmate of Major League baseball All Star starting pitcher Jason Marquis and a teammate of three-time Super Bowl winning offensive guard Joe Andruzzi.

Arden Heights, Staten Island

Jason MarquisWashington Nationals All Star starting pitcher; though born in Manhasset, New York, he was raised in Arden Heights and attended Tottenville High School, whose baseball team he pitched to two New York City championships.

Bloomfield Tech High School

Hector Santiago (born 1987; class of 2006), starting pitcher for Chicago White Sox.

Chuck Dressen

In the ninth inning of the decisive third game at the Polo Grounds, Dodger starting pitcher Don Newcombe had a 4–2 lead and two men on base when Dressen decided to go to the bullpen, where Carl Erskine and Ralph Branca were warming up.

Dave Eiland

During his time with the Devil Rays, Dave Eiland acted as a body double for Kevin Costner, who played a starting pitcher, in the 1999 film For Love of the Game.

Dusty Brown

On June 21, 2009, Brown was called up to the Red Sox after starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was placed on the disabled list.

First-pitch strike

Phil Hughes of the New York Yankees has excelled in his first full season as a starting pitcher and was named to the American League All-Star team.

George Culver

He made his major league debut at age 23 on September 7, 1966 as the Indians' starting pitcher against Jim Lonborg and the Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

Joe Sparma

In 1965, Sparma was in his first full season with the Tigers, when he was assigned to be the starting pitcher against the Yankees on "Mickey Mantle Day" in New York.

Johan Santana

On June 19, 2007, on the team bus to a game at Shea Stadium, Bert Blyleven said he would have his head shaved if that night's starting pitcher, Santana, threw a complete-game shutout.

LaTroy Hawkins

He was the opposing starting pitcher during the perfect game by Yankees pitcher David Wells on May 17, 1998.

Luis Tiant, Sr.

Tiant's son, Luis Tiant, was a major league starting pitcher from 1964 to 1982.

Na Ji-Wan

Na's big bat in Game 7 helped earn him MVP honors in the Korean Series, although Tigers' starting pitcher Aquilino López arguably deserved the award.

No Jin-Hyuk

On April 27, 2013, No hit his first KBO league home run, which was an inside the park, against starting pitcher Kim Sun-Woo of the Doosan Bears.

Phil Brassington

After a year of college baseball with the Lamar University Cardinals, Brassington was drafted by Kansas City Royals in 5th Round (133rd overall) of 1993 amateur entry draft and played the 1993 season with the Eugene Emeralds as a starting pitcher where he finished with a season ERA of 2.42.

Shep diagram

It was originally created by Drew Sheppard to demonstrate the constant release point of Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish despite the different speeds and locations of the pitches from that release point.

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.