Common Denominator: Pittsburgh And Las Vegas!

"At one point in their careers, played for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Now, in 2018, on the Stanley Cup Finalist, Vegas Golden Knights."

The Golden Knights face off against the Capitals, with the extravaganza starting on May 28th. But the Knights have something up their sleeve: The have some former members of Washington's old nemesis, Pittsburgh.

For starters, let's look at Marc Andre Fleury and Ryan Reaves. Reaves was traded to Pittsburgh by St. Louis in the 2017 offseason. But 58 games into his tenure with the Penguins, it was adios to Ryan. He went west to the Golden Knights.

Fleury was exposed in the expansion draft of 2017. The goalie got Pittsburgh through the first two rounds in their Stanley Cup-winning season of 2016/17. Matt Murray took over in the Eastern Conference Finals against Ottawa. The Pens didn't use Fleury past game 3, there. But he's sure helped Vegas. Fleury also has a 2009 playoff-series win over Washington in his resume.

James Neal lost, as a member of the Nashville Predators, to Matt Murray and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals. A tough six-game finals which nevertheless gave him his first taste of a championship series. The 2018 finals will be the second straight year he plays in one. James played for Pittsburgh from 2010/11 to 2013/14.

David Perron played just a half season (43 games) for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2014/15. He scored 12 goals and added 10 assists, but was pretty much a non-factor in their five-game playoff loss to the New York Rangers that season.

Derek Engelland is the oldest member of the brand new expansion team in Vegas. He played for the Pens from 2009/10 to 2013/14 seasons. Though he never won a Stanley Cup, or played in the finals with them, he was a teammate of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin for five seasons. At the age of 35, he's finally in the finals.

So the Vegas Golden Knights have connections to Sid and Evgeni. Now, does this tip the odds in their favour come this Monday? We shall see. The Capitals finally got by the Penguins in six games in the Metropolitan Division Finals. It was the Caps first playoffs series win over the Pens in 24 years. Now, the Caps are back in the finals for the first time in 20 years. Alexander Ovechkin and his teammates are in uncharted waters, as of course are the Vegas Golden Knights. There will be a familiar foe in the nets, from playoff battles past. Can Vegas get back what seems like a team of destiny? Again, we shall see.


References


Dividock, Kaitlyn. “The Penguins' Cup Defense Is over, but Their Exes Are Still Playing.” SBNation.com, Sports Blog Nation, Vox Media. Web. 26 May 2018, www.sbnation.com/nhl/2018/5/26/17375620/vegas-golden-knights-former-penguins.

“Official Site of the National Hockey League.” NHL.com, The National Hockey League, www.nhl.com/. Web. 26 May. 2018.

Sports Reference LLC.  Hockey-Reference.com - Hockey Statistics and History. http://www.hockey-reference.com/. 26 May. 2018.Web.

World Series: Did You Know?

Well, I was wrong about something earlier. Now, it's time to set the record straight.

I mentioned earlier some time back, that George Gibson was the first Canadian to appear in the Fall Classic. That is, in fact, not true. There was a switch-hitter from New Brunswick who appeared three years earlier in the World Series (1906). It should be noted, however, that Gibson was the first Canadian-born player to appear in every game in the Fall Classic. Not a cameo as you will see with Bill O'Neill.

O'Neill was on the 1906 Chicago White Sox. Known as the "Hitless Wonders," the team hit just .230 in the regular season. John hit only .248 in 1906. But still, that was better than some of his teammates.

But after playing 94 regular season games, Billy did a lot of watching in the World Series as his Chicago White Sox faced their pals across town: The Chicago Cubs!

So poor hitting wasn't about to stop 'em! The AL winners scored just 2 runs in a 2-1 win in game one, but got beaten badly, 7-1 in game three. However...In the Cubbies home park, West Side Grounds, it was the National League team that starved for hits, and our boy's cameo.

Ed Walsh, the Pale Hose starter, went the distance. Hits allowed? 2 K's? 12. For good measure, Ed even scored a run. Outside of the first inning, the Cubs were held hitless! It should be noted, the White Sox managed only 4 hits themselves off Jack Pfiester. And the game itself was scoreless through five.

And that's when the wheels came off the Cubs' chariot.

Lee Tannehill got it all started by singling to lead off. Ed Walsh, the pitcher having a great game, walked. Right fielder Ed Hahn was hit by a pitch, loading 'em up! Bill O'Neill came in to run for the right fielder.

Jack Pfiester retired the next 2 batters. But then he gave up a bases-clearing triple to George Rohe. That, of course, was the game's only scoring play.

O'Neill stayed in the game, in right. Pfiester got him to pop to third in the top of the 8th. As it turns out, neither team scored again. Bill only got to make one putout in the remaining 4 innings.

The White Sox went on to win the 1906 World Series in 6 games, as the all-Chicago Fall Classic went to the AL side of things.


References


Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. http://www.baseball-reference.com/. Web. 22 May. 2018.

Nowlin, Bill. “John O'Neill.” Society for American Baseball Research, Society for American Baseball Research, <sabr.org/bioproj/person/b6cd442a>. 22 May. 2018.

World Series: Did You Know?

Casey Stengel and Aaron Ward both hit .417, or 41666... in the 1923 Fall Classic. Tough time to determine who hit for the highest average in that World Series. Gotta go with both, I guess. Stengel was 5-12 and Ward 10-24.

Oh, the teams? Both from New York. It was, for the third year in a row, Giants vs. Yankees.

Stengel started the World Series off in dramatic fashion. His inside-the-park home run in the top of the ninth won game one at Yankee Stadium. The home team had led 3-0 early, but couldn't hold it. For his part, Ward was 2-4 at the dish. Hitting .500. But his team needed more offence.

Actually, same deal in game 2. Ward, 2-4. Yankees? 4 runs. However, the opposition only scored 2 runs, and this thing was level at 1 game each. It was Ward with a home run of his own to help the cause. The teams had alternated wins, as they had ballparks. Game 2 was played at the Polo Grounds. Unlike today where it's 2-3-2. Surprisingly, Casey Stengel, 2-3 in game 1, only saw time as a defensive replacement in centre field this game. So times at the dish for him.

In game 3 back at Yankee Stadium, Stengel and Ward were a combined 2-7. However, only one run scored this game. Guess how it was scored? Stengel, another home run.

Back at the Polo Grounds, the visitors won for the fourth time in this Fall Classic. The Yankees scored 6 runs in the top of the 2nd to put this one away, although the final score was sure a slug fest, 8-4. Aaron Ward was 2-4 for the 3rd time in the 1923 World Series, but was upstaged by Casey Stengel. Casey was a perfect 2-2, and even walked twice. For some bizzare reason, manager John McGraw pinch hit for Casey in the bottom of the ninth. That inning saw the Giants (Albeit too late) get another inside-the-park home run from Ross Young. Bill Cunningham, batting for Stengel one out later, fanned.

The first all-out rout in '23 was the pivotal game 5. The Yankees, led by Ward's fourth 2-4 game, won easily 8-1. Oddly enough, Babe Ruth didn't have an RBI. But he touched home twice (Ward didn't once despite his efforts). The home team had finally won. Stengel didn't get a hit, but collected the lone Giants' RBI.

Despite trailing 3-2, the Giants went home and appeared to have this Fall Classic sent back to the Stadium for game 7. Despite a home run by Ruth, it was 4-1 Giants after 7. In the top of the 8th, as Stengel watched helplessly from the dugout, the Yankees scored 5 runs on only 3 hits. That concluded the game's scoring.

Stengel came on to pinch hit in the bottom of the frame, but could only pop to third. Ward had just a hit to show for 4 trips to the plate. So the two didn't do much in the clincher. No matter, they'd topped everyone else in batting average over the course of the six-game World Series.


References


Enders, Eric. 100 years of the World Series. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2005. Print.

Neft, David S., Richard M. Cohen, and Michael L. Neft. The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball, 1992. 12th ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Print.

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series: Complete Play-by-play of Every Game, 1903-1989. 4th ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1990. Print.

Nemec, David et all. 20th Century Baseball Chronicle: A Year-by-year History of Major League Baseball. Collector's Edition. Lincolnwood, Ill: Publications International, 1993. Print.

Snyder, John S. World Series!: Great Moments and Dubious Achievements. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1995. Print.

Sports Reference LLC.  Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. http://www.baseball-reference.com/. Web. 14 May. 2018.

Common Denominator: St. Louis And Las Vegas

"Expansion teams, won 8 postseason games their first year in the National Hockey League."

The great expansion of 1967/68 saw the NHL double in size from six teams to twelve. One of the new teams was the St. Louis Blues, who were coached by some chap named Scotty Bowman. They had Glenn Hall in net, plucked away from Chicago in the expansion draft.

The team itself was full of many of these castoffs, but Hall certainly was a steal. Amazingly enough, the Blues would be the third team he took all the way to the Stanley Cup finals. How long did it take Glenn to do that? Only 13 seasons. In 1961, he beat Montreal single-handily in the semi-finals and then nailed the door shut on Detroit (His old team) a round later. Just the type of goalie a new team needs.

Now, the Blues W-L-T record wasn't very good, 27-31-16. Put in perspective five of the Original Six teams (Boston, Chicago, Montreal, New York  and Toronto did better than that. Two other new teams topped it for good measure. But neither the Philadelphia Flyers or Los Angeles Kings would make the Stanley Cup finals that year.

Philadelphia, with their 31-32-11 record for...first place in the Western Conference (Home of all the newbies) got St. Louis in the first round of the playoffs. It was now three rounds to win for the Stanley Cup. Previously, it had been only two.

Red Berenson had led the Blues in scoring with just 51 points. Their team captain, btw, was none other than future legendary coach Al Arbour. Amazingly enough, he'd been to the Stanley Cup finals with three teams himself. And St. Louis would be the fourth.

It took seven games, but St. Louis had an upset. They stole it 3-1 in game 7 on the road. Minnesota was next, but this time, guess who had home ice advantage? St. Louis did. They needed it, too, as Ron Schock's double-OT winner in game seven sent the Blues into the finals against the Montreal Canadians.

Now, here's where it's not fair. An established team vs. a new team. A current greats vs. a bunch of "has beens"? St. Louis wasn't exactly the latter, but they were swept!

But then again, every game was close. One goal decided every game, in fact. Games one and three went into OT. Glenn Hall? He walked away with the playoff MVP (Conn Smythe Award). The team had nothing to be ashamed of.



50 years later, the Las Vegas Golden Knights were the one and only newbies in the NHL, which was now at 31 teams, if you can believe it. You know what team was the worst? Why the Golden Knights. Only, they didn't exactly play like that in 2017/18, did they?

They didn't.

How long did it take them to win their 27th game? Only 38 contests were needed for Las Vegas to get that. At the time, the Golden Knights were 27-9-2. Wow!

Soon, the expansion team won their 34th game of the season, a new National Hockey League record for first-year organizations. Vegas didn't stop there. When the smoke had cleared after 82 regular season games, the new kids were 51-24-7. 1st place in the Pacific. Third overall in the Western Conference. Hmmm...Where have I heard that one before?

When the playoffs started, Vegas rode a strong team effort to sweep the Los Angeles Kings in round #1. But here we go again. All four games were decided by one goal.



The San Jose Sharks was once an expansion team not that long ago. 1991/92 to be exact. Hey, Gary Bettman wasn't even around back then and the NHL was 75 years old. Not 101.

Getting back to it, no sweep here. The Sharks, coming off a sweep of their own of the Anaheim Ducks, stayed with the Knights. After losing the first game by a lopsided score of 7-0, they bounced back with some overtime magic to steal game two. The new guys were undaunted. They won an OT game of their own in the third contest, but couldn't get anything past Martin Jones in the fourth one. The 4-0 win by San Jose at home leveled this, 2-2 in games.

Here's where Las Vegas was expected to fold. But they held on to their nerves. A 4-0 lead was nearly erased, and the home team needed a Jonathan Marchessault empty net goal to prevail 5-3. The series then shifted back to San Jose and Marc Andre Fleury was through giving up goals to the Sharks. His team scored three, but Marc needed only one. The 3-0 win moved 'em into the Conference Finals. Winnipeg was up next!



So, do the wheels finally come off the chariot here? Just like it did in the third round for St. Louis 50 years ago? Could very well have. Game one went to the home team, the Jets.


If the new guys want to make it a series, Las Vegas will have to steal game two on the road. Coach Gerald Gallant will have to be a mastermind ala-Scotty Bowman. Nonetheless, years after the first expansion experiment produced the lovable Blues, the Knights are trying to write their own history. For now, they'll have to settle with a shared spot in NHL history for postseason wins by a first year expansion team.


References

Diamond, Dan. Total Stanley Cup: An Official Publication Of The National Hockey League. Toronto: Published in Canada by Total Sports Canada, 2000. Print.

McFarlane, Brian. Brian McFarlane's History Of Hockey. Sports Publishing Inc., 1997. Print.

Irvin, Dick. The Habs: An Oral History Of The Montreal Canadiens, 1940-1980. McClelland & Stewart, 1992. Print.

Maguire, Liam. What's The Score? Random House Canada, 2001. Print

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Smyly's Only Relief So Far Was In 2013, Part 2

Drew Smyly's second set of stats is no less awesome than his first set. The 21 (Cook got that number the previous year) holds more than makes up for the "only" 2 saves he recorded in 2013. His WHIP and WAR is right up there. Drew also fanned 9.6 batters per 9 innings pitched.

Stat Set 2

Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Walsh	1904	1	?	?	?	2.60	57	4.6	1.102	0.1
Griffith	1905	1	?	?	?	1.68	46	4.1	0.954	3.3
Keefe	1907	3	?	?	?	2.50	20	3.1	1.387	2.0
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Chappelle	1908	0	?	?	?	1.79	23	2.9	1.095	0.3
Leever	1909	2	?	?	?	2.83	23	3.0	1.257	-0.1
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Phillipe	1910	4	?	?	?	2.29	30	2.2	0.986	2.0
Baskette	1912	1	?	?	?	3.18	51	4.0	1.336	2.2
Crandall	1913	6	?	?	?	2.86	42	3.9	1.290	0.5
Wolfgang	1914	0	?	?	?	1.89	50	3.8	1.073	1.8
Mays	1915	7	?	?	?	2.60	65	4.4	1.063	1.0
Danforth	1917	9	?	?	?	2.65	79	4.1	1.324	3.2
Dubuc	1919	3	?	?	?	2.66	32	2.2	1.182	0.6
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Morton	1921	1	?	?	?	2.76	45	3.8	1.207	2.3
Baumgartner	1925	3	?	?	?	3.57	18	1.4	1.368	2.5
Marberry	1926	22	?	?	?	3.00	43	2.8	1.348	3.1
Haid	1928	5	?	?	?	2.30	21	4.0	1.064	0.4
Rommel	1929	4	1	0.800	1	2.85	25	2.0	1.484	1.6
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Lindsey	1931	7	1	0.875	?	2.77	32	3.9	1.634	1.1
Quinn	1932	13	?	?	?	2.66	24	3.5	1.383	1.1
Russell	1933	13	?	?	?	2.69	28	2.0	1.218	3.1
Brown	1938	5	?	?	?	3.80	55	3.7	1.500	0.4
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Beggs	1940	7	4	0.636	0	2.00	25	2.9	1.161	2.2
Murphy	1941	15	7	0.682	0	1.98	29	3.4	1.397	2.2
Adams	1943	9	2	0.818	0	2.82	46	3.0	1.254	3.0
Heving	1944	10	?	?	0	1.96	46	3.5	1.228	1.9
Maltzberger	1944	12	?	?	0	2.96	49	4.8	1.095	1.8
Christopher	1947	12	2	0.857	0	2.90	33	3.7	1.277	1.4
Page	1949	27	11	0.711	0	2.59	99	6.6	1.315	4.2
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Konstanty	1950	22	4	0.846	0	2.66	56	3.3	1.039	4.7
Aloma	1951	3	1	0.750	0	1.82	25	3.2	1.096	3.2
Wilhelm	1952	11	1	0.917	1	2.43	108	6.1	1.155	2.7
Paige	1952	10	5	0.667	1	3.07	91	5.9	1.254	3.4
Kinder	1953	27	8	0.771	4	1.85	39	3.3	1.140	4.5
Mossi	1954	7	0	1.000	0	1.94	55	5.3	1.022	3.3
Narleski	1955	19	2	0.905	6	3.71	94	7.6	1.281	2.5
Freeman	1956	18	3	0.857	2	3.40	50	4.1	1.344	2.6
Farrell	1957	10	3	0.769	0	2.38	54	5.8	1.320	2.4
Zuverink	1957	9	8	0.529	0	2.48	36	2.9	1.278	2.7
Hyde	1958	18	5	0.783	0	1.75	49	4.3	1.136	4.9
Duren	1959	14	7	0.667	1	1.88	96	11.3	1.200	3.8
Staley	1959	15	4	0.789	2	2.24	54	4.2	1.169	2.5
Face	1959	10	9	0.526	1	2.70	69	6.7	1.243	3.2
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
McDaniel	1960	26	6	0.813	1	1.29	95	8.2	0.863	6.0
Brosnan	1960	12	2	0.857	2	2.36	62	5.6	1.020	2.7
Arroyo	1961	29	10	0.744	1	2.19	87	6.6	1.109	3.3
Fox	1961	12	2	0.857	3	1.41	32	5.0	1.012	2.6
Radatz	1963	25	3	0.893	0	1.97	162	11.0	1.096	5.7
Perranoski	1963	21	8	0.724	0	1.67	75	5.2	1.202	4.5
Lee	1964	19	8	0.704	1	1.51	111	7.3	1.058	4.3
Ellis	1964	14	2	0.875	1	2.57	125	9.2	1.054	3.1
Miller	1965	24	1	0.960	1	1.89	104	7.8	0.997	4.3
Regan	1966	21	7	0.750	1	1.62	88	6.8	0.934	5.0
Hoerner	1966	13	3	0.813	4	1.54	63	7.5	1.026	3.0
Drabowsky	1967	12	5	0.706	3	1.60	96	9.1	0.955	3.2
Abernathy	1967	28	6	0.824	1	1.27	88	7.4	0.978	6.2
Wood	1968	16	5	0.762	7	1.87	74	4.2	1.006	5.4
Tatum	1969	22	1	0.957	2	1.36	65	6.8	1.042	4.3
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Williams	1970	15	4	0.789	7	1.99	76	6.0	1.032	2.8
McMahon	1970	19	5	0.792	0	2.96	74	7.1	1.219	3.0
Sanders	1971	31	4	0.886	0	1.91	80	5.3	1.064	4.1
Giusti	1972	22	5	0.815	0	1.93	54	6.5	1.058	2.3
Knowles	1972	11	3	0.786	5	1.37	36	4.9	1.310	2.5
Hiller	1973	38	4	0.905	0	1.44	124	8.9	1.021	8.1
Borbon	1973	14	5	0.737	6	2.16	60	4.5	1.421	2.5
Marshall	1974	21	12	0.636	9	2.42	143	6.2	1.186	3.1
Gossage	1975	26	5	0.839	1	1.84	130	8.3	1.193	8.2
Eastwick	1976	26	9	0.743	1	2.09	70	5.9	1.115	2.8
Lyle	1977	26	8	0.765	1	2.17	68	4.5	1.197	3.7
Sutter	1977	31	9	0.775	0	1.34	129	10.8	0.857	6.5
Stanley	1978	10	5	0.667	1	2.60	38	2.2	1.242	4.1
Blair	1978	28	5	0.848	2	1.97	91	8.2	1.246	4.1
Tekulve	1979	31	6	0.838	8	2.79	75	5.0	1.176	3.2
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
McGraw	1980	20	5	0.800	0	1.46	75	7.3	0.921	4.7
Fingers	1981	28	6	0.824	0	1.04	61	7.0	0.872	4.2
Caudill	1982	26	6	0.813	0	2.35	111	10.4	1.045	4.4
Reardon	1982	26	8	0.765	2	2.06	86	7.1	1.128	3.5
Smith	1983	29	4	0.879	1	1.65	91	7.9	1.074	4.8
Hernandez	1984	32	1	0.970	0	1.92	112	7.2	0.941	4.8
Lamp	1985	2	5	0.286	8	3.32	68	5.8	1.164	1.3
Eichhorn	1986	10	4	0.714	7	1.72	166	9.5	0.955	7.4
Righetti	1986	46	10	0.821	0	2.45	83	7.0	1.153	3.8
Henke	1987	34	8	0.810	1	2.49	128	12.3	0.926	3.3
Burke	1987	18	4	0.818	5	1.19	58	5.7	0.890	4.3
Henneman	1988	22	7	0.759	2	1.87	58	5.7	1.051	3.3
Lancaster	1989	8	3	0.727	7	1.36	56	6.9	1.032	3.9
Russell	1989	38	6	0.864	0	1.98	77	9.5	0.950	2.5
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Eckersley	1990	48	2	0.960	0	0.61	73	9.0	0.614	3.3
Thigpen	1990	57	8	0.877	0	1.83	70	7.1	1.038	3.4
Henry	1991	15	1	0.938	3	1.00	28	7.0	0.833	2.2
Aguilera	1991	42	9	0.824	0	2.35	61	8.0	1.072	2.4
Ward	1992	12	4	0.750	24	1.95	103	9.1	1.135	3.1
Rojas	1992	10	1	0.909	13	1.43	70	6.3	1.043	3.9
Wetteland	1993	43	1	0.977	0	1.37	113	12.0	1.008	4.2
Harvey	1993	45	4	0.918	0	1.70	73	9.5	0.841	4.0
Beck	1993	48	4	0.923	0	2.16	86	9.8	0.882	2.4
Hoffman	1998	53	1	0.981	0	1.48	86	10.6	0.849	4.1
Urbina	1998	34	4	0.895	0	1.30	94	12.2	1.010	3.2
Williamson	1999	19	7	0.731	5	2.41	107	10.3	1.039	2.8
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Rhodes	2001	3	4	0.429	31	1.72	83	11.0	0.853	2.5
Smoltz	2003	45	4	0.918	0	1.12	73	10.2	0.870	3.3
Timlin	2005	13	7	0.650	24	2.24	59	6.6	1.320	2.9
Nathan	2006	36	2	0.947	0	1.58	95	12.5	0.790	3.3
Ryan	2006	38	4	0.905	1	1.37	86	10.7	0.857	3.6
Putz	2007	40	2	0.952	0	1.38	82	10.3	0.698	4.0
Rivera	2008	39	1	0.975	0	1.40	77	9.8	0.665	4.3
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Bell	2010	47	3	0.940	0	1.93	86	11	1.200	1.9
Aceves	2011	2	3	0.400	11	2.61	80	6.3	1.105	2.7
Cook	2012	14	7	0.667	21	2.09	80	9.8	0.941	2.6
Chapman	2012	38	5	0.884	6	1.51	122	15.3	0.809	3.6
Johnson	2012	51	3	0.944	0	2.49	41	5.4	1.019	2.4
Smyly	2013	2	4	0.333	21	2.37	81	9.6	1.039	2.6
Davis	2014	3	3	0.500	33	1.00	109	13.6	0.847	3.7
Rondon	2015	30	4	0.882	8	1.67	69	8.6	1.000	2.2
Britton	2016	47	0	1.000	0	0.54	75	9.9	0.836	4.2
Osuna	2016	36	6	0.857	0	2.68	82	10.0	0.932	2.1
Brach	2016	2	5	0.286	24	2.05	92	10.5	1.038	2.5
Miller	2016	12	2	0.857	25	1.45	123	14.9	0.686	3.8
Robertson	2017	14	2	0.875	8	1.84	98	12.9	0.849	2.9
Jansen	2017	41	1	0.976	1	1.32	109	14.4	0.746	2.9
Albers	2017	2	4	0.333	14	1.62	63	9.3	0.852	2.5
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR

Notes

Baumgartner appeared as a starter twelve times

Wolfgang and Baskette appeared as a starter eleven times.

Danforth appeared as a starter nine times.

Phillipe and Walsh appeared as a starter eight times.

Morton and Griffith appeared as a starter seven times.

Paige, Mays, Chappelle and Rommell appeared as a starter six times.

Marberry, Mossi, Lee, Ellis and Dubuc appeared as a starter five times.

Leever and Aceves appeared as a starter four times.

Russell, Stanley, Adams and Keefe appeared as a starter three times.

Brown, McDaniel, Wood, Crandall, Brosnan and Lindsey appeared as a starter two times.

Beggs, Quinn, Narleski, McGraw and Aloma appeared once as a starter.

Maltzberger, Hyde, Konstanty, Duren, Brosnan, Tekulve and Henke all wore glasses.


References


Sports Reference LLC. " Pitching Stats". Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. <https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smylydr01-pitch.shtml>. Web. 06 May. 2018.