For Pete's Sake In 1970, Part 1

Pete Richert appeared to have trouble early in his major league career, staying at the top level. Once he found his groove, and was pitching in the bullpen, Pete was one fine pitcher. And one of the forgotten contributors to the Baltimore Orioles going all the way back in 1970.

Richert started his career in professional baseball in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. Although he'd been scouted by the New York Yankees, Milwaukee Braves (As well as Los Angeles), it would be the Dodgers with their new home (They moved out of Brooklyn after the 1957 season) that got Pete. 

Pete had humble beginnings. There was nothing early on to indicate he'd be anything special. His first season was in the California League ("C" level). The still-teenager was only 10-13 with Reno. The next year was up a level, to "B". Pitching with the Green Bay Bluejays (They were part of the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League), the now 19-year old again won ten games, losing eight. A slight improvement. His earned run average had gone from 4.59 in 1958 to 3.29 the next season. Still, Pete Richert was not ready for the bigs.

But, then came 1960.

Now on the Atlanta Crackers and moving on up to the "AA" level in the Southern Association League, Pete came up with 19 wins against just 9 losses and a 2.76 ERA. You'd think the Dodgers would need him, right?

Well, the big-league club in Los Angeles had very good season in 1960. They won 82 games. Their big guns were Don Drysdale with 15 wins and a 2.84 ERA. 1955 World Series hero Johnny Podres was 14-12 and Stan Williams won 14 games himself, as too did relief ace Larry Sherry. Holding LA back was inconsistent Sandy Koufax. Sandy was only 8-13 in '60, his first losing season since 1956. Still, he'd been just 5-4, 11-11 and 8-6 since. So a season like the one Koufax had in '60 seemed to indicate he wasn't ever going to fulfill his potential. But, he'd allowed just 133 hits in 175 innings pitched, fanning 197. His earned-run average was 3.91. It had been 4.47 in '58, 4.06 in 1959, and improving again the next season. So, in reality he was making progress.

The Dodgers were even better in 1961, which might explain why Pete Richert didn't make the team. But he'd hardly pitched well with Spokane (Pacific Coast League, "AAA" level), going just 5-10 with a 4.50 ERA. The big league club now had two eighteen-game winners in Sandy Koufax and Johhny Podres. 

So 1962 was crucial for Pete. Remarkably enough, the Dodgers saw enough of him in the spring to call him up. His first big league outing was against the defending National League champions the Cincinnati Reds . April 12, 1962 would indeed be a day to remember for Pete Richert. Stan Williams had started the contest, but was removed after just 1 2/3 innings. How'd the first six Reds batters do against Pete? They all struck out. Richert, a lefty on a team with already-established southpaws like Johnny Podres and Sandy Koufax, kept him with the big-league club until May. After a fine 2 2/3 innings stint on the twelfth of that month, it was back to the minors. Back at "AAA" with the Omaha Dodgers of the American Association, Pete was 1-1 with an excellent ERA of 2.33. He'd excelled as both a starter five times and a reliever four times. But not helping matters was Pete Richert had some issues with his arm. He'd need to keep healthy if he ever wanted to make it back to prime time!

The day came when Los Angels called him back up. It was August of that season, and the Los Angeles Dodgers had a shot at the pennant. Pete finished the season by winning five, losing four and with an ERA of 3.87. Sadly, the Dodgers lost a best-of-three playoff series to the San Francisco Giants (Just like they had eleven years earlier when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn and the Giants in New York, respectively).

There was no failures on the Los Angeles Dodgers part in 1963. They set out to win the World Series. And they did, sweeping the New York Yankees. Koufax won 25 games, Don Drysdale 19 and Podres 14. Pete Richert got some time with 'em. But he was destined to take a back seat to those names. Plus the Dodgers had ace reliever Ron Perranoski (16 wins, 37 saves). Richert did pretty much pitch the entire year with LA, winning five games. But his earned-run average was high (4.50). Pete did better in the minors. With Spokane. But this time, with no injuries. Richert was 5-1 (11 games pitched, 7 starts) with a splendid earned run average of just 2.55. Did the Dodgers need him? 

He'd be around one more season with them, and then was part of a huge deal with Washington. The 1964 season was a disappointing one for LA. They went from winning 99 games (Plus they swept the New York Yankees in the Fall Classic) to just 80. The big reason was their 25-game winner from the previous season won just 19. Sandy Koufax was just 28, just but his arthritis had been acting up that season. The lefty got off to a slow start. At least by his standards. Six outings in, Sandy's ERA was 3.32. Was he human after all?

Well, no. Koufax got it all together. But his season ended early. That was too bad. Sandy Koufax had caught fire. He went 17-2 with a save from May17th to August 29th of '64. His earned run average was 1.41 during that stretch. But try as he might, the Los Angeles Dodgers weren't about to wrest the pennant away from the St. Louis Cardinals.

And Sandy got hurt later on the basepaths. His August 29th shutout of the Cardinals saw him fan a season-high thirteen batters. His record was 19-4, and Sandy was topping the league in earned run average. But he'd jammed his elbow while diving back to second base on a pickoff move vs. Milwaukee on August fourth. While Koufax won that game and his next three starts, he won done for 1964. And so was Los Angeles.

The Dodgers might have felt it was time for a change. Their one-time lefty ace, Johhny Podres was a serious question mark. He'd gone just 0-2 in two starts with a 16.88 ERA in 1964. He'd battled injuries like Koufax. The truth was, Los Angeles really had just two good starting pitchers. The rest of the starting rotation went a combined 18-30.

The bullpen was better. But Pete Richert was just 2-3 with a 4.15 ERA in eight outings. The Dodgers had dispatched him to Spokane after getting hit hard in his first three outings. Called back up for September, he went 2-2 that month with a 2.86 earned run average.

It was not enough to convince the Dodgers' brass that he should be kept. In December, Pete was part of a huge Los Angeles / Washington transaction. Along with Frank Howard, Phil Ortega and Ken McMullen (There was also a player to be named later sent to the Senators, Dick Nen, Pete had a new home. The Dodgers only got Claude Osteen and John Kennedy.

The trade paid instant dividends for LA. Osteen went just 15-15 in 1965, but posted an excellent ERA of just 2.79. He also got the Dodgers back on track after losing the first two games of the World Series. His 5-0 win over the Minnesota Twins sparked Los Angeles to comeback and win the series in seven contests.

Pete Richert had to be content with his new team. Washington won only 70 games in 1965. However, our boy had a bit of a coming out party. Pete went only 15-12 with a 2.60 ERA in 34 games (29 starts), but his regular season stats were better than Osteen's. Phil Ortega posted a high earned run average (5.11) but managed to win a dozen games himself. Frank Howard hit 21 home runs and hit .289. The deal appeared to work out for both teams.

Both Richert and Ortega reached double figures in wins the following season, but could not lift Washington into contention. A poor start in 1967 spelled the end of Pete's time in the nation's capital.

Baltimore got him, but they were a shell of the team that had swept Koufax, Drysdale and Osteen's team in the 1966 World Series. The Orioles won just 76 games in 1967, but Pete Richert had a 2.99 earned run average and seven wins.

Orioles manager Hank Bauer was just six games over .500 in 1968 (43-37) when fiery Earl Weaver replaced him. The move was great for Baltimore, who finished the year with 91 wins. What the team needed was Jim Palmer. An torn rotator cuff had relegated him to the minor leagues that year. But all he'd do is come back in 1969 and top the American League in winning percentage (.800) via a 16-4 record.

And the Baltimore Orioles as a team topped all of baseball in winning percentage. They played .673 ball all year (109-53). Pete Richert was liking his time with the Orioles. He'd been 6-3 with six saves in '68, then improved to 7-4 with a dozen saves the next year.

Baltimore had to settle for second place in the World Series, alas. They beat Minnesota 3-0 in the first-ever American League Championship Series. Pete Richert got into just one game but tossed a scoreless inning in the first contest.

He wasn't able to help out enough in the Fall Classic, either. Pete came into pitch the last of the tenth in an exciting pitcher's duel in game four. At Shea Stadium in New York, both Tom Seaver of the Mets and Mike Cuellar of the Orioles were outstanding. One run each allowed through nine. Baltimore got two on with only one out against Seaver in the top of the tenth, but couldn't get 'em home.

The Mets wasted no time in getting a rally going in the bottom of the frame. First, Jerry Grote doubled off Dick Hall. Then Al Weis was intentionally walked. Pete Richert came in to stop the bleeding.

He actually did get J.C. Martin out. But the call was blown. Martin bunted. Richert made a fine play and tossed the ball to first. All he succeeded in doing was hitting Martin. Grote raced around third and scored. 2-1, Mets win. But on the replay, it was clearly shown that J.C. had run inside (To the right) of the three-foot line. As in, on the grass. Not the basepaths. He should have been out automatically, with Grote and Weis returned to second and first automatically. One away. Alas, the New York Mets seemed to be a team of destiny in 1969. The call stood. And, just to prove how luck was still on their side, New York overcame a tough 3-0 Baltimore lead through five and a half innings the next contest. Baltimore was trying to get the thing back home. Though the 5-3 win at Shea clinched the series in short order (Just five contests), the Orioles seemed to be in every game. It had taken a strong pitching performance by New York to deny Baltimore the title.

So, the Orioles set out in 1970 to not only win the close ones, but go all the way. I guess they'd gotten tired of not being the best team in baseball since 1966. Their team in '70 was pretty much as good as the one that had won it all four years earlier.

One of the common things both Baltimore teams had was great pitching. Jim Palmer reached the twenty win plateau for the first (But certainly not the only) time in his career. But Jim would have to take a back seat to not one, but two 24-game winners in Dave McNally and Mike Cuellar.

The bullpen consisted of Moe Drabowsky, Eddie Watt, Dave Leonard, Marcelino Lopez, Dick Hall and of course, Pete Richert. Drabowsky was in his second tour of duty for the O's. While not quite as effective as he'd been back in his glory days of 1966 and '67, Moe delivered. He went 4-2 for Baltimore, having been acquired during the season. Overall, he won five games and posted a 3.52 earned run average. Leonard had a disappointing season. He'd won seven games in each of the two previous seasons. But in 1970, his luck ran out. No wins and an ERA over five. However, Dave would rebound the next season. Marcelino Lopez had a great earned run average, but won only one game. Eddie Watt won seven. Dick Hall won ten with a 3.08 ERA.

Pete Richert put it all together that year. He won seven, lost only two and made a career-high 50 appearances. For Pete, it meant joining a quickly growing list of great relievers that Baltimore had a knack of having. The Orioles, who were once the St. Louis Brown prior to moving to Baltimore in 1954, had several standouts. George Zuverink, who made my list for his awesome 1957 season, had won ten games. Moe Drabowsky had made my list a decade later. There'd been Eddie Watt's impressive performance in 1969. Dick Hall was 9-1 in 1964. To think, Richert was now pitching for the Orioles along with Hall and Watt. It must have seemed like an unfair situation for batters. If they got Palmer, Cuellar or McNally out of the game, they would not be out of the woods.

Richert finished exactly half his outings, pitching exclusively in relief throughout 1970. Pete was battling Eddie Watt for the closer spot. Watt finished 35 of his 53 appearances. Their inning totals were virtually identical. Richert pitched 54 2/3 innings and Watt 55 1/3.

Both would also play a part in Baltimore winning it all. The bad taste from their series loss to New York was still stinging. So the Orioles' winning 108 games couldn't have meant much, right? But let's face it: This was one hard team to beat!

The poor Minnesota Twins would be first to agree with my assessment. Just like the previously year, the ALCS between Minny and Baltimore was over in the minimum games (It was best-of-five until 1985). But the scores had been 4-3 in 12 innings, 1-0 in 11 innings and then 11-2. It was not until the last game that the O's broke through with the offence.

But 1970 would be different. 10-6 Baltimore in game one. 11-3 in game two. 6-1 in the final contest. The Orioles were simply too much for the Twins. Pete Richert didn't even get into a game as Dick Hall (In relief of Mike Cuellar), Dave McNally and Jim Palmer each ended up as winning pitchers. The Cincinnati Reds were next.

Again, three straight wins for Baltimore. The first two games were close, but the third one wasn't. The O's pounded the Reds 9-3 at home. And Cincinnati was a game away from their season being over. Dave McNally did it all. Went the distance. Hit a grand slam. The O's were clicking.

Not that Richert hadn't been needed earlier. He'd gotten the last out of game one. And with it, the save. Cincinnati avoided the sweep, barely. Trailing 5-3 in the top of the eight, the Reds got a three-run home run off the bat of Lee May. Cincy held on to win 6-5.

The 1970 World Series had actually been quite close up until this point. With a 6-5 win in game four, that made it three one-run games. Baltimore had won the first two games in Cincinnati by scores of 4-3 and 6-5. In the fifth contest, Cincinnati was looking to get it back home like Baltimore was the year before. Like the O's in 1969, they crossed the plate three times early in game five. But like the Orioles the year before, they couldn't hold the three-run lead.

The big difference is, Baltimore really came back. Cincinnati had proven the game before they could win the close ones. So the Orioles made sure game five wasn't close. They clawed back with two runs in each of the first three frames. Baltimore wasn't done.

Merv Rettenmund hit a solo shot off Tony Cloninger to make it 7-2 for the home team. Boog Powell and Davey Johnson collected RBIs in the last of the eight. It was game three all over again. With the 9-3 win, the Orioles has extinguished their demons from 1969, and also won their second World Series crown in five years.

Oh, and they'd be back to the Fall Classic. And Richert was not done with 

Greatest Relief Seasons of All-Time Stat Set 1

Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Bernhard	1899	21	9	0.429	132.1	6	6
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Walsh	1904	18	10	0.556	110.2	6	3
Griffith	1905	25	17	0.680	101.2	9	6
Ferguson	1906	22	19	0.864	52.1	2	0
Keefe	1907	19	14	0.737	57.2	3	5
Chappelle	1908	13	6	0.462	70.1	2	4
Leever	1909	19	12	0.632	70.0	8	1
Dygert	1909	32	13	0.406	137.1	9	5
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Phillipe	1910	31	19	0.613	121.2	14	2
Benz	1911	12	4	0.333	55.2	3	2
Baskette	1912	29	18	0.621	116.0	8	4
Crandall	1913	35	27	0.771	97.2	4	4
Wolfgang	1914	24	12	0.500	119.1	9	5
Bressler	1914	29	15	0.517	147.2	10	4
Conzelman	1914	33	16	0.485	101.0	5	6
Mays	1915	38	27	0.711	131.2	6	5
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Hughes	1916	40	19	0.475	161.0	16	3
Danforth	1917	50	26	0.520	173.0	11	6
Bender	1917	20	9	0.450	113.0	8	2
Coumbe	1917	34	15	0.441	134.1	8	6
Dubuc	1919	36	22	0.611	132.0	6	4
Luque	1919	30	9	0.300	106.0	10	3
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Morton	1921	30	15	0.500	107.2	8	3
Baumgartner	1925	37	9	0.243	113.1	6	3
Marberry	1926	64	47	0.734	138.0	12	7
Clark	1927	27	19	0.704	73.2	7	2
Haid	1928	27	14	0.519	47.0	2	2
Rommel	1929	32	15	0.469	113.2	12	2
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Lindsey	1931	35	19	0.543	74.2	6	4
Quinn	1932	39	29	0.744	64.1	5	4
Russell	1933	50	31	0.620	124.0	12	6
Malone	1936	35	25	0.714	134.2	12	4
Brown	1938	51	32	0.627	132.2	15	9
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Beggs	1940	37	27	0.730	76.2	12	3
Murphy	1941	35	31	0.886	77.1	8	3
Adams	1943	70	52	0.743	140.1	11	7
Heving	1944	63	38	0.603	119.2	8	3
Maltzberger	1944	46	41	0.891	91.1	10	5
Berry	1944	53	47	0.887	111.1	10	8
Karl	1945	67	41	0.612	180.2	8	8
Christopher	1947	44	38	0.864	80.2	10	7
Wilks	1948	57	27	0.474	130.2	6	6
Page	1949	60	48	0.800	135.1	13	8
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Konstanty	1950	74	62	0.838	152.0	16	7
Aloma	1951	25	11	0.440	69.1	6	0
Wilhelm	1952	71	32	0.451	159.1	15	3
Paige	1952	46	35	0.761	138.0	12	10
Kinder	1953	69	52	0.754	107.0	10	6
Mossi	1954	40	18	0.450	93.0	6	1
Sain	1954	45	39	0.867	77.0	6	6
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Narleski	1955	60	36	0.600	111.2	9	1
Craig	1955	24	4	0.167	90.2	5	3
Freeman	1956	64	47	0.734	108.2	14	5
Farrell	1957	52	32	0.615	83.1	10	2
Zuverink	1957	56	37	0.661	112.2	10	6
Hyde	1958	53	44	0.830	103.0	10	3
Duren	1959	41	29	0.707	76.2	3	6
Staley	1959	67	37	0.552	116.1	8	5
Face	1959	57	47	0.825	93.1	18	1
Henry	1959	65	36	0.554	134.1	9	8
Sherry	1959	23	10	0.435	94.1	7	2
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Brosnan	1960	57	27	0.474	99.0	7	2
McDaniel	1960	63	47	0.746	104.1	12	4
Arroyo	1961	65	54	0.831	119.0	15	5
Fox	1961	39	25	0.641	57.1	5	2
Radatz	1963	66	58	0.879	131.1	15	6
Perranoski	1963	69	47	0.681	129.0	16	3
Baldschum	1963	65	44	0.677	112.0	11	7
Lee	1964	64	39	0.609	137.0	6	5
Ellis	1964	52	32	0.615	122.1	10	3
Schultz	1964	30	22	0.733	49.1	1	3
D. Hall	1964	45	28	0.622	87.2	9	1
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Miller	1965	67	55	0.821	112.1	14	7
Regan	1966	65	48	0.738	116.2	14	1
Drabowsky	1967	43	26	0.605	95.1	7	5
Abernathy	1967	70	61	0.871	106.1	6	3
Wyatt	1967	60	43	0.717	93.1	10	7
Wood	1968	88	46	0.523	159.0	13	12
Segui	1968	52	24	0.462	83.0	6	5
V. Romo	1968	41	30	0.732	84.1	5	3
Tatum	1969	45	33	0.733	86.1	7	2
Watt	1969	56	41	0.732	71.0	5	2
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Williams	1970	68	36	0.529	113.1	10	1
McMahon	1970	61	44	0.721	94.1	9	5
Grant	1970	80	54	0.675	135.1	8	3
Richert	1970	50	25	0.500	54.2	7	2
Sanders	1971	83	77	0.928	136.1	7	12
Carroll	1971	61	40	0.656	93.2	10	4
Giusti	1972	54	44	0.815	74.2	7	4
Knowles	1972	54	29	0.537	65.2	5	1
Brewer	1972	51	41	0.804	78.1	8	7
Hiller	1973	65	60	0.923	125.1	10	5
Jackson	1973	43	33	0.767	80.1	8	0
Borbon	1973	80	36	0.450	121.0	11	4
Beene	1973	19	11	0.579	91.0	6	0
Marshall	1974	106	83	0.783	208.1	15	12
Gossage	1975	62	49	0.790	141.2	9	8
Hrabosky	1975	65	41	0.631	97.1	13	3
McEnaney	1975	70	38	0.543	91.0	5	3
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Eastwick	1976	71	59	0.831	107.2	11	5
Johnson	1977	71	54	0.761	146.2	16	7
Lyle	1977	72	60	0.833	137.0	13	5
Sutter	1977	62	48	0.774	107.1	7	3
Blair	1978	70	56	0.800	100.1	7	6
Stanley	1978	52	35	0.673	141.2	15	2
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Lolich	1978	20	7	0.350	34.2	2	1
Tekulve	1979	94	67	0.713	134.1	10	8
Lopez	1979	61	49	0.803	127.0	10	5
R. Davis	1979	44	21	0.477	85.1	14	2
E. Romo	1979	84	25	0.298	129.1	10	5
Monge	1979	76	53	0.697	131.0	12	10
Sosa	1979	62	41	0.661	96.2	8	7
Palmer	1979	36	13	0.361	122.2	10	2
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
McGraw	1980	57	48	0.842	92.1	5	4
Garvin	1980	61	24	0.393	82.2	4	7
Fingers	1981	47	41	0.872	78.0	6	3
Caudill	1982	70	64	0.914	95.2	12	9
Reardon	1982	75	53	0.707	109.0	7	4
L. Smith	1983	66	56	0.848	103.1	4	10
Stewart	1983	54	25	0.463	135.0	10	4
Quisenberry	1983	69	62	0.899	139.0	5	3
Orosco	1983	62	42	0.677	110.0	13	7
Hernandez	1984	80	68	0.850	140.1	9	3
Lamp	1985	53	11	0.208	105.2	11	0
D. Smith	1985	64	46	0.719	79.1	9	5
Lahti	1985	52	31	0.596	68.1	5	2
Moore	1985	65	57	0.877	103.0	8	8
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Eichhorn	1986	69	38	0.551	157.0	14	6
Righetti	1986	74	68	0.919	106.2	8	8
Todd Worrell	1986	74	60	0.811	103.2	9	10
Henke	1987	72	62	0.861	94.0	0	6
Burke	1987	55	30	0.545	91.0	7	0
Daley	1987	53	29	0.547	61.0	9	5
Henneman	1988	65	51	0.785	91.1	9	6
Parrett	1988	61	34	0.557	91.2	12	4
Pena	1988	60	31	0.517	94.1	6	7
Lancaster	1989	42	15	0.357	72.2	4	2
Russell	1989	71	66	0.930	72.2	6	4
McDowell	1989	69	56	0.812	92.0	4	8
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Eckersley	1990	63	61	0.968	73.1	4	2
Thigpen	1990	77	73	0.948	88.2	4	6
Nelson	1990	51	17	0.333	74.2	3	3
Dibble	1990	68	29	0.426	98.0	8	3
Henry	1991	32	25	0.781	36.0	2	1
Aguilera	1991	63	60	0.952	69.0	4	5
Ward	1992	79	35	0.443	101.1	7	4
Rojas	1992	68	26	0.382	100.2	7	1
Olin	1992	72	62	0.861	88.1	8	5
Wetteland	1993	70	58	0.829	85.1	9	3
Harvey	1993	59	54	0.915	69.0	1	5
Beck	1993	76	71	0.934	79.1	3	1
Martinez	1993	65	20	0.308	107.0	10	5
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Myers	1997	61	57	0.934	59.2	2	3
Hoffman	1998	66	61	0.924	73.0	4	2
Urbina	1998	64	59	0.922	69.1	6	3
Williamson	1999	62	40	0.645	93.1	12	7
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Rhodes	2001	71	16	0.225	68.0	8	0
Smoltz	2003	62	55	0.887	64.1	0	2
Tim Worrell	2003	76	64	0.842	78.1	4	4
Cormier	2003	65	21	0.323	84.2	8	0
Lidge	2004	80	44	0.550	94.2	6	5
Timlin	2005	81	27	0.333	80.1	7	3
Nathan	2006	64	61	0.953	68.1	7	0
Ryan	2006	65	57	0.877	72.1	2	2
Putz	2007	68	65	0.956	71.2	6	1
Rivera	2008	64	60	0.938	70.2	6	5
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Bell	2010	67	57	0.851	70.0	6	1
Soriano	2010	64	56	0.875	62.1	3	2
Aceves	2011	55	15	0.273	114.0	10	2
Axford	2011	74	63	0.851	73.2	2	2
Downs	2011	60	10	0.167	53.2	6	3
Cook	2012	71	23	0.324	73.1	6	2
Chapman	2012	68	52	0.765	71.2	5	5
Johnson	2012	71	63	0.887	68.2	2	1
Smyly	2013	63	9	0.143	76.0	6	0
Davis	2014	70	11	0.157	72.0	9	2
Clippard	2014	75	6	0.080	70.1	7	4
Rondon	2015	72	47	0.653	70.0	6	4
O'Day	2015	68	19	0.279	65.1	6	2
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Britton	2016	69	63	0.913	67.0	2	1
Osuna	2016	72	61	0.847	74.0	4	3
Brach	2016	71	16	0.225	79.0	10	4
Miller	2016	70	23	0.329	74.1	10	1
Robertson	2017	61	34	0.557	68.1	9	2
Jansen	2017	65	57	0.877	68.1	5	0
Albers	2017	63	23	0.365	61.0	7	2
Kimbrel	2017	51	67	0.761	69.0	5	0
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Morrow	2018	35	30	0.857	30.2	0	0
Trivino	2018	69	10	0.145	74.0	8	3
Treinen	2018	68	58	0.853	51.0	9	2
Jeffress	2018	73	24	0.329	76.2	8	1
Yarbrough	2018	38	3	0.079	147.1	16	6
Hader	2018	55	14	0.255	81.1	6	1
Strop	2018	60	20	0.333	59.2	6	1
Workman	2019	73	30	0.411	71.2	10	1
Robles	2019	71	51	0.718	72.2	5	1
Walden	2019	70	8	0.114	78.0	9	2
W.Smith	2019	63	52	0.825	65.1	6	0
Oberg	2019	49	18	0.367	56.0	6	1
Littell	2019	29	7	0.241	37.0	6	0
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L

Notes

Hughes appeared as a starter thirteen times.

Baumgartner and Bernhard appeared as a starter twelve times.

Wolfgang and Baskette appeared as a starter eleven times.

Craig and Coumbe appeared as a starter ten times.

Danforth, Malone, Stewart, Sherry, Luque and Conzelman 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, Rommell and Yarbrough appeared as a starter six times.

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

Leever, Aceves and Beene appeared as a starter four times.

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

Brown, McDaniel, Wood, Crandall, Brosnan, Lindsey, Karl, Wilks, Martinez, Clark and Lolich appeared as a starter two times.

Beggs, Quinn, Narleski, McGraw, Aloma, Robles, Ferguson, Vincente Romo, and Trivino appeared once as a starter.

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

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Morissey, Scott C. 114 World Series in 1 Book. Updated ed., Pandamonium Publishing House, 2020. 

Society for American Baseball Research, SABR, https://sabr.org/. 

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Thorn, John. The Relief Pitcher: Baseball's New Hero. E P Dutton, 1979.