World Series: Did You Know?

Juan Guzman never gave up the longball in the Fall Classic. It could be argued that Guzman was Toronto's top pitcher in both the 1992 and '93 World Series. And it's not like his heroics were limited to just the Fall Classic. Juan was simply warming up for the big stage in the regular season and ALCS both years.

Juan had also won the only contest the Blue Jays won against the Minnesota Twins in the 1991 ALCS. So very early Guzman seemed to be the hurler that was clutch for Toronto. He wasn't alone, as Jimmy Key pitched well in his lone start vs. Minny, and had also won the only game Toronto won two years earlier in the 1989 ALCS.

But come 1992, Key was not the same. At least for a while. Guzman had it going all season long. Sixteen wins. Just five losses. His earned run average was under three. Key struggled, and was just 8-13 late in the season. He got knocked out early in an August 28th game that Toronto lost 22-2 to Milwaukee.

Guzman, on the other hand, just kept right on plugging along. Late in the season, Toronto added David Cone to their roster. While Cone pitched well, his record with the Blue Jays was just 4-3. Still, he got Toronto on track in the American League Championship Series vs. Oakland. By winning game two, Cone squared the best-of-seven affair. Guzman took over from there and the Blue Jays were off to their very first World Series thanks to Juan's two wins against the Athletics.

Well, Guzman had to wait to pitch. Jack Morris started game one versus Atlanta and took a 3-1 loss. David Cone started game two and didn't even make to the end of the fifth innings. The Bleu Jays eventually won 5-4, but their starting pitching was looking a little questionable. Juan Guzman would start game three.

Well, the Braves nearly had a home run early, as Dave Justice smacked one to dead centre in the top of the fourth. But along came Devon White in centre. The awesome outfielder robbed Justice, and the team nearly turned a triple play! The important thing was Atlanta did not score. Toronto had been hancuffed by Steve Avery in the first three frames. Joe Carter hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth to break the ice.

Okay, the Braves couldn't hit the longball. They'd scored four times off David Cone in just 4 1/3 innings in game two. But against a determined Juan Guzman here in the third contest, scoring wasn't going to come easy. Atlanta got a leadoff single by Sid Bream in the top of the third, but Juan came right at the next two batters. And struck 'em both out. Mark Lemke grounded out to Roberto Alomar at second to end that threat.

Atlanta was still undaunted. Steve Avery stopped Toronto until the bottom of the eighth, and gave the visiting team a chance to tie it. In the top of the sixth, the Braves did just that on a double by Deion Sanders, and singles by Terry Pendleton and Dave Justice.

In the top of the eight, the Braves took the lead. You couldn't really fault Juan Guzman. Otis Nixon reached via an error by Kelly Gruber (Who would be heard from in the bottom of the frame, just wait). Nixon stole second. Deion Sanders was looking for another hit, as he was 3-3. But this time, Guzman retired him on a pop out. Terry Pendleton was also having a great game at the dish, 2-3, but here, Guzman stopped him on a grounder.

The bad news was, the go-ahead run was just 90 feet away. And another tough out in Dave Justice was up. Toronto was sticking with Juan Guzman, but it made all the sense in the world not to pitch to Justice, who was a dangerous left-handed hitting batter. So, the Blue Jays put him on. The next batter was a righty, but an experienced one in Lonnie Smith. Smith wasn't exactly having himself a Fall Classic to write home about, but had been on this stage before.

Smith was hitting just .143 (1-7) with a walk to this point in the 1992 World Series. But the first time the Toronto Blue Jays made it to the postseason, there was Lonnie Smith with the Kansas City Royals. The Royals trailed the 1985 ALCS 3-1 to the Blue Jays, but rallied to win. They did the same to the St. Louis Cardinals in the Fall Classic that year.

And that was only Lonnie's second tour of duty with Kanas. He'd appeared in the 1980 Fall Classic with them. Then, two years later, as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, Smith drank champange after they beat Milwaukee in seven in the World Series.

Like several members of the 1992 Atlanta Braves, Lonnie Smith had been part of the team that dropped a heart-breaking seven-game affair to Minnesota the year before. But now, against Toronto, Lonnie was clutch as he smacked a Juan Guzman pitch to left, scoring Otis Nixon and breaking the tie. Dave Justice got a little to aggresive on the basepaths, after seeing Candy Maldonado misplay the ball. But Maldonado, the Blue Jays' left fielder, recovered and nailed Justice at third for the final out.

Guzman was now done for the night, but what an outing. Eight innings, eight hits and just one earned run allowed. Yet out of all this, the pitcher trailed 2-1. Up came Kelly Gruber in the bottom of the eighth, looking for some redemption after that costly error. Kelly was as clutch as Lonnie as he tied the game with a solo home run off Steve Avery.

Well, both starters had really pitched well. Duane Ward held the Braves scoreless in the top of the ninth, so this thing was going down to the wire. Toronto won it on a walk-off single by Candy Maldonado off Jeff Reardon in the bottom of the ninth.

I ragged on Jimmy Key a bit earlier, but he pitched amazing in game four, winning it 2-1 over Tom Glavine. Lonnie Smith kept Atlanta afloat with a grand slam in game five off Jack Morris. The 7-2 win sent it back to Atlanta. David Cone and the Toronto bullpen helped the Blue Jays to a 4-3 win in ten innings.

So Juan had just that one game to show for his World Series debut. But, outside of Key (Who got the win in the clinching game, in relief), there wasn't a better pitcher on Toronto in that 1992 Fall Classic. Jack Morris was 0-2. David Cone struggled in his first outing but pitched a great game in the sixth contest. Toronto won both of Cone's starts, so I guess that counts for something. Guzman had a better earned run average, however. Juan's was 1.13 and David's was 3.48.

One year later and Toronto was back in the World Series. There were some new faces on the Blue Jays. Gone was Jimmy Key and David Cone. Dave Stewart came over from Oakland, brining his 6-0 record in the American League Championship Series with him.

Juan Guzman wasn't quite the pitcher he'd use to be, though. His earned run average climbed to 3.99. That was the bad part. However, he won fourteen, lost only three, and was starting the first game of the ALCS vs. Chicago.

There were pitchers that were with the Toronto organization that were finally healthy and able to contribute to the Jays in 1993, Pat Hentgen and Al Leiter. Both were just kids. Hentgen had gone 5-2 in 1992 until and injury put him on the shelf for the postseason. Leiter had battled injuries since his 1993 acquisition from the New York Yankees. Both really came through in 1993. Henten won nineteen games. Leiter was 9-6 as he filled in for Dave Stewart, who started the '93 campaign sidelined (Al Leiter took over for Stewart in the rotation). Todd Stottlemyre was only 11-12. Jack Morris struggled, too, going just 7-12.

The search for a starting pitcher with a good earned run average yielded little. Hentgen had the best among any Toronto starter, 3.87.

But while Dave Stewart had struggled in the season with a win one, lose one record for a while, he turned in on in September. Stew went 4-0 in his last four outings, posting a microscopic earned run average of 1.44 in those games. Juan Guzman didn't wait until September. A July 20th loss to the Chicago White Sox dropped Juan's record to 7-3. But that was the last Juan he lost. From July 31st until the end of the year, Guzman was in beast mode: 7-0, 3.22 earned run average!

So both Stewart and Guzman were there when the team needed them the most. That continued over in the American League Championship Series. The poor Chicago White Sox would most assuredly agree with my assement.

Guzman won game one. Stewart game two. Chicago got back into the series win over Pat Hentgen and Todd Stottlemyre. But Juan Guzman was back with a 5-3 win in the fifth contest. That's decieving if it looks close. Juanderful was Guzman in the contest. First thirteen batters were retired. The Skydome crowd saw Toronto take a 4-0 lead after four. Ellis Burks hit a home run with one away in the top of the fourth. It would be the only postseason home run Guzman ever surrendered. The Toronto Blue Jays headed to Chicago, where Dave Stewart wrapped it up in game six, 6-3.

So, Guzman and Stewart were 2-0 in the 1993 ALCS. For their respected careers, Juan Guzman was 5-0 at that stange. Dave Stewart was a little better: 8-0!

Guzman was given the ball vs. Philadelphia to start the World Series. He had a rough outing. The Phillies were rude guest at the Skydome. Two runs in the top of the first. It just wasn't quite his day. Philadelphia scored five runs off him in as many innings. But no home runs. Toronto still won, 8-5.

Dave Stewart tried to keep the momentum going in the second contest. If he could have one inning back, it'd be the top of the third. Philadelphia scored five times off him, capped by Jim Eisenreich's three-run home run. Other than that, the Phillies were shutout by Stewart. The game was another slugfest like game one, only this time the visitors took it by a score of 6-4.

Pat Hentgen breezed in game three. He wasn't going to let Toronto down a second time in the postseason. He may not have reached twenty wins in the regular season, but his 10-3 win over Philly in the third contest gave him that total if you tack on all that went down in October. Pat went six innings at Veterans Stadium, allowing just one earned run.

Todd Stottlemyre didn't pitch well in the fourth contest, but it seemed all pitchers failed in that game. Toronto won it, 15-14. There seemed to be something about playing in Philadelphia that the Toronto liked.

Well, it looked as though the Blue Jays would get it all done in game five. 3-1 series lead. Curt Schilling looked to atone for his game one outing for the home team. Juan Guzman again had something to prove after a tough outing of his own in the first contest.

Well, Philly was ready for this one more than Toronto. Schilling got through the top of the first without a run, despite a walk to Roberto Alomar. Guzman was not so lucky. You don't want to walk the leadoff hitter, but that's was happened as Lenny Dykstra drew a bases on balls. Lenny, who had some wheels, stole second and took third on catcher Pat Border's bad thrown. Mariano Duncan flied out. John Kruk grounded out, but Dykstra scored. Philadelphia had the only run they needed 

Darren Daulton, the Philly catcher, gave his battery mate some breathing room in the last of the second inning. His leadoff double set the stage for the game's second and final run. Jim Eisenreich grounded out to first basemen John Olerud, who made the putout himself. This got Daulton to third.

The situation here was interesting. Kevin Stocker, a left-handed hitter was next. Stocker was the number eight hitter in the lineup. First base was open. On deck, pitcher Curt Schilling. Schilling was a .155 hitter lifetime to that point.

But Stocker was a rookie, although his .324 batting average suggested he was one tough out. Guzman pitched to Stocker, who smacked a double to right to cash in Darren Daulton. It was 2-0, Phillies. Schilling then batted. Guzman needed exactly three pitches to strike him out.

Schilling might not have hit well on that day, but his pitching was something else. His control was pretty sharp. Just three walks. Hits allowed? Try just five. Guzman didn't exactly let the situation leave him overmatched. By the time he departed for a pinch hitter in the top of the eighth, Juan had gotten it all together. The defence by both teams was pretty sharp on this day, as each team committed only one error. Toronto had a to work a little harder, as Guzman walked four batters to Schilling's three. Guzman fanned six, as many as Schilling managed in his complete game.

Guzman threw 105 pitches in seven, while Schilling had 147 to his name when the smoke cleared. Danny Cox's fine eight inning, which included three strikeouts and two walks, kept the score 2-0, Philly. Remarkably enough, you kinda figured Toronto would do something amazing and pull it out in the ninth, but that was a game early. Curt Schilling got Joe Carter, John Olerud and Paul Molitor out in order.

So Juan Guzman took a tough loss. He certainly improved his game one performance (Schilling, by the way, was tagged with the loss in the first contest, so he merely evened his record at 1-1). But really, this Fall Classic is always going to be remembered for Joe Carter winning it walk-off fashion in the sixth game.

Well, Pat Hentgen had a win and a 1.50 earned run average, but he only pitched six frames. Juan Guzman pitched double that (12 innings), and his 3.75 ERA wasn't far off Curt Schilling's (3.52). Sadly, Juan never got another chance to pitch in the World Series (Or postseason, for that matter).



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Al Was Worth Plenty For The Twins In 1965, Part 2

So where else does Al Worthington rule on the Minnesota Twins in 1965?

He was for sure the bullpen ace, recording twenty-one saves in '65. Not that the rest of  Minny's relief corps was anything to take lightly. The Twins won the American League pennant that year. The bullpen was one of the team's great strengths.

Eight other pitchers recorded at least two saves, including starter Jim Kaat. Kaat won "only" eighteen games that year, but would start the second game of 1965 World Series against Los Angeles' Sandy Koufax. Kaat would win an American-League best 25 games the next season. Looking back, Jim is for certain the ace of the Minnesota Twins team during the decade. When he finally hung up his cleats after 1983, Kaat had 283 wins to his name.

It was one of those seasons, as I mentioned here, where the bullpen basically took over when the starters had to leave. It's a bit of a mystery that Camilio Pascual won only nine games in 1965 for the Twins. He'd won at least fifteen games the previous four seasons. Still, Pascual was 9-3, so it's not as if he was losing the games he didn't win.

Getting back to Al Worthington, he posted a 2.13 earned run average. Among relievers, only Johnny Klippstein came close to matching that. Jim Perry had the best ERA, 2.63, among any starter. Worthington also topped the team with 21 saves. Klippstein and Bill Pleis each were credited with seven holds, was Al Worthington had to settle for just two.

In 80 1/3 innings, Worthington struck out 59 batters. Klippstein also had that total. Topping the Twins' relief corps was Dick Stigman with 70 K's in as many innings. Looking at the Twins' pitchers, it is interesting to see that the two best wins above replacement leaders are Jim Perry and Mudcat Grant.

But did they put much distance between the relief pitchers? Perry was a 2.6 and Grant was a 2.5. Johnny Klippstein was a 1.8 and our boy Al Worthington was 1.6. So that is some great proof that the bullpen was every bit as valuable as the starting rotation. Klippstein was 36 years old that season (He turned 37 in October), with Worthington turning that age in February. So the two veterans carried the Twins that season out of the bullpen.

But all that led to Minny being the underdogs against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series that year. Sure, the Twins had won the pennant with 102 wins, but the Dodgers had Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.

The one thing Minnesota seemed to have was home field advantage. They won the first two games at home, but Los Angeles still had an ace up their sleve in pitcher Claude Osteen. The lefty beat Camilo Pascual 4-0 in game three. The Dodgers then wrapped up their home schedule for 1965 with their two big guns doing the job. It was Don Drysdale with a masterful 7-2 win in the fourth contest. Sandy Koufax, who lost the second game 5-1 to Jim Kaat, beat him 7-0 in the fifth tilt. The Twins got just four hits off him.

Mudcat Grant brought the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers to their knees as the series shifted by to Minnesota. Game six went to the home team, 5-1. Claude Osteen could not duplicate his third game heroics.

So it all came down to a winner-take-all game seven. Koufax vs. Kaat. Kaat was up against it.

LA seemed destined to score with runners on second and third in the top of the third, but Jim pitched out of that situation. He wasn't so lucky the next inning as Los Angeles put a "2" on the scoreboard. Lou Johnson's home run to left was barely fair. But Ron Fairly followed with a double. Wes Parker hit a single. Kaat had faced three men in the top of the fourth and gotten not one out. This game, now 2-0, looked like it was going to be a big blowout for the Dodgers.

So Al Worthington came on. Dick Tracewski tried to bunt, but popped out. John Roseboro walked. So the Dodger catcher was helping out his batterymate. Speaking of which, Sandy Koufax was next. A double play would help. Worthington got Koufax to ground out. But both runners advanced.

Maury Wills popped out to third, and Worthington had gotten the Twins out of a potentially big inning. But Koufax pitching with a two-run cushion? The game was as good as over.

Worthington got Los Angeles 1-2-3 in the top of the fifth. Frank Quilici hit a one-out double off Sandy Koufax in the bottom of the frame. Al Worthington was the next scheduled batter, but would not hit of course. Rich Rollins batted for the pitcher and walked. It was back to the top of the order.

The batter was AL MVP Zoilo Versalles. The Dodgers talked it over with Koufax. Sandy got it together and got ahead in the count, which was crucial. On the fifth pitch to Versalles, the shortstop hit a hard one down the line to Jim Gilliam at third. Gilliam made a fine stop and stepped on third for the second out. Joe Nossek then batted. Koufax fell behind him 2-0, the third batter to get ahead of Sandy in this inning. But Nossek forced Versalles at second.

Johnny Klippstein took over from there and had trouble. When he left after 1 2/3 inning of work, Los Angeles had runners on second and third. Jim Merritt got Ron Fairly to fly out to right. Merrit worked a 1-2-3 eighth, leaving for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the frame. Jim Perry shutout the Dodgers in the top of the ninth. The bullpen had come through for Minnesota when they were needed the most.

However, it did not matter. Sandy Koufax was Sandy Koufax. Nine innings pitched. Three hits, no runs, ten strikeouts. The 2-0 win was a tough one for the Twins. They'd come so close, only to lose it all at home.

Al Worthington and Minnesota came back in 1966, determinted to return to the World Series. Los Angeles made it, but Minny did not. The Twins fell to just 89 wins the next season, taking a back seat to the Baltimore Orioles. The O's swept the Dodgers in the Fall Classic.

And while Johnny Klippstein fell back in '66 to just 1-1 with a 3.40 earned run average, Al Worthington was great again. 6-3, 16 saves. ERA, 2.46. The Twins sure had the pitching. They could bounce back the next season.

And 1967 was a good one for them. They battled the Boston Red Sox right down to the wire. Actually, it wasn't just Boston that Minnesota was battling. There was Detroit. There was Chicago. And there was also the surging California Angels.

The Twins would have to settle for a second place tie with the Tigers. Al Worthington again saved sixteen games. He was only 8-9, however. The closer job had been his since 1963, be it with Cincinnati or Minnesota. For Al to have held it this long was quite an accomplishment. It would not be long that the Twins would be back in the postseason.

Although again under .500 in 1968 (The last season before divisional play), that year was another typical Al Worthington season, otherwise. The earned run average was great, 2.71. The save total outstanding. So good, that Al led the American League with eighteen saves.

And that brings us to 1969, which was Al Worthington's last. The Twins didn't have to worry about teams like Detroit, Baltimore, or Boston anymore. Now positioned in the newly-formed American League West, Minnesota sat atop. The American and National League consisted of two divisions each (East and West). Minnesota finished in first ahead of Oakland.

But Worthington saw his role as a closer go to Ron Perranoski. Perranoski saved 31 games and posted a 2.11 earned run average. Minnesota won 97 games that year, and the bullpen was strong. Al Worthington saw his ERA spike up to 4.57, but like Joe Grzenda, went 4-1. Grzenda, Worthington and and Bob Miller each picked up three saves. Worthington did top the team in holds with seven. Bob Miller was second with only two.

So, as it turns out Minnesota did have to worry about Baltimore. Waiting for the Twins in the very first American League Championship Series were the Orioles. Like Minnesota, Baltimore was looking to get back to the World Series for the second time in the decade.

Alas, the O's were clearly the better team in this best-of-five affair. The Twins gave it everything they had in the first two contests, only to come up short in extras. The third game was a laugher, with Baltimore winning it 11-2.

The third game not only completed a sweep, but it proved to be the last major league appearance for Al Worthington. To his credit, he pitched a 1-2-3 fifth, but then Baltimore solved the reliever. After retiring Jim Palmer to start the top of the sixth, Don Buford followed with a double. Singles by Paul Blair and Frank Robinson scored Buford, and Al Worthington left the mound for the last time.

After being out of the game for a few years, Al was back right where he left off. Minnesota had a new pitching coach in 1972 - Al Worthington. The Twins were just .500 at 77-77, but were third in earned run average among teams in the Junior Circuit, 2.84.The team featured such pitching stars as Bert Blyleven, Jim Kaat and Jim Perry.

After one more year working with Minnesota, Al Worthington joined the Lynchburg Baptist College to put his lengthy baseball experience to good use. Al started as the head baseball coach, but moved up to athletic director. Ex-Yankee second basemen Bobby Richardson filled in the coaching void. Worthington stayed with Lynchburg (Later renamed Liberty University) until 1989. Al's solid contributions saw him get induced into the Liberty University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Two years later, another honour. Alabama Sports inducted Worthington into their Hall of Fame.

Greatest Relief Seasons of All-Time Stat Set 2

Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Bernhard	1899	0	?	?	?	2.65	23	1.6	1.179	2.0
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
Ferguson	1906	7	?	?	?	2.58	32	5.5	1.280	0.2
Keefe	1907	3	?	?	?	2.50	20	3.1	1.387	2.0
Chappelle	1908	0	?	?	?	1.79	23	2.9	1.095	0.3
Leever	1909	2	?	?	?	2.83	23	3.0	1.257	-0.1
Dygert	1909	0	?	?	?	2.42	79	5.2	1.216	-0.4
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Phillipe	1910	4	?	?	?	2.29	30	2.2	0.986	2.0
Benz	1911	0	?	?	?	2.26	28	4.5	1.168	0.7
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
Bressler	1914	2	?	?	?	1.77	96	5.9	1.138	3.5
Conzelman	1914	2	?	?	?	2.94	39	3.5	1.267	0.8
Mays	1915	7	?	?	?	2.60	65	4.4	1.063	1.0
Hughes	1916	5	1	0.833	?	2.35	97	5.4	1.068	2.5
Danforth	1917	9	?	?	?	2.65	79	4.1	1.324	3.2
Bender	1917	2	?	?	?	1.67	43	3.4	0.973	3.7
Coumbe	1917	5	2	0.714	1	2.14	30	2.0	1.146	1.1
Dubuc	1919	3	?	?	?	2.66	32	2.2	1.182	0.6
Luque	1919	3	0	1.000	?	2.63	26	3.4	1.179	1.1
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
S.Smith	1920	3	?	?	?	1.85	33	2.2	1.181	3.2
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
Clark	1927	2	?	?	?	2.32	32	2.3	1.262	2.8
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
Malone	1936	9	1	0.900	0	3.81	72	4.8	1.515	2.9
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
Berry	1944	12	4	0.750	0	1.94	44	3.6	0.907	3.7
Karl	1945	15	1	0.938	1	2.99	51	2.5	1.245	3.6
Christopher	1947	12	2	0.857	0	2.90	33	3.7	1.277	1.4
Wilks	1948	13	1	0.929	1	2.62	72	4.9	1.163	4.8
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
Grissom	1954	17	4	0.810	0	2.35	64	4.7	1.226	4.2
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Narleski	1955	19	2	0.905	6	3.71	94	7.6	1.281	2.5
Craig	1955	2	0	1.000	0	2.78	48	4.8	1.368	1.8
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
Sherry	1959	3	1	0.750	0	2.19	23	6.9	1.251	3.6
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
Baldschun	1963	16	5	0.762	1	2.30	89	7.0	1.240	2.0
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
Hall	1964	9	2	0.818	2	1.85	52	5.3	0.844	3.0
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Miller	1965	24	1	0.960	1	1.89	104	7.8	0.997	4.3
Worthington	1965	21	5	0.808	2	2.13	59	6.6	1.220	1.6
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
Wyatt	1967	20	4	0.833	2	2.60	68	6.6	1.179	2.2
Wood	1968	16	5	0.762	7	1.87	74	4.2	1.006	5.4
V. Romo	1968	12	3	0.800	1	1.60	54	5.8	0.901	2.8
Segui	1968	6	1	0.857	4	2.39	72	7.8	1.000	1.3
Tatum	1969	22	1	0.957	2	1.36	65	6.8	1.042	4.3
Watt	1969	16	5	0.762	1	1.65	46	5.8	1.056	1.9
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
Grant	1970	24	3	0.889	2	1.86	58	3.9	1.064	4.9
Richert	1970	13	4	0.765	3	1.98	66	10.9	1.098	2.3
Sanders	1971	31	4	0.886	0	1.91	80	5.3	1.064	4.1
Carroll	1971	15	6	0.714	4	2.50	64	6.1	1.281	1.8
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
Brewer	1972	17	7	0.708	0	1.26	69	7.9	0.843	3.5
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
Beene	1973	1	0	1.000	0	1.68	49	4.8	1.033	3.0
Marshall	1974	21	12	0.636	9	2.42	143	6.2	1.186	3.1
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Gossage	1975	26	5	0.839	1	1.84	130	8.3	1.193	8.2
Hrabosky	1975	22	6	0.786	3	1.66	82	7.6	1.097	3.9
McEnaney	1975	15	4	0.789	11	2.47	48	4.7	1.264	1.5
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
Johnson	1977	15	7	0.682	1	3.13	87	5.3	1.806	2.5
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
Lolich	1978	1	0	1.000	2	1.56	13	3.4	1.183	1.1
Tekulve	1979	31	6	0.838	8	2.79	75	5.0	1.176	3.2
Lopez	1979	21	5	0.808	1	2.41	106	7.5	1.150	5.3
Davis	1979	9	10	0.474	2	2.85	43	4.5	1.313	2.2
E.Romo	1979	5	8	0.385	12	2.99	106	7.4	1.276	1.8
Monge	1979	19	7	0.731	5	2.40	108	7.4	1.221	3.0
Sosa	1979	18	7	0.720	4	1.96	59	5.5	1.179	3.1
Palmer	1979	2	1	0.667	0	2.64	72	5.3	1.141	2.2
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
Garvin	1980	8	5	0.615	5	2.29	52	5.7	1.173	3.4
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
Bedrosian	1982	11	6	0.647	10	2.42	123	8.0	1.155	4.2
L.Smith	1983	29	4	0.879	1	1.65	91	7.9	1.074	4.8
Stewart	1983	8	5	0.615	5	2.60	78	5.2	1.237	3.1
Quisenberry	1983	45	8	0.849	0	1.94	48	3.1	0.928	5.5
Orosco	1983	17	5	0.773	1	1.47	84	6.9	1.036	3.8
Hernandez	1984	32	1	0.970	0	1.92	112	7.2	0.941	4.8
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Lamp	1985	2	5	0.286	8	3.32	68	5.8	1.164	1.3
B.Smith	1985	27	6	0.818	1	2.27	40	4.5	1.084	1.6
Lahti	1985	19	1	0.950	6	1.84	41	5,4	1.302	2.3
D. Moore	1985	31	8	0.795	0	1.92	72	6.3	1.087	3.6
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
Todd Worrell	1986	36	10	0.783	0	2.08	73	6.3	1.225	2.5
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
Dayley	1987	4	6	0.400	6	2.66	63	9.3	1.393	1.5
Henneman	1988	22	7	0.759	2	1.87	58	5.7	1.051	3.3
Parrett	1988	6	4	0.600	2	2.65	62	6.1	1.211	1.6
Pena	1988	12	2	0.857	9	1.91	83	7.9	1.081	1.7
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
McDowell	1989	23	5	0.821	2	1.96	47	4.6	1.272	1.2
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
Nelson	1990	5	3	0.625	18	1.57	38	4.6	0.964	2.3
Dibble	1990	11	6	0.647	17	1.74	136	12.5	0.980	4.0
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
Olin	1992	29	7	0.806	0	2.34	47	4.8	1.211	2.7
Jones	1992	36	6	0.857	0	1.85	93	7.5	1.102	2.8
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
Martinez	1993	2	1	0.667	14	2.61	119	10.0	1.243	3.0
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
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
Tim Worrell	2003	38	7	0.844	1	2.87	65	7.5	1.302	0.8
Cormier	2003	1	3	0.250	13	1.70	67	7.1	0.933	2.6
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
Jenks	2008	30	4	0.882	0	2.63	38	5.5	1.103	2.5
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Bell	2010	47	3	0.940	0	1.93	86	11.1	1.200	1.9
Soriano	2010	45	3	0.938	0	1.73	57	8.2	0.802	2.1
Aceves	2011	2	3	0.400	11	2.61	80	6.3	1.105	2.7
Axford	2011	46	2	0.958	0	1.95	86	10.5	1.140	2.3
Downs	2011	1	3	0.250	26	1.34	35	5.9	1.006	2.0
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
Clippard	2014	1	6	0.143	40	2.18	82	10.5	0.995	1.5
Rondon	2015	30	4	0.882	8	1.67	69	8.6	1.000	2.2
O'Day	2015	6	5	0.545	18	1.52	82	11.3	0.934	2.7
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
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
Kimbrel	2017	35	4	0.897	1	1.43	126	16.4	0.681	3.6
Morrow	2018	22	2	1.158	0	1.47	31	9.1	1.076	1.4
Trivino	2018	4	5	0.444	23	2.92	82	10.0	1.135	1.5
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Treinen	2018	38	5	0.884	5	0.78	100	11.2	0.834	4.1
Jeffress	2018	15	5	0.750	18	1.29	89	10.4	0.991	3.3
Yarbrough	2018	0	0	0.000	1	3.91	128	7.8	1.290	1.1
Hader	2018	12	5	0.706	21	2.43	243	15.8	0.811	2.1
Strop	2018	13	4	0.765	9	2.26	57	8.6	0.989	2.1
Workman	2019	16	6	0.727	15	1.88	104	13.1	1.033	3.2
Robles	2019	23	4	0.852	2	2.48	75	9.3	1.018	2.6
Walden	2019	2	4	0.333	8	3.81	76	8.8	1.192	1.2
W.Smith	2019	34	4	0.895	0	2.76	96	13.2	1.026	0.4
Oberg	2019	5	3	0.625	8	2.25	58	9.3	1.107	2.4
Littell	2019	0	1	0.000	1	2.68	32	7.8	1.162	0.9
Whitlock	2021	2	3	0.400	15	1.96	81	9.9	1.105	2.9
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR

Notes

Hughes and Sherry Smith 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, Keefe, Bedrosian and Grissom 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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