Sentences with phrase «season as a pitcher»

I played pro basketball in 1953 and then went on to my best season as a pitcher.

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George Herman «Babe» Ruth was a star pitcher in his early career but achieved his fame as «The Sultan of Swat» by hitting 714 home runs and driving in 2,213 runs in 22 seasons between 1914 and 1935.

According to TiqIQ, the average ticket price for Jeter's last regular - season home game has already reached more than 2 1/2 times the peak average price for the final home game of all - star pitcher Mariano Rivera, who debuted with the Yankees in 1995, the same year as Jeter, and retired last year after 19 seasons with the team.

Here's a list of pitchers with as many WAR through their age - 30 season.

Don Drysdale and Don Newcombe, sometimes used as pinch hitters by the Dodgers, share the National League single - season home run record (seven) for pitchers.

«I think you've got to be patient as both a batter and a pitcher,» says the 25 - year - old Brett, who was traded to Pittsburgh during the off - season for Second Baseman Dave Cash.

Erratic slugger Phil Plantier, who was signed away from Houston for $ 500,000, and former Padres first baseman Eddie Williams qualify as Detroit's only significant off - season free - agent additions — a rather admirable show of frugality for a franchise that in the last five years spent wildly on middling, past - their - prime free agents such as pitchers Tim Belcher and Mike Moore.

He's made 96 starts in his career, which is about as many as a healthy starting pitcher will make over three full seasons.

As I said before, the voters like players on winning teams and pitchers that win games, which McCullers is set up to do this season.

AS FREE AGENTS: Catcher - Infielder DAVE ROBERTS, 29, who hit.238 with the Rangers last season, to a five - year, $ 1.1 million contract with the Astros; Pitcher JOHN D'ACQUISTO, 29, whose 1980 record with the Padres and Expos was 2 - 5, to a four - year deal with the Angels worth $ 1.15 million; and First Baseman LEE MAY, 37, formerly of the Orioles, to a one - year contract with the Royals.

His 200 or more strikeouts in nine consecutive seasons is a major league record, as is his 2.48 career earned run average among pitchers who have worked at least 2,000 innings.

No other pitcherhas more than nine 30 - save seasons, and only 21 pitchers have as many as five.To what can we credit Hoffman's longevity?

In the series A History of the LOOGY, published in 2005, Hardball Times writer Steve Treder defined a «hard - core LOOGY» as a lefthanded relief pitcher who appears in at least 20 games in a season and averages less than one inning and fewer than 0.2 saves per game.

As we enter the second half of the season, many bettors may be wondering who had been the best and worst pitchers to bet thus far.

Though his 2017 season wasn't as good as his Cy Young Award - winning year in 2015 — 22 - 6, 1.77 ERA, 236 strikeouts in 33 starts — Arrieta's numbers over the last three years compare favorably to the last three pitchers to sign $ 200 million contracts as free agents — Scherzer, David Price and Zack Greinke.

Well, the whole spring - training season went by, and let me be the first to admit that Walter O'Malley and I were nowhere near as cool about the missing pitchers as we were letting on.

With the UCLA - bound Jenna in the outfield and teammates such as pitcher Nalani Scates and outfielder Alana Mendez, the Falcons had a great season in which they played in the NCS Div.

his third pro season, Leo slipped and fell on a soda bottle outside a ballpark in Binghamton, N.Y., and slashed off the tip of his right index finger, ending his career as a pitcher.

What do they do with pitcher Stephen Strasburg as he comes back from last seasons Tommy John surgery?

Thor was my pick of the litter last season at 8 - 1, but as is often the case with pitchers, an injury derailed his season.

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon McCarthy joined «The Buzz» podcast Wednesday and said there's a chance that MLB pitchers could have the option of wearing special protective headgear as early as the 2014 season.

A year - over-year increase of 30 innings pitched is often used as the limit for the number of innings a young starting pitcher is allowed to pitch in any given season.

Jeff Cavaliere MSPT, CSCS served as both the Head Physical Therapist and Assistant Strength Coach for the New York Mets during the National League East Championship 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons and coached some of the game's most accomplished players including future hall of fame pitchers Tom Glavine and Pedro Martinez, and perennial all - stars Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Jose Reyes, and Billy Wagner to name just a few.

For all of his historic accomplishments, Lincecum won the Players» Choice Award as the National League Outstanding Pitcher this season, along with the National League Pitcher of the Year Award from Sporting News.

THE RISE OF THE PITCHER With every new season comes another tome touted as the next Moneyball, Michael Lewis» influential story of baseball's statistical revolution.