Opening Day
Posted by Andy on April 6, 2009
Have fun as your favorite team gets it all started today!!
Here's a list of the most Opening Day wins since 1954:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Jack Morris 8 Ind. Games Tom Seaver 7 Ind. Games Jimmy Key 7 Ind. Games Randy Johnson 7 Ind. Games Juan Marichal 6 Ind. Games Greg Maddux 6 Ind. Games Mickey Lolich 6 Ind. Games Dwight Gooden 6 Ind. Games Roger Clemens 6 Ind. Games Rick Sutcliffe 5 Ind. Games Nolan Ryan 5 Ind. Games Jim Palmer 5 Ind. Games Tom Glavine 5 Ind. Games Don Drysdale 5 Ind. Games
Nobody on this list has a chance to increase his total this year. Neither Randy Johnson nor Tom Glavine is pitching his team's opener, and everybody else is retired.
Here are the most wins by a reliever on Opening Day, again since 1954:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Felix Rodriguez 2 Ind. Games Eric Plunk 2 Ind. Games Stu Miller 2 Ind. Games Bob Locker 2 Ind. Games Danny Graves 2 Ind. Games Moe Drabowsky 2 Ind. Games Tom Burgmeier 2 Ind. Games Frank Baumann 2 Ind. Games Don Aase 2 Ind. Games
Again, nobody active here.