Most Pitchers in a Game
Posted by Sky on August 20, 2007
Following up on my post about the most hitters used in a game, here's a list of the most pitchers used by one team:
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk **Ptchrs** ERA +----+-------------+---+----+-------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+----------+------+ 1 1992-09-25 SEA TEX W 4-3 16 16 3 3 8 18 0 265 168 10 0 71 61 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 11 1.69 2 2006-09-30 COL CHC W 11-9 14 15 9 9 5 11 0 237 156 7 4 63 57 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 10 5.79 3 2006-09-30 CHC COL L 9-11 14 11 11 11 10 14 4 286 167 0 0 64 50 3 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 10 7.07 4 2006-09-16 ARI COL W 7-6 16 10 6 5 5 12 1 250 165 0 0 63 56 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 10 2.81 5 2006-08-15 CHC HOU W 8-6 18 16 6 6 6 12 0 294 181 4 2 75 66 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 10 3.00 6 2004-09-12 BAL NYY L 7-9 9 11 9 9 14 5 2 220 110 8 0 53 38 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 10 9.00 7 2004-09-11 PHI NYM W 11-9 13 15 9 7 7 10 0 233 145 3 1 60 51 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 10 4.85 8 2003-09-27 ATL PHI L 6-7 9.1 14 7 7 3 7 2 145 90 2 1 43 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 10 6.75 9 2000-08-22 COL ATL W 7-6 12 14 6 6 7 4 2 201 112 5 1 57 47 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 10 4.50 10 1998-09-14 DET CHW L 16-17 12 19 17 13 11 8 3 276 160 9 4 68 54 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 10 9.75 11 1995-09-28 HOU CHC L 11-12 10.1 19 12 12 5 8 2 238 143 5 2 54 44 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 1 10 10.45 12 1993-09-01 TEX BOS W 9-7 12 15 7 6 6 12 1 214 130 14 3 59 48 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 10 4.50 13 1986-04-20 CHC PIT L 8-10 17 16 10 9 7 14 2 4 2 71 63 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 4.76
I'm quite impressed that the 11 pitchers used by the Mariners only gave up three runs in 16 innings.
The only nine inning game to make the list was thrown by Baltimore in 2004 (line six).
The award for least efficient use of ten pitchers goes to the Braves (line eight), whose pitchers averaged only 14.5 pitches. Mike Hampton started and went two innings. Five pitchers recorded holds. John Smoltz blew the save, Ray King put the winning run on base, and Trey Hodges let it score. Shane Reynolds was the most productive pitcher, allowing no runs in two innings (the third and fourth).
August 21st, 2007 at 8:39 am
The most impressive games are lines 5, 9, & 13 as being the only non-September games of the group -- and thus with a normal-sized roster. Games 5 & 13 didn't even use any non-pitchers.