Trivia time: all of a pitcher’s career outs are strikeouts
Posted by Andy on September 21, 2007
In my travels as a baseball fan, I have come across just one pitcher in history who pitched at least one inning and recorded all of his outs by strikeout. Can you name him?
I was reminded of this when someone mentioned how Kevin Seitzer recorded one out as a pitcher and struck out Carlos Martinez.
If you have no clue, try using the PI Pitching Season Finder.
September 21st, 2007 at 7:52 am
Incidentally, here is the full list of all pitchers who recorded one career out, and got it by strikeout:
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/PmAT
In addition to Seitzer, two others (Scott Sheldon and Jim Mosolf) were also primarily hitters.
September 21st, 2007 at 8:46 am
Here it is:
--- 6 R Bournigal Walk
1-- 1 J Giambi Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Bournigal to 3B
-23 2 S Spiezio Hit By Pitch
O 123 6 M Blowers Strikeout Swinging
O 123 6 M Tejada Strikeout Swinging
R 123 5 A Hinch Walk; Bournigal Scores; Giambi to 3B; Spiezio to 2B
O 123 3 M Neill Strikeout Looking
September 21st, 2007 at 8:52 am
Yup...that's the appearance. Anybody else care to guess who it was?
September 21st, 2007 at 10:42 am
His nickname was "Hard Hittin".
I found it by looking up all of "M Neill's" career games. Since he only played 6 games, it was easy to find.
September 21st, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Since no one has posted his full name, I will.
Mark Whiten performed his magic in 1998.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitema01.shtml
September 21st, 2007 at 2:24 pm
7 batters- 2 walks, a hit batsman and a double.
Don't know I'd call that "magic".
September 21st, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Whiten certainly has his fair share of claims to fame on the diamond, lest we forget this game.