First and Last Pitches of the Season
Posted by Sean Forman on October 1, 2007
Yesterday, a reader pointed out that Brett Myers threw the first and last pitches of the Phillies season. This might seem rare, but it has happened 67 times in the last 51 years, mostly with ace starters throwing a complete game on the final day of the season, but it has happened a few times with the opening day starter pitching the final day in relief. Here are the seventeen times it has happened.
| CIN | 1958 | Brooks Lawrence | 2 | | CIN | 1959 | Bob Purkey | 2 | | LAD | 1960 | Don Drysdale | 2 | | BAL | 1961 | Milt Pappas | 2 | | LAA | 1962 | Eli Grba | 2 | | STL | 1963 | Ernie Broglio | 2 | | MLN | 1964 | Warren Spahn | 2 | | MLN | 1965 | Tony Cloninger | 2 | | CAL | 1967 | George Brunet | 2 | | OAK | 1968 | Catfish Hunter | 2 | | SDP | 1974 | Bill Greif | 2 | | SEA | 1980 | Mike Parrott | 2 | | SDP | 1997 | Joey Hamilton | 2 | | BOS | 1997 | Tom Gordon | 2 | | CIN | 2002 | Joey Hamilton | 2 | | DET | 2006 | Kenny Rogers | 2 | | PHI | 2007 | Brett Myers | 2 |
October 1st, 2007 at 2:07 pm
I can't believe Joey Hamilton did this twice.
BTW I didn't write this post either, and since it's not something you can do with the PI, you know it has to be that man Sean.
October 1st, 2007 at 2:45 pm
How about first and last at-bat of the season?
October 1st, 2007 at 3:05 pm
I wonder if anyone else has been the opening day starter and ended up with more than 20 saves in a season?
October 5th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Let's hear it for Joey "Book Ends" Hamilton!