One & Done In One
Posted by Steve Lombardi on February 10, 2010
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Season Finder...the only three men in baseball history (since 1901) to pitch exactly one inning in a season where they were credited with the win for the one game in which they pitched that one inning:
| Rk | W | IP | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | L | SV | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | PO | BK | WP | Pit | Str | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Kemp Wicker | 1 | 1.0 | 1938 | 31 | NYY | AL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brent Mayne | 1 | 1.0 | 2000 | 32 | COL | NL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 60 | 16 | 9 | ||
| 3 | Kenny Greer | 1 | 1.0 | 1993 | 26 | NYM | NL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
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Kemp Wicker is a great name. And, of course, Brent Mayne was not really a pitcher. But, nonetheless, this is a funny little list, at least to me.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
The complete list of position players to pitch in games (and earn pitching decisions) can be found here:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/fieldPitch.shtml
February 10th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Brent Mayne holds the all-time record (since 1876) for the fewest innings pitched in a career that included a win.
And then there's Scott Nielsen of the Yankees, who in 1989 became the only pitcher ever to finish a season with at least one win and less than one inning pitched.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
There was a pitcher who pitched in a game a few years ago in relief, picked off a base runner for the third out BEFORE he made a pitch, got the win, and didn't come back into the game, so he was credited with 1/3 of an inning but made no pitches. Who was this pitcher ? Please email me if you remember because I don't. luckycatnj@yahoo.com THANKS
February 10th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Alan Embree did it in July and BJ Ryan in 2003
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090708&content_id=5756884&vkey=news_col&fext=.jsp&c_id=col
February 10th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Somewhat related:
On 7/27/30, Ken Ash entered game in relief, &
threw one pitch - resulting in a triple
play. In the bottom of the inning, he
was removed for a pinch hitter. The
Reds rallied & he got the win. One
pitch good for three outs and a win.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
If you go back to the dawn of time, you get one more pitcher on the original list - Curry Foley, Buffalo (yes, there was a NL team in Buffalo) 1883. Foley did a lot of pitching the first two years of his 5-year career, but after that he was mostly an outfielder. He pitched in exactly one game, and exactly one inning in that game, in both 1882 and 1883.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
This got me interested to see who's had the worst ERA and managed a win. Both Gerard Alexander (1992) and Bartolome Fortunato (2006) finished with 1-0 records despite ERAs of 27.00! Other notables include Jaret Wright in 2002 (2-3, 15.71), Albie Lopez in 2003 (4-2, 12.71), and Ezequiel Astacio in 2006 (2-0, 11.12). At one point in his season, Astacio was actually at 2-0 and 27.00. Here's the full list.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:52 am
According to my math... usually sketchy at best.....Rick Ankiwl should be joining this list early this year.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Mitch Williams had not one but TWO games where he got a SAVE without officially facing a batter, both times coming in and picking off a runner to end the game.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198909110.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198904280.shtml
In one of those cases, he didn't throw a pitch to the batter, even.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Dean Stone, representing the Washington Senators, won the 1954 All-Star Game on a caught stealing without retiring a batter, but he may have made some pitches.
February 11th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
He didn't get a win (actually, he got the loss), but Larry Christenson's career World Series ERA stands at 108.00 - and he was a starting pitcher! His forgettable line from the 1980 Fall Classic:
0.1 IP, 5H, 4 ER, 12 TB (Si, Tr, HR, 2 Do), and an E1 to boot.
Not sure, but I'm guessing that's highest non-infinite WS ERA (i.e. highest ERA for a pitcher who recorded at least one out).
February 11th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
In re #10 above, according to various discussions on SABR-L, Stone ran the count to 1-1 on Duke Snider before catching Red Schoendienst stealing home.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Tomepp, nearly as impressive must be Jay Witasick. He only managed a 54.00 ERA in his first WS. But he got a second chance the following year -- and couldn't lower it! That's hard to do.