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Double Debuts

Posted by Raphy on June 10, 2010

All the recent discussions about player debuts  made me wonder about the number of times that a game featured  both starting pitchers  making their major league debut. Here are the results for the current PI era (1920-1939,1952-2010).

Rk Gcar Tm Opp Date #Matching
1 DET TOR 2009-04-09 2
2 WSN ATL 2008-09-04 2
3 DET TEX 2001-08-08 2
4 MIN KCR 1990-08-21 2
5 STL CIN 1974-07-07 (1) 2
6 HOU SFG 1971-09-05 (2) 2
7 CHW DET 1963-09-21 2
8 LAA CLE 1962-09-30 (2) 2
9 CIN SFG 1962-04-14 2
10 SLB DET 1939-04-25 2
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 6/9/2010.

That's a pretty boring list without the details, so lets fill in the some of the  blanks. The debuting starters are being listed together. Pitchers who have played in the majors in 2010 are marked with a *.  For more details about each game, please follow the links.

April 25, 1939 -  Browns 2 @ Tigers 7

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Jack Kramer, W (1-0) 9 6 2 2 2 3 0 2.00 35 68
Dizzy Trout, L (0-1) 3.1 6 4 4 0 3 0 10.80 16 35

Career Pitching WAR: Kramer 9.0,  Trout 43.6

April 14, 1962 - Reds 6 @ Giants 13

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Sammy Ellis, L (0-1) 2.1 5 7 3 1 2 2 11.57 15 28 -.509 0.96 -5.0
Gaylord Perry 2.2 5 4 4 1 1 0 13.50 14 32 -.265 1.23 -2.7

Career Pitching WAR: Ellis 6.5, Perry 96.3

September 30, 1962 (2) - Angels 1 @ Indians 6

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Bobby Darwin, L (0-1) 3.1 8 6 4 4 6 0 10.80 23 26 -.382 0.86 -5.0
Floyd Weaver, W (1-0) 5 3 1 1 0 8 1 1.80 18 65 .098 0.76 1.4

Career Pitching WAR: Darwin 2.0, Weaver -1.7

September 21, 1963 - White Sox 3 @ Tigers 4

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Fritz Ackley 6 5 3 2 3 4 2 3.00 25 53 -.141 0.93 -0.2
Denny McLain, W (1-0) 9 7 3 1 4 8 0 1.00 36 69 .138 1.51 1.2

Career Pitching WAR: Ackley -.1, McLain 16.8

September 5, 1971 (2) - Astros 5 @ Giants 3

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
J.R. Richard, W (1-0) 9 7 3 2 3 15 0 2.00 38 75 .189 1.13 0.9
Jim Willoughby, L (0-1) 3 6 3 3 1 3 0 9.00 16 37 -.267 1.17 -2.1

Career Pitching WAR: Richard 22.4 , Willoughby 3.5

July 7, 1974 (1) - Cardinals 1 @  Reds 2

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Bob Forsch, L (0-1) 6.2 4 2 2 5 2 1 2.70 28 55 .014 1.02 0.8
Tom Carroll, W (1-0) 7 2 1 1 6 6 1 1.29 27 69 .308 1.08 2.2

Career Pitching WAR: Forsch 18.6 , Carroll -1.5

August 21, 1990 - Twins 7  @ Royals 8

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Paul Abbott, L (0-1) 3 6 7 7 5 3 0 21.00 19 84 45 27 5 13 3 8 4 0 17 -.484 1.15 -4.6
Jim Campbell 4.2 10 7 7 0 1 1 13.50 25 71 45 33 5 7 6 18 9 0 17 -.335 1.10 -3.9

Career Pitching WAR: Abbott 2.8 , Campbell -0.4

August 8, 2001 - Tigers 19 @ Rangers 6

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Nate Cornejo 3 9 6 6 1 3 0 18.00 20 72 40 26 3 11 2 13 10 0 19 -.380 0.91 -4.3
Joaquin Benoit 5 8 6 6 3 4 3 10.80 26 93 55 33 7 15 5 11 5 3 28 -.283 0.94 -3.1

Career Pitching WAR (through 06/08/10): Cornejo .2 , Benoit* 6.1

September 4, 2008 - Nationals 0 @ Braves 2

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Shairon Martis, L (0-1) 5 4 2 2 5 2 0 3.60 24 92 46 23 4 19 6 11 3 0 48 -.007 1.04 0.5
James Parr, W (1-0) 6 2 0 0 3 3 0 0.00 21 101 60 39 4 17 5 10 3 0 68 .341 1.06 3.0

Career Pitching WAR (through 06/08/10): Martis 0.1, Parr -0.2

April 9, 2009 - Tigers 2 @ Blue Jays 6

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Rick Porcello, L (0-1) 5 9 4 4 1 4 2 7.20 24 89 57 38 3 16 12 7 2 0 36 -0.167 1.18 -0.8
Ricky Romero, W (1-0) 6 7 2 2 2 5 1 3.00 25 93 59 31 13 15 10 7 1 0 53 0.104 1.01 1.2

Career Pitching WAR (through 06/08/10): Porcello* 2.0 , Romero* 4.8

Related posts:

    Best Debuts by Reds Starters
    Rare Double Nickel
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    Double G
    Most Double Plays Grounded Into, NL Team

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3 Responses to “Double Debuts”

  1. Andy Says:
    June 10th, 2010 at 8:37 am

    Figures that most games are from either April or September.

    Interesting find, Raphy.

  2. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    June 10th, 2010 at 11:49 am

    Bobby Darwin (pitching debut 9/30/62) led the AL in strikeouts three straight seasons.

    As an outfielder.

  3. eric Says:
    June 11th, 2010 at 6:24 am

    Last night in the O's game Jake Arrieta recorded his first career win. David Hernandez recorded his first career save. Is there a way to search for other instances of this?

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