Grover Alexander
On average, there are about 11 to 13 pitchers on every Major League team. There are, on average, 5 starting pitchers, a closer (last-resort pitcher), a set-up pitcher (a pitcher who throws while the closer is still warming up, also the backup closer), 2 long relief pitchers (1st inning through 4th inning backup), and 3 middle relief pitchers (5th inning through early 8th inning backup). The starting pitchers are the pitchers that start pitching in the 1st inning. The pitching rotation is the order of determining what starter will start. The rest of the pitchers make up the bullpen.
On average, there are about 11 to 13 pitchers on every Major League team. There are, on average, 5 starting pitchers, a closer (last-resort pitcher), a set-up pitcher (a pitcher who throws while the closer is still warming up, also the backup closer), 2 long relief pitchers (1st inning through 4th inning backup), and 3 middle relief pitchers (5th inning through early 8th inning backup). The starting pitchers are the pitchers that start pitching in the 1st inning. The pitching rotation is the order of determining what starter will start. The rest of the pitchers make up the bullpen.
Several pitchers won 20 games just last year in 2008, led by Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay with 22.
On Sunday, October 4, Texas @ Seattle and Rockies @ Dodgers are the last scheduled games of the season, starting at 4:10 PM.
Sanchez
For hitters, it means leading your league (AL or NL) in batting average, RBI, and homeruns. For pitchers, it means leading your respective league in ERA, strikeouts, and wins. The last hitter to do it was Carl yastremski in 1967 and Jake peavy did it for pitchers in 2007.
Yes, and the 2008 Games will be the last that baseball will be competed. It has been discontinued as of the 2012 Games.
Spring Training
Ichiro
The last full time MLB starter inducted prior to the 2009 elections was Nolan Ryan in 1999. Dennis Eckersley was inducted in 2004 and, while best remembered as a closer, started 361 games in his career and threw a no-hitter (pitching for the Cleveland Indians) against the California Angels in 1977. Since Ryan's induction in 1999, the Veteran's Committee has elected several starting pitchers from the Negro Leagues (Jose Mendez, Andy Cooper, Ray Brown, and Hilton Smith)
Baseball games usually last from 3 - 4 hours. But really it depends on the teams