Statistics are current through the games of September 19, 2007:
For a career John Franco, whose career spanned 1984-2005, pitched in 1119 games without starting a single game. Two pitchers in MLB history have pitched more games than Franco. Jesse Orosco (1979-2003) holds the MLB record for career games pitched with 1252. He started 4 of those games. Mike Stanton, who is currently active and pitching with the Cincinnati Reds, is 2nd in all time appearances with 1174. He has started one game in his career.
For a season, Mike Marshall of the 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers pitched in 106 games without starting a single game.
Unlike the starting pitcher, a relief pitcher has no minimum number of innings pitched. Given the definition of a win, however, it's impossible for a pitcher to achieve it without pitching at least 0.1 inning (one out).
Any team that had an opposing pitcher throw a perfect game or no hitter
549873938737 innings
Yes.The most wins a pitcher in MLB has had in a season without a loss is 12. That was by Tom Zachary of the 1929 New York Yankees who pitched in 26 games and threw 119 2/3 innings.
For example, if a pitcher comes in to start the seventh inning, gives up two base hits and is replaced without recording an out, the box score will show he pitched 0 innings. At the bottom of the box score it will have a statement "<name of pitcher> pitched to two batters in the seventh inning'. Sometimes you hear broadcasters refer to it as 'plus'. Say the starter is replaced after giving up a base hit in the seventh inning but before recording any outs. You might hear the broadcaster say "<name of pitcher> went six plus innings today".
Unlike the starting pitcher, a relief pitcher has no minimum number of innings pitched. Given the definition of a win, however, it's impossible for a pitcher to achieve it without pitching at least 0.1 inning (one out).
Any team that had an opposing pitcher throw a perfect game or no hitter
549873938737 innings
The MLB pitcher that pitched the most innings without giving up a grand slam was Hall of Famer Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles. He pitched 3948 innings in the regular season and another 124 1/3 innings in the postseason without giving up a grand slam.
WHIP is an abbreviation for 'Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched'. It is a relatively new statistic in baseball that shows, approximately, how many baserunners a pitcher allows per inning. WHIP is calculated by adding the number of base hits a pitcher allows with the number of walks a pitcher allows and then dividing the sum by the number of innings the pitcher has pitched. For example, there is a pitcher who has pitched 200 innings, given up 175 base hits and 84 walks. You would add the number of base hits to the number of walks (175 + 84 = 259) and divide by the number of innings pitched (259/200 = 1.295). The pitcher's WHIP is 1.295. The lower the WHIP, the better the pitcher has pitched. Any pitcher that has a WHIP less than 1.000 has had a great season. The lowest WHIP in MLB history was Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox in the 2000 season. He pitched 217 innings, gave up 128 base hits and 32 walks for a WHIP of 0.737.
Complete Game, a stat for pitchers. This means that the pitcher has pitched through the entire game without any relief help from the bullpen, and has played all 9 innings.
A pitcher's era (earned run average) is calculated as follows: 1. Number of Earned Runs 2. Times 9 3. Divided by number of innings pitched So, if a pitcher gives up 3 earned runs in 5 innings then we first multiply 3 times 9 = 27. Then we take 27 and divide it by 5 (for innings pitched) to get an era of 5.4. Also, an earned run is a run that scores without the defense creating any errors.
Yes.The most wins a pitcher in MLB has had in a season without a loss is 12. That was by Tom Zachary of the 1929 New York Yankees who pitched in 26 games and threw 119 2/3 innings.
No, Because a pitcher has to throw at least five innings of work.
Rahul Dravid of India - 120 inns.
It is a measure to judge how effective a pitcher is. It calculated by taking the total earned runs a pitcher has allowed and dividing by (total #of innings pitched/9). Giving you an average number of runs a pitcher allows (earned runs) every 9 innings
Lucas Luetge for Seattle mariners