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Five pitchers are used in a starting rotation for baseball teams. Sometimes in the post-season teams will use a rotation consisting of their best three or four pitchers only, to maximize their chances of winning a series.
Starting pitchers for Game 1 of the 2007 World Series were Josh Beckett for the Boston Red Sox and Jeff Francis for the Colorado Rockies.
The Red Sox starting pitchers in 2009 included:Josh BeckettJon LesterBrad PennyTim WakefieldClay BuchholzDaisuke Matsuzaka
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.
The 1963 Boston Red Sox starting pitchers were; Bill Monbouquette, Earl Wilson, Dave Morehead, and Bob Heffner
Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum
There are different amount of pitchers in a 40-man roster, whether you have 25 pitchers (in both the starting rotation and the bullpen) or just have 10, in any game, you can use all of your pitchers. However, you can't use a pitcher once they are taken out of the game.
In a Major League Baseball game, Starting Pitchers can pitch as many innings as needed, it is up to the discretion of his Manager however Starting Pitchers must pitch 5 innings in order to qualify for a win.
Ron Guidry and Jerry Reuss
The original scheduled starting pitchers for Game 3 of the 1989 World Series that was postponed due to the Loma Prieta earthquake were Bob Welch for the Oakland Athletics and Don Robinson for the San Francisco Giants. When the game was played, 10 days after the earthquake, the starting pitchers were Dave Stewart for the Athletics and Scott Garrelts for the Giants. Those two were the same pitchers that started Game 1.