The first Phillies pitcher to start an MLB All-Star game was Robin Roberts in 1950.
Perhaps, depending on your definition of knuckleball. Clarence Mitchell appeared twice (in 1920 for Brooklyn and in 1928 for St. Louis), in a long relief role in each case. Mitchell probably threw more of a knuckle-curve than what today is deemed a knuckleball, but it was called a knuckleball at the time. Bearden, on the other hand, threw both a knuckleball (using the middle three fingertips of his pitching hand on top of the ball) and a spike curve (using the bent middle finger of his pitching hand on the ball). The Sporting News had illustrations of his grips in the issue that covered the World Series in 1948. More recent left-handed knuckleball pitchers had some success in the major leagues--notably Mickey Haefner in the 1940s and Wilbur Wood in the 1960s and 1970s--but never made it to the playoffs.
Nine players start the average softball game. A pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, and three outfielders. (Left, right and center.)
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Dan Bankhead was the first African-American pitcher to play in a major league game.
The starting pitcher in the Mets first game in franchise history, played April 11, 1962 against the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis, was Roger Craig. Craig and the Mets lost, 11-4.
A pitcher who doesn't get an out in the 1st inning and who is pulled from the game is still considering the starting pitcher. He will be listed this way on the team spreadsheet and roster.
it is always the first pitch
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In their first regular season MLB game played April 5, 1993 that was Charlie Hough.
the pitcher who started the game always gets the win