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In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. In the National League and the Japanese Central League, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League and spreading throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over to the position of designated hitter, a cause of some controversy. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How many knuckleball pitchers are there in Major League Baseball? Q. I can only think of one and that is Wakefield. Are there others? I love watching knuckleball pitchers because almost every pitch they throw is unpredictable. It is so fun to watch. It is almost like a science. A very inexact science. And that is what makes it so exciting. I wish there were more knuckleball pitchers. Asked by cannonball - Sun Jul 20 18:56:44 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. R.A. Dickey for Seattle also throws the knuckleball. Charlie Haeger, who pitched in the majors in '06 and '07, is in the White Sox minor league organization. Answered by Utter Chaos - Mon Jul 21 00:43:13 2008 Who agrees that 250 wins for pitchers is the new 300 wins for this generation? Q. For the new generation of pitchers who agrees that 250 wins will be the mark for future hall of fame pitchers. If you agree with this then whats the cut off point for the old generation of pitchers who still pitch currently, Mussina,Moyer,etc... Asked by webgirl - Fri Apr 11 01:15:29 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. Based on what? Is there some columnist out there spewing this nonsense? 300+ game winners have NEVER been a common breed... but on average, one or two come along every generation. Here, let's just take a by-decade look at when pitchers finished, the top 52 by wins (I'd have stopped at 50, but three guys are tied at #49, so I took one more to make an even number, which happened to be Marichal with 243). Of them, 23 have 300+, 29 have 243-299 wins. (One presumption: the five pitchers active in 2007 -- Clemens, Maddux, Johnson, Glavine, Mussina -- are counted as "retiring in 2000s decade".) 300+ win pitchers, decade career ended (23): 1870s -- zero 1880s -- zero 1890s -- 5 1900s -- 1 1910s -- 3 1920s -- 1 1930s -- 1 1940s -- 1 1950s --… [cont.] Answered by Chipmaker - Fri Apr 11 02:05:16 2008 How come pitchers have double digit numbers?
Q. Does anyone know why their aren't any (or I haven't seen them) pitchers with numbers like 8 or 5? Asked by Rangers Horns 8-0 Congrats Yanks - Fri Aug 17 20:33:44 2007 - - 6 Answers - 1 Comments A. well, i checked every major league roster in the mlb and there is only one player in the entire league that wears a single digit number. #7 josh towers - toronto blue jays - starting pitcher Answered by Nolan B - Fri Aug 17 22:07:38 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "pitchers"  news.google.com Reuters new york (Reuters Health) - Major league baseball pitchers found to have weak shoulder strength during the preseason are at increased risk ... Pitcher Injuries Linked to Preseason Shoulder Strength in Study Bloomberg Three Strikes: Preseason Muscle Weakness Linked to Pitchers ' Injuries MedPage Today Strength Testing Could Reduce Pitching Injuries Forbes all 11 news articles » news.google.com MLB.com That's one of the reasons the skippers ran out of pitchers in the debacle that was the 2002 All-Star Game. That, of course, is what prompted it to be halted ... news.google.com CBSSports.com This is your Fantasy Week 15 (July 16-19) Pitching Planner, where there are no two-start pitchers , and your Fantasy Week 16 (July 20-26) Pitching Forecaster ... and more » From Google News Search: "pitchers"  hardballtimes.com Paul Singman ue, 05 Jan 2010 07:16:30 GM A look at a few . pitchers. who could have positive fantasy impacts in 2009 despite unimpressive strikeout totals.  sporcle.com unknown Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:17:26 GM you missed the no-hitter by the Houston Astros against the Yankees a couple of yrs ago (2003 or 2004 can't really remember). They threw a bunch of . pitchers. including Roy Oswalt, Billy Wagner, and Brad Lidge. ...  games.net unknown hu, 07 Jan 2010 13:18:45 GM It's . Pitchers. versus the Hitters in MLB 2K10. From Google Blog Search: "pitchers" |
