http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/485*306/Adam_Dunn_8-5.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IDxJUNyFzVA/SeSXIw3vOgI/AAAAAAAACPI/kiD4k3UAPD4/s400/nick_swisher.jpg
non-pitchers with pitching appearances at baseball-reference
the last position players to pitch for each team
celebratory tumblr
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 16:55 (four years ago) Permalink
Mandatory link.
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 17:29 (four years ago) Permalink
http://multimedia.detnews.com/pix/9c/db/cc/bb/40/65/20110630000822_2011-0629-rb-tigers-mets678.jpg
― Andy K, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:33 (four years ago) Permalink
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/adam-dunn-as-a-pitcher/
15 this year!
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 23:12 (four years ago) Permalink
wonder if it's more common in pitcher-dominated eras bc lower score differentials and better bullpens = more extra innings
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 23:13 (four years ago) Permalink
i'd imagine that modern theories about pitch counts and proper rest play a greater role
also you know adam dunn wanted to get out there -- he had some decent movement on the handful of pitches i saw
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 23:39 (four years ago) Permalink
btw this is intended to be an ALERT thread such that i don't miss the next adam dunn
a scoreless eighth for jesus sucre
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 June 2015 02:49 (three years ago) Permalink
jeff francoeur just threw the phillies' first scoreless inning
jake elmore is faring less well in tampa
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 01:50 (three years ago) Permalink
wish I was on ILX last may (or June?) to celebrate mike carp's horrendous knuckleballing against the yankees lol
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 02:07 (three years ago) Permalink
good for frenchie I guess tho
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 02:08 (three years ago) Permalink
i was hoping we'd get a yankee position player too, oh well
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 02:12 (three years ago) Permalink
so per the Effectively Wild FB group, yesterday was the first time (since 1914) more than one position player allowed a home run on the same day.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 16:18 (three years ago) Permalink
they left frenchy out there for 48 pitches! apparently because the bullpen phone was 'off the hook' ffs
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 16:41 (three years ago) Permalink
http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-06/16/22/enhanced/webdr10/enhanced-13592-1434508072-1.png
― Andy K, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 16:45 (three years ago) Permalink
thread is v active
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 June 2015 02:13 (three years ago) Permalink
can brendan ryan go two innings y/n
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 01:42 (three years ago) Permalink
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ClSdm7KUYAAKQBF.jpg
― Andy K, Sunday, 19 June 2016 19:05 (two years ago) Permalink
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Josh+Harrison+Pittsburgh+Pirates+v+Colorado+ILfBOzkIskYl.jpg
― Andy K, Sunday, 19 June 2016 19:07 (two years ago) Permalink
erik kratz has now pitched in both leagues this season
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 02:48 (two years ago) Permalink
Ryan Gions. loaded the bases in the 17th inning – then induced a double play to get out of it.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 July 2016 23:10 (two years ago) Permalink
sorry, 18th
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 July 2016 23:11 (two years ago) Permalink
is one position player relieving another something that happens? i know i;ve never seen it before.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 2 July 2016 03:42 (two years ago) Permalink
ryan lamarre 1.0IP 2H 0ER
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 July 2016 02:44 (two years ago) Permalink
Miguel Montero for the Cubs down 13-1
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 3 July 2016 20:10 (two years ago) Permalink
chris Gimenez on clev 2 IP
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 July 2016 20:20 (two years ago) Permalink
Jared Hoying, OF for the Rangers, pitched the top of the 9th with Texas down big. Gave up a homer on a 59mph toss
― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Friday, 8 July 2016 06:03 (two years ago) Permalink
I am not a big baseball guy, so tuning into the end of the Rangers game and seeing this guy I've never heard of pitch @ 60 mph was bizarre, I'm thinking he's a knuckle baller pulled up from the minors, but I'm seeing no movement on the ball whatsoever (I had the TV on mute to listen to coverage of the madness taking place in downtown Dallas, two miles away from me)
― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Friday, 8 July 2016 13:22 (two years ago) Permalink
Drew Butera again for KC, scoreless inning down 13-0
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 03:13 (two years ago) Permalink
Jeff Sullivan @based_ball 15m15 minutes agosince the start of last year position players pitching have a 4.93 ERA in about 46 innings. better than Matt Cain, Joe Kelly, and Ubaldo10 retweets 15 likes
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 July 2016 23:21 (two years ago) Permalink
hernan iribarren pitched the eighth for the louisville bats this afternoon
needed seven pitches to get three outs; one was a 46mph knuckleball
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 19:33 (two years ago) Permalink
@RhettBollingerEduardo Escobar's first pitch was an 88 mph fastball.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:54 (two years ago) Permalink
tyler holt is the first reds position player to pitch since skip schumaker two years and one day ago
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 August 2016 20:28 (two years ago) Permalink
five pitches, three outs
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 August 2016 20:29 (two years ago) Permalink
best pitcher on worst staff ever!
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2016 20:30 (two years ago) Permalink
does christian bethancourt even count
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 April 2017 21:32 (two years ago) Permalink
he's pitching in the fourth inning ffs
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 April 2017 21:34 (two years ago) Permalink
he was signed for that reason, so no
― frogbs, Monday, 3 April 2017 21:36 (two years ago) Permalink
whoa this guy's story is cool
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 April 2017 21:45 (two years ago) Permalink
has that happened in the modern game? guy pitching and playing the field on a regular basis?
@AJCassavellNo player in MLB history has caught more than 5 games and pitched in more than 5 games in the same season. Christian Bethancourt might.
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 April 2017 21:46 (two years ago) Permalink
poor guy was immediately spiked by andrew toles on a play at the plate after his first pitch (a wild one)
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 3 April 2017 23:20 (two years ago) Permalink
michael martinez of the indians last night: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/michael-martinez-pitcher/
― na (NA), Friday, 14 April 2017 18:01 (two years ago) Permalink
Currently ShowingSD & ATLReason: Position player pitching (Christian Bethancourt)Priority #2
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 April 2017 20:12 (two years ago) Permalink
what's a higher priority than a position player pitching? no-hitter?
(ian kennedy has a 1-hitter going in the 8th btw)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 April 2017 20:18 (two years ago) Permalink
yeah i have no-hitters in the 7th inning or later higher
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 April 2017 20:19 (two years ago) Permalink
3rd string catcher Kevin Plawecki pitching for the Mets today
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 30 April 2017 20:48 (two years ago) Permalink
this is the reverse but the Yankees put pitcher Brian Mitchell at 1b late in today's game...
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Sunday, 30 April 2017 21:54 (two years ago) Permalink
Miguel Montero on the mound right now for the Cubs vs Yankees
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Sunday, 7 May 2017 02:21 (two years ago) Permalink
Miguel Montero head hunting with a 80 mph heater 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/r68FZlNIA5— MLB Memes (@MLBMeme) May 7, 2017
― Andy K, Sunday, 7 May 2017 02:44 (two years ago) Permalink
The Diamondbacks used two position players in relief in their 19-2 loss to the Rockies ... in fact they pitched more total innings than the actual pitchers did (3.1 IP for the real pitchers, 4.2 IP in relief for the position players).
http://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=380711127
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 12 July 2018 05:26 (ten months ago) Permalink
they also . . . used a pitcher as a pinch hitter in the second inning, when they were only down 5-1
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 July 2018 13:01 (ten months ago) Permalink
Alex Blandino, Filthy 67 mph Knuckle Ball. 🦋 pic.twitter.com/ivFAvcv7YQ— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) July 12, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 July 2018 21:56 (ten months ago) Permalink
icymi
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/descalso-and-avila-hurl-their-way-into-weird-history/
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 July 2018 14:52 (ten months ago) Permalink
Our Willians: not so good on the mound
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 July 2018 21:55 (ten months ago) Permalink
tommy la stella comes on in the sixth
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 July 2018 21:03 (ten months ago) Permalink
and gets the out with one pitch
― na (NA), Friday, 20 July 2018 21:04 (ten months ago) Permalink
backup catcher caratini is pitching now. first time the cubs have used two position players in the same game since 1907
― Karl Malone, Friday, 20 July 2018 21:52 (ten months ago) Permalink
the crowd is going wild
― Karl Malone, Friday, 20 July 2018 21:53 (ten months ago) Permalink
#Cubs (La Stella, Caratini & Happ): first team to use 3 position player pitchers in a game since the Brewers 8/29/1979 (Sal Bando, Jim Gantner & Buck Martinez)— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) July 20, 2018
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 July 2018 22:06 (ten months ago) Permalink
i think ive read more about that Sal Bando game this month than i did in '79
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 July 2018 00:14 (ten months ago) Permalink
if my calculations are correct, you'd have been pretty busy when that game happened
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 July 2018 00:22 (ten months ago) Permalink
lol
https://deadspin.com/hernan-perez-plunked-a-batter-with-the-softest-pitch-yo-1827798463
― frogbs, Monday, 23 July 2018 17:57 (nine months ago) Permalink
if you can't dodge a 48 mph pitch you shouldn't get the base
― na (NA), Monday, 23 July 2018 18:04 (nine months ago) Permalink
Kristopher Negron can do it all. (Yes, this was an out)(No, he did not allow any runs)(No, he did not break 55 MPH) pic.twitter.com/IrIevQupmx— Reno Aces (@Aces) July 22, 2018
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 July 2018 18:07 (nine months ago) Permalink
Anthony Rizzo pitched and recorded an out in a 7-1 game last night.
I know that position players pitching is kind of a trend now, but do you really want your superstar hitters doing it?
Maybe everyone wants to channel their inner Ohtani these days?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 06:47 (nine months ago) Permalink
First-time pitcher Kike Hernandez yielded a game-winning HR to the Phils' Trevor Plouffe in the 16th last night.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 10:10 (nine months ago) Permalink
Yeah, it's getting out of hand now. The Jays punted a game in similar fashion last year too.
I'm assuming that Roberts merely pulled the strings that the Dodgers analytics department told him to pull. So their data shows that it's better to blow a game now than pitch the next day's starter in the 16th and risk an injury (and future wins)?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 10:48 (nine months ago) Permalink
probably depends on schedule/geography/roster composition as well -- dodgers have a day game today and couldn't get anyone up from the minors (in oklahoma) in time to help. and they may or may not have the ability to option players *to* the minors in exchange without further repercussions.
but yeah
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 13:09 (nine months ago) Permalink
https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-rangers/rangers/2018/07/23/carlos-tocci-ryan-rua-become-first-pair-rangers-position-players-ever-pitch-game
― antisocal (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 13:25 (nine months ago) Permalink
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/7/25/17612220/joe-maddon-cubs-position-players-pitching-as-rangers-comeback
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 17:15 (nine months ago) Permalink
All I could think about is that beneath the fun, hip exoskeleton, Joe Maddon is a soulless actuary.
BREAKING: Grant Brisbee describes Joe Maddon as "fun, hip"
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 17:42 (nine months ago) Permalink
that's on the managerial curve, where Buck Showalter is the baseline
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 17:45 (nine months ago) Permalink
icymi, the Rays used Sergio Romo at 3b for one out in a Waxahachie Swap
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 11:24 (nine months ago) Permalink
re the increase in position players pitching, it seems like people are freaking out about this because it's a direct acknowledgment that a team is giving up on a game? on the other hand, if your team is losing badly, at least watching a position player try to pitch adds some entertainment value and something to root for
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 July 2018 14:19 (nine months ago) Permalink
It was done by a manager with a big lead recently, right?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 15:28 (nine months ago) Permalink
that doesn't sound like Respect for the Game
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 July 2018 15:36 (nine months ago) Permalink
Inauspicious debut for Jose Reyes:
1 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 0 K, 2 HR, 6 ER, 48 pitches (29 strikes), 54.00 ERA
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 03:08 (nine months ago) Permalink
Makes me wonder get the record is for most pitches thrown in a game by a position player. Ouch!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 03:15 (nine months ago) Permalink
typos there but hopefully the meaning comes through (new profile description)
uh, i only just now realized that we all have profiles (accessible by clicking the username), and updated accordingly.
maybe i did know that we had profiles (i must have clicked them to send ilxmail...right?), but somehow it escaped me that you could edit the information in them, or that it was a thing to look at
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 03:20 (nine months ago) Permalink
re the increase in position players pitching, it seems like people are freaking out about this because it's a direct acknowledgment that a team is giving up on a game?
For me it's mostly about the injury risk. If Rizzo had gotten hurt in that game he pitched, how do you justify losing your All-Star first baseman over something so stupid?
There's also the inherent ridiculousness of carrying 12 pitchers and still not having enough of them to throw some mop-up innings in a blowout.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 08:01 (nine months ago) Permalink
James tweeted about this last week:
"The surge in the # of position players pitching is a signal that the 100-year trend toward more frequent pitching changes has finally reached a limit within the 25-man roster. The worst mistake that baseball could make would be to expand rosters and allow that trend to resume."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 13:05 (nine months ago) Permalink
xp yeah that's why they usually make the 4th outfielder do it. though idk if I've seen a position player injure themselves on the mound yet. I'm sure it's happened I just can't remember it. pitchers batting, on the other hand...
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 13:11 (nine months ago) Permalink
idk if your team is sitting at a 1% win probability I think it makes sense to save your arms if you can hobble through the last couple of innings
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 13:13 (nine months ago) Permalink
Ryan Goins hurt himself pitching for the Jays a couple of years ago--he didn't miss much time. Didn't Canseco famously hurt himself pitching?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 13:20 (nine months ago) Permalink
Yeah, it was '93:
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-06-29/sports/1993180202_1_texas-rangers-canseco-jobe
He never played after June 23.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 13:24 (nine months ago) Permalink
though idk if I've seen a position player injure themselves on the mound yet.
Jose Canseco famously blew out his arm pitching in the 90's. I think we haven't seen injuries because it used to not happen very often -- only a couple of times per season. If the current trend continues, it's only a matter of time before someone else hurts their arm or gets hit by a comebacker.
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― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 13:27 (nine months ago) Permalink
I haven't paid enough attention to these situations — do position players ever pitch when they're winning in a blowout, or is it just when they're losing?
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 13:59 (nine months ago) Permalink
it's possible, but i've never heard of it. apart from the fact that the winning team's pitchers, having not given up 17 runs or whatever, aren't as taxed, i'm pretty sure that would be considered a dire insult under the Unwritten Rules
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 18:41 (nine months ago) Permalink
Apparently hasn't happened since George Sisler in 1920, when things wuz different.
https://www.sbnation.com/2018/4/24/17274044/position-players-pitching-heck-yeah
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 18:46 (nine months ago) Permalink
Has Position-Player Pitching Reached Its Peak… or Nadir? Last night we had 3 more position players pitch, furthering the already existing record to 49 —with an average of more than one per day since the All-Star break https://t.co/6nVHnIUOkc— Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) August 3, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 August 2018 11:34 (nine months ago) Permalink
Pitchers becoming hitters and coming full circle as position players pitching ... Rick Ankiel wants to make a comeback in 2019 as a reliever. He'll be 40 next year.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 06:46 (nine months ago) Permalink
Matt Davidson is the first 15-HR hitter to pitch 3x in a season since Ruth
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/matt-davidson-pulls-babe-ruth-continues-be-poster-child-baseballs-position-player-pitching
may be joined by Ohtani (11 HR)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 August 2018 11:54 (nine months ago) Permalink
Sam Miller:
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24364647/are-position-players-actually-good-pitchers-yes-definitely-no
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 14:39 (nine months ago) Permalink
confusing url, slightly less but still very confusing title
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 17:35 (nine months ago) Permalink
i guess it's understandable that jace peterson didn't cover first on a grounder to the 1B
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:04 (seven months ago) Permalink
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dog2ngGVsAEipId.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:08 (seven months ago) Permalink
Pablo Sandoval: "Pitching is not easy. But it's easy for me because I don't care."— Kerry Crowley (@KO_Crowley) May 6, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 6 May 2019 20:35 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Luke Maile threw a 1-2-3 inning yesterday, with a strikeout; using a knuckleball/change-up/fastball repertoire!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 6 May 2019 21:05 (two weeks ago) Permalink