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Hiroki Kuroda was the Dodgers' Opening Day starting pitcher in 2009. Brad Penny was the Dodgers' Opening Day starting pitcher in 2008. Orel Hershiser made four Opening Day starts for the Dodgers in the 1980s and 1990s. Chan Ho Park was the Dodgers' Opening Day starter in 2001. Hideo Nomo made two Opening Day starts for the Dodgers in 2003 and 2004.
On Opening Day, Yankee pitchers have a combined record of 35–12–1 when playing at home. [3] Of those games, pitchers have a 1–0 record at Oriole Park, a 3–1–1 record at Hilltop Park, a 2–3 record from Polo Grounds, a 28–8 record at Yankee Stadium, and a 1–0 record at Shea Stadium. When on the road for Opening Day, Yankee ...
The 15 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 15 wins, 13 losses (15–13) and 13 no decisions. [3] No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game. Félix Hernández has the Mariners' record for most Opening Day starts with eleven, recording a record of 7–2.
The Indians are five and one in Opening Day games in those seasons, with the only loss coming in 2016. [3] The Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays currently hold the record for the longest Opening Day game in Major League history. They set that record on Opening Day 2012, when the game lasted 16 innings.
George Winter pitched on Opening Day for the Boston Americans in 1903. Smoky Joe Wood was the Opening Day starter three times, 1911–1913. Babe Ruth started on Opening Day in 1916, 1917, and 1918. In 1923, 1924, and 1926, Howard Ehmke started on Opening Day for the Red Sox. Mel Parnell started four Opening Day games for the Red Sox, all in the ...
The Cardinals (37–32) are 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind them for second, with Milwaukee 1 ⁄ 2 game ahead (42–29) in the Central Division. [165] He set the major league record of 1,757 games caught for one team in the next game, June 18, and will continue to add for each game caught for the Cardinals until his expected retirement after the 2020 ...
The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in St. Petersburg, Florida.They play in the American League East division. The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, [1] though there are various ...
Radke has the record for most wins in Minnesota Twins Opening Day starts with four. Liván Hernández, Mudcat Grant, and Dean Chance share the best winning percentage in Opening Day starts with one win and no losses (1–0) each. Kevin Tapani has the worst winning percentage, losing both Opening Day starts he made for the Twins (0–2). [3]