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Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season. For MLB and most of the minor leagues, this day falls during the first week of April. For baseball fans, Opening Day serves as a symbol of rebirth; writer Thomas Boswell once penned a book titled, Why Time Begins On Opening Day. [3]
Although in modern baseball, ties are rare due to extra innings, in 1910, New York's Opening Game against the Boston Red Sox was declared a tie due to darkness – at the time, Hilltop Park had lacked adequate lighting. [5] Whitey Ford, Ron Guidry, and Mel Stottlemyre hold the Yankees record for most Opening Day starts with seven. [3]
Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season. For Major League Baseball (MLB) and most of the American minor leagues , this day typically falls during the first week of April, although in recent years it has occasionally fallen in the last week of March.
He also has the most starts in Shea Stadium, the Mets' home ballpark from 1964 through 2008. Seaver and Dwight Gooden hold the Mets' record for most Opening Day wins with six each. Al Jackson and Roger Craig share the worst winning percentage as the Opening Day starting pitcher with a record of 0–2. From 1968 through 1983, Mets' Opening Day ...
Phil Niekro was the Braves' Opening Day starting pitcher eight times, more than any other pitcher John Smoltz has made four Opening Day starts for the Braves. Tim Hudson was the Braves' 2013 Opening Day starting pitcher. Hudson also started in 2006 and 2008. Julio Teherán was the Braves' Opening Day starting pitcher from 2014 to 2019. Max Fried
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 1950s. Dennis Eckersley made five consecutive Opening Day starts for Boston, 1979–1983. Roger Clemens was Boston's Opening Day starting pitcher eight times between 1988 and 1996.
Clayton Kershaw's nine Opening Day starts for the Dodgers from 2011 to 2018 and 2021 are the most ever by a Dodgers starter, two more than Don Drysdale and Don Sutton. [3] Fernando Valenzuela , Ramón Martínez and Orel Hershiser have had at least four Opening Day starts, with six, five and four respectively. [ 3 ]
Grover Cleveland Alexander (team 4–1 in five Opening Day starts) Robin Roberts (5–6–1 in 12 Opening Day starts) Curt Schilling (2–0–3 in five Opening Day starts) Kevin Millwood (1–1 in two Opening Day starts) Jon Lieber (1–1 in two Opening Day starts) Brett Myers was the Opening Day starter for the Phillies in 2007, 2008, and 2009, with a record of 0–1–2.