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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 26 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 29 wins, 27 losses and 10 no decisions. [3] [4] The Dodgers started playing in Los Angeles in 1958, after moving from Brooklyn. [5] The first Opening Day game for the Dodgers in Los Angeles was played in San Francisco against the San Francisco Giants on April 15, 1958. [3]
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
All teams were scheduled to play Opening Day, March 29—the earliest domestic start of a regular season in league history until the 2019 season. The Sunday night game before the All-Star Game was replaced by a single, nationally televised game on the Thursday after the All-Star Game (which for 2018, was played between the St. Louis Cardinals ...
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]
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.
The Padres went on to play in the MLB post-season five times, winning the National League Championship Series (NLCS) in 1984 and 1998. [5] In those five seasons, the Opening Day starting pitchers had a combined record of three wins and 0 losses.
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, [2] though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day. [3]