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Mill boys pitching pennies on the street, 1916. Pitching pennies is a game played with coins. Players take turns to throw a coin at a wall, from some distance away, and the coin which lands closest to the wall is the winner. In Britain the game is also known as pap, penny up or penny up the wall and it is referred to as pitch-and-toss in ...
James William Moore (September 14, 1910 – November 17, 1999), known as "Cowboy Jimmy Moore", was a world-class American pocket billiards (pool) player originally from Troup County, Georgia, and for most of his life a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, best known for his mastery in the game of straight pool (14.1 continuous).
Due to various injuries and fatigue, Peavy was limited to only pitching in 19 games in 2011. Peavy started 18 games and came out of the bullpen once for the first time ever in his MLB career. Peavy finished the season posting a win–loss record of 7–7 with an ERA of 4.92 and 95 strikeouts. [19]
The following is a chronological list of the starting pitchers for each World Series game contested in Major League Baseball. [1]Each pitcher's win–loss record for World Series starts, cumulative through the game in question, is listed when the starting pitcher received a win or loss.
Penny had a strong start to 2007 that continued throughout the season, with an ERA of 3.03 for the season and was the first Dodger pitcher to start out with a 12–1 record since Phil Regan went 14–1 in 1966. Penny was selected to the All-Star game for a second consecutive year.
Mussina went on to pitch 2 more scoreless innings and kept the Yankees within striking distance in a game they later came back to win. [24] In 2004, plagued by a series of injuries, Mussina ended the year with a 12–9 record and a 4.59 ERA. [12] He was fourth in the league in strikeouts (195), and eighth in walks/9 IP (2.19).
He finished the 2008 season throwing 208 2 ⁄ 3 innings, his fifth consecutive year of 200 or more innings pitched, a 17–10 record, an ERA of 3.54 and 165 strikeouts. Oswalt is one of 10 major league pitchers who won at least 11 games in each year from 2004 to 2008. [citation needed]
At 20 years old, Necciai posted a 1–6 record with 31 strikeouts and a 7.08 earned run average in 54 2 ⁄ 3 innings pitched from August 10 to September 28, 1952, the single season comprising his entire Major League Baseball career.