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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]
For the 2018 season, all 30 teams were scheduled to open the season on Thursday, March 29 (the earliest domestic start for a regular season in MLB history, and the first time since 1968 that all major league teams were scheduled to start the season on the same day, although two games were subsequently rained out and postponed to Friday, March ...
The franchise has Opening Day record of 1–1 as Baltimore. After their move to New York in 1903, the franchise was known as the New York Highlanders until 1912. As the Highlanders, they had a 6–3–1 Opening Day record. [3] For seasons in which New York would later win the World Series, the starting pitchers have a 16–8 record. [3]
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 ...
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 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.
In the first game, the Dodgers had a season high in runs (15), hits (20) and extra base hits (9) and Walker Buehler pitched five strong innings. They won the game 15–6. [47] However, in the night game, Austin Jackson's bases loaded double in the fifth inning put the Giants ahead and they won 8–3. [48]
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.