Verklempt In A Hurry
Posted by Steve Lombardi on June 30, 2009
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Game Finder, since 1954, RP with the most career "L" games where they faced just one batter in the game:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Mike Myers 7 Ind. Games Steve Kline 6 Ind. Games Dave Rucker 5 Ind. Games Ray King 4 Ind. Games Norm Charlton 4 Ind. Games Gary Wayne 3 Ind. Games Greg Swindell 3 Ind. Games Scott Schoeneweis 3 Ind. Games Ricardo Rincon 3 Ind. Games Dennis Powell 3 Ind. Games Dan Plesac 3 Ind. Games Bob McClure 3 Ind. Games Sparky Lyle 3 Ind. Games Graeme Lloyd 3 Ind. Games Dennis Kinney 3 Ind. Games Mike Jackson 3 Ind. Games Mike Holtz 3 Ind. Games Mark Guthrie 3 Ind. Games Rich Gossage 3 Ind. Games Tony Fossas 3 Ind. Games Eddie Fisher 3 Ind. Games John Candelaria 3 Ind. Games Jim Brewer 3 Ind. Games Tom Bolton 3 Ind. Games
Mike Myers has 24 career losses - and in 7 of them he faced only one batter. Then again, Myers pitched in 314 games in the big leagues where he faced only one batter in the contest.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Charlton is the top righty on the list. Perhaps not surprising since he seemed to have about 3 careers.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:00 am
Charlton was a lefty, too.
July 1st, 2009 at 11:43 am
I guess I used to watch his games in a mirror.