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A list of the teams that had the most pitchers ages 25 and under get at least 25 starts in a season.
Player ages are computed as their age on June 30th
Year Lg Team Number Players Matching ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- 1989 NL Atlanta Braves 4 Derek Lilliquist / Tom Glavine / John Smoltz / Pete Smith 1975 NL San Diego Padres 4 Joe McIntosh / Dan Spillner / Randy Jones / Dave Freisleben 2006 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 3 Zach Duke / Ian Snell / Paul Maholm 2003 AL Detroit Tigers 3 Mike Maroth / Jeremy Bonderman / Nate Cornejo 2002 AL Chicago White Sox 3 Mark Buehrle / Dan Wright / Jon Garland 2001 AL Oakland Athletics 3 Barry Zito / Tim Hudson / Mark Mulder 1998 NL Florida Marlins 3 Jesus Sanchez / Livan Hernandez / Brian Meadows 1997 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 3 Esteban Loaiza / Jason Schmidt / Francisco Cordova 1992 NL St. Louis Cardinals 3 Donovan Osborne / Omar Olivares / Rheal Cormier 1988 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 3 John Smiley / Doug Drabek / Mike Dunne 1986 AL Texas Rangers 3 Ed Correa / Bobby Witt / Jose Guzman 1985 AL Kansas City Royals 3 Bret Saberhagen / Danny Jackson / Mark Gubicza 1985 NL New York Mets 3 Ron Darling / Dwight Gooden / Sid Fernandez 1980 AL Chicago White Sox 3 Britt Burns / Richard Dotson / Steve Trout 1980 NL Cincinnati Reds 3 Charlie Leibrandt / Mike LaCoss / Frank Pastore 1979 AL Seattle Mariners 3 Mike Parrott / Rick Honeycutt / Floyd Bannister 1977 AL Chicago White Sox 3 Francisco Barrios / Chris Knapp / Ken Kravec 1974 NL San Diego Padres 3 Randy Jones / Dave Freisleben / Dan Spillner 1970 AL California Angels 3 Tom Murphy / Rudy May / Andy Messersmith 1969 AL California Angels 3 Rudy May / Andy Messersmith / Tom Murphy 1969 AL Kansas City Royals 3 Dick Drago / Bill Butler / Roger Nelson 1969 NL San Diego Padres 3 Joe Niekro / Clay Kirby / Al Santorini 1969 NL Montreal Expos 3 Bill Stoneman / Jerry Robertson / Mike Wegener 1967 AL Kansas City Athletics 3 Jim Nash / Catfish Hunter / Chuck Dobson 1965 AL Detroit Tigers 3 Mickey Lolich / Denny McLain / Joe Sparma ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- Year Lg Team Number Players Matching ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- 1961 AL Baltimore Orioles 3 Steve Barber / Jack Fisher / Chuck Estrada 1961 NL St. Louis Cardinals 3 Bob Gibson / Ray Sadecki / Ernie Broglio 1921 AL Philadelphia Athletics 3 Eddie Rommel / Slim Harriss / Roy Moore 1913 AL St. Louis Browns 3 Carl Weilman / George Baumgardner / Walt Leverenz 1911 NL St. Louis Cardinals 3 Bob Harmon / Bill Steele / Roy Golden 2008 AL Minnesota Twins 2 Kevin Slowey / Glen Perkins 2008 NL Philadelphia Phillies 2 Cole Hamels / Kyle Kendrick 2008 NL San Francisco Giants 2 Tim Lincecum / Jonathan Sanchez 2008 AL Tampa Bay Rays 2 Andy Sonnanstine / Matt Garza 2007 AL Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2 Ervin Santana / Jered Weaver 2007 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Tom Gorzelanny / Paul Maholm 2007 AL Toronto Blue Jays 2 Shaun Marcum / Dustin McGowan 2005 AL Oakland Athletics 2 Danny Haren / Joe Blanton 2005 AL Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2 Scott Kazmir / Doug Waechter 2004 AL Baltimore Orioles 2 Daniel Cabrera / Erik Bedard 2003 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Carlos Zambrano / Mark Prior 2003 AL Cleveland Indians 2 C.C. Sabathia / Jason Davis 2002 AL Cleveland Indians 2 Danys Baez / C.C. Sabathia 2002 NL Milwaukee Brewers 2 Ben Sheets / Ruben Quevedo 2002 AL Oakland Athletics 2 Barry Zito / Mark Mulder 2001 NL Florida Marlins 2 Brad Penny / A.J. Burnett 2000 NL Florida Marlins 2 Ryan Dempster / Jesus Sanchez 2000 AL Minnesota Twins 2 Eric Milton / Joe Mays 2000 AL Oakland Athletics 2 Tim Hudson / Mark Mulder 2000 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Kris Benson / Jimmy Anderson ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- Year Lg Team Number Players Matching ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- 1999 AL Chicago White Sox 2 Jim Parque / John Snyder 1999 NL Florida Marlins 2 Brian Meadows / Ryan Dempster 1999 NL Montreal Expos 2 Mike Thurman / Javier Vazquez 1998 AL Cleveland Indians 2 Jaret Wright / Bartolo Colon 1998 NL Colorado Rockies 2 Jamey Wright / John Thomson 1997 NL Colorado Rockies 2 John Thomson / Jamey Wright 1997 AL Detroit Tigers 2 Justin Thompson / Brian Moehler 1997 AL Kansas City Royals 2 Jose Rosado / Glendon Rusch 1996 AL Minnesota Twins 2 Frank Rodriguez / Brad Radke 1996 NL New York Mets 2 Jason Isringhausen / Paul Wilson 1993 AL Milwaukee Brewers 2 Cal Eldred / Ricky Bones 1990 AL Chicago White Sox 2 Jack McDowell / Greg Hibbard 1990 AL Seattle Mariners 2 Erik Hanson / Brian Holman 1989 AL Baltimore Orioles 2 Bob Milacki / Jeff Ballard 1989 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Joe Magrane / Ken Hill 1988 AL California Angels 2 Willie Fraser / Chuck Finley 1988 NL Atlanta Braves 2 Tom Glavine / Pete Smith 1988 AL Baltimore Orioles 2 Jose Bautista / Jeff Ballard 1988 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Jamie Moyer / Greg Maddux 1988 AL Chicago White Sox 2 Melido Perez / Jack McDowell 1988 AL Cleveland Indians 2 Greg Swindell / John Farrell 1987 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Jamie Moyer / Greg Maddux 1987 AL Milwaukee Brewers 2 Juan Nieves / Bill Wegman 1987 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Brian Fisher / Doug Drabek 1987 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Greg Mathews / Joe Magrane ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- Year Lg Team Number Players Matching ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- 1987 AL Texas Rangers 2 Jose Guzman / Bobby Witt 1986 AL Milwaukee Brewers 2 Juan Nieves / Bill Wegman 1986 NL Montreal Expos 2 Jay Tibbs / Floyd Youmans 1985 AL California Angels 2 Ron Romanick / Kirk McCaskill 1985 NL Cincinnati Reds 2 Tom Browning / Jay Tibbs 1985 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Danny Cox / Kurt Kepshire 1984 NL New York Mets 2 Ron Darling / Dwight Gooden 1984 AL Seattle Mariners 2 Mark Langston / Mike Moore 1982 NL San Francisco Giants 2 Bill Laskey / Atlee Hammaker 1980 AL Minnesota Twins 2 Darrell Jackson / Roger Erickson 1979 AL Chicago White Sox 2 Rich Wortham / Ross Baumgarten 1978 AL Baltimore Orioles 2 Dennis Martinez / Scott McGregor 1978 AL Oakland Athletics 2 John Henry Johnson / Matt Keough 1977 AL Detroit Tigers 2 Fernando Arroyo / Dave Rozema 1977 NL Houston Astros 2 Mark Lemongello / Joaquin Andujar 1977 AL Milwaukee Brewers 2 Jerry Augustine / Moose Haas 1977 AL Minnesota Twins 2 Paul Thormodsgard / Pete Redfern 1977 NL San Diego Padres 2 Bob Shirley / Bob Owchinko 1976 AL Detroit Tigers 2 Vern Ruhle / Mark Fidrych 1976 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Pete Falcone / John Denny 1975 NL Philadelphia Phillies 2 Tom Underwood / Larry Christenson 1975 NL San Francisco Giants 2 John Montefusco / Pete Falcone 1975 NL Montreal Expos 2 Steve Rogers / Dennis Blair 1973 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Burt Hooton / Rick Reuschel 1973 AL Milwaukee Brewers 2 Jim Slaton / Jerry Bell ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- Year Lg Team Number Players Matching ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- 1972 AL Cleveland Indians 2 Dick Tidrow / Milt Wilcox 1972 AL Texas Rangers 2 Pete Broberg / Rich Hand 1971 NL Cincinnati Reds 2 Don Gullett / Ross Grimsley 1971 AL Milwaukee Brewers 2 Bill Parsons / Skip Lockwood 1971 NL San Diego Padres 2 Clay Kirby / Steve Arlin 1971 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Jerry Reuss / Reggie Cleveland 1970 AL Kansas City Royals 2 Dick Drago / Bill Butler 1969 NL New York Mets 2 Tom Seaver / Gary Gentry 1968 NL New York Mets 2 Tom Seaver / Jerry Koosman 1968 AL Oakland Athletics 2 Chuck Dobson / Jim Nash 1967 AL California Angels 2 Jim McGlothlin / Rickey Clark 1967 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Fergie Jenkins / Rich Nye 1966 AL New York Yankees 2 Mel Stottlemyre / Fritz Peterson 1965 AL Boston Red Sox 2 Dave Morehead / Jim Lonborg 1965 AL Kansas City Athletics 2 Fred Talbot / John O'Donoghue 1964 NL Milwaukee Braves 2 Denny Lemaster / Hank Fischer 1962 NL Philadelphia Phillies 2 Jack Hamilton / Art Mahaffey 1961 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Dick Ellsworth / Jack Curtis 1960 AL Baltimore Orioles 2 Steve Barber / Chuck Estrada 1959 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Glen Hobbie / Bob Anderson 1958 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Dick Drott / Taylor Phillips 1957 NL Chicago Cubs 2 Dick Drott / Moe Drabowsky 1957 AL Washington Senators 2 Pedro Ramos / Russ Kemmerer 1955 AL Boston Red Sox 2 Frank Sullivan / Tom Brewer 1954 AL Baltimore Orioles 2 Bob Turley / Don Larsen ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- Year Lg Team Number Players Matching ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- 1953 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Joe Presko / Vinegar Bend Mizell 1950 AL St. Louis Browns 2 Ned Garver / Al Widmar 1949 AL Philadelphia Athletics 2 Alex Kellner / Lou Brissie 1942 NL Philadelphia Phillies 2 Rube Melton / Tommy Hughes 1938 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Russ Bauers / Jim Tobin 1935 AL Detroit Tigers 2 Schoolboy Rowe / Elden Auker 1932 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Dizzy Dean / Paul Derringer 1928 AL Boston Red Sox 2 Danny MacFayden / Jack Russell 1926 NL New York Giants 2 Kent Greenfield / Freddie Fitzsimmons 1925 AL Boston Red Sox 2 Ted Wingfield / Red Ruffing 1924 AL Detroit Tigers 2 Lil Stoner / Earl Whitehill 1922 AL Philadelphia Athletics 2 Eddie Rommel / Slim Harriss 1919 NL Cincinnati Reds 2 Hod Eller / Dutch Ruether 1917 AL Detroit Tigers 2 Bernie Boland / Howard Ehmke 1915 AL Boston Red Sox 2 Ernie Shore / Babe Ruth 1914 AL Washington Senators 2 Doc Ayers / Jim Shaw 1914 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Pol Perritt / Bill Doak 1913 AL Boston Red Sox 2 Hugh Bedient / Dutch Leonard 1912 AL St. Louis Browns 2 Earl Hamilton / George Baumgardner 1912 NL Philadelphia Phillies 2 Pete Alexander / Tom Seaton 1912 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Claude Hendrix / Marty O'Toole 1910 AL Washington Senators 2 Bob Groom / Dixie Walker 1910 AL New York Highlanders 2 Jack Warhop / Hippo Vaughn 1909 AL Washington Senators 2 Bob Groom / Walter Johnson 1907 NL Brooklyn Superbas 2 Nap Rucker / Jim Pastorius ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- Year Lg Team Number Players Matching ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- 1903 AL Cleveland Naps 2 Addie Joss / Earl Moore 1902 AL Cleveland Bronchos 2 Earl Moore / Addie Joss 1901 NL Chicago Orphans 2 Tom Hughes / Mal Eason 2008 AL Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1 Jered Weaver 2008 NL Atlanta Braves 1 Jair Jurrjens 2008 AL Baltimore Orioles 1 Garrett Olson 2008 AL Boston Red Sox 1 Jon Lester 2008 AL Chicago White Sox 1 John Danks 2008 NL Cincinnati Reds 1 Johnny Cueto 2008 NL Colorado Rockies 1 Ubaldo Jimenez 2008 NL Florida Marlins 1 Ricky Nolasco 2008 NL Los Angeles Dodgers 1 Chad Billingsley 2008 NL Milwaukee Brewers 1 Manny Parra 2008 NL New York Mets 1 Mike Pelfrey 2008 AL Oakland Athletics 1 Greg Smith 2008 AL Toronto Blue Jays 1 Jesse Litsch 2008 NL Washington Nationals 1 John Lannan 2007 NL Arizona Diamondbacks 1 Micah Owings 2007 NL Atlanta Braves 1 Chuck James 2007 AL Chicago White Sox 1 John Danks 2007 AL Cleveland Indians 1 Fausto Carmona 2007 AL Detroit Tigers 1 Justin Verlander 2007 NL Florida Marlins 1 Scott Olsen 2007 AL Minnesota Twins 1 Boof Bonser 2007 NL Philadelphia Phillies 1 Cole Hamels ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- Year Lg Team Number Players Matching ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- 2007 AL Seattle Mariners 1 Felix Hernandez 2007 NL San Francisco Giants 1 Matt Cain 2007 NL St. Louis Cardinals 1 Adam Wainwright 2007 AL Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1 James Shields 2007 NL Washington Nationals 1 Matt Chico 2006 AL Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1 Ervin Santana 2006 AL Baltimore Orioles 1 Daniel Cabrera 2006 NL Colorado Rockies 1 Jeff Francis 2006 AL Detroit Tigers 1 Justin Verlander 2006 NL Florida Marlins 1 Scott Olsen 2006 AL Oakland Athletics 1 Joe Blanton 2006 AL Seattle Mariners 1 Felix Hernandez 2006 NL San Francisco Giants 1 Matt Cain 2005 NL Arizona Diamondbacks 1 Brad Halsey 2005 NL Atlanta Braves 1 Horacio Ramirez 2005 AL Baltimore Orioles 1 Daniel Cabrera 2005 NL Colorado Rockies 1 Jeff Francis 2005 AL Detroit Tigers 1 Jeremy Bonderman 2005 NL Florida Marlins 1 Dontrelle Willis 2005 AL Kansas City Royals 1 Zack Greinke 2005 NL San Francisco Giants 1 Noah Lowry 2005 AL Toronto Blue Jays 1 Gustavo Chacin 2004 AL Anaheim Angels 1 John Lackey 2004 NL Arizona Diamondbacks 1 Brandon Webb 2004 AL Cleveland Indians 1 Cliff Lee Seasons/Careers found: 856.
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