(04-04-2022, 06:26 AM)Giants Wrote: Time for some Opening Day trivia….
Name the pitcher with the most opening day starts
Name the pitcher with the most consecutive opening day starts
Name the pitcher with the most consecutive opening day starts with the same team
No idea, but I'll wag it...
Cy Young, most opening day starts
Walter Johnson, most consecutive opening day starts
Juan Marichal, most consecutive opening day starts with the same time comes to mind, but I'll stick with Walter Johnson.
Looked it up. Interesting. I would have thought that Christy Mathewson would have had more Opening Day starts. He only started Opening Day four times in his 17 year career, in which he had a 373-188 record, third most wins all time. Red Ames started more Opening Days than Matthewson did. Other OD starters during his career, Jeff Tesreau, Iron Man Joe McGinnity, Dummy Taylor and Rube Marquard started Openign Day before Matthewson. At least Mathewson was 49-19 against the Dodgers (or Robins as they were known then).
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