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Awesome Giants
Jun 3, 2017, 5:41:08 AM6/3/17
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Giants' Blach becomes 1st pitcher since 2009 to walk 3 times in a
game
https://www.thescore.com/news/1312472
Ty Blach knows a good pitch when he sees one. On Friday, it just
never showed up - so he took his bases.
When he wasn't busy pitching the San Francisco Giants to a 10-0
victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, Blach was busy making a
little history by not swinging his bat. The right-hander became the
first pitcher in eight years to be walked three times in a game,
drawing a base on balls in each of his first three plate
appearances.
Colorado's Aaron Cook was the last hurler to do it before Blach, on
Oct. 1, 2009 against Milwaukee.
But Blach's feat becomes even more impressive when looking back at
the history books. Though it was once something of a common
occurrence going back to the 1910s and 1920s, pitchers doing what
Blach did on Friday night is now a rare feat worthy of celebrating.
Since 1970, a pitcher has walked three times in a game just 11 times
- and it's only been done five times in the last 41 years.
DATE PITCHER TEAM OPPONENT PA BB R RESULT
4/24/1975 Don Sutton Dodgers Cubs 4 3 0 W 2-1
5/3/1981 Don Sutton Astros Pirates 3 3 0 W
3-1
6/25/1984 Joaquin Andujar Cardinals Expos 3 3 0 W
5-4
10/1/2009 Aaron Cook Rockies Brewers 4 3 0 W
9-2
6/2/2017 Ty Blach Giants Phillies 6 3 2 W
10-0
Blach's walks ultimately helped the Giants, as he came around to
score a pair of runs in their rout over Philadelphia. But his luck
dried up after walk No. 3, as he struck out in his final three plate
appearances to finish 0-for-3 with three walks. While that made
Blach the eighth player (and first pitcher) since 1913 to draw three
walks and strike out three times in six PA's during a nine-inning
contest, it left the 26-year-old one walk shy of becoming the first
pitcher in 67 years to draw four walks in a game.
Six pitchers have taken a record four walks in a game on seven
occasions since 1913, most recently on June 8, 1950, when the Red
Sox Chuck Stobbs drew four walks in a 29-4 rout of the St. Louis
Browns.
As for Blach, while the walks were nice, he was more focused on
celebrating the work he's actually paid to do - notably, striking
out four en route to his first career complete game and shutout to
give the struggling Giants a much needed victory.
game
https://www.thescore.com/news/1312472
Ty Blach knows a good pitch when he sees one. On Friday, it just
never showed up - so he took his bases.
When he wasn't busy pitching the San Francisco Giants to a 10-0
victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, Blach was busy making a
little history by not swinging his bat. The right-hander became the
first pitcher in eight years to be walked three times in a game,
drawing a base on balls in each of his first three plate
appearances.
Colorado's Aaron Cook was the last hurler to do it before Blach, on
Oct. 1, 2009 against Milwaukee.
But Blach's feat becomes even more impressive when looking back at
the history books. Though it was once something of a common
occurrence going back to the 1910s and 1920s, pitchers doing what
Blach did on Friday night is now a rare feat worthy of celebrating.
Since 1970, a pitcher has walked three times in a game just 11 times
- and it's only been done five times in the last 41 years.
DATE PITCHER TEAM OPPONENT PA BB R RESULT
4/24/1975 Don Sutton Dodgers Cubs 4 3 0 W 2-1
5/3/1981 Don Sutton Astros Pirates 3 3 0 W
3-1
6/25/1984 Joaquin Andujar Cardinals Expos 3 3 0 W
5-4
10/1/2009 Aaron Cook Rockies Brewers 4 3 0 W
9-2
6/2/2017 Ty Blach Giants Phillies 6 3 2 W
10-0
Blach's walks ultimately helped the Giants, as he came around to
score a pair of runs in their rout over Philadelphia. But his luck
dried up after walk No. 3, as he struck out in his final three plate
appearances to finish 0-for-3 with three walks. While that made
Blach the eighth player (and first pitcher) since 1913 to draw three
walks and strike out three times in six PA's during a nine-inning
contest, it left the 26-year-old one walk shy of becoming the first
pitcher in 67 years to draw four walks in a game.
Six pitchers have taken a record four walks in a game on seven
occasions since 1913, most recently on June 8, 1950, when the Red
Sox Chuck Stobbs drew four walks in a 29-4 rout of the St. Louis
Browns.
As for Blach, while the walks were nice, he was more focused on
celebrating the work he's actually paid to do - notably, striking
out four en route to his first career complete game and shutout to
give the struggling Giants a much needed victory.
Gary Rosen
Jun 5, 2017, 3:22:05 AM6/5/17
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The reason this is even more rare than it used to be is that
plate appearances by MLB pitchers suddenly dropped in
half in 1973.
"Awesome Giants" wrote in message
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plate appearances by MLB pitchers suddenly dropped in
half in 1973.
"Awesome Giants" wrote in message
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Awesome Giants
Jun 5, 2017, 5:00:37 AM6/5/17
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"Gary Rosen" <garym...@comcast.net> wrote:
> The reason this is even more rare than it used to be is that
> plate appearances by MLB pitchers suddenly dropped in
> half in 1973.
Yeah, that's around the time when teams changed from 4-man rotation to
> The reason this is even more rare than it used to be is that
> plate appearances by MLB pitchers suddenly dropped in
> half in 1973.
5-man rotation.
Also in the old days there was no such thing as 100-pitch limit.
Complete games were commonplace. Today pitchers are often gone by the
5th or 6th inning. They might not even come to the plate 3 times.
I wonder, did the term "closer" even exist in baseball back in the
'60s? When did that start?
Today, there are specialized roles such as closer, setup man, middle
reliever, even long-innings reliever. At least one team I know of had
a 7th inning guy, an 8th inning guy, and a 9th inning guy.
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