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	Category:Baseball records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of major league players with 500 stolen bases
		List of pitchers who have struck out 18 or more batters in a nine-inning baseball game
		List of relief pitchers with most consecutive saves
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Baseball_records (220 words)

	Knuckleball Pitchers
		I had seen the list of pitchers who threw the knuckleball, but wanted to know if anyone had compiled a list of pitchers who made their living with the knuckler, rather than the posted list of guys (like Gibson) who threw it only once or twice in a career.
		Neyer states that shortly after the knuckleball was introduced, there were a "great number of pitchers" who threw it, but simply referred to it as a "slow ball." Furthermore, in the 30s and 40s, Neyer says: "I suspect that something like half the pitchers in the majors occasionally threw a knuckleball." How times have changed.
		Some nineteenth century pitchers, such as Toad Ramsey and Old Hoss Radbourn were known to throw a pitch called a "drop-curve" or "dry spitball" which in retrospect, some have said was a knuckleball.
	www.oddball-mall.com /knuckleball/list.htm (1624 words)

	ESPN.com: Doug Jones Career Notes
		Was selected as the Astros Most Valuable Player by the Houston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America in his first NL season...
		Was 5-2 with seven saves and a 2.04 ERA in 23 relief appearances for the Bisons...
		Was 8-13 in save situations and ranked eighth among AL relievers in strikeouts and ERA.
	espn.go.com /mlb/profiles/notes/3980.html (1188 words)

	Relief Pitching - Baseball Fever
		Relief pitchers have always been used as long as starters have been getting shelled, but the real change you are referring to came about in the late sixties, and very early seventies.
		Prior to that, most starters went the distance unless they could be persuaded by their manager that they would help the team by hitting the showers.
		Wilhelm was a modern relief pitcher although he was a great started for Baltimore at times, and Bob Grim had a great season in 1957 for the Yankees.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?p=6749 (885 words)

	USATODAY.com - The bar for closers remains wherever Rivera sets it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
		Hermanson finished 2005 at 2-4, 2.04 with 34 saves in 39 tries, although he lost the closing job to Bobby Jenks late in the season.
		For the season, he finished 5-3, 3.13 with 33 saves in 35 chances — not bad for a guy who didn't get his first save until May 17 and whose spring training ERA was 9.68.
		Most of his struggles came at home, where his ERA was 5.68 compared to 2.27 on the road.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/bbw/2005-12-28-relief-pitchers_x.htm (3659 words)

	Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
		Most closer committees are a result of incompetence of the lead man, but Cordero's Nats situation is more about his inexperience than anything.
		He remains one of the most feared hitters in baseball, but you have to be worried about him missing time this season.
		They were originally left off the list because of their lack of proximity to being useful in Fantasy leagues in 2005, but a few injuries and status changes will get them included soon.
	cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/fantasy/story/8217025 (4518 words)

	Mike's Baseball Rants: "Welcome to the Hall's of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
		More pitchers were used per game and fewer pitchers completed games as time wore on, but the process took literally decades and it was far from a linear progression with retreats and lurches along the way.
		The total games, relief appearances, wins, losses, saves, and innings pitched are listed along with the percentage of games in which the pitcher was used in relief and the percentage of games won, lost, and saved and innings-per-game.
		The Brewers had been a relief pitcher short of being a legitimate pennant contender for three seasons, and the addition of the tall man with the famous mustache proved to be even better than anybody had expected.
	www.all-baseball.com /mikesbballrants/archives/006645.html (7570 words)

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	Pitchers
		From 1928 to 1936, he was the best pitcher in baseball - had the Cy Young Award been around, he would have won it in 5 of those by years, by my reckoning, and may have won it in as many as 8.
		For most of his career, Johnson depended on a sidearm fastball that left hitters shaking their heads in disbelief, and sometimes fear.
		An intelligent and resourceful pitcher, he baffled hitters with terrific control and pitch selection (he walked just 1.6 batters per 9 innings over his career) and his magic pitch: the "fadeaway." This early form of a screwball, or reverse curve, was the greatest weapon in baseball in the early part of the century.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /Greats/pitchers.htm (4005 words)

	Phil Erwin's Baseball Insight
		Relief pitchers are more important now than ever, we are often told, but their performance is unpredictable, as is their usage.
		The ‘A’ team, with a closer, a set-up man who gets some saves, and a one-batter (often a lefty) specialist is used when the team is winning, When behind, the ‘B’ team is used: a "long man" and some other marginal or rookie pitchers.
		Most of our conclusions below are based on records longer than one season, and in a few cases starting work is included.
	www.baseball-insight.com /col/col9.htm (1031 words)

	ESPN.com: Jeff Montgomery Career Notes
		Had save opportunities in twelve consecutive appearances from August 24- September 17 converting ten of those opportunities.
		Took the Rolaids' Relief Award for July, when he was 10-for-10 in save opportunities...
		Amassed the third most saves (39) in baseball...
	espn.go.com /mlb/profiles/notes/4079.html (375 words)

	Most Valuable Network - Pending Pinstripes
		He has a meager.254 batting average, a modest.324 OBP, and a massive amount of strikeouts (78), but the injuries at the major league level had left the AAA roster with a bunch of holes, so Sardinha was promoted a week and a half ago.
		Eric Wordekemper (2-1, 3 saves, 1.69 ERA, 28 strikeouts in 27 innings) and Cory Stuart (1-1, 6 saves, 2.86 ERA, 21 K’s in 22 IP) have been the best, but David Seccombe (3-3, 3.65 ERA in 25 innings and Bryan Rueger (1-0, 1.72 in 16 innings) have been good as well.
		It seems to me most likelt that the Yankees are making a concerted effort to assure their fans that Posada does not have a “torn hamstring” something every sports fan has heard of, and at which every Yankee fan should cringe.
	ym.mostvaluablenetwork.com (3758 words)

	All-Baseball.com, part of MVN: June 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
		Most unlikely, Encarnacion is even tied for the team lead in bases on balls for the month with 10 after walking six times in April and May combined.
		However, most of these, due to a certain lack of, shall we say “exposure” to real pitching, should never be allowed on the field with a bat in their hands.
		They had five pitchers with an ERA at 9.00 or higher for the week, led by Ryan Madson, who gave up 6 runs on 6 hits, 3 of which were homers, and one walk in two-thirds inning in his major-league debut as a starter in the 14-11 melee against the ChiSox.
	www.all-baseball.com /archives/2004_06.html (19914 words)

	Anaheim Angels News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
		Percival's 39 saves in 2001, which is third best in franchise history, increased his career club record to 210.
		Percival is the first Angel to post 30-or-more saves in five seasons overall (1996, 1998-2001) and four consecutive seasons.
		Percival currently ranks 26th on the all-time list in saves (seventh among active pitchers) and his 210 saves with the Angels is the 10th most by any pitcher with one club in major league history.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/ana/news/ana_news_story.jsp?article_id=ana_20020205_percival_news&team_id=ana (467 words)

	Summarized Cases for Cooperstown of Six Great NPB Pitchers by Jim Albright
		He was a true workhorse, pitching 300 or more innings in 14 consecutive years on his way to the most innings pitched in NPB at 5526.2 innings.
		All ten pitchers most similar to this projection are in the HOF: Palmer, Grove, Grimes, Nichols, Plank, Seaver, Gibson, Hubbell, Feller and Faber.
		He was dominant in 1962, with five consecutive shutouts in July of his 13 all season, the latter mark being a Central League record.
	baseballguru.com /jalbright/analysisjalbright37.html (1621 words)

	Jeff Montgomery
		It was there he spent 12 years as one of their primary pitchers and established himself as one of major league baseball's best relief pitchers.
		He finished his career with 304 saves, all with the Royals, and is the all-time saves leaders for the Royals.
		In baseball, he was a pitcher and a shortstop, all-SEOAL his junior and senior year and played in the All-Ohio Baseball Series in Columbus.
	www.jacksonohio.org /jmontgomery.htm (596 words)

	Los Angeles Dodgers News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
		Gagne is only the ninth relief pitcher to win a Cy Young Award in either league and the seventh Dodger winner, joining a list that includes some franchise immortals -- Don Newcombe (1956), Don Drysdale (1962), Sandy Koufax (1963-65-66), Marshall, Fernando Valenzuela (1981) and Hershiser.
		His 55 saves in 55 opportunities set Major League records for most saves in a perfect season, most consecutive saves in a season, most consecutive saves from the start of a season and, with 63, most consecutive saves over two seasons.
		His career save conversion mark (107-of-111,.964) is the best all-time for pitchers with a minimum of 100 saves.
	losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/la/news/la_news.jsp?ymd=20031113&content_id=603201&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=lan (1022 words)

	Baseball Toaster : Dodger Thoughts : Disabled List (Not Really)
		He could learn to be a pitcher, which would make him an even better closer, if he returned to the role.
		Gonzalez is also a big left-hander, listed at 6'0" 205 lbs, but his weight seemed disproportionately distributed in his upper body.
		Dimas Reina pitched 2.1 innings of relief and hurt himself defensively, allowing 2 uneared runs on 3 walks and a throwing error on a force attempt (0.00/2.1/0/3).
	dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com /archives/210308.html (11464 words)

	Fanball.com » NL Bust Pitchers - March 2, 2006
		While he could be a decent mid-tier starting pitcher this season, fantasy owners shouldn't look at last year's bottom line and assume that he'll be dancing with the big boys again.
		A pitcher hasn't led the Cubs in saves in consecutive seasons since 1994-95 (Randy Myers).
		As such, fantasy owners might see him as a reasonable source of 20-ish saves in 2006 and call his name during their draft or auction.
	www.fanball.com /bb/article.cfm/ID.5577 (1049 words)

	Mike's Baseball Rants: March 2003 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
		But most of all, I'm giving the Reinsdorf Award to the fans who swallow and spit back baseball's Big Fat Lie: the ones who say that my team, the Yankees, has unfairly "bought" its recent championships, that New York has destroyed fair competition, and the sport is therefore hopeless.
		The circumstances were very favorable for fine relief stats: the upsurge was enough to spur managers to go full bore with the new "post modern" relief strategy but they were not so much to change the perception of the newly defined role.
		Certainly having a number of quality pitchers who can pitch more than an inning, i.e., potentially the most ballyhooed but least important one, the ninth, is more valuable than a closer who gets fewer than one save opportunity every three games and is rarely used otherwise.
	www.all-baseball.com /mikesbballrants/archives/2003_03.html (16745 words)

	Bullpen gave Rockies plenty of relief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
		In the first half of the season, the relief corps kept the Rockies in contention, going 24-5 with 20 saves in 32 opportunities to go with a 3.88 staff earned run average through July 3.
		When the Rockies went on an 11-game losing streak, the start of a miserable 7-21 July, the relief pitchers went south with the rest of the team.
		Bell did an admirable job of easing an inexperienced relief pitcher into the closer role, a job Jimenez has done well with 21 saves and six blown saves.
	www.bouldernews.com /sports/baseball/19srled4.html (958 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - The List: Bliss for Yankee haters
		Mariano Rivera, he of 23 consecutive postseason saves, is on the mound to wrap things up.
		Which is precisely what Yankee relief pitcher George Frazier did in Game 6 of the 1981 Yankees-Dodgers matchup.
		From a fan's point of view, the biggest drawback to watching a masterful pitcher at work is that there is no "magic moment." Instead, there is, on the mound, one beautiful brushstroke after another.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/list/yankeehaters.html (2547 words)

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		On December 20th, the Yankees signed center fielder and former Boston Red Sox Johnny Damon to a four-year contract and signed relief pitcher Octavio Dotel, who is recovering from Tommy John elbow surgery, to a one-year contract.
		Dotel had 36 saves for Houston and Oakland in 2004 but struggled in 2005 with Oakland, going 1-2 with seven saves and a 3.52 ERA before he went on the disabled list May 20.
		Closer Mariano Rivera was recognized as the DHL Delivery Man of the Year after a terrific season in which he recorded 43 saves while finishing with a 1.38 ERA and 80 strikeouts.
	www.nyc.gov /html/sports/html/mussina-contract.html (1182 words)

	2006 Hall of Fame Ballot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-21)
		Candidates must be named on 75 percent of the ballots cast to gain entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Sutter was listed on 66.7 percent of the record 516 ballots submitted.
		The only other players named on at least half the ballots were former American League Most Valuable Player Jim Rice (59.5), two-time Fireman of the Year relief pitcher Rich "Goose" Gossage (55.2) and National League MVP Andre Dawson (52.3).
		Candidates may remain on the ballot for a maximum of 15 years, and must obtain votes on at least 5% of ballots cast to remain on the ballot.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/candidate_info/candidate_info_2006.htm (621 words)

	BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: Welcome to the Baseball Hall of Merit!
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		Established in 2003, the HoM welcomes any new voters who are serious about inducting the most worthy candidates from all eras and positions.
		Project coordinator John Murphy helps run the day-to-day activities for the HoM.
	baseballthinkfactory.org /files/hall_of_merit/discussion/.../P400 (190 words)

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