Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : One pitch is all we ask

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Arizona	27	15	.643	W1
2	Chicago Cubs	26	16	.619	C1
3	Florida	23	18	.561	E1
4T	Houston	24	19	.558	C2
4T	Philadelphia	24	19	.558	E2
6	St. Louis	24	20	.545	C3
7	New York Mets	20	19	.513	E3
8T	Los Angeles Dodgers	21	20	.512	W2
8T	Atlanta	21	20	.512	E4
10	Milwaukee	20	21	.488	C4
11	Pittsburgh	20	22	.476	C5
12	Cincinnati	19	23	.452	C6
13	Washington	18	25	.419	E5
14	San Francisco	17	26	.395	W3
15	San Diego	16	27	.372	W4
16	Colorado	15	27	.357	W5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Tampa Bay	25	17	.595	E1
2	Los Angeles Angels	25	19	.568	W1
3	Cleveland	22	20	.524	C1
4	Boston	24	19	.558	E2
5	Baltimore	22	19	.537	E3
6	Oakland	23	20	.535	W2
7T	Minnesota	21	20	.512	C2
7T	Chicago White Sox	21	20	.512	C2
9T	Texas	21	22	.488	W3
9T	Kansas City	20	21	.488	C4
11	Toronto	21	23	.477	E4
12	New York Yankees	20	22	.476	E5
13	Detroit	16	26	.381	C5
14	Seattle	16	27	.372	W4

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Comments

2008-05-06 19:36:49

1. El Lay Dave

Perhaps also because most saves are of the one complete inning variety?

2008-05-06 19:41:35

2. El Lay Dave

i.e., it's somewhat rarer for a ninth inning to deteriorate to a save situation and create the one-pitch opportunity.

2008-05-06 19:49:37

3. StolenMonkey86

Has anyone ever gotten a 1-pitch win on a triple play? I remember in 06 Broxton had a 1-pitch win on a double play.

2008-05-06 20:36:06

4. Bob Timmermann

3
No.

2008-05-07 00:42:01

5. robneyer

Bob, are you sure about that? According to my research -- granted, this was some years ago -- on July 27, 1930, Cincinnati's Ken Ash threw one pitch, got the triple play, and was credited with the win after the Reds took the lead in the bottom of the inning.

(details in The Baseball Book 1991)

2008-05-07 07:15:39

6. Bob Timmermann

I had never come across that. The NY Times story doesn't say how many pitches Ash threw. Just that it was a 4-5-2-3-5 TP

2008-05-07 16:54:16

7. ToyCannon

Neyer scoops the Timmermann. And that is why we pay for ESPN Insider and the Griddle is still free.