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Since that time, MLB has operated as a single league, and constitutes one of the major professional sports leagues of the United States. It is composed of 30 teams. [2] Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season. For MLB and most of the minor leagues, this day
The franchise has Opening Day record of 1–1 as Baltimore. After their move to New York in 1903, the franchise was known as the New York Highlanders until 1912. As the Highlanders, they had a 6–3–1 Opening Day record. [3] For seasons in which New York would later win the World Series, the starting pitchers have a 16–8 record. [3]
Phil Niekro was the Braves' Opening Day starting pitcher eight times, more than any other pitcher John Smoltz has made four Opening Day starts for the Braves. Tim Hudson was the Braves' 2013 Opening Day starting pitcher. Hudson also started in 2006 and 2008. Julio Teherán was the Braves' Opening Day starting pitcher from 2014 to 2019. Max Fried
The first Opening Day game for the Dodgers in Los Angeles was played in San Francisco against the San Francisco Giants on April 15, 1958. [3] California native Don Drysdale was the Dodgers' Opening Day starting pitcher that day, in a game the Dodgers lost 8–0.
List of Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899) Opening Day starting pitchers; List of Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starting pitchers; List of Boston and Milwaukee Braves Opening Day starting pitchers; List of Boston Red Sox Opening Day starting pitchers; List of Brooklyn Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers
Grover Cleveland Alexander (team 4–1 in five Opening Day starts) Robin Roberts (5–6–1 in 12 Opening Day starts) Curt Schilling (2–0–3 in five Opening Day starts) Kevin Millwood (1–1 in two Opening Day starts) Jon Lieber (1–1 in two Opening Day starts) Brett Myers was the Opening Day starter for the Phillies in 2007, 2008, and 2009, with a record of 0–1–2.
Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season. For Major League Baseball (MLB) and most of the American minor leagues , this day typically falls during the first week of April, although in recent years it has occasionally fallen in the last week of March.
Seaver and Dwight Gooden hold the Mets' record for most Opening Day wins with six each. Al Jackson and Roger Craig share the worst winning percentage as the Opening Day starting pitcher with a record of 0–2. From 1968 through 1983, Mets' Opening Day starting pitchers went 16 consecutive years without a loss.