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Face returned to the Pirates for the 1955 season, and was both a starter and reliever, appearing in 42 games, with a 5-7 record and 3.58 ERA. [7] [8] In 1956, he set a modern Pirates record for games pitched (68), leading the league [8] and breaking the club mark of 59 set by Bill Werle in 1951. [9] Of those 68 games, only 3 were starts. [7]
Capps made the team out of spring training. He began the season in a middle relief role but ended the season as Pittsburgh's primary set up man behind closers Mike González and Salomón Torres. He pitched in 80.2 innings across 85 games, posting a 9-1 record and a 3.79 ERA with 56 strikeouts. He led all Major League rookie pitchers in appearances.
Ford (Games 3 and 6) and Vern Law (Games 1 and 4) were excellent, while Pirates relief pitcher Roy Face was a major factor in Games 1, 4 and 5. The Yankees also committed twice as many errors as the Pirates in the series. The Yankees had 8 errors while the Pirates had four errors.
He saved three games in the 1979 World Series, including the winner, as the Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 3. [6] He was selected as an All-Star in 1980. [7] He was traded from the Pirates to the Phillies for Al Holland and minor-league left-handed pitcher Frankie Griffin on April 20, 1985. [8]
Joel Ryan Hanrahan (born October 6, 1981) [1] is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher.Hanrahan was originally a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB) before moving to the closer role for the Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Boston Red Sox.
New York Yankees relief pitcher Anthony Misiewicz was carted off the field after getting hit by a comebacker in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates Friday night.
Cleveland Indians (now Cleveland Guardians) relief pitchers Aaron Fultz and Rafael Betancourt warming up in the bullpen at Jacobs Field in 2007. In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who pitches in the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher has been removed from the game due to fatigue, injury, ineffectiveness, ejection, high pitch count, or for ...
Jul. 14—CUMBERLAND — The scene was out of a movie: bases loaded, two outs and the Pirates' best pitcher facing the Tigers' best bat with the Dapper Dan championship on the line. It was Dylan ...