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A starting pitcher in professional baseball usually rests three, four, or five days after pitching a game before pitching in another. Therefore, most professional baseball teams have four, five or six starting pitchers on their rosters. These pitchers, and the sequence in which they pitch, is known as the rotation.
Although each NPB team roster has 28 players there is a 25 player limit for each game. Managers scratch three players before each game, typically including the most recent starting pitcher, similar to professional basketball. [6] Most NPB teams have a six-man starting pitcher rotation while MLB teams feature five-man rotations. [3]
Historians consider the "Big Four" to be one of the greatest starting pitching rotations in baseball history. [1]: p.84 [2]: p.31 [3] During those six seasons with the "Big Four", Garcia compiled a record of 104 wins against 57 losses. He had two 20-win seasons and led the American League (AL) in earned run average (ERA) and shutouts twice each.
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The Mariners went on to play in the American League Division Series (ALDS) playoff games in 1995, 1997, 2000, and 2001. Randy Johnson, Jeff Fassero, Jamie Moyer, and Freddy García were the Opening Day starting pitchers those years, and had a combined Opening Day record of 2–1. [4]