List of Brooklyn Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers
From their inception in 1884 through their last year in Brooklyn, 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers( also known as the Trolley Dodgers, Grooms, Bridegrooms, Superbas, and Robins at various times in their history) used 41 different starting pitchers on Opening Day.
Brickyard Kennedy made the most Opening Day starts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, with 6 such starts between 1894 and 1900.
Nap Rucker made 5 such starts between 1907 and 1913.
Carl Erskine made 4 Opening Day starts between 1951 and 1955 and Van Mungo also made 4 Opening Day starts between 1934 and 1938.
Five Brooklyn pitchers made 3 Opening Day starts: Leon Cadore, Watty Clark, Don Newcombe, Jesse Petty, Dutch Ruether.
The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.
The Dodgers played in the modern World Series nine times before moving to Los Angeles, winning once in 1955, when Carl Esrkine was the Opening Day pitcher.
Erskine was also the Opening Day pitcher in 1953 when they played in the World Series but lost to the New York Yankees.
Joe Hatten also had two Opening Day starts in World Series years, 1947 and 1949.
Other Opening Day starting pitchers in World Series years were Larry Cheney in 1916, Leon Cadore in 1920, Whit Wyatt in 1941, Preacher Roe in 1952, and Don Newcombe in 1956.
Prior to the existence of the modern World Series, the Dodgers won National League championships in 1890, 1899 and 1900.
They also won an American Association championship in 1889, when the American Association was considered a Major League.
They played in the 19th century version of the World Series in 1889 and 1890.
Mickey Hughes was the Opening Day starting pitcher in 1889, Bob Caruthers was the Opening Day starting pitcher in 1890, and Kennedy was the Opening Day starting pitcher in 1899 and 1900.
Don Newcombe was the starting pitcher in 1956, the last Opening Day that the Dodgers played in their longtime home field, Ebbets Field.
Newcombe was also the Opening Day starter on Opening Day of the 1957 season, the Dodgers last Opening Day before moving to Los Angeles.
Nap Rucker was the Opening Day starting pitcher in the last Opening Day the team( then called the Trolley Dodgers) played at their previous home park, Washington Park, in 1912.
Rucker was also the Opening Day pitcher in the first game at Ebbets Field in 1913.
Joe Hatten was the Opening Day starting pitcher in one of the most momentous games in baseball history.
That was in 1947, the years of Jackie Robinson's first game in the Major Leagues, ending the racial segregation that had prevailed in Major League Baseball since before 1900.
The Joe Hatten started and the Dodgers won Jackie Robinson's first major league game, beating the Boston Braves 5- 3 at Ebbets Field.
List of Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starting pitchers
The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.
They play in the American League East division.
The Orioles started playing in Baltimore in 1954, after moving from St. Louis, where they were known as the St. Louis Browns.
The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.
The Orioles have used 33 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 60 seasons since moving to Baltimore.
The 33 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 22 wins, 18 losses and 17 no decisions.
No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game.
The first Opening Day for the Orioles was played in Detroit against the Detroit Tigers on April 13, 1954.
Don Larsen was the Orioles' Opening Day starting pitcher that day, in a game the Orioles lost 3–0.
Jim Palmer and Mike Mussina have made the most Opening Day starts for the Baltimore Orioles, with six apiece.
Palmer has a record of five wins and one loss in his Opening Day starts, and Mussina has a record of three wins, two losses and one no decision.
Dave McNally made five Opening Day starts for the Orioles, with a record of three wins and no losses.
Other Oriole pitchers who have made multiple Opening Day starts are Steve Barber, Rodrigo López, and Jeremy Guthrie, with three apiece, and Milt Pappas, Dennis Martínez, Mike Flanagan, Mike Boddicker, and Rick Sutcliffe, with two apiece.
Flanagan's two Opening Day starts occurred eight years apart, in 1978 and 1986.
Palmer has the most Opening Day wins for the Orioles, with five.
McNally's record of three wins and no losses in Opening Day starts gave him a 1.000 winning percentage, the highest in Orioles history.
Flanagan's record of no wins and two losses is the lowest winning percentage of any Orioles' Opening Day starting pitcher.
Flanagan and Mussina are the only pitchers to have two losses for the Orioles in Opening Day starts.
The Orioles have played in two home ballparks.
Memorial Stadium was their home park until 1991, and Camden Yards has been their home park since 1992.
Orioles' Opening Day starting pitchers had a record of eight wins, eight losses and eight no decisions in 24 Opening Day starts in Memorial Stadium.
They have a record of ten wins, four losses and two no decisions in 15 Opening Day starts at Camden Yards.
This makes their aggregate record in Opening Day starts at home 18 wins, 12 losses and 10 no decisions.
Their record in Opening Day starts on the road is four wins, six losses and seven no decisions, for an aggregate Opening Day record of 22 wins, 18 losses and 16 no decisions.
The Orioles played in the World Series in 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979 and 1983, winning in 1966, 1970 and 1983.
Their Opening Day starting pitchers in those years were Steve Barber (1966), Dave McNally (1969, 1970 and 1971), Jim Palmer (1979) and Dennis Martínez (1983).
Opening Day Partners
Opening Day Partners( ODP) is a company that owns and operates independent baseball teams in the United States.
Since 1982, Opening Day Partners has owned and operated its own Minor League Baseball teams, operated teams for other organizations, assisted in the sale and purchase of teams, and advised and consulted with international clients.
The company has sought to standardize comfortable ballpark features such as hotel lobby- style box offices, more legroom for fans, padded seats, individual cupholders, 360- degree walkways, picnic areas able to accommodate large groups, and spacious playgrounds.
The company was the first in minor league baseball to implement 20- horse carousels and bumper boat attractions able to accommodate children and adults.
Currently, the only minor league ballparks in the world that have the bumper boat attraction are Clipper Magazine Stadium and Regency Furniture Stadium.
ODP has placed an emphasis on philanthropy through various fundraisers, charity events, specialty jersey auctions, and children's reading programs.
It also incorporates local fans, ranging from the occasional to the hardcore, with fan fests, name- the- team contests, the incorporation of local companies and their products, and homages to each team's baseball and socio- geographic history.
List of Cleveland Indians Opening Day starting pitchers
The Cleveland Indians are a Major League Baseball( MLB) franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio.
They play in the American League Central division.
The first game of the new baseball season is played on Opening Day, and being named the starter that day is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.
Since joining the league in 1901, the Indians have used 58 different Opening Day starting pitchers which includes the Opening Day starting pitchers from the Bluebirds and the Naps.
They have a record of 58 wins and 54 losses in their Opening Day games.
The Indians have played in three different home ball parks, League Park from 1901 through 1946, Cleveland Stadium from 1932 to 1993, and Progressive Field since 1994.
From 1934 through 1946 some games were played at League Park and some at Cleveland Stadium.
They had a record of 11 wins and 4 losses in Opening Day games at League Park, 9 wins and 13 losses at Cleveland Stadium and 2 wins and 4 losses at Progressive Field, for a total home record in Opening Day games of 22 wins and 21 losses.
Their record in Opening Day away games is 35 wins and 35 losses.
Bob Feller has the most Opening Day starts for the Indians, with seven.
Stan Coveleski had six Opening Day starts for the Indians, Bob Lemon and CC Sabathia each had five Opening Day starts, and Addie Joss, Willie Mitchell, Gaylord Perry and Charles Nagy each had four.
Several Baseball Hall of Famers have made Opening Day starts for the Indians, including Feller, Coveleski, Lemon, Joss, Gaylord Perry, Dennis Eckersley and Early Wynn.
Brothers Jim Perry and Gaylord Perry each made Opening Day starts for the Indians.
Jim Perry started on Opening Day in 1961 and Gaylord Perry made Opening Day starts in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975.
The Indians have played in the World Series six times.
They won in 1920 and 1948, and lost in 1954, 1995, 1997, and 2016.
Coveleski was the Opening Day starting pitcher in 1920, Feller in 1948, Wynn in 1954, Dennis Martínez in 1995, Nagy in 1997, and Corey Kluber.
The Indians are five and one in Opening Day games in those seasons, with the only loss coming in 2016.
The Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays currently hold the record for the longest Opening Day game in Major League history.
They set that record on Opening Day 2012, when the game lasted 16 innings.
This broke the previous record of 15 innings between the Indians and the Detroit Tigers in 1960.
List of Philadelphia Phillies Opening Day starting pitchers
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Philadelphia.
They play in the National League East division.
Also known in early franchise history as the" Philadelphia Quakers", the Phillies have used 72 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 128 seasons.
The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.
Where decisions are known, the 72 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 33 wins, 40 losses and 20 no decisions( 33–40 – 20); where decisions are unknown, the team's record was 17 – 19.
No decisions are awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game.
It can also result if a starting pitcher does not pitch five full innings, even if his team retains the lead and wins.
Hall of Fame left- handed pitcher Steve Carlton has the most Opening Day starts for the Phillies, with 14, compiling a record of 3– 9 – 2.
He is followed by Robin Roberts( twelve starts; 5 – 6 – 1), Chris Short( six starts; 3 – 1 – 2), and Curt Schilling( five starts; 2 – 0 – 3).
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Alexander also made five Opening Day starts for the Phillies, equal to Schilling; however, no information on his decisions in those games is available.
The team's record in his five Opening Day starts is 4 – 1.
Roberts holds the Phillies' record for most wins in Opening Day starts with five.
Art Mahaffey has the best record in Opening Day starts for the franchise; though many players have won their only Opening Day start, Mahaffey started and won two Opening Day games, for a winning percentage of 1.000; Roy Halladay also has a 1.000 winning percentage, with two wins and a no decision in three starts.
Conversely, George McQuillan is the only player to have a .000 winning percentage in more than one Opening Day start( 0 – 2 – 0 in two starts).
Brett Myers has a .000 winning percentage in his three starts, but has accumulated two no decisions( 0 – 1 – 2).
Carlton has the most Opening Day losses for the team, with nine.
The Phillies have played in six home ballparks.
Their best overall Opening Day record is at Shibe Park( also known as Connie Mack Stadium), where they won 11 Opening Day games out of 14 played there( 11 – 3).
The team also owned an 8–17 Opening Day record at Baker Bowl( initially known as the Philadelphia Baseball Grounds), with 1 tie.
Recreation Park's Opening Day record is 1 – 2, while Veterans Stadium has the lowest winning percentage( .200), with 2 wins and 8 losses.
The Phillies currently play at Citizens Bank Park, where they are 1–5 on Opening Day.
The Phillies have played in seven World Series championships in their history, winning in 1980 and 2008.
Carlton won his Opening Day start against the Montreal Expos in 1980, while Myers received a no-decision against the same franchise( now the Washington Nationals) in 2008, a game that the Phillies eventually lost, and lost the opening game against the Atlanta Braves in 2009.
Carlton also started Opening Day in 1983, the year that the Phillies lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.
Alexander started Opening Day in 1915, the Phillies' first World Series appearance, while Roberts started the first game of 1950, and Terry Mulholland the first game of 1993.
List of Nashville Sounds Opening Day starting pitchers
The Nashville Sounds are a Minor League Baseball team based in Nashville, Tennessee.
They have played in the Triple- A Pacific Coast League since 1998.
They previously competed in the Double- A Southern League( 1978 – 1984) and the Triple- A American Association( 1985 – 1997).
The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starting pitcher is an honor which is given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.
The Sounds have used 39 different Opening Day starters in their 42 seasons.
The Sounds' first Opening Day game was played against the Memphis Chicks at Tim McCarver Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 15, 1978.
Bill Dawley was their starting pitcher that day; he took the decision in a game the Sounds lost, 4 – 2.
Nashville's first Opening Day game held at home was an 8 – 7 win against the Birmingham Barons at Herschel Greer Stadium on April 9, 1981.
Starter Jamie Werly, who went on to win the Southern League Most Outstanding Pitcher Award that season, did not figure in the decision.
On April 4, 2013, starter Tyler Thornburg took a no decision in the final Opening Day game at Greer Stadium, a 5 – 4 Sounds win.
The team left Greer after the 2014 season, but did not play their first Opening Day game at First Horizon Park, their new facility then known as First Tennessee Park, until two years later.
In that game, held on April 7, 2016, against the Oklahoma City Dodgers, Sounds starting pitcher Chris Smith was charged with the loss in a 5 – 0 shutout.
Nashville's Opening Day starting pitchers have a combined Opening Day record of 11 wins, 16 losses, and 15 no decisions.
At Greer Stadium, they had a record of 5 wins, 4 losses, and 8 no decisions in 17 Opening Day starts.
At First Horizon Park, they have 0 wins, 2 losses, and 0 no decisions in 2 Opening Day starts.
They have an aggregate record of 5 wins, 6 losses, and 8 no decisions in 19 Opening Day starts at home.
Nashville starters have a record of 6 wins, 10 losses, and 7 no decisions in Opening Day starts on the road.
The only Sounds pitchers with more than one Opening Day start are Bill Dawley( 1978& 1979), Rodney Imes( 1990& 1991), and Zach Jackson( 2007& 2008), each with two.
Two Sounds Opening Day starters have also started Opening Day games in Major League Baseball:
Bob Milacki for the Baltimore Orioles in 1990 and Wily Peralta for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2016.
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List of San Francisco Giants Opening Day starting pitchers
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball franchise based in San Francisco, California.
They moved to San Francisco from New York City in 1958.
They play in the National League West division.
The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.
Through 2016, the Giants have used 30 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 58 seasons since moving to San Francisco.
The 30 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 27 wins, 16 losses and 16 no decisions.
No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game.
The first Opening Day game for the San Francisco Giants was played against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 15, 1958 at Seals Stadium, the Giants' first home ball park in San Francisco.
Rubén Gómez was the Giants' Opening Day starting pitcher that day, in a game the Giants lost 8–0.
That was the Giants' only Opening Day game at Seals Stadium.
They also played in two other home parks in San Francisco: Candlestick Park from 1960 to 1999, and AT&T Park, previously called PacBell Park and SBC Park, since 2000.
The Giants' Opening Day starting pitchers had a record of seven wins, three losses and seven no decisions at Candlestick Park and have a record of two wins, one loss and one no decision at AT&T Park.
That gives the San Francisco Giants' Opening Day starting pitchers a total home record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 8 no decisions.
Their record in Opening Day road games is 17 wins, 12 losses, and 8 no decisions.
Juan Marichal holds the San Francisco Giants' record for most Opening Day starts, with 10.
Marichal had a record in Opening Day starts of six wins, two losses and two no decisions.
Tim Lincecum and Madison Bumgarner each made four Opening Day starts for the Giants, and John Montefusco, Mike Krukow, John Burkett and Liván Hernández each made three Opening Day starts.
Sam Jones, Vida Blue, Rick Reuschel, Mark Gardner, Kirk Rueter, Jason Schmidt and Barry Zito have each made two Opening Day starts for the Giants.
Marichal has the most wins in Opening Day starts for San Francisco, with six.
Reuschel and Burkett are the only pitchers to have won more than one Opening Day
start for San Francisco without a loss.
Both have records in Opening Day starts of two wins and no losses.
Burkett also has a no decision.
Zito has the worst record for San Francisco in Opening Day starts, with no wins and two losses.
Zito and Marichal have the most losses in Opening Day starts, with two apiece.
The Giants have played in the World Series six times since moving to San Francisco, in , , , , and , winning in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
Their Opening Day starting pitchers in those years were Juan Marichal in 1962, Rick Reuschel in 1989, Liván Hernández in 2002,
Tim Lincecum in 2010 and 2012, and Madison Bumgarner in 2014.
The Giants' Opening Day starting pitchers won four of their six Opening Day starts in those seasons, with their only loss coming in 2012 and a no decision in 2014.
List of Kansas City Royals Opening Day starting pitchers
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Kansas City, Missouri.
They play in the American League Central division.
The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.
The Kansas City Royals have used 23 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 48 seasons.
The 23 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 13 wins, 20 losses and 15 no decisions.
No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game.
The Kansas City Royals began to play in 1969.
Wally Bunker was the Royals’ first Opening Day starting pitcher on April 8, 1969 against the Minnesota Twins.
The Royals have played in two home ball parks.
They played in Municipal Stadium from 1969 through 1972.
They played three Opening Day games at Municipal Stadium, winning twice and losing once.
The Royals’ starting pitchers received no decisions in both of the wins, leaving their record in Opening Day starts at Municipal Stadium no wins, one loss and two no decisions.
They moved to Royals Stadium, which was subsequently renamed Kauffman Stadium, 1973.
They have played 20 Opening Day games there, and their starting pitchers have eight wins and eight losses with four no decisions.
This makes their record at home in Opening Day games eight wins and nine losses with six no decisions.
In Opening Day games on the road, their starting pitchers have a record of four wins and eleven losses with eight no decisions.
Kevin Appier has most Opening Day starts for the Royals, with seven, including six in a row from 1992 to 1997.
He has a record of 1–4 with two no decisions in those starts.
The other Royal pitchers who have made at least three Opening Day starts are Dennis Leonard with four, and Paul Splittorff, Bud Black, Bret Saberhagen, Jeff Suppan and Gil Meche with three apiece.
Bunker, Dick Drago, Steve Busby, Larry Gura and James Shields have each made two Opening Day starts for the Royals.
Black, who has two wins as an Opening Day starting pitcher, is the only Royals pitcher who has won more than one Opening Day start.
Black had a record in Opening Day starts of 2–1.
Only two Royals pitchers had more than one loss in Opening Day starts, Kevin Appier with four losses and Dennis Leonard with three.
The Royals played in the World Series in 1980, 1985, 2014 and 2015, winning in 1985 and 2015.
Leonard, Black, Shields and Ventura were the Opening Day starting pitchers in 1980, 1985, 2014 and 2015 respectively, when the Royals played in the World Series, and they had a combined Opening Day record of 2–1 with one no decision.
List of Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers
The Arizona Diamondbacks are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Phoenix, Arizona.
They play in the National League West division.
The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.
The Diamondbacks have used 10 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 21 seasons.
The 10 starters have a combined Opening Day record of eight wins, seven losses (8–7), and six no decisions.
No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game.
Randy Johnson holds the Diamondbacks' record for most Opening Day starts with six, and has an Opening Day record of 3–2.
Brandon Webb started four Opening Days, and Ian Kennedy has been the Opening Day starter thrice.
Andy Benes, Javier Vázquez, Dan Haren, and Wade Miley have started one Opening Day each.
Kennedy has the best winning percentage as the Opening Day starting pitcher with a record of 2–0.
Benes, Vázquez, and Miley are tied for the worst Opening Day record, at 0–1.
Webb is Arizona's only pitcher with multiple no-decisions on Opening Day (three), and Johnson is the only pitcher to have won three or more opening games.
Overall, the Diamondbacks have a record of 8–7 at home on Opening Day, compared to a 4–2 record at away games.
The Diamondbacks went on to play in the National League Division Series (NLDS) playoff games in , , , , , and , winning the National League Championship Series and World Series in 2001.

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