In baseball,a save is credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain circumstances. A save can be earned by entering a game in which his team is leading by three or fewer runs and finishing the game by pitching at least one inning without losing the lead;entering the game with the tying run in the on-deck circle,at the plate or on the bases and finishing the game;or by pitching at least three innings in relief and finishing the game regardless of how many runs your team was winning by when entering the game. The number of saves or percentage of save opportunities successfully converted are oft-cited statistics of relief pitchers,particularly those in the closer role. The save statistic was created by journalist Jerome Holtzman in 1959 to "measure the effectiveness of relief pitchers" and was adopted as an official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic in 1969. The save has been retroactively tabulated for pitchers before that date. Mariano Rivera is MLB's all-time leader in regular-season saves with 652,while Francisco Rodríguez earned the most saves in a single season with 62 in 2008.
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 other strategic reasons,such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions. Relief pitchers are further divided informally into various roles,such as closers,setup men,middle relief pitchers,left/right-handed specialists,and long relievers. Whereas starting pitchers usually throw so many pitches in a single game that they must rest several days before pitching in another,relief pitchers are expected to be more flexible and typically pitch in more games with a shorter time period between pitching appearances but with fewer innings pitched per appearance. A team's staff of relievers is normally referred to metonymically as a team's bullpen,which refers to the area where the relievers sit during games,and where they warm-up prior to entering the game.
Howard Bruce Sutter was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1976 and 1988. He was one of the sport's dominant relievers in the late 1970s and early 1980s,making effective use of the split-finger fastball. A six-time All-Star and 1982 World Series champion,Sutter recorded a 2.83 career earned run average and 300 saves,the third-most in MLB history at the time of his retirement. Sutter won the National League's (NL) Cy Young Award in 1979 as its top pitcher,and won the NL Rolaids Relief Man Award four times. He became the only pitcher to lead the NL in saves five times.
Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage is an American former baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1972 and 1994. He pitched for nine different teams,spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres.
Albert Walter "Sparky" Lyle is an American professional baseball pitcher who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1967 through 1982. He was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox,New York Yankees,Texas Rangers,Philadelphia Phillies,and Chicago White Sox.
David Allan Righetti,nicknamed "Rags",is an American professional baseball coach and former player. A left-handed pitcher,Righetti played in Major League Baseball from 1979 through 1995 for the New York Yankees,San Francisco Giants,Oakland Athletics,Toronto Blue Jays,and Chicago White Sox. He served as the pitching coach for the Giants from 2000 through 2017.
Lee Arthur Smith is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams. Serving mostly as a relief pitcher during his career,he was a dominant closer,was the first pitcher to reach 400 saves,and held the major league record for career saves from 1993 until 2006,when Trevor Hoffman passed his total of 478. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2019 by the Today's Game Era Committee.
The 1981 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1981 season. The 78th edition of the World Series,it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It marked their third Series meeting in five years and was their 11th overall Series meeting. The Dodgers won the Series in six games,as the Yankees had done in the teams' prior two Series meetings,in 1977 and 1978. This was the Dodgers' first title since 1965,their first victory over the Yankees since 1963,and third overall Series win over the Yankees.
Richard William Tidrow was an American professional baseball pitcher and the senior vice president of player personnel and senior advisor to the general manager for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Michael Augustine Torrez is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) starting pitcher. In an 18-season career,he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals (1967–1971),Montreal Expos (1971–1974),Baltimore Orioles (1975),Oakland Athletics,New York Yankees (1977),Boston Red Sox (1978–1982),and New York Mets (1983–1984). As a member of the Yankees,he won two games of the 1977 World Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He batted and threw right-handed.
Neal James Cotts is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox,Chicago Cubs,Texas Rangers,Milwaukee Brewers,and Minnesota Twins.
The 1981 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five series between the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics.
Rawlins Jackson "Rawly" Eastwick is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds,St. Louis Cardinals,New York Yankees,Philadelphia Phillies,Kansas City Royals,and Chicago Cubs,from 1975 to 1981.
Perce Leigh "Pat" Malone was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from for the Chicago Cubs (1928–1934) and New York Yankees (1935–1937). Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 200 pounds (91 kg),Malone batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He played for four pennant winners and two World Series champions.
Robert Lane Miller was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1957 to 1974. Miller played for three World Series champions:the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers,1965 Los Angeles Dodgers and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates—five league champions and four division winners,as well as for four teams that lost 100 or more games in a season.
The 1978 New York Yankees season was the 76th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 100–63,finishing one game ahead of the Boston Red Sox to win their third American League East title. The two teams were tied after 162 games,leading to a one-game playoff,which the Yankees won. New York played home games at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx and was managed by Billy Martin,Dick Howser,and Bob Lemon.
In baseball,a closing pitcher,more frequently referred to as a closer,is a relief pitcher who specializes in getting the final outs in a close game when his team is leading. The role is often assigned to a team's best reliever. Before the 1990s,pitchers in similar roles were referred to as a fireman,short reliever,and stopper. A small number of closers have won the Cy Young Award. Eight closers have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame:Dennis Eckersley,Rollie Fingers,Goose Gossage,Trevor Hoffman,Mariano Rivera,Lee Smith,Bruce Sutter and Hoyt Wilhelm.
The following are the baseball events of the year 2008 throughout the world.
The 1960 Major League Baseball season was played from April 12 to October 13,1960. It was the final season contested by 16 clubs and the final season that a 154-game schedule was played in both the American League and the National League. The AL began using the 162-game schedule the following season,with the NL following suit in 1962.
Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz is a Cuban-born American professional baseball relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds,New York Yankees,Chicago Cubs,Kansas City Royals,and Texas Rangers and in the Cuban National Series for Holguín. Chapman bats and throws left-handed,and is nicknamed "the Cuban Missile."
