Marmol ties reliever record
When Carlos Marmol plunked Shane Victorino last night, that was Marmol's 11th of the season. He's tied for the Major League lead in plunks, despite not starting a single game this year. The most plunks any pitcher has thrown in a season in which he did not start a game was 11, by Mitch Williams in 1986. So assuming the Cubs don't make a surprise move and move Marmol into the starting rotation, he'll at least tie that record.
11 plunks is also the most thrown by a relief pitcher in a season since 1986, but it's possible that a pitcher who worked as both a starter and a reliever hit more than 11 batters in relief appearances in some season prior to that, so we can't quite establish this as the single season hit batters record for relief pitchers from the data I have available.
He could also be the first pitcher ever to lead the Majors in plunks without starting a game, as noted in this article.
posted by pbr @ 8/12/2009 11:09:00 AM
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