Lackey throws 9th inning plunk
HBPs of note: September 10, 2009
It was another slow Thursday for HBPs yesterday - Sean West of the Marlins hit Mets batter Wilson Valdez, Dusty Hughes of the Royals hit Detroit's Gerald Laird, and Angels franchise plunking leader John Lackey hit Mariner Jose Lopez. But Lackey's plunk was interesting because he threw it in the 9th inning. That's the 2nd time this season that a starting pitchers has hit a batter in the 9th inning - something that only happened once in each of the past two seasons.
Here are the year by year totals for plunks thrown by starters in the 9th inning or later, just to show that pitchers used to be able to pitch for a whole game:
| 2009 (to date) - 2 | 2001 - 2 | 1993 - 4 |
| 2008 - 1 | 2000 - 8 | 1992 - 9 |
| 2007 - 1 | 1999 - 7 | 1991 - 3 |
| 2006 - 4 | 1998 - 8 | 1990 - 7 |
| 2005 - 5 | 1997 - 7 | 1989 - 5 |
| 2004 - 4 | 1996 - 5 | 1988 - 14 |
| 2003 - 6 | 1995 - 7 | 1987 - 9 |
| 2002 - 4 | 1994 - 4 | 1986 - 14 |
The last time a starter hit a batter later than the 9th inning was June 4, 1995 when Tim Wakefield started the game, but didn't hit Dan Wilson until the 10th inning. Could that be the last time that ever happens? That, by the way, was Wakefield's first plunk for the Red Sox, which makes it 161 plunks ago.
The other instance of a starter throwing a plunk in the 9th inning this season was thrown by Edwin Jackson on August 5th - but he didn't finish the game.
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posted by pbr @ 9/11/2009 06:34:00 AM
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