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Just a few Did You Knows from Monday's game (all research from Baseball-Reference.com)...

  • Bobby Korecky's 11th-inning single was the first hit by a pitcher in Metrodome history.
  • It was also the first hit in an American League game by a Twins pitcher in the DH era; the last Twins pitcher to get a hit in an AL game was Bert Blyleven, on October 4, 1972
  • Only one other Twins pitcher has ever had a plate appearance at home in the DH era. On August 24, 1986, reliever Ray Fontenot struck out to end the game against Toronto, in a game much like Monday's (the Twins ran out of bench players).
  • The last Twins pitcher to bat in an American League game was Matt Garza, who hit twice on July 6 in Chicago last year after Mike Redmond was injured in the first inning.
  • Only two other Twins pitchers have batted and pitched in an American League game in the DH era - and they both did it in the same game.  On July 12, 1975, the Twins lost 8-7 to the Yankees in 16 innings, and both Vic Albury and Bill Campbell hit.  Albury struck out in the 11th, Campbell in the 14th.
  • Per Joe Christensen at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Allan Anderson also pinch-hit (but didn't pitch, which is why I missed it in the first version of this post) in a game on June 13, 1989, against Seattle.
  • Two Twins outfielders had hits in games that they also pitched in; John Moses did it in both 1989 and 1990, and Dan Gladden did it in 1988.
  • According to his stats at The Baseball Cube , Korecky's last plate appearance - and last hit - came in 2002, at the University of Michigan.
  • The last time a pitcher had a hit in an American League game was 11 years ago; on August 16, 1997, Yankees reliever John Wetteland whacked an RBI double in the top of the 10th in an 8-5 win over Texas.  Wetteland was the winning pitcher that day, making him the last AL pitcher to get a hit and get the win on the same day. 
  • Korecky is the 10th pitcher to get a hit in an American League game in the DH era.

All in all - a big day for Korecky. First major league win, first major league hit - and all in the same day!

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can you

Good stuff!

can you look up if another AL pitcher got his first major league hit and his first major win in the same game (non interleague)
that would be interesting

by DedicatedFollowerOfFashion on May 20, 2008 1:36 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not easily, sorry.

But I’m virtually certain it hasn’t happened in the DH era. :-)

by Jon Marthaler on May 20, 2008 1:59 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it actually

it actually has happened! I found this on ESPN.com’s ‘Ask Elias’ column

KORECKY GETS FIRST CAREER WIN AND FIRST CAREER HIT IN THE SAME GAME
Minnesota reliever Bobby Korecky earned his first major-league win and collected his first big-league hit in the Twins wild 12-inning win over the Rangers. The last American League pitcher to record both his first major-league hit and his first major-league win in the same American League (non-interleague) game was the Angels’ Ryan Hancock, on June 9, 1996 at Cleveland.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/elias

by DedicatedFollowerOfFashion on May 20, 2008 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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