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Jul 6, 2017 · The losing pitcher is the pitcher who allows the go-ahead run to reach base for a lead that the winning team never relinquishes. Note: A starting pitcher does not have to pitch 5 innings to qualify for the loss.
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It seemed clear to me at the time. Once the Yankees took the lead, Green was in line to be awarded the win, assuming the Yankees stayed ahead. He had entered in relief, and thus wasn’t bound by the five-inning requirement for starting pitchers. When Robertson relieved Green, he was eligible for a rule book save. He came in with a lead, having relie...
There are even rarer and more abstruse situations that can affect how holds and blown saves are assigned. If you thought wrangling about three-inning holds and early relief stints was odd, you may want to brace yourself for mid-plate appearance pitching changes and hurlers who leave, then come back. If a reliever takes the mound in the middle of hi...
Do all of these varying ways of counting holds and blown saves make a difference in the numbers? They do, but not a big one. For the 2017 season, the gap between the most generous and most stringent authorities was about two percent for blown saves, and not quite one and a half percent for holds. It would be a rarity for any pitcher to have his num...
2017 Official Rules of Major League BaseballA pitcher can receive a hold by protecting a lead even if that lead is lost by a later pitcher after his exit. The hold was invented in 1986 by John Dewan and Mike O'Donnell to give a statistical measure of the effectiveness of the vast majority of relief pitchers who are afforded few opportunities to close a game.
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One of two conditions must be met for a pitcher to record a hold: 1) He enters with a lead of three runs or less and maintains that lead while recording at least one out. 2) He enters the game with the tying run on-deck, at the plate or on the bases, and records an out.
A hold is granted to a relief pitcher who enters a game with his team in the lead in a save situation, and hands over that lead to another reliever without the score having been tied in the interim.
Feb 25, 2024 · However, there is one specific scenario where a pitcher could potentially be charged with two blown saves: The pitcher enters a save situation and blows it, but then remains in the game and enters a second save situation later on (typically in extra innings).
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Apr 11, 2017 · Part 1: A save is only awarded when a team wins a game and can only go to a pitcher who does not get the win. Part 2: A relief pitcher shall not get a save unless he faces the tying or go-ahead run ... with two exceptions.
