• The 42 Pitchers To Make Their Big League Debut As A Starting Pitcher For The New York Yankees – Since 1973

    Posted by on June 29th, 2012 · Comments (1)

    And, tonight, Mr. Warren makes 43…

    Can’t believe it’s been 5 years since this last happened.

    The list:

    Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP GSc
    1 Ian Kennedy 2007-09-01 NYY TBD W 9-6 GS-7 ,W 7.0 63
    2 Tyler Clippard 2007-05-20 NYY NYM W 6-2 GS-6 ,W 6.0 65
    3 Matt DeSalvo 2007-05-07 NYY SEA L 2-3 GS-7 7.0 64
    4 Phil Hughes 2007-04-26 NYY TOR L 0-6 GS-5 ,L 4.1 37
    5 Chase Wright 2007-04-17 NYY CLE W 10-3 GS-5 ,W 5.0 45
    6 Kei Igawa 2007-04-07 NYY BAL W 10-7 GS-5 5.0 22
    7 Jeff Karstens 2006-08-22 NYY SEA L 5-6 GS-6 5.2 45
    8 Sean Henn 2005-05-04 NYY TBD L 8-11 GS-3 ,L 2.1 19
    9 Chien-Ming Wang 2005-04-30 NYY TOR W 4-3 GS-7 7.0 55
    10 Brad Halsey 2004-06-19 NYY LAD W 6-2 GS-6 ,W 5.2 53
    11 Alex Graman 2004-04-20 NYY CHW W 11-8 GS-3 2.2 22
    12 Brandon Claussen 2003-06-28 (2) NYY NYM W 9-8 GS-7 ,W 6.1 55
    13 Brett Jodie 2001-07-20 NYY TOR L 4-10 GS-2 ,L 2.0 17
    14 Christian Parker 2001-04-06 NYY TOR L 4-13 GS-3 ,L 3.0 15
    15 Randy Keisler 2000-09-10 NYY BOS W 6-2 GS-5 ,W 5.0 54
    16 Jake Westbrook 2000-06-17 NYY CHW L 9-10 GS-2 ,L 1.2 15
    17 Orlando Hernandez 1998-06-03 NYY TBD W 7-1 GS-7 ,W 7.0 68
    18 Hideki Irabu 1997-07-10 NYY DET W 10-3 GS-7 ,W 6.2 61
    19 Ramiro Mendoza 1996-05-25 NYY SEA W 5-4 GS-6 ,W 6.0 52
    20 Mariano Rivera 1995-05-23 NYY CAL L 0-10 GS-4 ,L 3.1 26
    21 Domingo Jean 1993-08-08 NYY MIN W 8-6 GS-7 6.2 49
    22 Mark Hutton 1993-07-23 NYY CAL W 5-2 GS-8 ,W 8.0 71
    23 Sterling Hitchcock 1992-09-11 NYY KCR W 2-1 GS-6 6.0 57
    24 Bob Wickman 1992-08-24 NYY MIL W 9-8 GS-6 6.0 46
    25 Sam Militello 1992-08-09 NYY BOS W 6-0 GS-7 ,W 7.0 77
    26 Scott Kamieniecki 1991-06-18 NYY TOR W 4-2 GS-7 ,W 6.0 48
    27 Jeff Johnson 1991-06-05 NYY TOR L 1-4 GS-7 ,L 7.0 51
    28 Wade Taylor 1991-06-02 NYY MIL W 7-4 GS-6 ,W 5.1 41
    29 Steve Adkins 1990-09-12 NYY TEX L 4-5 GS-2 ,L 1.1 35
    30 Dave Eiland 1988-08-03 NYY MIL L 5-6 GS-7 7.0 68
    31 Al Leiter 1987-09-15 NYY MIL W 4-3 GS-6 ,W 6.0 64
    32 Scott Nielsen 1986-07-07 NYY TEX W 14-3 GS-7 ,W 7.0 51
    33 Bob Tewksbury 1986-04-11 NYY MIL W 3-2 GS-8 ,W 7.1 53
    34 Jim Deshaies 1984-08-07 (1) NYY CHW L 3-6 GS-4 ,L 4.0 30
    35 Ray Fontenot 1983-06-30 NYY BAL W 4-3 GS-6 5.2 56
    36 Stefan Wever 1982-09-17 NYY MIL L 0-14 GS-3 ,L 2.2 11
    37 Gene Nelson 1981-05-04 NYY CAL W 4-2 GS-6 ,W 6.0 58
    38 Dave Righetti 1979-09-16 NYY DET L 4-8 GS-5 5.0 46
    39 Dave Rajsich 1978-07-02 (2) NYY DET W 5-3 GS-5 4.2 43
    40 Jim Beattie 1978-04-25 NYY BAL W 4-3 GS-7 ,W 6.1 59
    41 Gil Patterson 1977-04-19 NYY TOR L 3-8 GS-4 ,L 3.1 37
    42 Dave Pagan 1973-07-01 (2) NYY CLE W 11-3 GS-1 1.0 32
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    Comments on The 42 Pitchers To Make Their Big League Debut As A Starting Pitcher For The New York Yankees – Since 1973

    1. 77yankees
      June 30th, 2012 | 11:43 am

      Out of this list, who really had a good, extended tenure with the Yanks? Mo, Rags, Duque, Mendoza. Guess you can throw in CMW & Wickman – maybe Hitchcock & Kamieniecki for the short term too. Jury’s still out on Hughes.

      Then there were the ones who had successful or serviceable careers elsewhere: Leiter, Tewksbury, Westbrook, Nelson, Deshaies. Tentatively put Kennedy & Clippard on that list as well.

      Besides that, basically two thirds of this list either got injured, was ineffective, or couldn’t sustain a consistent level of success.

      Although as a disclaimer, this list excludes some successful arms those who made their debut as relievers. (Jose Rijo, Doug Drabek, Pettitte, etc.) Nevertheless, it’s alarming what a crap shoot pitching can be.

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