19-518: Nevel may refer to: People [ edit ] Ernie Nevel (1918–1988), American baseball player Van Nevel , people with that surname Places [ edit ] Nevel Urban Settlement, a municipal formation into which the town of Nevel in Nevelsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia is incorporated Nevel (town) , a town in Nevelsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia Lake Nevel ,
38-496: A starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter of a game. Starting pitchers are expected to pitch for a significant portion of the game, although their ability to do this depends on many factors, including effectiveness, stamina, health, and strategy. A starting pitcher in professional baseball usually rests three, four, or five days after pitching
57-478: A 0–1 record , with a 6.10 ERA , in 14 games pitched as a big leaguer. In 20 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings pitched , he allowed 27 hits and eight bases on balls , with nine strikeouts to his credit. Of his 14 appearances, one came as a starting pitcher . With the Yankees having already clinched the 1950 American League pennant , Nevel started the final game of the regular season on Sunday, October 1, against
76-399: A game before pitching in another. Therefore, most professional baseball teams have four, five or six starting pitchers on their rosters. These pitchers, and the sequence in which they pitch, is known as the rotation . A team's best starter is known as the ace , and is almost always the first man to pitch in the rotation. In modern baseball, a five-man rotation is most common. In contrast,
95-411: A game is commonly referred to as a "spot starter." Pitchers that make spot starts are often relief pitchers mainly long-relief pitchers out of the bullpen that are tasked to pitch multiple innings or a starting pitcher that is promoted from a club's minor league team to make sporadic starts. Spot starts typically occur because of emergency instances like a sudden injury to a scheduled starting pitcher in
114-594: A lake in Nevelsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia Other [ edit ] Nevel (instrument) , a stringed instrument used by ancient Hebrew people Nevel (ship) , see Tracking ship#Russian Navy / Soviet Navy Nevel Papperman , a character in the iCarly American teen sitcom See also [ edit ] Nevelsky (disambiguation) Nevele , a municipality in East Flanders Province of Belgium Topics referred to by
133-443: A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher . Occasionally, an opener is used for only a few innings, and is replaced by a long reliever or a pitcher who would typically be a starting pitcher. Under ideal circumstances, a manager of a baseball team would prefer a starting pitcher to pitch as many innings as possible in a game. Most regular starting pitchers pitch for at least five innings on
152-411: A regular basis, and if a pitcher is unable to do so, there is a high probability that he will, in the future, be relegated to duty in the bullpen . In modern baseball, a starting pitcher is rarely expected to pitch for more than seven or eight innings, at which point, responsibility for the game is passed to relief pitchers, including specialist pitchers such as setup pitchers and closers . Often,
171-399: A starting pitcher is subject to a pitch count , meaning the manager will remove him from the game once he has thrown a specific number of pitches. The most common pitch count for a modern pitcher is about 100, and it is now rare for a starting pitcher to throw more than 125 pitches in a game. Pitch count limits are especially common for starting pitchers who are recovering from injury . At
190-423: A traditional starter. In the early decades of baseball, it was not uncommon for a starting pitcher to pitch 300 innings or more, over the course of a season. In addition, there are accounts of starting pitchers pitching on consecutive days, or even in both games of a doubleheader . It is believed that these feats were only possible because pitchers in the early years of the game, unlike modern starters, rarely threw
209-693: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ernie Nevel Ernie Wyre Nevel (August 17, 1918 – July 10, 1988) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1950 and 1951 with the New York Yankees and in 1953 with the Cincinnati Redlegs . Born in Charleston, Missouri , he batted and threw right-handed , stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg). Nevel had
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#1732776204920228-486: The Yankees for the pennant drive. Twenty-six years old when he first broke into professional baseball , Nevel concluded a nine-year pro career in 1954. He died in Springfield, Missouri , at the age of 69. This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1910s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Starting pitcher In baseball (hardball or softball ),
247-405: The ball with maximum effort. A starting pitcher who can be counted on to consistently throw many innings is known as a workhorse . An example of a modern-day workhorse pitcher was Roy Halladay , who was the active leader in both complete games thrown and shutouts before his retirement in 2013. A pitcher that normally isn't a regular member of a team's starting rotation that situationally starts
266-441: The game and pitches the first one or two innings (when guaranteed to face the top hitters in the opponent's lineup) before giving way to a long reliever to work the middle innings of the game. On some occasions, teams would use multiple relievers who could pitch only one or two innings after the opener; this became known as a bullpen game . Due to their lighter workload and conditioning, openers are able to pitch more frequently than
285-406: The rotation, or if there are multiple doubleheaders requiring a tight workload. A starting pitcher must complete five innings of work in order to qualify for a " win " in a game he starts. Under NCAA baseball rules, which govern intercollegiate baseball, a starting pitcher who pitches fewer than five innings can still earn a win if he pitches for a certain amount of time that is determined before
304-497: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nevel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nevel&oldid=947663180 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
323-415: The start of the game. It is possible to be credited with a loss despite pitching fewer than five innings. A starter who works six or more innings while giving up three or fewer earned runs is said to have achieved a " quality start ". A starter who finishes the game without having to be relieved by the bullpen is said to have thrown a "complete game". The pitcher who throws a complete game is almost always in
342-553: The third-place Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park . He allowed four hits and four earned runs in three innings of work, and took the loss, his only decision in Major League Baseball. On August 28, 1952, while he was on the roster of the Triple-A Kansas City Blues , he was one of four players (and $ 35,000 in cash) shipped to Cincinnati for former star hurler Ewell Blackwell , acquired by
361-557: The youth level, such as in Little League Baseball , pitch counts are usually capped at a certain point as well as required rest before a pitcher can pitch again. In the 2018 MLB season , the Tampa Bay Rays debuted a variant of the starting pitcher dubbed the " opener ," whose role is a hybrid between those of the traditional starting pitcher and the closer . In the opener strategy, a relief pitcher starts
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