StatManDu Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 (edited) Here are some candidates for bad starts by Sox pitchers on Opening Day. ... Bannister was really bad in '83 home opener BAD OPENING DAY STARTS SOX PITCHERS Year Pitcher................. IP HRERBB K Badness 2007 Jose Contreras......1-7-8-7-1-1.......Gave up bomb on 2nd pitch ... all downhill from there 2001 Jim Parque.............5-8-4-4-1-1......Home opener; 6th inning was fatal 1999 Mike Sirotka...........5-9-9-3-2-2......Home opener; also committed 3 errors 1995 Alex Fernandez....2.2-5-8-4-5-1......Surrendered 1st inning grand slam 1993 Wilson Alvarez........3-5-4-4-3-4......Home opener; couldn't retire anyone in the 4th 1991 Jack McDowell......2.2-5-6-6-3-0......New Comiskey opener; All 6 runs came in 3rd inning 1987 Neil Allen................2-4-3-3-0-1......Home opener; Yielded leadoff homer to Whitaker 1986 Tom Seaver.........5.1-7-5-5-0-3......Home opener; gave up roof shot HR to Rob Deer 1983 Floyd Bannister.....1.2-7-7-7-2-2......Home opener; Banny's Sox debut; Gave up 2 bombs 1982 Jerry Koosman......5.2-8-6-6-2-2......No decision 1977 Ken Brett.................3-9-5-5-0-4......1st game in Tor; Gave up 2 HRs 1970 Tommy John..........4.2-8-6-5-1-3.......Home opener; Gave up 3 in 1st thanks to his 2 errors 1967 John Buzhardt...........4-4-4-4-5-0....Sox lost at Boston Edited April 3, 2007 by StatManDu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I found him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangercal Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Count the worst? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 2, 2007 -> 09:50 PM) Count the worst? definitely looks like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangercal Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Im guessing this is HOME OPENERS. IIRC, David Wells was the opening day starter in 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Tizzle Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 2, 2007 -> 09:58 PM) definitely looks like it Since people are always looking for connections to previous seasons when the Sox were successful, Floyd Bannister's line was similar to Contreras'. Which means.............WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE DIVISION!!!! YES!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 (edited) QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 2, 2007 -> 11:07 PM) Im guessing this is HOME OPENERS. IIRC, David Wells was the opening day starter in 2001. Yes. I remember that the flag raising and Durham's lead off HR at the 2001 home opener were the bright spots i a game that shouldn't have gotten away from them but did. I was at four of these turkeys as a mater of fact. Dang, I miss Friday home openers that I could actually fly in for. Edited April 3, 2007 by FlaSoxxJim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 (edited) QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Apr 2, 2007 -> 10:16 PM) Since people are always looking for connections to previous seasons when the Sox were successful, Floyd Bannister's line was similar to Contreras'. Which means.............WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE DIVISION!!!! YES!! Winning Ugly is back! Also: Contreras' abbreviated outing, the shortest for a White Sox Opening Day starter since Claude "Lefty" Williams also went one inning against St. Louis in 1917, allowed Guillen and the White Sox fan base to get a look at almost the entire roster. What did the Sox do in 1917? Edited April 3, 2007 by RME JICO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 QUOTE(RME JICO @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 07:33 AM) Winning Ugly is back! Also: What did the Sox do in 1917? Won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEdWalsh Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 (edited) I was at the 1970 opening day 12-0 loss to the Twins. What a miserable day! It was noteworthy only for the major league debut of the one and only John "Pineapple" Matias (who went 0-3 with a strikeout). And get this: it was an opening day crowd of 11,473. Ahhhh, those were the days. Edited April 3, 2007 by BigEdWalsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatManDu Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 2, 2007 -> 10:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Im guessing this is HOME OPENERS. IIRC, David Wells was the opening day starter in 2001. Yes. Wells bested Colon that sunny day in Cleveland in 2001 and we thought all was right with the world. If the badness came in a home opener that wasn't the overall opener it was noted in the line of text next to the stat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 From Elias: Contreras was the fourth pitcher since 1900 to allow eight runs while pitching fewer than two innings on Opening Day. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 you gotta make your name somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDo Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 worst start EVER!!! Or, well, close to it. Might wake up our pitching staff, though. Who knows... worst start EVER!!! Or, well, close to it. Might wake up our pitching staff, though. Who knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 And look at what Bannister and the '83 Sox went on to do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 05:32 PM) And look at what Bannister and the '83 Sox went on to do.... Cough it up in the playoffs?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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