1) Derek Jeter became the 1st player in Yankees history to play in 20 seasons. (Elias) Jeter started his final year by being hit a pitch in his 1st PA. Jeter holds the AL record for HBP by a SS and the Yankees record, but neither record vs. the league average and holds the Yankees record for most seasons with 10+ HBP. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2011 37 -21 3 -24 .355 .388 .743 .519 5.08 .297 6 61 16 131 Yankees
2012 38 -4 16 -20 .362 .429 .791 .577 5.38 .316 15 58 9 159 Yankees
2013 39 -10 -6 -4 .288 .254 .542 .168 1.96 .190 1 7 0 17 Yankees
2014 40 1 1 0 .500 .333 .833 .780 13.50 .333 0 0 0 1 Yankees
CAREER 28 387 -359 .381 .446 .828 .605 6.36 .312 256 1261 348 2603
LG AVG 0 0 0 .336 .427 .764 .500 5.04 .268 319 1353 183
Most years, Yankees--
1 Derek Jeter 20
2 Mariano Rivera 19
T3 Yogi Berra 18
T3 Mickey Mantle 18
T5 Bill Dickey 17
T5 Frankie Crosetti 17
T5 Lou Gehrig 17
T5 Jorge Posada 17
T9 Bernie Williams 16
T9 Whitey Ford 16
Most HBP, SS, AL history--
HIT BY PITCHES HBP
1 Derek Jeter 164 Yankees
2 Frankie Crosetti 105 Yankees
3 Kid Elberfeld 104 Tigers/Yankees/Senators
4 Miguel Tejada 90 A's/Orioles/Royals
5 David Eckstein 84 Angels/Blue Jays
6 Alex Rodriguez 72 Mariners/Rangers/Yankees
7 Bert Campaneris 64 A's/Rangers/Angels/Yankees
8 George McBride 58 Brewers/Senators
9 Joe Sewell 55 Indians/Yankees
10 Mike Bordick 52 A's/Orioles/Blue Jays
Most HBP, SS, AL history, vs. league average--
HIT BY PITCHES DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Frankie Crosetti 81 105 24 Yankees
2 Kid Elberfeld 71 104 33 Tigers/Yankees/Senators
3 Derek Jeter 63 164 101 Yankees
4 David Eckstein 56 84 28 Angels/Blue Jays
5 Miguel Tejada 28 90 62 A's/Orioles/Royals
6 Alex Rodriguez 25 72 47 Mariners/Rangers/Yankees
T7 Angel Berroa 23 49 26 Royals/Yankees
T7 Joe Sewell 23 55 32 Indians/Yankees
T7 Pat Meares 23 45 22 Twins
10 Ramon Santiago 22 39 17 Tigers/Mariners/Tigers
Most HBP, Yankees--
HIT BY PITCHES HBP
1 Derek Jeter 165
2 Frankie Crosetti 114
3 Jason Giambi 109
4 Alex Rodriguez 97
5 Kid Elberfeld 81
6 Jorge Posada 74
7 Bert Daniels 70
8 Chuck Knoblauch 61
9 Don Baylor 60
10 Robinson Cano 54
Most HBP, Yankees, vs. league average--
HIT BY PITCHES DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Frankie Crosetti 88 114 26
2 Jason Giambi 78 109 31
3 Derek Jeter 64 165 101
4 Kid Elberfeld 58 81 23
5 Bert Daniels 53 70 17
6 Don Baylor 52 60 8
7 Alex Rodriguez 50 97 47
8 Chuck Knoblauch 39 61 22
9 Jim Leyritz 32 45 13
10 Mark Teixeira 23 44 21
Most seasons, 10+ HBP, Yankees--
1 Derek Jeter 9
T2 Kid Elberfeld 6
T2 Frankie Crosetti 6
T4 Alex Rodriguez 5
T4 Jason Giambi 5
6 Bert Daniels 4
T7 Mark Teixeira 3
T7 Chuck Knoblauch 3
T7 Don Baylor 3
T10 Willie Keeler 2
T10 Alfonso Soriano 2
T10 Jorge Posada 2
2) C.C. Sabathia became the 1st pitcher in Yankees history to be Opening Day starter in each of his 1st 6 years with the team. Lefty Gomez (1932-37) was the only other pitcher in team history with a 6 year streak. (Yankees team notes) In 2013, Sabathia led the majors in ER. He was the 1st Yankees pitcher to lead the majors in ER since Andy Hawkins (3 way tie, 1989) and the 1st to do it outright since Catfish Hunter (1976). (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia) Sabathia became the 12th pitcher with 1000+ SO with the Yankees, but doesn't rank in the top 25 in Yankees history for SO above the league average. Sabathia isn't even the leader for Yankees SO above league average on the current Yankees staff (David Robertson leads with 168 SO above average). (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2011 30 36 3.00 33 33 237.1 230 8.72 11.30 19 8 0 18 9 Yankees
2012 31 15 3.38 28 28 200 197 8.87 10.62 15 6 0 12 9 Yankees
2013 32 -14 4.78 32 32 211 175 7.46 12.50 14 13 0 12 15 Yankees
2014 33 -3 9.00 1 1 6 6 9.00 13.50 0 1 0 0 1 Yankees
CAREER 236 3.61 416 416 2781.1 2395 7.75 11.37 205 116 0 188 133
LG AVG 0 4.35 2781.1 2075 6.71 12.71 157 155
Yankees with 1000+ SO--
1 Andy Pettitte 2020
2 Whitey Ford 1956
3 Ron Guidry 1778
4 Red Ruffing 1526
5 Lefty Gomez 1468
6 Mike Mussina 1278
7 Mel Stottlemyre 1257
8 Mariano Rivera 1173
9 Bob Shawkey 1163
10 Al Downing 1028
11 Roger Clemens 1014
12 C.C. Sabathia 1002
Yankees SO leaders vs. the league average--
STRIKEOUTS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Lefty Gomez 515 1468 953
2 Ron Guidry 456 1778 1322
3 Bob Shawkey 311 1163 852
4 Red Ruffing 304 1526 1222
5 Dave Righetti 284 940 656
6 Mariano Rivera 247 1173 926
7 Allie Reynolds 246 967 721
T8 David Cone 242 888 646
T8 Roger Clemens 242 1014 772
10 Goose Gossage 235 512 277
...
26 C.C. Sabathia 113 1002 889
3) On Opening Day, the Phillies beat the Rangers, 14-10. That's 1 more 14-10 game than the Eagles-Cowboys have had in their 110 game rivalry (a rivalry ranked by NFL Network as the 9th greatest in NFL history). (ESPN)
4) On Monday, Cliff Lee became the 1st pitcher to "earn" a "win" on Opening Day by giving up 8+ ER since Oral Hildebrand in 1937 (allowed 10 and "won" 15-10). He was the 1st Phillies pitcher to "earn" a "win" by giving up 8+ runs in a game since Dick Ruthven, in 1981. (Elias)
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2011 32 36 2.40 32 32 232.2 238 9.21 9.48 17 8 0 17 8 Phillies
2012 33 17 3.16 30 30 211 207 8.83 10.02 6 9 0 9 6 Phillies
2013 34 27 2.87 31 31 222.2 222 8.97 9.26 14 8 0 14 8 Phillies
2014 35 -6 14.40 1 1 5 1 1.80 21.60 1 0 0 0 1 Phillies
CAREER 142 3.54 316 312 2080.1 1753 7.58 10.94 140 86 0 131 95
LG AVG 0 4.22 2080.1 1588 6.87 12.58 117 116
5) On Monday, Seth Smith became just the 2nd player in Padres history to hit a pinch hit HR on Opening Day, joining Rickey Henderson (1997). (Padres team notes)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2011 28 3 9 -6 .347 .483 .830 .553 6.09 .284 15 59 10 147 Rockies
2012 29 8 7 1 .333 .420 .754 .563 4.95 .240 14 52 2 125 A's
2013 30 5 1 4 .329 .391 .721 .515 4.36 .253 8 40 0 117 A's
2014 31 7 7 0 .800 2.250 3.050 .999 189.00 .750 2 2 0 2 Padres
CAREER 62 39 23 .343 .459 .802 .557 5.75 .266 75 275 19 731
LG AVG 0 0 0 .328 .411 .739 .500 4.70 .260 59 245 36
6) Jacoby Ellsbury became the 3rd player to lead the Red Sox in HR and then play for the Yankees. The only player to ever lead the Yankees and then play for the Red Sox was Don Baylor (led NY: 1984, played for BOS: 1986-87). (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2011 27 48 50 -2 .376 .552 .928 .693 7.78 .321 32 105 39 158 Red Sox
2012 28 -8 -7 -1 .313 .370 .682 .421 4.23 .271 4 26 14 74 Red Sox
2013 29 27 26 1 .355 .426 .781 .641 6.05 .298 9 53 52 134 Red Sox
2014 30 -1 -1 0 .200 .000 .200 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Yankees
CAREER 108 77 31 .350 .438 .788 .580 5.93 .297 65 314 241 716
LG AVG 0 0 0 .329 .416 .744 .500 4.76 .262 85 357 52
LED RED SOX PLAYED FOR YANKEES
Babe Ruth 1915-16, 1918-19 1920-34
Kevin Youkilis 2008 2013
Jacoby Ellsbury 2011 2014
7) On Monday, the Mariners extended their Opening Day winning streak to 8. It's the 2nd longest in AL history, behind the 1937-45 Browns. (Mariners team notes) Despite that 9 game Opening Day winning streak, the 1937-45 Browns had the 2nd worst record in the AL during that period. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)
8) Angels P C.J. Wilson reached 1000 career SO. It is the 3rd consecutive year that a pitcher reached that while pitching for the Angels (Jered Weaver, 2012; Joe Blanton, 2013). (Angels team notes) There are 11 pitchers who have pitched for the Angels who rank in the top 100 on the all time SO list, including 2 of the top 5 and 3 in the top 10.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2011 30 49 2.94 34 34 223.1 206 8.30 11.08 16 7 0 17 6 Rangers
2012 31 -3 3.83 34 34 202.1 173 7.70 12.37 13 10 0 11 12 Angels
2013 32 13 3.39 33 33 212.1 188 7.97 12.42 17 7 0 14 10 Angels
2014 33 -3 9.53 1 1 5.2 8 12.71 15.88 0 1 0 0 1 Angels
CAREER 87 3.63 393 141 1128.1 1006 8.02 12.25 73 53 52 74 52
LG AVG 0 4.17 1128.1 885 7.06 12.41 64 63
Pitchers in top 100 SO who pitched for the Angels--
STRIKEOUTS SO
1 Nolan Ryan 5714 Mets/Angels/Astros/Rangers
5 Bert Blyleven 3701 Twins/Rangers/Pirates/Indians/Twins/Angels
7 Don Sutton 3574 Dodgers/Astros/Brewers/A's/Angels/Dodgers
23 Chuck Finley 2610 Angels/Indians/Cardinals
33 Mark Langston 2464 Mariners/Expos/Angels/Padres/Indians
38 Luis Tiant 2416 Indians/Twins/Red Sox/Yankees/Pirates/Angels
50 Tommy John 2245 Indians/White Sox/Dodgers/Yankees/Angels/A's/Yankees
64 Fernando Valenzuela 2074 Dodgers/Angels/Orioles/Phillies/Padres/Cardinals
71 Kevin Appier 1994 Royals/A's/Mets/Angels/Royals
81 Bartolo Colon 1950 Indians/Expos/White Sox/Angels/Red Sox/White Sox/Yankees/A's
86 Jerry Reuss 1907 Cardinals/Astros/Pirates/Dodgers/Reds/Angels/White Sox/Brewers/Pirates
9) The A's rainout was their 1st at home since 1998.
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