most common matchup between one hitter and one pitcher

John Franco has the most career games pitched when batting 1st, with 67 games.

Interpreted as:
most common regular-season matchup between one hitter and one pitcher
NAME G BAT ORDER W L W% GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 John Franco
J. Franco
67
1
7
5
.583
0
2.32
61
0
0
21
77.2
61
20
24
4
33
3
46
5
323
2
7.07
3.82
1.85
0.46
18.9
10.2
1.21
.257
2.78
7.07
2 Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
41
1
3
1
.750
0
2.49
60
0
0
20
43.1
33
12
13
6
10
2
33
0
174
1
12.46
2.08
6.00
1.25
34.5
5.7
0.99
.281
2.70
6.85
3 Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
37
1
2
3
.400
0
2.14
54
0
0
15
42.0
24
10
10
4
11
1
29
2
159
2
11.57
2.36
4.91
0.86
34.0
6.9
0.83
.225
2.14
5.14
4 Trevor Hoffman
T. Hoffman
36
1
3
4
.429
0
4.54
28
0
0
21
33.2
31
17
19
6
9
0
31
1
140
1
7.49
2.41
3.11
1.60
20.0
6.4
1.19
.258
5.08
8.29
5 Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
34
1
3
1
.750
0
2.43
50
0
0
17
33.1
25
9
10
5
4
0
29
0
131
1
13.50
1.08
12.50
1.35
38.2
3.1
0.87
.278
2.70
6.75
6 Tom Hume
T. Hume
34
1
3
7
.300
0
3.83
26
0
0
7
54.0
59
23
23
5
20
2
24
9
237
0
4.33
3.33
1.30
0.83
11.0
8.4
1.46
.293
3.83
9.83
7 Pedro Strop
P. Strop
29
1
2
1
.667
0
2.88
23
0
0
7
25.0
17
8
9
2
8
2
12
0
99
0
8.28
2.88
2.88
0.72
23.2
8.1
1.00
.234
3.24
6.12
8 Robb Nen
R. Nen
28
1
2
3
.400
0
1.52
31
0
0
11
29.2
18
5
6
1
11
0
23
2
118
0
9.40
3.34
2.82
0.30
26.3
9.3
0.98
.227
1.82
5.46
9 Lee Smith
L. Smith
28
1
2
4
.333
0
3.68
27
0
0
11
29.1
33
12
12
2
13
0
21
3
132
0
8.28
3.99
2.08
0.61
20.5
9.8
1.57
.344
3.68
10.13
10 Kent Tekulve
K. Tekulve
28
1
3
10
.231
0
6.50
18
0
0
1
36.0
50
26
33
3
22
1
21
12
184
1
4.50
5.50
0.82
0.75
9.8
12.0
2.00
.336
8.25
12.50
11 Roger McDowell
R. McDowell
27
1
5
2
.714
0
2.68
15
0
0
4
40.1
38
12
16
2
14
2
20
2
173
5
3.35
3.12
1.07
0.45
8.7
8.1
1.29
.257
3.57
8.48
12 Bruce Sutter
B. Sutter
27
1
1
5
.167
0
4.93
26
0
0
9
42.0
41
23
24
8
20
1
20
6
182
1
5.57
4.29
1.30
1.71
14.3
11.0
1.45
.260
5.14
8.79
13 Tony Watson
T. Watson
26
1
2
0
1.000
0
1.80
18
0
0
1
25.0
20
5
5
0
11
0
3
0
101
0
6.48
3.96
1.64
0.00
17.8
10.9
1.24
.278
1.80
7.20
14 Mark Melancon
M. Melancon
26
1
1
0
1.000
0
1.82
21
0
0
13
24.2
16
5
5
1
3
0
19
1
91
4
7.66
1.09
7.00
0.36
23.1
3.3
0.77
.227
1.82
5.84
15 Steve Cishek
S. Cishek
26
1
2
2
.500
0
1.73
23
0
0
2
26.0
24
5
7
1
12
3
12
1
111
1
7.96
4.15
1.92
0.35
20.7
10.8
1.38
.319
2.42
8.31
16 Randy Myers
R. Myers
26
1
2
1
.667
0
1.32
42
0
0
8
34.0
25
5
5
2
16
1
16
1
142
4
11.12
4.24
2.63
0.53
29.6
11.3
1.21
.284
1.32
6.62
17 Dan Miceli
D. Miceli
25
1
0
2
.000
0
3.70
23
0
0
1
24.1
24
10
12
4
11
1
11
1
106
1
8.51
4.07
2.09
1.48
21.7
10.4
1.44
.299
4.44
8.88
18 Doug Bair
D. Bair
25
1
2
1
.667
0
2.56
30
0
0
6
38.2
31
11
11
4
20
0
14
6
161
1
6.98
4.66
1.50
0.93
18.6
12.4
1.32
.252
2.56
7.22
19 Chad Qualls
C. Qualls
24
1
0
1
.000
0
2.52
29
0
0
2
25.0
21
7
8
4
3
2
12
0
99
2
10.44
1.08
9.67
1.44
29.3
3.0
0.96
.279
2.88
7.56
20 Stan Belinda
S. Belinda
24
1
1
3
.250
0
4.25
35
0
0
7
29.2
25
14
14
8
8
0
16
0
121
0
10.62
2.43
4.38
2.43
28.9
6.6
1.11
.243
4.25
7.58
21 Paul Assenmacher
P. Assenmacher
24
1
3
4
.429
0
5.94
40
0
0
2
33.1
39
22
26
6
12
0
12
4
150
0
10.80
3.24
3.33
1.62
26.7
8.0
1.53
.359
7.02
10.53
22 Gene Garber
G. Garber
24
1
5
2
.714
0
2.97
27
0
0
5
33.1
35
11
12
2
8
0
21
1
140
2
7.29
2.16
3.38
0.54
19.3
5.7
1.29
.320
3.24
9.45
23 Steve Reed
S. Reed
23
1
4
1
.800
0
4.00
15
0
0
1
27.0
22
12
13
2
6
1
9
1
104
0
5.00
2.00
2.50
0.67
14.4
5.8
1.04
.250
4.33
7.33
24 Jesse Orosco
J. Orosco
23
1
4
2
.667
0
1.30
41
0
0
7
34.2
22
5
5
0
13
1
16
4
138
0
10.64
3.38
3.15
0.00
29.7
9.4
1.01
.265
1.30
5.71
25 Steve Bedrosian
S. Bedrosian
23
1
2
3
.400
0
3.49
29
0
0
8
28.1
33
11
13
4
19
0
19
5
136
2
9.21
6.04
1.53
1.27
21.3
14.0
1.84
.345
4.13
10.48
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HR

118

6th

R

398

14th

SO

778

7th

ERA

3.51

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
52
37
.584
Mets Mets
52
38
.578
0.5
Marlins Marlins
40
47
.460
11.0
Braves Braves
39
49
.443
12.5
Nationals Nationals
37
52
.416
15.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
7/6
NYY NYY
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Tue
7/8
NYM NYM
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Wed
7/9
NYM NYM
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Thu
7/10
NYM NYM
@
BAL BAL
1:05 PM
Fri
7/11
NYM NYM
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Last Game
NYM Mets

52 - 38

12

Final

6

NYY Yankees

48 - 41

Sat 5 Jul 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
52
37
.584
Mets Mets
52
38
.578
0.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
53
36
.596
Brewers Brewers
49
40
.551
4.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
56
34
.622
Padres Padres
47
41
.534
8.0
AL East W L PCT GB
Blue Jays Blue Jays
51
38
.573
Yankees Yankees
48
41
.539
3.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
56
34
.622
Twins Twins
43
46
.483
12.5
AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
54
35
.607
Mariners Mariners
47
42
.528
7.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
6/20
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
3-8
Fri
6/20
BAL BAL
@
NYY NYY
0-9
Fri
6/20
MIL MIL
@
MIN MIN
9-0
Fri
6/20
CIN CIN
@
STL STL
5-6
Fri
6/20
CWS CWS
@
TOR TOR
1-7

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
7/6
BOS BOS
@
WSH WSH
1:35 PM
Sun
7/6
CIN CIN
@
PHI PHI
1:35 PM
Sun
7/6
LAA LAA
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
7/6
MIL MIL
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM
Sun
7/6
NYY NYY
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM