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The Long and the Short of It

2006-09-25 18:36

by Mike Carminati

Yesterday with the Nats winning 5-1 in the bottom of the ninth Saul Rivera replaced John Rauch to pitch a scoreless inning and put the Washington win in the books. There was nothing unusual in that, except that Rivera (5'11") is a full foot shorter than Rauch (6'11").

I wouldn't have noticed except for a mention in the SABR-L email list. So I looked it up.

Here are all the teammates who were at least a foot apart in height. For all but the last four, at least one pitcher had one relief appearance. The earliest short-tall pair may have been Gene Krapp and the ubiquitous Cy Falkenberg in 1911. The greatest height difference between two pitchers who were teammates was 14 inches:

Yr	Tm	Pitcher1	Ht (Inches)	GP	GS	RA	Pitcher2	Ht (Inches)	GP	GS	RA	Ht Diff	RATot
1911	Cleveland Naps	Gene Krapp	65	35	26	9	Cy Falkenberg	77	15	13	2	12	11
1950	Washington Senators	Carlos Pascual	66	2	2	0	Jim Pearce	78	20	3	17	12	17
1955	Kansas City Athletics	Bobby Shantz	66	23	17	6	Ewell Blackwell	78	2	0	2	12	8
1964	Philadelphia Phillies	Bobby Shantz	66	14	0	14	Gary Kroll	78	2	0	2	12	16
1989	Montreal Expos	Steve Frey	69	20	0	20	Randy Johnson	82	7	6	1	13	21
1991	Chicago Cubs	Doug Dascenzo	68	3	0	3	Bob Scanlan	80	40	13	27	12	30
1991	Seattle Mariners	Scott Bankhead	70	17	9	8	Randy Johnson	82	33	33	0	12	8
1992	New York Mets	John Franco	70	31	0	31	Eric Hillman	82	11	8	3	12	34
1993	New York Mets	John Franco	70	35	0	35	Eric Hillman	82	27	22	5	12	40
1993	Seattle Mariners	Mike Hampton	70	13	3	10	Randy Johnson	82	35	34	1	12	11
1993	Seattle Mariners	Jim Converse	69	4	4	0	Randy Johnson	82	35	34	1	13	1
1994	New York Mets	John Franco	70	47	0	47	Eric Hillman	82	11	6	5	12	52
1994	Seattle Mariners	Jim Converse	69	13	8	5	Randy Johnson	82	23	23	0	13	5
1995	Seattle Mariners	Steve Frey	69	13	0	13	Randy Johnson	82	30	30	0	13	13
1995	Seattle Mariners	Jim Converse	69	6	1	5	Randy Johnson	82	30	30	0	13	5
1996	Kansas City Royals	Kenny Robinson	67	5	0	5	Bob Scanlan	80	9	0	9	13	14
1998	Houston Astros	Billy Wagner	70	58	0	58	Randy Johnson	82	11	11	0	12	58
2002	Chicago White Sox	Antonio Osuna	71	59	0	59	Jon Rauch	83	8	6	2	12	61
2002	Milwaukee Brewers	Takahito Nomura	67	21	0	21	Ben Diggins	79	5	5	0	12	21
2002	Chicago White Sox	Jim Parque	71	8	4	4	Jon Rauch	83	8	6	2	12	6
2004	Chicago White Sox	Cliff Politte	71	54	0	54	Jon Rauch	83	2	2	0	12	54
2004	Arizona Diamondbacks	Shane Nance	68	19	0	19	Randy Johnson	82	35	35	0	14	19
2004	Montreal Expos	Roy Corcoran	70	5	0	5	Jon Rauch	83	9	2	7	13	12
2004	Chicago White Sox	Arnie Munoz	69	11	1	10	Jon Rauch	83	2	2	0	14	10
2004	Montreal Expos	Rigo Beltran	71	2	0	2	Jon Rauch	83	9	2	7	12	9
2004	Texas Rangers	Michael Tejera	69	6	0	6	Chris Young	82	7	7	0	13	6
2004	Chicago White Sox	Vic Darensbourg	70	2	0	2	Jon Rauch	83	2	2	0	13	2
2005	New York Yankees	Tom Gordon	69	79	0	79	Randy Johnson	82	34	34	0	13	79
2005	Washington Nationals	Antonio Osuna	71	4	0	4	Jon Rauch	83	15	1	14	12	18
2005	Texas Rangers	Michael Tejera	69	3	0	3	Chris Young	82	31	31	0	13	3
1893	Chicago Colts	Sam Shaw	65	2	2	0	Gus Yost	77	1	1	0	12	0
1989	Seattle Mariners	Scott Bankhead	70	33	33	0	Randy Johnson	82	22	22	0	12	0
1990	Seattle Mariners	Scott Bankhead	70	4	4	0	Randy Johnson	82	33	33	0	12	0
1998	Houston Astros	Mike Hampton	70	32	32	0	Randy Johnson	82	11	11	0	12	0

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