1 inning major league player

[Cliff Bowman]

Phil Mudrock is my all time favorite one inning guy because of his name. He threw one inning for the Cubs April 19, 1963. Adam Greenberg of the Cubs would have had the all time single Major League appearance when he was hit in the head by the only pitch he ever saw against the Marlins in 2005 but the Marlins screwed that up by letting him bat in a promotional stunt seven years later in 2012 and he struck out on three pitches. Another good one is Larry Yount, older brother of Robin Yount. He was warming up to pitch his major league debut in the ninth inning for the Astros on September 15, 1971 but blew out his elbow on a warm up pitch and had to leave before facing a batter. Since he was announced he was officially in a game even though he never actually played.

[frankbmd]

Joe Cleary, Washington Senators 1945

He faced 9 batters

1 Strikeout
3 Walks
5 Hits
7 Earned runs

The strikeout was the only out he recorded so,

1/3 of an inning and a lifetime ERA of 189.00

I respect the others mentioned in this thread but old Joe Cleary is clearly the worst.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Joe Cleary, Washington Senators 1945

He faced 9 batters

1 Strikeout
3 Walks
5 Hits
7 Earned runs

The strikeout was the only out he recorded so,

1/3 of an inning and a lifetime ERA of 189.00

I respect the others mentioned in this thread but old Joe Cleary is clear the worst.

Wow very ugly stat line but he got in the game. Larry Yount loses in career during warm ups Ugh

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Joe Cleary, Washington Senators 1945

He faced 9 batters

1 Strikeout
3 Walks
5 Hits
7 Earned runs

The strikeout was the only out he recorded so,

1/3 of an inning and a lifetime ERA of 189.00

I respect the others mentioned in this thread but old Joe Cleary is clear the worst.

You left out the best part of the cleary story: he was highly regarded, but got bombed so badly and so quickly that the Senators let their batting pitcher go in for him. It happened to be that pitcher's only game, too, even though he pitched decently. But that's probably because the second pitcher only had one leg, the other getting amputated when his fighter crashed in Germany in WWII

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

You left out the best part of the cleary story: he was highly regarded, but got bombed so badly and so quickly that the Senators let their batting pitcher go in for him. It happened to be that pitcher's only game, too, even though he pitched decently. But that's probably because the second pitcher only had one leg, the other getting amputated when his fighter crashed in Germany in WWII

wow the story keeps getting more amazing. who is that other Pitchers one game. And hopefully the rest is total sarcasm

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

wow the story keeps getting more amazing. who is that other Pitchers one game. And hopefully the rest is total sarcasm

No sarcasm, just quite possibly the most amazing MLB story ever:
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bert-shepard/

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

No sarcasm, just quite possibly the most amazing MLB story ever:
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bert-shepard/

Sorry it it sounded like sarcasm.
But boy oh boy this is amazing

That article on Bert Shepard and his life and his game that day is really amazing

Thanks for sharing it

[moogpowell]

Robin Yount's brother, Larry, is the only MLB pitcher to ever appear in a game yet never play in a game in his career. Just learned about this story this year: https://milwaukeerecord.com/sports/r...-accomplished/