A different kind of 30 win stat.

[BigDDude]

Today, Kyle Lohse attempts to join a very select group of baseball pitchers.

Wait—Kyle Lohse? Making history? Select group of pitchers? Are we talking about the same Kyle Lohse here?

Yup. The former Twins-Cardinals-Reds-Phillies and current Brewers pitcher has a chance to do something that only 12 other men have done before: notch a win against all 30 franchises. To date, Lohse has defeated 29. Tonight he leads the Brewers against the Twins, and if Minnesota falls before him, that will complete the set.

No, he isn’t the most prestigious pitcher out there, with a 119-114 record and middling ERA. However, the guys who’ve defeated all 30 teams form an interesting mix of legends and Lohses. Here are the members of the club Kyle Lohse hopes to join: Al Leiter, Kevin Brown, Terry Mulholland, Curt Schilling, Woody Williams, Jamie Moyer, Randy Johnson, Barry Zito, Javier Vazquez, Vicente Padilla, Derek Lowe and A.J. Burnett.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

this is a compiler stat!! but it is impressive none the less...

 

[BigDDude]

this is a compiler stat!! but it is impressive none the less...

Indeed, on both counts.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

also of course pitchers before the mid 90's did not have a chance to do this since there was no interleague play... any pitcher that stayed in one league would not be able to accomplish this... Using the new Baseball scheduling format, this is going to become a less exclusive club...

 

[BigDDude]

also of course pitchers before the mid 90's did not have a chance to do this since there was no interleague play... any pitcher that stayed in one league would not be able to accomplish this... Using the new Baseball scheduling format, this is going to become a less exclusive club...

Guys in the past had to do this the hard way before, get traded a lot. Also, there are of course many other and different "clubs" to be in, as there would be groups of guys who did this for the number of teams in their time.