More than 23 years after Manny Alexander tried it...

[Mofo]

...the Orioles manage to close out a game with a position player pitching. Recorded a save too.

With A Series Of Slowballs, Stevie Wilkerson Became The First Position Player To Record A Save

Whereas ol’ Manny ended his pitching career that night with a 67.50 ERA, Wilkerson’s looking at a respectable 2.25. As horrible as the O’s are, maybe they oughta stick this guy in the rotation...

 

[Rock Strongo]

i was talking to a guy at work about this today. hard to fathom its never been done before, but then again, you usually bring in position guys in a blowout loss.

 

[Mofo]

i was talking to a guy at work about this today. hard to fathom its never been done before, but then again, you usually bring in position guys in a blowout loss.

MLB is teeming with guys who pitched before. Lotta converted pitchers who become outfielders because of control problems. I thought it was pretty surprising it hadn't happened before.

That it was a bunch of garbage slowball stuff was kinda surprising though.

 

[tducey]

Always fun to see position players pitching. Good on Wilkerson getting the save.