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Franchise Opening Day Starters Now Back to 1920

Posted by Sean Forman on July 12, 2010

Franchise Opening Day Starters

For the original 16 teams, we now have Opening Day starters back to 1920. Huzzah RetroSheet.

Related posts:

    Youngest Opening Day Starters – Baseball-Reference.com
    Inexperienced Opening Day Starters
    Handedness of Opening Day starters
    Franchise-to-Franchise Trade History – Baseball-Reference.com
    2003:Inexperienced Opening Day Starters

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5 Responses to “Franchise Opening Day Starters Now Back to 1920”

  1. ImAShark6 Says:
    July 13th, 2010 at 3:03 am

    Yay yay! Btw, I'm back, but I'm good now.

  2. Shawn Says:
    July 14th, 2010 at 6:44 am

    Why did Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel never start at the same outfield position two opening days in a row? Babe flip-flopped between left and right for nine straight seasons at one point and Meusel for seven, the last four overlapping with Ruth. After that, Babe played the same game with Dusty Cooke for two seasons and Ben Chapman the three after that.

    Was this by design or mere coincidence?

  3. Johnny Twisto Says:
    July 14th, 2010 at 11:23 am

    Ruth tended to play LF on the road and RF at home.

  4. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    July 14th, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    The Opening Day starting pitcher for the 1943 Phillies was making his major-league debut. (Yes, I know it was a war year.)

  5. Shawn Says:
    July 15th, 2010 at 4:50 am

    Ah, thanks. That lines up perfectly.

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