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Eugene Church · 02-27-2023, 04:12 PM

MY LIFE IN 2023
EC's Life's Is Filled with Glee in '23

EC is perusing Joe Posnanski's wonderful book "The Baseball Top 100".
Here is an interesting story taken from it.

"Quips and Quotes from The Diamond Minds"

Larry Yount was a pitcher for the Houston Astros in 1971 ... in September he came on in relief in the 9th inning... Yount was a rookie making his big league debut at the Astrodome against Hank Aaron and the Atlanta Braves... Yount was pumped up... his future had arrived... sadly, during his three warmup throws, Yount felt bad pain in his elbow and could not continue... he left the game before making one pitch to a batter... Larry Yount never pitched in the Major Leagues... he tried to make it back, but never did.

Larry Yount's official big-league career line:
1 game
0.0 innings
0 hits
0 walks
0 strikeouts
0 batters faced

Larry Yount is the only pitcher in baseball history to be in the record books without throwing a pitch or getting a single big-league out.

And just so you know, Larry Yount was the older brother of future Hall-of-Famer Robin Yount.

02-27-2023, 04:12 PM	#9409
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,889	MY LIFE IN 2023 EC's Life's Is Filled with Glee in '23 EC is perusing Joe Posnanski's wonderful book "The Baseball Top 100". Here is an interesting story taken from it. "Quips and Quotes from The Diamond Minds" Larry Yount was a pitcher for the Houston Astros in 1971 ... in September he came on in relief in the 9th inning... Yount was a rookie making his big league debut at the Astrodome against Hank Aaron and the Atlanta Braves... Yount was pumped up... his future had arrived... sadly, during his three warmup throws, Yount felt bad pain in his elbow and could not continue... he left the game before making one pitch to a batter... Larry Yount never pitched in the Major Leagues... he tried to make it back, but never did. Larry Yount's official big-league career line: 1 game 0.0 innings 0 hits 0 walks 0 strikeouts 0 batters faced Larry Yount is the only pitcher in baseball history to be in the record books without throwing a pitch or getting a single big-league out. And just so you know, Larry Yount was the older brother of future Hall-of-Famer Robin Yount. Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-27-2023 at 04:25 PM.