Good morning!
Last week, the White Sox community learned of the passing of rotation stalwart of the 1960s, Gary Peters. As Josh and Jim noted on Monday's podcast, if you have a moment, it's worth checking out his terrific SABR biography.
Peters logged 216 starts for the White Sox during the 1960s (second-most over that span) despite not starting a game for the franchise until May 6, 1963. And boy, what a start: 8 IP, 4 hits, 4 strikeouts against 1 walk, and a home run on offense, to boot! The AP presser was relatively blasé in its recounting:
Gary Peters, making his first major league pitching start for Chicago, hit a homer and beat the Kansas City Athletics 5-1. He had ninth-inning help from Jim Brosnan, newly acquired from Cincinnati.
The New York Times, May 7, 1963 (AP)
Of the newspaper accounts I could find that had some editorializing from the standard AP/UPI gamer, most focused on the controversy surrounding Jim Brosnan, the OG of the Ball Four diary genre.
At any rate, I didn't want Peters' passing to go unnoticed in this weekly post: thus, today's Sporcle will focus on those starting pitchers who made at least 10 starts for the White Sox over the course of the 1960 through 1969 seasons. With that 10 start minimum, that gives us 26 names: how many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the year(s) the pitcher was on the team, and their number of games started.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The average ERA of the starting pitchers on this list is 3.44...
- ...which amounts to average ERA+ of 104, and a FIP of 3.69.
- Peters, on his own, averaged a 2.92 ERA, FIP of 3.05, and an ERA+ of 115.
All data from stathead.com. Gamer from Historical New York Times database.
