Pitcher : Starter/Closer in same season

[TheKingofKings]

How many times has this happened ???

[RuthMayBond]

How many times has this happened ???It's happened a lot, since I kinda mentioned it in my trivia question about these guys who were the only ones that I found to perform a certain single-season feat

Cy Young
Ed Walsh
Christy Mathewson
Mordecai Brown
Carl Hubbell
Dizzy Dean

[TheKingofKings]

It's happened a lot, since I kinda mentioned it in my trivia question about these guys who were the only ones that I found to perform a certain single-season feat

Cy Young
Ed Walsh
Christy Mathewson
Mordecai Brown
Carl Hubbell
Dizzy Dean

As of today , Fausto Carmona is in the Club , he was a part time closer and got the start tonight .

[SoxSon]

As of today , Fausto Carmona is in the Club , he was a part time closer and got the start tonight .

I noticed that, too. Not a pretty outing, however, for Carmona this evening.

[VIBaseball]

The Expos tried it in the playoffs with Steve Rogers -- to their regret.

[Utter Chaos]

Some guy named Schilling did it last year.

[Utter Chaos]

Here's a list of guys who had 15 starts and 15 saves in the same season:

1924 Firpo Marberry 15, 15
1957 Ray Narleski 15, 16
1999 Tim Wakefield 17, 15
2000 Octavio Dotel 16, 16
2004 Dustin Hermanson 18, 17

[Zito75]

I thought for sure that Smoltz did both in the same season- guess not.

[1905 Giants]

Lefty Grove did it too.