14 Jun 2022 6:08 pm
I think he was in the neighborhood of 250 pitches...!Rock » 14 Jun 2022, 6:00 pm » wrote: ↑ No I can't imagine it. Was that the game that Juan (high leg kicker) Marichal threw like 250 pitches? Pitchers now rarely throw more than 100 pitches. Occasionally one will go 120. When Bronson Arroyo pitched for my Reds he threw such easy (but effective) stuff it wasn't unusual for him to go deep into games.
He had such great control of so many different pitches and arm angles. He threw a screwball which is a pitch that gets blamed for arm injuries and short careers. The guys who really know how to throw it make it look effortless though..
I think one year he threw over 300 innings and walked fewer than 30 ..[some would have been intentional walks]
So with great control he could keep his pitch count low and log a lot of innings.
The average game only took a little over 2 hours to play back then. That was long enough, plus watching pitchers go the distance was something I miss.