Five Wins in a day

[cavebird]

I know some of you guys have incredible recall of events in your league history, so I'm curious if anybody else has ever had 5 pitcher wins in 1 day. I can't remember ever seeing 5 wins in a day, but it happened for me yesterday in 20 team dynasty.

Gant, Eovaldi, Pineda, Means, Darvish. Combined 29.1 IP, 17 H, 13 BB, 33 K, 6 ER..... 5 W.

Having 5 SP line up to pitch the same day only happens a few times a season at most. The odds that all 5 would hit a W seem well below 5%. Even if you give them all a 50% probability of a W, that's 1/64th in finite math, right? But their actual odds of W were probably closer to 35%, making it extremely rare.

Anyway, I had a fun time watching game scores. Briefly the gamescore showed Darin Ruf hit a grand slam vs Tim Hill with 3 of Darvish's base runners on, but I guess it was overruled or something. Weird, but a fun surprise when it disappeared.

Actually, this is how it started, and the question was "if anyone else has ever had 5 pitcher wins in 1 day." While he went into starters later in the post as if they were the only pitchers who could get wins (and obviously all of his were from starters), but that wasn't the original question. Yes, words matter. And phrasing matters, too. And I do know how to read. I deal with words for a living, and inexact ones can have bad consequences.

[Ken]

Actually, this is how it started, and the question was "if anyone else has ever had 5 pitcher wins in 1 day." While he went into starters later in the post as if they were the only pitchers who could get wins (and obviously all of his were from starters), but that wasn't the original question. Yes, words matter. And phrasing matters, too. And I do know how to read. I deal with words for a living, and inexact ones can have bad consequences.

From your quote: "Having 5 SP line up to pitch the same day only happens a few times a season at most"

But why are you even still talking about this? You just like to take a fun thread like this and make it negative?

From above Jesse confirmed: "believe I may have seen 5 wins in a day at some point through extra MR vulture wins many years ago, but never through 5 games started have I seen 5/5 wins."

You just can't help yourself huh? Better to try to save face and try to "prove" you are right than just enjoy a good conversation huh? Sounds about right. Lots of that going on in the world lately.

*** as a side note, you can keep the "I deal with words for a living, and inexact ones can have bad consequences" garbage to yourself. This is a fantasy baseball board, no one needs your condescending attitude. Thanks!

[madducks]

On Sunday, a team in my local league got wins from each of their 3 closers (Kimbrel, Robles, & Chapman). That has to be rare. I don't recall ever seeing that many wins in one day from closers on the same fantasy team.

[Sharky]

On Sunday, a team in my local league got wins from each of their 3 closers (Kimbrel, Robles, & Chapman). That has to be rare. I don't recall ever seeing that many wins in one day from closers on the same fantasy team.

Agreed. I’ve only seen 3 wins from a single team this year, let alone three from closers and then two more!

[Teenwolf]

Agreed. I’ve only seen 3 wins from a single team this year, let alone three from closers and then two more!

I believe the extra inning rule starting innings with runners on 2nd greatly increases the win probability for closers.

I don't believe I've seen 3 closer vulture wins on 1 night before, but it seems much more statistically likely because of the new rule. I see only 1 of those 3 wins were accomplished before extra innings, only Chapman got the blown save then vulture win without the aid of "ghost runners".

[TranaGreg]

had a good night last night - 4 starts, 4 wins. Kershaw, Giolito, Morton & Mahle. Was hoping for a late bullpen win to make it 5 ...