141 HBP in his career. I think half of them were Yankees.

Pedro and the Yankees was pretty much always a fight waiting to happen.

205 HBP lifetime.

1907-1927

As one of the best control pitchers of all time, I guess you have to assume that if he hit you it was likely to be on purpose! That said, getting plunked by his fastball in the mid-80s can't have been too scary a proposition.

I’ll take it. Can’t get a good swing on this guy anyway...

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Pitching is disrupting timing. Maddux was a major disruptor.

To which I would add Nolan Ryan.

Sam McDowell, Juan Marichal

A Yankees reliever in the 60's
He wore eyeglasses as thick as Coke bottles and threw about 98 MPH.
I know he hit the backstop quite often... by accident.

It was as if he had a 100 mph knuckleball. Even he didn't know where it was going. This was until '73 or '74.


Before a Spring Training game, Cubs outfielder Jose Cardenal called the team to say he couldn't open his eye and had to be scratched from the lineup. Later he admitted to the trainer that it was because Ryan was pitching that day.


Drysdale once said that when Walt Alston would hold up 4 fingers to walk a batter, he would drill him on the first pitch. His thought was "Why waste 3 pitches?"

Didn't really hit that many since he was a reliever, but he was game for some chin music

Boy Howdy, he would have been something if he could just control his fastball!