Obscure sports trivia

Yale Lary?

 

Not yale, but you are halfway through their 1956 secondary.

 

I looked it up, since there wasn't an answer within two days by the OP. There are 108 stitches on a baseball. The first and last are hidden.

I won 200+ games in MLB. When I came up from the minors, I took the roster spot of a guy who would win 288 games. When I was put on the DL by the team that eventually released me, my spot was taken by a player who would win 287 games. Who am I?

 

the other two guys sound like tommy john and Bert Blyleven, but unsure of the order. My thinking is it’s someone who spent some time as a dodger.

 

I got curious and had to look it up. He was never a Dodger.

 

Dennis Martinez?

 

my thinking late last night was this was someone who came up when Tommy John was put on the DL in 1974 and the was maybe an angel at the end. Of course, couldn’t think of a name either.

 

Al Leiter?

 

No and no.

 

When the Indians recalled Luis Tiant from triple-A Portland in 1964, they put Tommy John on the DL.

When the Twins put Tiant on the DL in 1970, with the broken shoulder that eventually led to them releasing him after the season, they recalled Bert Blyleven from double-A.

Tiant might be the best pitcher from the 1960s-70s era not in the HOF.

 

Jim David.

 

The Texans have had four different starting QBs in each of their four playoff wins since 2010. Name them.