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208. RickSmith - Mitch Williams 1986
Wild thing, you make my heart sing...
204. rjnewman - Ken Dayley 1987
In Game 6 of the 1987 NL Divisional Playoffs, Whitey Herzog performed a lineup change that I had never seen before (or since) in a baseball game.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes ... 0130.shtml
Todd Worrell had been pitching in relief, but a left handed batter, Harry Spilman, was due to bat, and Herzog wanted to bring in Ken Dayley to face Spilman. But in order to keep the option of having Worrell pitch again, Herzog moved Worrell to right field. As it turned out, Chris Speier ended up pinch hitting for Spilman (and struck out), and even though Worrell could have conceivably returned to the mound, Herzog allowed Dayley to remain on the mound, where he got Jose Uribe to ground out for the final out of the game. I still vividly remember that game and the picture of Worrell standing out in right field.