Who is everyday eddie

The Twins finished that year, proving Gammons wrong, however—despite a very good year from Guardado—the Twins bullpen finished the year with the 5th-worst bullpen ERA. We know that at some point before , "Everday Eddie" took hold as a nickname, and now, nearly a decade removed from his final major-league pitch, we can look back and decide: was that really a fitting nickname?

Obviously Guardado didn't literally pitch everyday, it was hyperbole, but the nickname implies a couple of things: 1 he pitched in a lot of games, to the point where it might seem like he has pitched in every game, and 2 he pitched on zero days rest regularly, giving the impression that he was available everyday.

Let's start with games played. In , Guardado's first full season as a reliever, he appeared in 83 games which was tied for the league-lead with Tigers' reliever and international man of mystery Mike Myers. From through remember, this nickname was established sometime before March of , Guardado appeared in a total of games, the 4th most among pitchers in that span behind Robb Nen, Buddy Groom, and Mike "Voice of Shrek" Myers.

That's a lot of appearances. Not the most, but a lot. Considering he played for the same team during during that span, unlike the players ahead of him, and that his "Everyday Eddie" is alliterative, it's reasonable that he'd get this nickname by playing in a bunch of games.

And keep in mind, the Twins were abysmal during this stretch, so the fans were likely desperate to latch on to anything. A quick play index shows that in all of baseball history, Guardado had the 11th most games played on zero days rest among all pitchers.

Both are true: Guardado pitched in a lot of games and frequently pitch on zero days rest—he truly earned his "Everyday" nickname and of course the alliteration really helps.

However, I think that it is only fair that he henceforth shall share the nickname with Mike Myers. There are no comments to display. More NL Central News ».

View all NL Central Sites. Louis Cardinals. More NL West News ». View all NL West Sites. More FanSided News ». More News Around the Network ». View all Our Sites. The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues. We have dramatically expanded our coverage of the Negro Leagues and historical Black major league players.

Read our Announcement. WAR ERA 4. Games Played This includes all times that the player appeared on the lineup card. Pitchers in non-DH games that appeared on the lineup card but didn't bat will still have a game in this column.

IP WHIP 1. Pitching Career Batting Career Pitching Postseason Batting Fielding Postseason. Standard Pitching Show Minors. Bold season totals indicate player led league.

Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family. Follow BaseballAlmanac Find us on Facebook. Eddie Guardado Trades and Transactions The Eddie Guardado trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Eddie Guardado has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today.