1.   Bones worked into the eighth inning and threatened to become the first American League pitcher to post a complete game.

2.   A search through the archives revealed Thompson is the first pitcher ever to strike Griffey out more than four times in a row.

3.   A victory by Schilling would surely earn him the most valuable player award and make him the first pitcher to win five games in a postseason.

4.   Against the expansion Diamondbacks, Dreifort was dominant, becoming the first Dodgers pitcher since Pedro Astacio last May to throw a shutout.

5.   David Wells became the first pitcher to throw a perfect game and start an All-Star Game in the same season.

6.   Dreifort also became the first pitcher ever to hit a home run off Arizona.

7.   From an historic aspect, Fassero will become the first Mariners pitcher in nearly seven years even to get an opportunity to hit a home run.

8.   Greg Maddux of Atlanta becomes the first pitcher to win the award three successive years.

9.   He also became the first pitcher to pitch an interleague no-hitter in the three-year history of interleague games.

10.   He is the first pitcher in the major leagues to win five games this spring.