Winning and losing pitcher in same game

[snopes]

Comment: I have heard that there was once a pitcher that, due to a rain
delay lasting a few weeks and a trade to the opposing team, was listed as
both the winning and losing pitcher for a baseball game. I have no idea
the teams or even the year, it's always different. But it would be
plausable, just not probable. Do you know if it's true?

[snopes]

Whether such an outcome is possible is pondered here:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0070715wg.html

[Mr. Furious]

This page has a nice discussion of it, and it jibes with my initial thoughts on the matter.

At first blush, I would think that 3.03 wouldn't apply to that situation. It would be umpire discretion at that point, and I think that the umpires would consider the pitcher in question to be a "different player," as it were. The rule is vague enough, though, to allow the umpiring crew to prevent the pitcher from "re-entering" the game.

[snopes]

The gist of is that such a scenario can only occur through an official scorer's decision -- and how likely is it that an official scorer would decide that the winning pitcher should be the same guy who's officially the losing pitcher? I would think most official scorers would bend over backwards to avoid creating that outcome.

[Mr. Furious]

Originally Posted by snopes

The gist of is that such a scenario can only occur through an official scorer's decision -- and how likely is it that an official scorer would decide that the winning pitcher should be the same guy who's officially the losing pitcher? I would think most official scorers would bend over backwards to avoid creating that outcome.

In the scenario described, though, the rules in place would remove the official scorer from the decision, wouldn't they? That is, if the pitcher gave up the go-ahead runs in the top of the inning in which the game was suspended, and then came into the game in the bottom of the inning (post-suspension) and held the lead, then he would be on the hook for both the loss and the win.

[snopes]

Originally Posted by Mr. Furious

In the scenario described, though, the rules in place would remove the official scorer from the decision, wouldn't they?

As I understand the scenario as described, the Yankees used three pitchers, the second of whom (Farnsworth) could have been awarded the win (since he left the game with his team still in the lead).