The hitters in Round 5 are going to face a rather eclectic batch of hurlers… I must admit I was none too familiar with most of their careers. We have 3 nineteenth-century pitchers, 3 twenty-first-century pitchers, 2 Hall-of-Famers, and Chuck Finley.
Without further ado, I present your Round 5 pitchers:

Played as: Bob Caruthers
Full Name: Robert Lee Caruthers
Nicknames: Parisian Bob
Lifetime: 218-99, 3 Saves, 2.83
One of the true stars of the old American Association, Bob Caruthers led the league in wins twice (with 40!) and winning percentage three times. A pretty good hitter, too, he often played the outfield and batted second in the lineup after Arlie Latham. Although he only had a 9-year career, he amassed quite an enviable record and was perhaps the most highly paid player of his time. After his arm went dead – and after averaging close to 400 innings a season why wouldn’t it – he became an umpire, succumbing to likely alcoholism at age 47.
Quotable: “I will get a larger salary than any ball player has ever received, but I can’t say what it is. My mouth is closed.”

Played as: Red Faber
Full Name: Urban Clarence Faber
Nicknames: Well, Red, obviously!
Lifetime: 254-213, 27 Save, 3.15
Hall-of-Famer Red Faber had a slow start to his major league career, making his debut at 25, but managed to pitch until age 44, all with the Chicago White Sox. One of the last legal spitballers, Faber lost parts of two seasons due to World War I and the Spanish Flu. Thanks to that and the decimation of the White Sox team after the Black Sox scandal, Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk felt he missed out on a likely 300-win career.
Quotable: “Mr. Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great honor to me to be named to the Hall of Fame. It’s very hard for me to even imagine that I would ever be elected to it. But now that I am, and about to join all those celebrities that I used to know and play against and with, why, I hardly know what to say. I know there are all baseball fans here. They must be or they wouldn’t have come this far to see an event like this. And I’m happy to greet you all in our behalf. Thank you.”

Played as: Chuck Finley
Full Name: Charles Edward Finley
Nicknames: N/A
Lifetime: 200-173, 0 Saves, 3.85
At 6′ 6″, Chuck Finley was an intimidating lefthander with a good fastball. He is the only pitcher to have struckout four batters in in inning on three separate occasions and is one of 11 pitchers to amass 200 Wins without ever having a 20-win season.
Quotable: “That just shows you how this league has gone to hell.” – Finley, after being named player of the week

Played as: Liván Hernández
Full Name: Eisler Liván Hernández
Nicknames: None
Lifetime: 178-177, 1 Save, 3.44
A real workhorse and an excellent fielding pitcher, Liván Hernández made a minuscule 15 errors in his 17 year career while averaging over 200 innings per season. Along with his brother, Orlando Hernández, he is a native of Cuba and now runs a youth baseball academy in Miami. Hernández was named to two All-Star teams and was the 1997 NLCS and World Series MVPs.
Quotable: “I like to win, and I’ll do anything possible to win. It’s September, it’s the last month of the season. I’m ready to do it.”

Played as: Walter Johnson
Full Name: Walter Perry Johnson
Nicknames: The Big Train or Barney
Lifetime: 417-279, 34 Saves, 2.17
Well, this is mildly embarrassing: Walter Johnson is going to be facing hitters again! Those of you who have been following along may have noticed that he was used lightly in Rounds One and Two and again in Round Three… well, here he is again! You see, I changed the way I was dividing up the pitchers – by era, lefty/righty, a couple of relievers – to, you know, balance the competition. Sigh. Anyhow, I gave him a new card, too.
Anyhow, The Big Train is clearly one of the dominant pitchers in the history of baseball, second only to Cy Young in victories, and was the first pitcher to amass 3,000 strikeouts, ending with 3,509 in his career. An inaugural member of the Hall-of-Fame, along with Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner, he is the leader in career shutouts with 110, second place belonging to Pete Alexander with a distant 90.
Quotable: “Walter Johnson’s fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.” – Ty Cobb

Played as: Frank Killen
Full Name: Frank Bissell Killen
Nicknames: Lefty
Lifetime: 164-131, 0 Saves, 3.78
A nineteenth century lefty who pitched A LOT, Frank Killen pitched much of his career with his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. He seasons where he won 29, 36, and 30 games but also had seasons where he lost 26, 23, and 20, and his career was over by the age of 30, so you decide how good he was.
Quotable: “Killen is nothing more than a big boy, but he has plenty of speed and a good head.” – Sporting Life, 1891

Played as: Francisco Rodríguez
Full Name: Francisco Jose Rodríguez
Nicknames: K-Rod or Frankie
Lifetime: 52-53, 437 Saves, 2.86
One of the great modern relievers, Francisco Rodríguez is 6th on the all-time saves list and struck out batters at better than 1 per inning. A 6-time All-Star, Rodriquez holds the single-season saves record with 62 in 2008, led the American League in saves three times, and won the Rolaids award twice.
Quotable: “I’m never afraid, never fear anything.”

Played as: Adonis Terry
Full Name: William Henry Terry
Nicknames: Billy
Lifetime: 197-196, 6 Saves, 3.74
In a strange turn of fate, Adonis Terry was once the teammate of Bob Caruthers (Brooklyn 1888-1892) and also of Frank Killen (Pittsburgh 1893-1894)! A solid pitcher, with good speed, sketchy control, and a spectacular moustache, Terry holds the distinction of being the only 20-game winning pitcher (26-16) who also stole 30 bases (32) in the same season (1890).
Quotable: “Terry captivated the hearts of the girls and made the other handsome men present envious.” – New York Herald

Played as: Javier Vázquez
Full Name: Javier Carlos Vázquez
Nicknames: Silent Assassin
Lifetime: 165-160, 0 Saves, 4.22
Born in Puerto Rico, Javier Vázquez made a name for himself by eating up the innings, pitching over 200 in each of 9 seasons at a time when that was becoming increasingly rare. An All-Star in 2004 when he went 14-10, Vázquez managed 200 plus strikeouts 5 times.
Quotable: “No surgical procedure exists that would help him rise to the occasion in important moments, but how about an outpatient visit that at least makes him throw strikes.” – Rick Morrissey.