Friend of the VORG Doug Kern pointed this out to me today:
@dianagram Dodgers radio points out tmw’s game is Hill vs Ca-Hill. If you feel like doing anything with that. “Embeds”, as it were.
— Doug Kern (@dakern74) April 5, 2017
So here are the pitching matchups where one pitcher’s name is “embedded” in the other’s, since 1914. We are excluding exact matches here.
| date | vteam | hteam | vspnam | hspnam |
| 20080927 | OAK | SEA | Greg Smith | Ryan Rowland-Smith |
| 20080821 | OAK | SEA | Greg Smith | Ryan Rowland-Smith |
| 20050924 | CLE | KCA | Kevin Millwood | Mike Wood |
| 20020806 | TEX | DET | Chan Ho Park | Steve Sparks |
| 20020518 | TEX | DET | Chan Ho Park | Steve Sparks |
| 19990717 | LAN | ANA | Chan Ho Park | Steve Sparks |
| 19990408 | TOR | MIN | Joey Hamilton | Eric Milton |
| 19950923 | OAK | SEA | Doug Johns | Randy Johnson |
| 19950426 | PHI | SLN | Curt Schilling | Ken Hill |
| 19930924 | SDN | SFN | Scott Sanders | Scott Sanderson |
| 19930516 | NYN | MON | Eric Hillman | Ken Hill |
| 19920915 | MON | PHI | Ken Hill | Curt Schilling |
| 19920806 | MON | PHI | Ken Hill | Curt Schilling |
| 19920801 | PHI | MON | Curt Schilling | Ken Hill |
| 19920726 | SDN | NYN | Bruce Hurst | Wally Whitehurst |
| 19900711 | OAK | MIN | Scott Sanderson | Allan Anderson |
| 19800918 | CAL | KCA | Alfredo Martinez | Renie Martin |
| 19790505 | OAK | NYA | John Henry Johnson | Tommy John |
| 19790424 | NYA | OAK | Tommy John | John Henry Johnson |
| 19760625 | CHA | TEX | Francisco Barrios | Steve Barr |
| 19730517 | CHA | MIN | Wilbur Wood | Dick Woodson |
| 19730420 | TEX | MIN | Rich Hand | Bill Hands |
| 19720609 | MIL | CHA | Skip Lockwood | Wilbur Wood |
| 19700824 | ATL | MON | George Stone | Bill Stoneman |
| 19700621 | NYA | BOS | Fritz Peterson | Gary Peters |
| 19700516 | KCA | CHA | Bob Johnson | Tommy John |
| 19690831 | MON | SDN | Jerry Robertson | Dave Roberts |
| 19690815 | NYA | CHA | Fritz Peterson | Gary Peters |
| 19680711 | NYA | CHA | Fritz Peterson | Gary Peters |
| 19660524 | CAL | NYA | Jack Sanford | Whitey Ford |
| 19550824 | CIN | PIT | Joe Nuxhall | Dick Hall |
| 19540624 | SLN | PIT | Brooks Lawrence | Vern Law |
| 19450819 | CIN | PHI | Howie Fox | Jimmie Foxx |
| 19420705 | BOS | WS1 | Dick Newsome | Bobo Newsom |
| 19360415 | CHN | SLN | Bill Lee | Roy Parmelee |
| 19350624 | CHN | NY1 | Bill Lee | Roy Parmelee |
| 19340906 | CHN | NY1 | Bill Lee | Roy Parmelee |
| 19300719 | SLN | NY1 | Hi Bell | Carl Hubbell |
| 19260805 | WS1 | DET | Walter Johnson | Augie Johns |
| 19260721 | DET | WS1 | Augie Johns | Walter Johnson |
| 19210427 | WS1 | NYA | Jim Shaw | Bob Shawkey |
| 19170907 | NYA | WS1 | Bob Shawkey | Jim Shaw |
| 19150427 | PHA | WS1 | Bob Shawkey | Jim Shaw |
| 19140923 | CIN | BSN | Red Ames | Bill James |
| 19140513 | BSN | CIN | Bill James | Red Ames |