3+ Perfect Innings in a ML Debut
Posted by Raphy on April 17, 2011
| Rk | Gcar | Player | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | App,Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | BR | SO | HR | Pit | Str | GSc | IR | IS | BF | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | PO | BK | WP | WPA | RE24 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Max Scherzer | 2008-04-29 | ARI | HOU | L 4-6 | 3-7 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.123 | 2.550 | .358 | |
| 2 | 1 | Jimmy Key | 1984-04-06 | TOR | CAL | W 11-5 | 6-9f ,W | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.157 | 2.250 | .619 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Lance Pendleton | 2011-04-15 | NYY | TEX | L 3-5 | 7-9f | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.031 | 1.577 | .130 | |
| 4 | 1 | Mike McClendon | 2010-08-14 | MIL | COL | W 5-4 | 6-8 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.285 | 1.685 | 1.209 | |
| 5 | 1 | Steve Stemle | 2005-05-26 | KCR | TEX | L 1-8 | 5-7 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0.00 | 0.006 | 1.681 | .029 | |
| 6 | 1 | Felipe Lira | 1995-04-27 | DET | SEA | L 0-3 | 6-8f | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.046 | 1.724 | .192 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jim Nelson | 1970-05-30 | PIT | SFG | L 11-13 | 5-7 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.032 | 2.808 | .112 |
Welcome to the club Lance Pendleton.
April 17th, 2011 at 6:58 am
I was sitting behind home plate the night Scherzer made his debut. That was really one of the most electric moments I've witnessed in a non playoff atmoshphere. His FB that night was as good as any I've ever seen.
April 17th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
I notice Jimmy Key retired the first 16 batters he faced as a major league. Anyone know what the record is?
April 17th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
On a tangent ... Another recent debut wasn't perfect, but I cannot miss the chance to hail Detroit's new RH reliever, Alberto Alburquerque. Alburquerque [sic] came into the 7th inning of Friday night's odd 10-inning game and whiffed 2 of the first 3 men he faced.
Somewhere, Bugs Bunny is smiling.
Alburquerque does not hail from Albuquerque, but from the city with surely the highest ratio of MLB products per capita: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, population about 217,000, has produced at least 81 MLB players. Albuquerque (pop. over half a million) has sent just 6 native sons to the majors.
(P.S. What was odd about that 10-inning game between the A's and Tigers? It was tied 1-1 after 9 innings, and Detroit won it 8-4 in 10.)
April 17th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
@2, David Frantz -- Good question about the record for most consecutive batters retired in a MLB debut. I don't know the answer, but I'll give you a couple of notables:
-- 16 straight by Wayne Simpson, 4/9/1970; he finished with a 2-hit, 0-walk shutout.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN197004090.shtml
-- 15 straight by Johnny Cueto, 4/3/2008. After allowing a HR to start the 6th, Cueto mowed down 6 more, left after 7 IP with 10 Ks and just that one baserunner.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN200804030.shtml
P.S. Jimmy Jones retired only 8 straight to open his 9/21/1986 debut -- but after allowing a triple (to the opposing pitcher!), he put away the last 19 straight. Jones is the only pitcher since 1919 to debut with a regulation CG allowing no more than 1 baserunner.
April 17th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
LIke Shoewizard, I saw Scherzer's debut (albeit on TV) and he was just filthy. I'm surprised anyone hit the ball. . . . .
April 18th, 2011 at 2:02 am
I know this is a bit off topic, but Mariano Rivera just lowered his career WHIP to below one to an amazing .99971.
I am not sure if he will finish his career with a WHIP that low, but he certainly has worked incredibly hard the past 4 years to get it where it is. Since the start of the 2008 season, when he was 38 years old, Rivera has pitched 205 1/3 innings while only giving up 161 walks+hits for a WHIP of .7841. Pitching 161 innings with those numbers obviously generates a WHIP of one. Mariano has sprinkled in 44 1/3 innings without a hit or walk during this time frame to achieve this jaw dropping statistic.
April 18th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Again a bit off topic, but on Mariano, he has made a career of pitching the best last inning, i wonder who has best career first inning?
April 18th, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Staying with the Mariano tangent ... Over the last 3+ years, his WHIP is 0.784, his K/BB ratio is almost 7, and his ERA is 1.58 for 205 IP (plus a 0.40 ERA in 22 postseason IP).
Oh, and he ranks 10th all-time in both range factor and fielding pct. for a pitcher.
April 21st, 2011 at 10:56 am
[...] A Rule 5 draft pick who didn’t stick with the team that selected him (Houston), Pendleton began his career in pinstripes by striking out Elvis Andrus. Then he struck out Michael Young. Then fly ball…pop fly…fly ball…ground out…fly ball…fly ball…groundout. Those three perfect innings comprise one of the best major league debuts in the past forty years. [...]