Short starts
Posted by Andy on February 9, 2009
Here are some simple streak finders.
Most consecutive starts with no more than 1 IP:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Stan Williams 1958-08-27 1958-09-27 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 4 4 4 0 0 18.00 0 1 0 LAD Kevin Ritz 1990-04-19 1991-05-31 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.1 7 10 10 9 0 0 67.50 0 0 0 DET Mike Chris 1982-06-04 1982-06-16 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 6 10 0 1 27.00 0 0 1 SFG Joe Decker 1975-06-06 1975-06-24 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 10 10 13 0 1 54.00 0 3 0 MIN Ray Semproch 1959-06-17 1959-06-28 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1.1 10 9 8 4 0 0 54.00 0 0 0 PHI Tom Cheney 1957-05-03 1959-05-25 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1.1 5 8 7 8 1 0 47.25 0 0 0 STL Art Ceccarelli 1957-06-12 1957-08-18 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 7 8 8 4 1 1 30.86 0 0 0 BAL
Anybody know what was up with Stan Williams' starts there? He allowed runs in 3 of those 4 starts, but even so it seems like a quick leash.
Here are 27 guys who made 2 consecutive starts getting no more than 1 out in each:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Scott Scudder 1992-09-17 1992-09-24 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 5 7 6 3 1 0 162.00 0 1 0 CLE Roger Pavlik 1992-05-19 1992-08-14 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 6 7 7 3 1 1 189.00 0 0 0 TEX Brian Bohanon 1992-04-22 1992-04-27 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 8 9 7 2 1 2 94.50 0 0 0 TEX Scott McGregor 1982-08-19 1982-08-26 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 6 1 0 2 inf 0 0 0 BAL Rich Bordi 1982-08-01 1982-08-04 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 9 8 8 0 0 2 108.00 0 0 0 SEA Doug Capilla 1978-04-29 1979-09-19 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 7 6 5 0 0 81.00 0 0 0 CIN-CHC Rich Gale 1979-09-01 1979-09-18 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 7 7 4 0 0 189.00 0 0 0 KCR Jerry Reuss 1977-09-17 1977-09-24 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 54.00 0 0 0 PIT Dock Ellis 1975-08-08 1975-08-13 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 8 3 3 0 0 0 81.00 0 0 0 PIT Dan Spillner 1975-08-08 1975-08-13 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 10 8 8 2 0 0 216.00 0 0 0 SDP Claude Osteen 1975-07-17 1975-07-20 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 8 7 7 1 0 0 94.50 0 0 0 CHW Bruce Kison 1975-06-21 1975-06-24 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 6 0 0 inf 0 0 0 PIT Steve Hargan 1974-05-23 1974-05-28 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 6 2 0 0 inf 0 1 0 TEX Wade Blasingame 1971-09-14 1972-06-27 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 7 9 9 1 0 3 243.00 1 1 0 HOU-NYY Nelson Briles 1970-05-29 1970-06-13 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 2 0 0 inf 0 0 0 STL John Tsitouris 1965-08-05 1965-08-22 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 8 6 0 1 inf 0 1 0 CIN Rick Wise 1964-09-07 1964-09-17 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 5 5 3 0 0 135.00 0 0 0 PHI Hank Fischer 1964-08-06 1964-08-07 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 8 9 7 1 0 1 94.50 0 0 0 MLN Jim O'Toole 1960-08-17 1960-08-24 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 6 6 6 1 0 0 81.00 0 0 0 CIN Jerry Casale 1960-06-21 1960-07-06 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 7 9 9 3 0 1 243.00 0 0 0 BOS Ike Delock 1960-06-02 1960-06-08 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 7 8 8 3 1 1 108.00 1 0 0 BOS Ray Semproch 1959-06-24 1959-06-28 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 7 6 6 3 0 0 81.00 0 0 0 PHI Seth Morehead 1959-05-02 1959-05-28 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 7 7 4 1 0 189.00 1 0 0 PHI-CHC Stan Williams 1958-09-15 1958-09-27 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 1 1 3 0 0 27.00 0 0 0 LAD Johnny Kucks 1957-08-21 1957-09-02 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 6 7 7 2 0 0 189.00 2 0 0 NYY +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Warren Hacker 1957-05-14 1957-05-19 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 2 0 0 inf 0 0 0 CIN Bill Wight 1956-04-17 1956-04-21 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 9 8 8 2 0 0 216.00 0 0 0 BAL
If you read down that list, you can see the 6 guys who didn't get an out in either start. Scott McGregor in 1992 is the most recent to do this.
February 9th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
The lists above include players who relived in between starts.
I know some people read this blog to help them learn the PI, so I'll include this public service announcement. (However, I often overlook the obvious, so if you know of a better way, please let me know.) If anyone wants to recreate the Andy's searches without those players, you can do this by leaving the Role as "either", but setting one of the requirements to be Game Score less than 900. This eliminates anyone who makes a relief appearance, but includes all starters.
Here are Andy's lists without the players who relieved in between starts:
Consecutive starts with 1 or less IP
Consecutive starts with .1 or less IP
Consecutive starts with 0 IP