No BBs in consecutive starts
Posted by Andy on February 11, 2009
Here are the longest streaks since 1956 of starts with no walks:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Bill Fischer 1962-08-07 1962-09-26 11 2 8 11 3 0 0 0 71 86 36 32 0 18 7 4.06 1 0 0 KCA Greg Maddux 2007-08-03 2007-09-13 9 5 2 9 0 0 0 0 53.2 56 19 19 0 30 2 3.19 1 1 0 SDP Greg Maddux 2001-06-25 2001-08-07 9 8 1 9 1 1 0 0 65.1 69 24 22 0 45 3 3.03 0 0 0 ATL Javier Vazquez 2005-05-01 2005-06-04 7 3 2 7 2 1 0 0 50 51 19 19 0 41 4 3.42 3 0 0 ARI David Wells 2002-09-06 2003-04-16 7 6 0 7 2 1 0 0 53 42 12 11 0 36 4 1.87 4 1 0 NYY Jimmy Key 1989-09-20 1990-04-29 7 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 33 49 20 20 0 29 4 5.45 0 1 0 TOR Randy Jones 1976-05-21 1976-06-18 7 5 1 7 5 2 0 0 60 53 20 16 0 14 5 2.40 0 0 0 SDP Dick Donovan 1963-06-20 1963-07-20 7 2 3 7 1 0 0 0 44.1 51 29 28 0 12 9 5.68 0 0 0 CLE Kevin Slowey 2007-09-04 2008-05-08 6 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 32 28 14 13 0 28 4 3.66 0 1 0 MIN Paul Byrd 2007-05-04 2007-05-30 6 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 40 49 17 16 0 21 6 3.60 1 1 0 CLE Jon Lieber 2006-09-02 2006-09-28 6 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 35.1 42 18 17 0 22 7 4.33 1 0 0 PHI David Wells 2004-08-24 2004-09-18 6 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 41 36 17 14 0 28 6 3.07 0 1 0 SDP Brian Tollberg 2001-07-16 2001-08-22 6 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 36.1 44 19 19 0 24 6 4.71 2 0 0 SDP Greg Maddux 1995-06-09 1995-07-06 6 4 0 6 2 1 0 0 47 39 5 5 0 36 1 0.96 0 0 0 ATL Bob Tewksbury 1993-06-20 1993-07-17 6 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 44 43 13 12 0 21 2 2.45 1 2 0 STL Orel Hershiser 1991-08-11 1991-09-16 6 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 30.2 33 12 12 0 18 1 3.52 3 0 3 LAD La Marr Hoyt 1983-07-13 1983-08-07 6 5 1 6 1 0 0 0 38.1 44 18 18 0 24 6 4.23 0 0 0 CHW Don Drysdale 1966-08-18 1966-09-06 6 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 35 41 15 15 0 21 3 3.86 0 0 0 LAD
There are some pretty surprising numbers on here:
- Fischer's streak comprised 71 innings over 11 starts, an average of about 6.5 innings per start. In 1962, that was nothing special. that he went 2-8 in those 11 starts is a bit surprising.
- Jimmy Key managed only 33 IP in his 7-game streak, or less than 5 innings per start. Yet he still managed 3 wins (despite averaging fewer than the required number innings to win a game.)
- News flash: Greg Maddux was really good. See you in Cooperstown in 5 years.
- Brian Tollberg? Raise your hand if you would ever have guessed he'd made this list. He was a great control pitcher, averaging about 2.4 walks per 9 innings for his rather short career.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Fischer only made 16 starts that year.
In 12 he walked no one. In the other 4 he only walked 1 batter in each game.
While 2-8 may seem bad, Fischer 0-4 in starts in which he walked a batter.
It is also interesting to note that in 16 starts he lost 1-0 three times.
I figured that his team couldn't score, but this isn't true. The'62 A's were 4th in the AL in scoring.
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/pktB