9+ ER Allowed & Gets The Win

Posted by Steve Lombardi on July 15, 2011

Since 1919, how many pitchers have allowed 9+ ER in a game where they also were credited with the win?

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pit	Str	GSc	BF	AB	2B	3B	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	PO	BK	WP	ERA	WPA	RE24	aLI
1	Eddie Rommel	1932-07-10	PHA	CLE	W 18-17		17.0	29	14	13	9	7	0				87	76				0	2						0	2	6.88
2	Thornton Lee	1938-09-28	CHW	CLE	W 14-11		9.0	16	11	11	6	3	2			8	49	43	2	0		0	0						0	0	11.00
3	Jack Knott	1936-09-02	SLB	PHA	W 13-11		9.0	12	11	11	7	2	1			14	43	36	1	2		0	0						1	1	11.00
4	Pete Donohue	1928-06-02	CIN	BSN	W 20-12		6.1	14	11	11	0	0	3			1	33	31				1	1						0	0	15.63
5	Russ Ortiz	2000-05-21	SFG	MIL	W 16-10	GS-7 ,W	6.2	8	10	10	3	7	2	132	81	22	32	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13.50	-0.244	-3.997	.726
6	Bob Friend	1954-05-02 (2)	PIT	CHC	W 18-10	GS-8 ,W	7.2	14	10	10	5	6	4			12	42	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.74	-0.001	-6.320	.099
7	Ralph Branca	1949-06-25	BRO	PIT	W 17-10		9.0	12	10	10	5	5	5			23	41	36			0	0	0	0					0	0	10.00
8	Buck Ross	1938-08-16	PHA	BOS	W 14-11		8.2	13	11	10	3	5	2			18	45	42				0	0						0	0	10.38
9	Oral Hildebrand	1937-04-21	SLB	CHW	W 15-10		9.0	17	10	10	4	2	0			11	47	43	3	1		0	0						0	0	10.00
10	Tommy Bridges	1934-09-26 (1)	DET	CHW	W 12-10		7.0	11	10	10	3	7	1			19	35	32				0	0						0	0	12.86
11	Phil Collins	1932-06-23	PHI	CHC	W 16-10		9.0	14	10	10	3	2	2			18	40	37	2	1		0	0						0	0	10.00
12	Herb Pennock	1930-06-26	NYY	CLE	W 13-11		7.1	16	10	10	1	3	3			8	38	37				0	0						0	0	12.27
13	Ray Moss	1929-05-18 (1)	BRO	PHI	W 20-16		5.2	13	10	10	6	1	1				33	27				0	0						0	0	15.88
14	Elam Vangilder	1928-09-29	DET	NYY	W 19-10		9.0	18	10	10	1	3	2			13	46	44	2	0		0	1						0	0	10.00
15	Bill Sherdel	1926-07-13	STL	BRO	W 12-10		9.0	16	10	10	1	5	4			19	42	41	4	0		0	0						0	0	10.00
16	Ernie Wingard	1925-05-31	SLB	CHW	W 15-11		9.0	19	11	10	1	0	0			6	45	43	5	3		0	1						0	0	10.00
17	Dan Haren	2006-08-21	OAK	TOR	W 12-10	GS-6 ,W	5.2	11	9	9	2	4	2	100	62	13	28	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14.29	-0.194	-4.934	.755
18	Bartolo Colon	1999-05-17	CLE	CHW	W 13-9	GS-6 ,W	5.2	9	9	9	2	7	3	110	70	20	28	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.29	-0.378	-5.693	.910
19	Lynn McGlothen	1980-05-10	CHC	SFG	W 15-9	GS-8 ,W	7.2	14	9	9	1	6	4			20	37	35	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10.57	-0.033	-5.269	.539
20	Don Sutton	1979-05-31	LAD	SFG	W 12-10	GS-7 ,W	6.2	13	9	9	3	5	0	88	60	14	36	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	12.15	-0.259	-5.160	.676
21	Vida Blue	1979-04-19	SFG	SDP	W 14-10	GS-8 ,W	8.0	11	10	9	4	4	1			22	39	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10.12	-0.120	-6.510	.568
22	Phil Ortega	1965-05-18	WSA	DET	W 15-9	GS-8 ,W	7.0	9	9	9	2	3	2			24	32	29	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	11.57	-0.201	-5.780	.521
23	Jim Kaat	1964-07-02	MIN	BOS	W 15-9	CG 9 ,W	9.0	13	9	9	4	3	2			24	42	36	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	9.00	0.081	-4.732	.356
24	Robin Roberts	1955-08-25 (1)	PHI	STL	W 11-9	GS-8 ,W	8.0	12	9	9	3	1	1			20	37	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	10.12	-0.452	-5.018	.841
25	Johnny Sain	1951-05-26	BSN	BRO	W 12-10	GS-9 ,W	8.2	16	10	9	3	5	3	147	94	16	43	40	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9.35	0.008	-5.536	.325
26	Herm Wehmeier	1950-05-21	CIN	BRO	W 10-9	CG 9 ,W	9.0	10	9	9	9	8	0	164	92	30	44	34	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	9.00	-0.231	-4.147	1.303
27	Larry Jansen	1948-07-31 (1)	NYG	CHC	W 14-9		7.2	13	9	9	1	1	2			17	35	34				0	0						0	0	10.57
28	Elden Auker	1941-08-20 (1)	SLB	BOS	W 11-9		9.0	12	9	9	5	5	1			27	45	40	5	1		0	0						0	0	9.00
29	Bill Beckmann	1941-05-04	PHA	CHW	W 17-11		7.0	11	11	9	3	2	2			14	37	34				0	0						0	0	11.57
30	Mickey Harris	1940-07-02 (2)	BOS	PHA	W 15-9		6.1	11	9	9	5	3	2			13	34	28				1	0						0	1	12.79
31	Dutch Leonard	1940-05-19	WSH	CHW	W 12-10		9.0	15	10	9	4	8	3			23	48	43	3	0		0	1						0	0	9.00
32	Ted Lyons	1939-06-04 (1)	CHW	PHA	W 14-9		9.0	15	9	9	2	3	0			22	45	42	2	1		0	1						0	0	9.00
33	Oral Hildebrand	1938-06-25	SLB	WSH	W 12-9		9.0	14	9	9	2	2	2			23	43	41	2	0		0	0						0	1	9.00
34	Bobo Newsom	1938-06-19 (1)	SLB	NYY	W 10-9		9.0	9	9	9	8	7	0			32	44	36	5	0		0	0						0	0	9.00
35	Wes Ferrell	1937-07-25 (1)	WSH	SLB	W 16-10		9.0	14	10	9	4	4	2			21	45	41	2	0		0	0						0	0	9.00
36	Jim Walkup	1937-05-29	SLB	DET	W 13-9		9.0	14	9	9	4	1	2			20	44	40	3	2		0	0						0	1	9.00
37	General Crowder	1936-05-26 (1)	DET	CHW	W 12-9		8.1	14	9	9	5	1	2			15	41	36				0	0						0	1	9.72
38	Charlie Root	1935-09-14	CHC	BRO	W 18-14		7.0	11	9	9	3	5	2			21	35	32				0	0						0	0	11.57
39	Bobo Newsom	1935-08-04	WSH	NYY	W 11-10		8.0	11	9	9	3	1	1			22	37	34				0	0						0	0	10.12
40	Bill Hallahan	1935-06-22 (2)	STL	PHI	W 10-9		8.2	14	9	9	3	1	1			18	42	38				0	1						0	0	9.35
41	Ray Benge	1934-07-22 (2)	BRO	PIT	W 13-10		8.1	13	9	9	4	1	1			18	43	39				0	0						0	0	9.72
42	Gordon Rhodes	1933-08-13	BOS	PHA	W 19-10		7.0	11	9	9	3	5	0			21	35	32				0	0						0	0	11.57
43	Lefty Gomez	1932-09-10 (1)	NYY	DET	W 11-10		8.0	8	9	9	10	6	0			26	38	28				0	0						0	0	10.12
44	Mel Harder	1932-09-05 (1)	CLE	SLB	W 12-9		9.0	11	9	9	3	2	1			28	40	37	2	0		0	0						0	0	9.00
45	George Blaeholder	1932-07-10 (1)	SLB	NYY	W 10-9		8.1	9	9	9	7	3	2			25	38	31				0	0						0	0	9.72
46	Earl Whitehill	1932-05-30 (1)	DET	SLB	W 17-9		7.2	11	9	9	5	3	0			19	39	34				0	0						0	0	10.57
47	Rube Walberg	1931-08-21	PHA	CHW	W 15-12		5.1	9	9	9	5	1	0			10	29	23				0	1						0	0	15.19
48	Roy Sherid	1931-05-09	NYY	CHW	W 13-9		8.1	12	9	9	2	5	1			26	39	37				0	0						0	0	9.72
49	Roy Sherid	1930-09-19	NYY	CHW	W 18-9		8.0	12	9	9	5	4	1			21	41	36				0	0						0	0	10.12
50	George Earnshaw	1930-07-26	PHA	CLE	W 10-9		8.1	13	9	9	4	8	0			25	42	37				0	1						0	0	9.72
51	George Blaeholder	1930-06-17	SLB	WSH	W 12-9		8.1	12	9	9	2	3	1			24	38	34				0	2						0	0	9.72
52	Syl Johnson	1930-06-03	STL	PHI	W 11-10		8.1	20	9	9	0	5	0			12	42	41				0	1						0	0	9.72
53	Dolf Luque	1930-05-20	BRO	PHI	W 16-9		9.0	12	9	9	4	3	1			26	41	36	1	0		0	1						0	0	9.00
54	Les Sweetland	1929-07-04 (1)	PHI	BRO	W 14-12		5.1	11	9	9	3	1	3			8	31	25				1	2						0	1	15.19
55	Earl Whitehill	1929-04-21	DET	SLB	W 16-9		9.0	14	9	9	7	0	1			16	47	39	8	1		0	1						1	0	9.00
56	Bob Smith	1929-04-18	BSN	BRO	W 13-12		7.0	16	9	9	3	6	2			12	40	37				0	0						0	0	11.57
57	Red Lucas	1927-07-26	CIN	STL	W 11-10		7.2	12	9	9	4	2	0			17	39	30				0	5						0	0	10.57
58	Dolf Luque	1926-04-29	CIN	PIT	W 16-9		9.0	14	9	9	4	2	0			21	45	39	3	0		0	2						0	0	9.00
59	Freddie Fitzsimmons	1925-09-02 (2)	NYG	PHI	W 24-9		9.0	14	9	9	2	2	3			23	42	38	1	0		0	2						0	0	9.00
60	Burleigh Grimes	1925-07-28	BRO	STL	W 12-9		9.0	15	9	9	4	4	2			21	46	42	3	0		0	0						0	0	9.00
61	Johnny Couch	1923-08-14	PHI	PIT	W 16-10		8.0	15	9	9	4	1	2			13	42	38				0	0						0	0	10.12
62	Eppa Rixey	1922-07-04 (1)	CIN	STL	W 11-9		8.0	13	9	9	2	2	0			20	40	38				0	0						0	0	10.12
63	Shovel Hodge	1921-08-19	CHW	NYY	W 13-9		9.0	15	9	9	6	2	0			17	46	39	2	4		0	1						0	0	9.00
64	George Uhle	1921-05-29	CLE	SLB	W 11-9		9.0	18	9	9	0	0	2			15	46	44	1	0		0	2						0	0	9.00
65	Erskine Mayer	1919-07-07	PIT	STL	W 14-9		9.0	16	9	9	1	1	0			19	44	43	3	1		0	0						0	0	9.00

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There's some "brand" names on this list - as well as some not so well known. In any event, it's only happened 4 times since 1980. Probably because of the way bullpen use has changed post-1970's.

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10 Responses to “9+ ER Allowed & Gets The Win”

kds Says:
July 15th, 2011 at 10:55 pm
The first 53 times this was done were all relief appearances, in 31 years, the last 12 were all starts, in 61+ years.
Randy Says:
July 16th, 2011 at 8:37 am
@1 - The "App, Dec" column is largely incomplete in this list. My guess is that this column is blank for all pre-1950 games, but I can't be sure. If you simply click on the box scores for some of the pre-1950 games, you will find that most of those were starts too (but not all).
rogerbusby Says:
July 16th, 2011 at 8:44 am
Considering the special circumstances that arose during the era I'm amazed that this didn't occur once during the WWII years.
MB Says:
July 16th, 2011 at 9:14 am
Wow how about Eddie Rommel's game. The crazy thing is, his 17 IP were all in relief.

38 base runners in 17 innings, not pretty.
kds Says:
July 16th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Randy, thanks for that, I should have thought of it.

@3, Remember that scoring went down during WWII. What might be interesting to look for; did pitcher usage change 1941-1945, and change back when the varsity returned in 1946?
Spartan Bill Says:
July 16th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
I just looked at the Eddie Rommell game. A SS named Johnnie Burnett of Cleveland went 9 for 11 that day..

The Indians had 33 hits in the loss.
thom-13 Says:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:03 pm
@1 @2 I went through the box scores for all these games and only two of them were relief appearance (May 18,1929, July 10, 1932). At least 50% appear to have been complete games. And as also can be seen a lot of the games were doubleheader games.

As I was going through, I thought it interesting that 6 of these individuals appeared twice. Lefty Gomez gave up 8 ER in the loss to George Blaeholder in 1932
Doug Says:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
No. 16 on the list (Ernie Wingard) is the lowest game score ever (6) for a complete game victory.

I love Pete Donohue (No. 4), getting a win with a game score of 1.
Hartvig Says:
July 16th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
I saw a starting pitcher for the Quad Cities Angels give up 8 runs in the first 3 innings verses Cedar Rapids & wind up with the win back in the early 80's when they were an Angels franchise. I think I even scored the game but I can't find it and have no idea who it was.
oneblankspace Says:
July 18th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
There was a story in Zane Grey's The Red-Headed Outfield that featured a pitcher who gave up 7 runs in the first inning and finished the game with a win. It was a different game back then...

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