What HAPPened?
Posted by Andy on July 21, 2009
Longest streaks this year by starting pitchers going at least 7 innings in each start:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Roy Halladay 2009-04-06 2009-06-07 13 10 1 13 3 1 0 0 100 90 30 28 12 88 6 2.52 2 2 0 TOR Danny Haren 2009-05-12 2009-06-30 9 4 2 9 1 0 0 0 66 45 18 18 6 62 8 2.45 2 1 0 ARI Felix Hernandez 2009-06-05 2009-07-17 8 5 0 8 1 1 0 0 61.1 40 11 10 17 57 2 1.47 2 6 1 SEA C.C. Sabathia 2009-05-08 2009-06-16 8 5 1 8 1 1 0 0 61.2 43 21 20 15 45 6 2.92 2 2 0 NYY Johnny Cueto 2009-04-22 2009-05-29 8 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 57 40 15 14 13 38 6 2.21 3 1 0 CIN Kevin Millwood 2009-04-06 2009-05-09 7 3 3 7 1 0 0 0 52.1 44 19 17 11 27 7 2.92 2 2 0 TEX Tim Lincecum 2009-06-07 2009-07-04 6 5 1 6 3 2 0 0 49.1 30 7 6 9 50 2 1.09 1 3 0 SFG Josh Johnson 2009-05-24 2009-06-20 6 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 44.2 33 14 14 12 36 2 2.82 1 3 0 FLA Mark Buehrle 2009-05-07 2009-06-04 6 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 44.1 40 14 13 6 27 5 2.64 0 1 0 CHW Cliff Lee 2009-04-22 2009-05-19 6 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 46 47 8 8 5 31 1 1.57 0 0 0 CLE Zack Greinke 2009-04-18 2009-05-15 6 5 1 6 4 2 0 0 49 31 5 4 5 49 0 0.73 0 2 0 KCR J.A. Happ 2009-06-27 2009-07-19 5 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 37 27 6 6 5 24 3 1.46 1 0 0 PHI Adam Wainwright 2009-06-26 2009-07-18 5 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 39.1 32 8 7 15 39 1 1.60 1 1 0 STL John Danks 2009-06-10 2009-07-03 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 35.2 22 6 6 8 31 2 1.51 3 0 0 CHW Derek Lowe 2009-05-18 2009-06-09 5 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 36.1 30 14 12 6 15 0 2.97 1 0 1 ATL Zach Duke 2009-05-12 2009-06-02 5 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 37 32 10 10 8 19 2 2.43 2 0 0 PIT Chad Billingsley 2009-04-23 2009-05-14 5 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 35.2 26 9 8 17 35 1 2.02 4 2 0 LAD
Felix Hernandez has the longest active streak with 8 starts in a row, but Adam Wainwright and youngster J. A. Happ are working on active 5-game streaks of their own.
Happ has slipped under most people's radar since he started in the bullpen, only moving to the rotation when Brett Myers was unable to pitch anymore. Also, despite his 7-0 record, the Phillies lost several of his other starts, including 1-run late-game losses to the Yankees, Mets, Orioles, and Reds.