Not So Perfect Games – But Still A Win
Posted by Steve Lombardi on July 24, 2009
Playing around with Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Game Finder, looking for a "not-so-perfect game," I set the controls for "From 1954 to 2009, requiring BR>=21 and IP=9" and this is what I got:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB BR SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Billy O'Dell 1962-04-16 SFG LAD W 19-8 CG 9 ,W 9 15 8 6 4 21 4 1 172 111 29 47 41 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 2 Burt Hooton 1974-04-17 CHC PIT W 18-9 CG 9 ,W 9 16 9 5 1 21 7 3 33 47 46 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 Games found: 2.
Note the dates on both these games - and that O'Dell and Hooton got wins too.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Take a look at Reggie Cleveland's CG on 9/25/1977: 18 hits (but no walks) in a CG win, allowing 5 runs. It is the most hits allowed in a CG win. 5 others, including HOFers Gaylord Perry and Juan Marichal, allowed 16 hits in a CG win.
Hooton's awful game above came almost exactly 2 years after tossing his no-hitter (4/16/1972), or on the 10 year anniversary of O'Dell's stinker.
July 24th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
More on these games atDodger Thoughts.