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Drew Storen, National hero

Posted by Andy on June 13, 2010

Stephen Strasburg just got a huge boost from Drew Storen, who relieved Strasburg with the bases loaded and registered two outs to close out the inning. I did some quick math and came up with a Game Score of 63 for Strasburg, but that number could have gone all the way down to 51 had the inherited runners scored. Mind you, 51 is still not a bad score--it's average for 2010 so far.

I did a quick search and found 76 other pitchers to have a Game Score of at least 63 in each of their first 2 games.

Rk Gcar Player ▴ #Matching W L W-L% ERA GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
2 Al Worthington 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 2 0 18.0 6 0 0 5 13 0.61
3 Amaury Telemaco 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.20 2 0 0 0 15.0 7 2 1 5 8 0.80
4 Andy Rincon 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.06 2 1 0 0 17.0 8 2 1 4 10 0.71
5 Bill Champion 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 0.53 2 1 1 0 17.0 11 1 0 3 8 0.82
6 Bill Parsons 2 Ind. Games 0 2 .000 2.00 2 2 0 0 18.0 12 4 1 11 11 1.28
7 Bill Slayback 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 2.20 2 0 0 0 16.1 10 4 0 5 11 0.92
8 Billy Rohr 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 1 0 18.0 9 1 0 6 9 0.83
9 Bob Milacki 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 1.12 2 0 0 0 16.0 6 2 1 7 8 0.81
10 Carlos Hernandez 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 13.0 7 0 0 3 14 0.77
11 Chief Hogsett 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 0.51 2 2 1 0 17.2 15 1 0 7 7 1.25
12 Chris Codiroli 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 1.80 2 0 0 0 15.0 10 3 1 3 5 0.87
13 Cisco Carlos 2 Ind. Games 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 12.2 5 2 0 3 6 0.63
14 Cliff Melton 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 1.00 2 0 0 0 18.0 10 2 0 5 22 0.83
15 Clyde Wright 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 1.04 2 2 0 0 17.1 11 2 0 3 9 0.81
16 Craig Chamberlain 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 0 0 18.0 9 2 1 4 10 0.72
17 Danny McDevitt 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 1.69 2 1 0 0 16.0 9 3 0 10 13 1.19
18 Dave Freisleben 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.50 2 2 0 0 18.0 8 3 1 5 7 0.72
19 Don Aase 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 1 0 18.0 12 2 0 3 18 0.83
20 Don Schwall 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.53 2 1 1 0 17.0 13 1 0 6 12 1.12
21 Enrique Gonzalez 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 2.25 2 0 0 0 12.0 7 3 1 2 12 0.75
22 Erik Hanson 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 0.00 2 0 0 0 14.2 9 0 0 3 7 0.82
23 Gene Lillard 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 0 0 0 18.0 18 2 0 7 11 1.39
24 Geraldo Guzman 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.56 2 0 0 0 16.0 8 1 0 4 12 0.75
25 James Parr 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 12.0 7 0 0 3 8 0.83
26 Jeff Weaver 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 0.82 2 0 0 0 11.0 3 1 1 3 10 0.55
27 Jered Weaver 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.35 2 0 0 0 13.1 7 2 0 3 13 0.75
28 Jerry Garvin 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 2.12 2 1 0 0 17.0 11 4 2 6 12 1.00
29 Jerry Reuss 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.56 2 1 0 0 16.0 11 1 0 5 10 1.00
30 Jimmy Haynes 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 1.88 2 0 0 0 14.1 8 3 2 6 15 0.98
31 Joe Coleman 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.50 2 2 0 0 18.0 9 3 0 8 7 0.94
32 Joe DeBerry 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 1 0 18.0 11 1 0 7 3 1.00
33 Joe Nathan 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.20 2 0 0 0 15.0 11 2 0 4 9 1.00
34 Joel Davis 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 1.93 2 0 0 0 14.0 8 3 0 6 11 1.00
35 John Henry Johnson 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 0.71 2 0 0 0 12.2 6 1 1 6 5 0.95
36 John Martina 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 2.50 2 2 0 0 18.0 12 5 2 10 13 1.22
37 John Patterson 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 0.68 2 0 0 0 13.1 8 1 1 3 10 0.83
38 Johnny Cueto 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 2.02 2 0 0 0 13.1 6 3 2 0 18 0.45
39 Johnny Marcum 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 2 0 18.0 10 0 0 9 7 1.06
40 Jose DeLeon 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.59 2 1 0 0 17.0 8 3 0 6 16 0.82
41 Juan Cruz 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 1.54 2 0 0 0 11.2 7 2 0 3 14 0.86
42 Juan Marichal 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 1 0 18.0 5 1 0 5 18 0.56
43 Juan Pena 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.69 2 0 0 0 13.0 9 1 0 3 15 0.92
44 Justin Masterson 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 1.46 2 0 0 0 12.1 5 2 1 7 9 0.97
45 Karl Spooner 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 2 0 18.0 7 0 0 6 27 0.72
46 Kazuhisa Ishii 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 11.2 4 0 0 6 15 0.86
47 Kirk Rueter 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 15.1 8 0 0 4 7 0.78
48 Larry McWilliams 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 13.0 9 0 0 2 3 0.85
49 Luis Tiant 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 1 0 18.0 10 1 1 8 17 1.00
50 Mark Prior 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 2.25 2 0 0 0 12.0 7 3 1 4 17 0.92
51 Mel Stottlemyre 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.53 2 1 0 0 17.2 12 3 1 6 3 1.02
52 Mike Norris 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 0 16.0 4 0 0 5 4 0.56
53 Nick Willhite 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 0.60 2 1 1 0 15.0 9 1 1 4 14 0.87
54 Orlando Hernandez 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.12 2 1 0 0 16.0 9 2 1 3 16 0.75
55 Pat Combs 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 0.69 2 0 0 0 13.0 10 1 1 4 12 1.08
56 Paul Siebert 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 0.56 2 1 1 0 16.0 8 1 0 7 6 0.94
57 Ramon Martinez 2 Ind. Games 0 0 1.23 2 0 0 0 14.2 8 2 0 8 12 1.09
58 Ramon Ortiz 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 1.80 2 0 0 0 15.0 10 3 1 2 11 0.80
59 Randy Tomlin 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 1.62 2 1 0 0 16.2 10 3 0 2 10 0.72
60 Rene Arocha 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 2.25 2 0 0 0 16.0 10 4 1 1 5 0.69
61 Rich Beck 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.56 2 1 1 0 16.0 15 1 0 5 8 1.25
62 Russ Van Atta 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 1 0 18.0 13 2 0 5 8 1.00
63 Ryan Sadowski 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 13.0 7 0 0 4 6 0.85
64 Sam Militello 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.20 2 0 0 0 15.0 7 2 1 6 9 0.87
65 Scott Chiamparino 2 Ind. Games 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 12.0 7 0 0 2 7 0.75
66 Scott Lewis 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 14.0 6 0 0 2 8 0.57
67 Steve Busby 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 1.69 2 1 0 0 16.0 10 3 0 5 15 0.94
68 Steve Rogers 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 1.06 2 1 1 0 17.0 5 2 0 5 5 0.59
69 Stu Miller 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 1 0 18.0 13 0 0 5 10 1.00
70 Tim Wakefield 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 1.06 2 1 0 0 17.0 13 2 0 9 17 1.29
71 Tom Carroll 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.60 2 0 0 0 15.0 10 1 1 7 12 1.13
72 Tom Griffin 2 Ind. Games 1 1 .500 1.76 2 0 0 0 15.1 7 3 1 8 20 0.98
73 Tom Phoebus 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 2 0 18.0 9 0 0 5 15 0.78
74 Vaughn Eshelman 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 13.0 7 0 0 2 4 0.69
75 Vin Mazzaro 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 13.2 8 0 0 4 5 0.88
76 Wayne Simpson 2 Ind. Games 2 0 1.000 0.56 2 1 1 0 16.0 6 1 0 3 11 0.56
77 Zach Duke 2 Ind. Games 1 0 1.000 1.93 2 0 0 0 14.0 11 3 1 2 17 0.93
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 6/13/2010.

Only Melton and Spooner had as many total strikeouts as Strasburg.

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8 Responses to “Drew Storen, National hero”

  1. Jim Says:
    June 13th, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't your statement of a 51 game score being average for 2010 a little redudant? Isn't game score based on 50 being average

  2. DavidJ Says:
    June 13th, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    Carrying over from his first start, Stasburg struck out 19 batters before issuing his first walk. I'm wondering what the record is for Ks to start a career before walking a batter . . .

  3. Johnny Twisto Says:
    June 13th, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    Jim, theoretically an average Game Score should be around 50, but it can vary. Average in '68 was 57.

  4. Frank Clingenpeel Says:
    June 13th, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Is my PMS {remember, that stands for Pre-Mature Senility} kicking in, or is Mr. Juan-derful {Marichal} the only one on this list to translate this kind of start into a Hall of Fame career? Maybe this kind of start only really succeeds if you follow it up swinging for the fences at a catcher's noggin.

  5. Johnny Twisto Says:
    June 13th, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    I completely forgot Sam Militello got off to such a great start. He was one of the bright hopes for the Yankees during those lost years.

  6. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    June 14th, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    Jerry Garvin (#28 on Andy's list) accomplished the feat in 1977 for the first-year Blue Jays. I was twelve at the time, and I sure got my hopes up about him. (-;þ

  7. DoubleDiamond Says:
    June 14th, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    Seeing the name Joe Coleman in this list, I wondered which Joe Coleman it was, since there was a father/son pitching duo with that name. The son was probably the last young pitcher to be developed with high hopes by a Washington, DC-based major league team before Strasburg. And indeed it was the younger Joe Coleman (officially not Joe Coleman, Jr., because of different middle names, but sometimes referred to as such). Before he could do much for the second Senators, he was sent to Detroit in the Denny McLain deal.

  8. Frank Clingenpeel Says:
    June 16th, 2010 at 10:55 am

    To Double;

    The Joe Coleman on the list was indeed the son; I forgot about him being in the McLain fiasco, though. All I remember about him is how he managed a winning record later on as a reliever for the expansion Blue Jays -- then got cut.

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