28th May 2009
Roy Halladay did it again last night, pitching 7 innings in the Blue Jays' eventual 12-10 loss (their 9th straight--ouch!) He's gone at least 7 innings in every one of his 11 starts so far this year, but as you might except he's a long way from the record for most starts with 7+ IP to start a season:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Bob Gibson 1968-04-10 1968-09-27 34 22 9 34 28 13 0 0 304.2 198 49 38 62 268 11 1.12 7 4 0 STL
Tom Seaver 1970-04-07 1970-08-15 27 17 7 27 18 2 0 0 231.2 163 65 62 60 226 19 2.41 2 3 0 NYM
Gaylord Perry 1972-04-15 1972-06-13 15 10 5 15 11 3 0 0 131.2 93 28 26 29 90 5 1.78 5 4 0 CLE
Roger Clemens 1992-04-07 1992-06-16 14 9 4 14 6 3 0 0 112.1 80 24 22 24 104 5 1.76 3 0 0 BOS
Curt Schilling 2001-04-04 2001-06-06 13 10 1 13 4 1 0 0 100.1 86 30 29 12 108 16 2.60 0 1 0 ARI
Mark Fidrych 1976-05-15 1976-07-20 13 11 2 13 12 2 0 0 120.1 93 26 23 28 50 5 1.72 1 2 0 DET
Phil Niekro 1969-04-08 1969-06-16 13 9 4 13 11 3 0 0 112 78 28 23 22 80 4 1.85 3 5 0 ATL
Ron Darling 1988-04-06 1988-06-04 12 6 3 12 3 2 0 0 93 66 24 23 23 60 6 2.23 1 1 2 NYM
Jack Morris 1984-04-03 1984-05-28 12 10 1 12 7 1 0 0 100.1 65 26 21 32 68 5 1.88 2 6 0 DET
Rick Langford 1981-04-10 1981-06-10 12 5 7 12 11 0 0 0 103 93 41 33 38 49 5 2.88 0 0 0 OAK
Nelson Briles 1968-04-11 1968-06-08 12 7 4 12 5 1 0 0 97.2 99 27 25 19 61 6 2.30 1 1 0 STL
Bill Singer 1968-04-11 1968-06-05 12 5 5 12 5 2 0 0 97.1 68 24 19 24 94 2 1.76 2 4 1 LAD
Bob Shaw 1962-04-16 1962-06-18 12 9 2 12 8 1 0 0 105.2 96 29 23 14 59 8 1.96 2 1 0 MLN
Ned Garver 1954-04-17 1954-06-16 12 4 3 12 6 1 0 0 101 78 25 17 25 27 6 1.51 2 0 0 DET
Roy Halladay 2009-04-06 2009-05-27 11 8 1 11 1 0 0 0 82 76 26 24 11 68 6 2.63 2 1 0 TOR
Pedro Martinez 2000-04-04 2000-06-08 11 9 2 11 3 2 0 0 85.1 45 10 9 16 114 3 0.95 7 1 0 BOS
Curt Schilling 1998-03-31 1998-05-23 11 5 5 11 4 1 0 0 85.2 57 22 19 20 117 6 2.00 0 3 0 PHI
Kevin Brown 1993-04-11 1993-06-04 11 5 3 11 6 1 0 0 89.2 73 28 19 19 52 5 1.91 4 1 0 TEX
Bill Wegman 1992-04-06 1992-05-29 11 5 4 11 2 0 0 0 90.1 80 27 26 18 39 10 2.59 5 0 1 MIL
Chris Bosio 1988-04-06 1988-05-26 11 6 5 11 8 1 0 0 90 83 27 22 15 35 5 2.20 2 1 2 MIL
Dave Stieb 1984-04-07 1984-05-30 11 7 1 11 2 1 0 0 86 58 21 20 28 63 5 2.09 3 0 0 TOR
Kip Young 1978-07-24 1978-09-17 11 6 5 11 6 0 0 0 89.1 80 26 25 21 40 8 2.52 2 0 0 DET
Jerry Augustine 1977-04-09 1977-05-28 11 6 5 11 7 0 0 0 91.2 77 36 33 31 27 9 3.24 2 1 0 MIL
Steve Busby 1975-04-07 1975-05-25 11 7 3 11 7 2 0 0 92.1 70 26 25 29 61 3 2.44 2 3 0 KCR
Ken Holtzman 1973-04-08 1973-05-22 11 9 2 11 9 1 0 0 96.2 63 20 14 19 55 6 1.30 1 5 0 OAK
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Don Sutton 1972-04-15 1972-06-09 11 8 1 11 5 3 0 0 93.2 53 18 13 18 66 4 1.25 1 1 0 LAD
Dave Giusti 1968-04-13 1968-06-02 11 4 5 11 6 1 0 0 90 61 20 18 25 60 6 1.80 1 3 1 HOU
Bob Friend 1960-04-12 1960-06-01 11 6 2 11 5 3 0 0 90 68 22 21 12 66 5 2.10 0 1 0 PIT
Warren Spahn 1958-04-15 1958-05-31 11 8 1 11 9 1 0 0 98.2 83 28 26 27 45 7 2.37 0 1 0 MLN
Bob Keegan 1954-04-17 1954-06-09 11 9 1 11 9 2 0 0 96.1 86 27 23 33 26 5 2.15 0 0 1 CHW
A note on Bob Gibson's incredible 1968 season. Those 34 starts to start the season with 7 IP? Those were all of his starts that year. Yeah, that's right...the guy threw at least 7 innings in every start. In fact, he completed 28 of those 34 games (and also won the Cy Young, MVP, ERA and strikeout titles, and threw 13 shutouts.)
So Halladay has a long, long way to go to approach that post-1954 record (don't hold your breath.) But the only guys ahead of him from the last 20 seasons are Roger Clemens, 14 in 1992, and Curt Schilling, 13 in 2001.
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22nd May 2009
Which big league pitcher, since 1954, has the longest streak of pitching at least 7 innings in a game from the start of his career? According to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Streak Finder, here's the answer:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Joe McClain 1961-04-14 1961-06-01 9 5 3 9 3 1 0 0 72 59 23 21 13 21 3 2.63 2 1 0 WSA
Steve Rogers 1973-07-18 1973-08-18 7 4 2 7 4 2 0 0 59.2 36 8 8 19 27 3 1.21 0 0 0 MON
Tom Browning 1984-09-09 1985-04-21 6 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 47.1 41 6 5 8 28 0 0.95 0 1 0 CIN
Steve Gromek 1954-04-13 1954-05-14 6 5 1 6 5 1 0 0 54 47 14 14 5 25 5 2.33 2 1 0 DET
Curt Simmons 1954-04-14 1954-05-12 6 4 2 6 6 1 0 0 54 46 14 9 21 28 1 1.50 0 0 0 PHI
Amazing. If not for this game, the streak would have been 14 games for McClain. For more on Joe, click here.
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21st May 2009
Nice to see Dontrelle Willis get back to winning. With his victory the other day, he snapped the second-longest winless start streak of his career:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
2007-06-03 2007-08-08 13 0 9 13 0 0 0 0 70 92 49 40 33 44 5 5.14 6 3 0 FLA
2007-09-30 2009-05-13 9 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 30.1 28 29 29 40 20 5 8.60 2 6 0 FLA-DET
2006-04-19 2006-05-27 8 0 6 8 1 0 0 0 50.2 62 37 34 20 31 4 6.04 5 3 0 FLA
2007-08-19 2007-09-09 5 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 29.1 38 23 23 10 19 9 7.06 1 1 0 FLA
2003-08-11 2003-09-02 5 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 24.2 32 20 19 13 18 3 6.93 0 0 0 FLA
2006-07-13 2006-07-29 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 22 28 17 15 11 18 3 6.14 2 1 0 FLA
2005-09-27 2006-04-09 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 24 26 14 10 8 22 1 3.75 0 0 0 FLA
2004-08-20 2004-09-11 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 25 28 14 13 10 16 6 4.68 1 0 0 FLA
2004-06-19 2004-07-06 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 19 30 18 15 10 11 4 7.11 1 1 0 FLA
I don't know him personally, but Willis seems like a good guy and I certainly hope he can get back on top.
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18th May 2009
John Lackey is getting set to pitch against the Mariners and presumably he will throw more than 25 pitches. If he doesn't, he will join a group of 3 other pitchers since 1988 who have gone 2 consecutive games, both starts, without throwing more than 25 pitches:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Brad Radke 2002-05-13 2002-05-30 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3.86 0 0 0 MIN
Scott Scudder 1992-09-17 1992-09-24 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 5 7 6 3 1 0 162.00 0 1 0 CLE
Brian Bohanon 1992-04-22 1992-04-27 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 8 9 7 2 1 2 94.50 0 0 0 TEX
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18th May 2009
Last year in 2008, Brad Lidge had an amazing season, finishing a perfect 41-for-41 in saves while striking out 11.9 batters per nine innings. His ERA was 1.95, close to a career best.
This year, it's a very different story.
He recently broke this horrible streak of most consecutive games by a reliever allowing at least 1 ER:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Brad Lidge 2009-05-05 2009-05-15 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 11 9 9 3 5 2 13.50 0 0 0 PHI
Hunter Jones 2009-04-30 2009-05-13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 8 8 4 4 2 14.40 0 1 0 BOS
Jeff Fulchino 2009-04-21 2009-05-04 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.2 9 7 7 4 6 2 8.22 0 0 0 HOU
Geoff Geary 2009-04-19 2009-04-28 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 6 5 3 4 1 7.50 1 0 0 HOU
Wilfredo Ledezma 2009-04-06 2009-04-18 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.2 8 7 6 4 8 1 9.53 0 1 0 WSN
Jesse Crain 2009-05-10 2009-05-15 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 8 5 5 2 1 2 16.88 0 1 1 MIN
Kip Wells 2009-05-09 2009-05-15 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5.1 7 7 7 6 4 1 11.81 0 0 0 WSN
Geoff Geary 2009-05-03 2009-05-13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 12 10 10 4 3 2 16.88 0 0 0 HOU
Javier Lopez 2009-04-30 2009-05-09 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.1 11 9 9 2 2 1 18.69 0 0 0 BOS
Eddie Bonine 2009-04-06 2009-04-23 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 16 8 8 2 5 3 9.00 0 0 0 DET
Jose Veras 2009-04-11 2009-04-18 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.1 4 6 6 4 3 1 12.46 0 0 0 NYY
His strikeout rate (9.7 per 9 IP) is still good so far this year but his walk rate (5.4 per 9) and hit rate (12.4 per 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) are career-worsts so far. Oh and his HR per 9 is 2.7 per 9 innings, as compared to a career value of 0.8.
Looking at his career splits, June and July have typically been Lidge's best months, allowing the lowest opposing BA and OBP.
Let's see if he can turn things around.
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15th May 2009
Damon is the hottest hitter in baseball right now. Following up on yesterday's post (including very helpful comments by reader leatherman) here are all the times since 1954 that a player has had 10 straight games with at least one extra-base hit and one run scored:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Chipper Jones 2006-07-01 2006-07-16 10 39 14 22 5 1 6 18 2 7 0 0 .564 .630 1.205 1.835 ATL
Bobby Abreu 2005-05-08 2005-05-18 10 34 11 19 3 0 9 18 6 9 1 0 .559 .636 1.441 2.077 PHI
Ken Griffey 1993-07-19 1993-07-29 10 43 15 17 2 0 8 14 7 2 1 1 .395 .422 1.000 1.422 SEA
Don Mattingly 1987-07-07 1987-07-19 10 46 14 22 4 0 10 22 2 2 0 0 .478 .500 1.217 1.717 NYY
(Damon is on this list too, but for some reason it appears the database hasn't gotten its daily update yet...)
The Yankees play the Twins at the New Stadium tonight. It will be interesting to see if Damon can break this post-1954 record.
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15th May 2009
This past Sunday was a big day for Albert Pujols. When he walked in the top of the 3rd inning, he avoided tying his career high for most consecutive games without reaching base at all. What's his career high? Would you believe just 3 games?
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
2004-09-21 2004-09-23 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2001-07-04 2001-07-06 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2009-05-08 2009-05-09 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2008-09-16 2008-09-17 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2008-06-05 2008-06-06 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2007-08-23 2007-08-24 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2007-07-24 2007-07-25 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2007-05-13 2007-05-14 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2007-05-05 2007-05-06 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2006-09-08 2006-09-09 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2006-06-03 2006-06-22 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2005-07-06 2005-07-07 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2004-08-07 2004-08-08 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2004-06-12 2004-06-13 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2003-06-30 2003-07-01 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2003-04-19 2003-04-20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2003-04-09 2003-04-10 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2002-08-04 2002-08-06 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2002-06-25 2002-06-26 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2001-07-08 2001-07-12 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2001-06-29 2001-06-30 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2001-06-15 2001-06-16 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2001-05-18 2001-05-19 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
2001-04-04 2001-04-05 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 STL
To me, it's incredible that the guy has never had 4 games in a row where he hasn't reached base.
Active career OBP leader Todd Helton has had 1 streak of 4 games and 3 streaks of 3 each:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1997-09-19 1997-09-26 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 COL
2007-05-15 2007-05-17 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 COL
2003-05-31 2003-06-02 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 COL
2000-06-22 2000-06-24 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 COL
Pujols is current secondly in OBP, and the #3 (semi-) active guy is Manny Ramirez.
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1997-05-07 1997-05-17 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CLE
1993-09-04 1993-09-08 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CLE
2007-06-25 2007-06-27 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 BOS
2004-10-03 2005-04-05 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 BOS
2001-05-27 2001-05-30 3 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 BOS
1999-10-02 2000-04-03 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CLE
1994-05-27 1994-05-29 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CLE
1994-05-18 1994-05-20 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CLE
1993-09-14 1993-09-19 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 CLE
Man-Ram has 2 different 4-game streaks and a whole bunch of 3-game jobs.
To be fair, Ramirez and Helton have played for a lot longer than Pujols, so Albert still has a shot at his own 4-game streak.
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14th May 2009
Johnny Damon is on a tear and you know what that means: this must be his contract year.
Anyway, he's got the longest streak of consecutive games with an extra-base hit so far this season (with 9) and it's still going:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Johnny Damon 2009-05-04 2009-05-13 9 40 10 17 6 1 5 16 8 2 0 0 .425 .452 1.000 1.452 NYY
Russell Branyan 2009-05-01 2009-05-06 6 25 4 7 3 0 3 5 5 2 0 0 .280 .321 .760 1.081 SEA
Torii Hunter 2009-04-11 2009-04-18 6 21 7 8 3 0 4 7 4 3 1 0 .381 .440 1.095 1.535 LAA
Alberto Callaspo 2009-04-29 2009-05-03 5 19 8 8 7 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 .421 .500 .789 1.289 KCR
Chris Duncan 2009-04-12 2009-04-16 5 19 4 9 4 1 1 7 4 1 0 1 .474 .500 .947 1.447 STL
Evan Longoria 2009-04-08 2009-04-12 5 23 5 12 4 0 5 8 2 0 1 0 .522 .522 1.348 1.870 TBR
You have to go back to 2006 to finder a longer streak than Damon's:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Chipper Jones 2006-06-26 2006-07-16 14 57 16 31 8 1 7 22 5 8 0 0 .544 .600 1.088 1.688 ATL
Alex Rodriguez 2006-09-27 2007-04-11 11 40 14 17 6 0 7 20 6 6 1 0 .425 .510 1.100 1.610 NYY
Bobby Abreu 2005-05-07 2005-05-18 11 38 11 21 4 0 9 18 6 9 2 0 .553 .625 1.368 1.993 PHI
Johnny Damon 2009-05-04 2009-05-13 9 40 10 17 6 1 5 16 8 2 0 0 .425 .452 1.000 1.452 NYY
Chase Utley 2008-05-25 2008-06-03 9 34 12 15 2 0 7 20 2 6 2 0 .441 .512 1.118 1.630 PHI
Derrek Lee 2007-04-23 2007-05-04 9 40 7 22 10 0 2 10 6 3 0 1 .550 .581 .950 1.531 CHC
Shout out to Peter Abraham for mentioning Damon's streak in the first place.
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11th May 2009
There aren't a lot of games on the schedule tonight, but one worth watchnig will be the Nationals at the Giants as Ryan Zimmerman enters with a 28-game hit streak, longest in the majors since Moises Alou's 30-game job in 2007.
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Moises Alou 2007-08-23 2007-09-26 30 119 22 48 8 1 4 17 8 7 0 0 .403 .441 .588 1.029 NYM
Ryan Zimmerman 2009-04-08 2009-05-10 28 121 23 44 11 0 6 22 23 11 0 0 .364 .414 .603 1.017 WSN
Casey Blake 2007-05-20 2007-06-17 26 104 16 33 7 1 7 18 21 12 0 1 .317 .408 .606 1.014 CLE
Ian Kinsler 2008-06-17 2008-07-13 25 106 25 45 15 2 4 16 13 17 6 0 .425 .508 .717 1.225 TEX
Ichiro Suzuki 2007-05-07 2007-06-01 25 112 26 46 4 0 2 13 5 7 13 2 .411 .445 .500 .945 SEA
Garret Anderson 2008-07-23 2008-08-20 23 96 12 35 7 0 4 21 11 4 0 1 .365 .390 .563 .953 LAA
Michael Young 2008-05-14 2008-06-10 23 109 27 37 7 1 3 13 19 5 2 0 .339 .368 .505 .873 TEX
Kevin Youkilis 2007-05-05 2007-06-01 23 101 21 43 13 0 6 21 12 5 1 0 .426 .468 .733 1.201 BOS
Torii Hunter 2007-04-11 2007-05-09 23 94 17 35 12 0 5 19 17 3 5 2 .372 .394 .660 1.054 MIN
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6th May 2009
The full list since 1954 is below. This has already been posted recently, but Zack Greinke has moved up with his streak of 6. This is most consecutive starts won at the beginning of a season (it ignores any relief appearances.)
Brandon Webb rung off 9 in a row last year. Plus you might remember Josh Beckett winning 7 in a row in 2007 and Cliff Lee winning 6 in a row last year. Greinke has really good numbers so far compared to any of these guys and I would love to see him break the record, as unlikely as that is.
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Andy Hawkins 1985-04-12 1985-05-30 10 10 0 10 1 0 0 0 69.2 68 21 21 10 28 8 2.71 1 2 1 SDP
Brandon Webb 2008-03-31 2008-05-15 9 9 0 9 1 0 0 0 63.1 46 21 18 17 49 2 2.56 1 2 0 ARI
Jon Garland 2005-04-09 2005-05-17 8 8 0 8 2 2 0 0 59.2 47 16 16 10 27 3 2.41 1 0 0 CHW
Pedro Martinez 1997-04-15 1997-05-23 8 8 0 8 3 1 0 0 61.1 39 11 8 11 68 3 1.17 4 1 0 MON
Dave Stewart 1988-04-04 1988-05-08 8 8 0 8 2 0 0 0 63.1 49 20 17 23 33 1 2.42 1 3 11 OAK
Fernando Valenzue 1981-04-09 1981-05-14 8 8 0 8 7 5 0 0 72 43 4 4 17 68 2 0.50 0 0 0 LAD
Roger Moret 1973-04-22 1973-08-27 8 8 0 8 3 2 0 0 59.2 49 17 15 32 35 5 2.26 0 1 1 BOS
Billy Pierce 1962-04-13 1962-06-01 8 8 0 8 3 1 0 0 63 53 25 24 12 31 7 3.43 1 1 0 SFG
Josh Beckett 2007-04-04 2007-05-08 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 46.2 38 14 13 10 40 2 2.51 1 0 0 BOS
Jered Weaver 2006-05-27 2006-07-23 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 47 26 7 6 11 40 2 1.15 2 0 0 LAA
Dontrelle Willis 2005-04-08 2005-05-11 7 7 0 7 3 2 0 0 50 34 7 6 10 40 2 1.08 0 0 0 FLA
Roger Clemens 2004-04-07 2004-05-11 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 45.1 29 11 10 18 52 4 1.99 1 1 0 HOU
Mike Mussina 2003-04-02 2003-05-07 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 53 37 11 10 8 63 2 1.70 0 3 0 NYY
Randy Johnson 2000-04-04 2000-05-05 7 7 0 7 4 2 0 0 58.1 31 9 6 13 75 3 0.93 0 0 0 ARI
Ben McDonald 1994-04-06 1994-05-08 7 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 52.2 47 19 18 13 33 6 3.08 0 2 1 BAL
Jack McDowell 1992-04-07 1992-05-10 7 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 55 42 17 17 7 33 6 2.78 2 2 0 CHW
Frank Viola 1990-04-11 1990-05-12 7 7 0 7 2 2 0 0 51.2 36 5 5 6 52 1 0.87 0 0 0 NYM
Rick Mahler 1985-04-09 1985-05-05 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 51.2 46 15 12 12 16 3 2.09 0 1 0 ATL
Juan Marichal 1966-04-12 1966-05-12 7 7 0 7 6 2 0 0 59 35 7 5 6 40 3 0.76 0 0 0 SFG
Bob Turley 1958-04-20 1958-05-23 7 7 0 7 7 4 0 0 63 31 7 6 30 40 4 0.86 1 1 0 NYY
Zack Greinke 2009-04-08 2009-05-04 6 6 0 6 3 2 0 0 45 30 3 2 8 54 0 0.40 1 1 0 KCR
Cliff Lee 2008-04-06 2008-05-07 6 6 0 6 1 1 0 0 44.2 25 5 4 2 39 1 0.81 0 1 0 CLE
Kazuhisa Ishii 2002-04-06 2002-05-04 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 36.2 26 12 12 21 41 2 2.95 2 1 0 LAD
Randy Johnson 2002-04-01 2002-04-26 6 6 0 6 2 1 0 0 46 28 8 7 11 61 2 1.37 1 0 0 ARI
James Baldwin 2000-04-06 2000-05-09 6 6 0 6 1 1 0 0 42.1 31 12 11 11 28 8 2.34 0 3 0 CHW
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Rick Helling 1998-04-03 1998-05-02 6 6 0 6 1 1 0 0 43 36 14 14 12 29 4 2.93 0 0 0 TEX
Wilson Alvarez 1994-04-06 1994-05-04 6 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 41.2 35 13 12 18 25 5 2.59 0 0 0 CHW
Bob Tewksbury 1994-04-03 1994-05-01 6 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 45.1 45 20 19 5 28 8 3.77 1 1 0 STL
Roger Clemens 1991-04-08 1991-05-08 6 6 0 6 2 1 0 0 49 26 4 4 8 51 0 0.73 0 0 0 BOS
Neal Heaton 1990-04-12 1990-05-12 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 38.1 30 11 9 8 21 2 2.11 0 3 0 PIT
Dave Stewart 1990-04-09 1990-05-04 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 41 32 7 7 12 16 2 1.54 1 2 0 OAK
Orel Hershiser 1988-04-05 1988-05-04 6 6 0 6 2 1 0 0 46.2 33 10 9 11 31 3 1.74 1 1 1 LAD
Greg Swindell 1988-04-06 1988-05-02 6 6 0 6 3 1 0 0 51.2 41 13 12 6 30 3 2.09 0 0 0 CLE
Dwight Gooden 1988-04-04 1988-05-01 6 6 0 6 4 2 0 0 44 36 13 11 10 33 1 2.25 1 1 2 NYM
Bret Saberhagen 1987-04-10 1987-05-09 6 6 0 6 3 1 0 0 51 34 9 9 7 29 2 1.59 1 1 0 KCR
Moose Haas 1986-04-10 1986-05-06 6 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 43.2 26 8 8 9 27 2 1.65 1 0 0 OAK
La Marr Hoyt 1982-04-27 1982-05-24 6 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 50 43 10 8 8 27 2 1.44 0 3 0 CHW
Mike Norris 1981-04-09 1981-05-05 6 6 0 6 5 0 0 0 51 33 12 12 23 28 4 2.12 4 4 2 OAK
Rick Honeycutt 1980-04-12 1980-05-08 6 6 0 6 4 1 0 0 51.1 39 16 14 17 15 5 2.45 0 1 0 SEA
Dick Selma 1968-05-04 1968-06-11 6 6 0 6 3 2 0 0 48 36 12 11 10 26 3 2.06 1 0 0 NYM
Ron Reed 1968-04-29 1968-05-24 6 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 52 29 11 10 11 22 0 1.73 2 0 0 ATL
Wally Bunker 1964-05-05 1964-06-01 6 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 46.1 28 13 12 15 17 2 2.33 0 0 0 BAL
Ike Delock 1958-06-26 1958-07-20 6 6 0 6 4 0 0 0 49.1 47 15 12 15 28 3 2.19 0 2 0 BOS
Whitey Ford 1956-04-20 1956-05-17 6 6 0 6 6 1 0 0 54 46 10 5 17 35 1 0.83 0 0 0 NYY
Luis Arroyo 1955-04-20 1955-06-01 6 6 0 6 3 1 0 0 50.2 35 11 9 14 25 3 1.60 1 3 0 STL
Jim Wilson 1954-06-06 1954-07-05 6 6 0 6 4 3 0 0 51 37 10 10 8 25 7 1.76 2 0 0 MLN
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