Comments on: Your Suggestions

By: JohnnyTwisto

JohnnyTwisto — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:41:46 +0000

Fabio, I assume you mean what is the most common "type" of start to get a win, not which has the highest correlation. Obviously 9 IP and 0 runs would get more wins than 7/2.

Raphy, I assumed Fabio was asking if any team has had 4 straight CG at any time, not just in the postseason. Unsurprisingly, the answer is no -- it appears several teams have had back-to-back CGs, but no more than that. The last team to have 4 in a row was Boston in 1992 (G. Harris, Darwin, Viola, Clemens). The last with more than that was Oakland in 1981, and the longest in the Retrosheet era is Detroit '68 with 12. There's no question that there are longer streaks before that -- almost every start was completed back in the 1880s.

By: Raphy

Raphy — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:04:58 +0000

Regarding 32.

Dave I disagree. Just today I was looking at players who threw 2 consecutive 1 hitters.

By: Raphy

Raphy — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:26:03 +0000

Regarding 38. In the 3 years since the White Sox threw 4 complete games, there has been 1 post-season complete game.

By: Raphy

Raphy — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:20:15 +0000

Fabio, I once started tabulating those IP/Runs numbers. Maybe one of these days I'll finish it off...

By: fabio

fabio — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:09:56 +0000

Also... has any team duplicated what the White Sox staff did in the 2005 ALCS - 4 CG in a row - since they pulled it off?

By: fabio

fabio — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:59:14 +0000

Does anyone have any info on Pitching starts for which IP/Runs (allowed) combo has the best correlation with Wins? I started fooling around with Santana, Lincecum and Webb for 2008 and 7/2 came in low, 6/3 came in close. 7/3 also came close. 6/3 came in high. So it seems that its a horse race between 6/2 and 7/3.

By: Raphy

Raphy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:12:25 +0000

Zambrano has 6. Among active pitchers he trails Livan Hernandez by 2. Here are the leader since '54 :
http://www.bb-ref.com/play-index/shareit/wQJz

By: rkochan2

rkochan2 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:22:52 +0000

Here's something I'm curious about. Which pitchers have the most 3 hit games in the modern era? The other day, I noticed that Carlos Zambrano went 3 for 4, and although you've discussed his RBI exploits in the past, I can remember him having quite a few 3 hit games now.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:53:37 +0000

Streak finders should be game specific (such as searching for streaks that are over 5 games long)
I don't call 1-2 games a "streak".

By: dave

dave — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:50:04 +0000

I just noticed that the Pirates had 3 players in 2003 with a hitting streak of 20 or more games.
How close is that to a record?
Most players in one season for one team with a hitting streak of 20 (or another total) games or more...