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Tim Lincecum struck out only 8 batters last night, but check out where he ranks among 10+ strikeout games among the first 74 career cames for pitchers (since 1954):
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Dwight Gooden 27 Ind. Games Herb Score 22 Ind. Games Kerry Wood 18 Ind. Games Mark Prior 16 Ind. Games Hideo Nomo 16 Ind. Games Tim Lincecum 15 Ind. Games Oliver Perez 14 Ind. Games Roger Clemens 13 Ind. Games Bobby Witt 12 Ind. Games Nolan Ryan 11 Ind. Games Vida Blue 11 Ind. Games Bob Turley 10 Ind. Games Tom Phoebus 10 Ind. Games Randy Johnson 10 Ind. Games Cole Hamels 10 Ind. Games Dennis Eckersley 10 Ind. Games Al Downing 10 Ind. Games
In case you're wondering, 74 happens to be the number of games Lincecum has appeared in so far in his major-league career.
If we change it to most games with 8+ strikeouts, look who rises to number 1:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Tim Lincecum 39 Ind. Games Dwight Gooden 38 Ind. Games Kerry Wood 36 Ind. Games Herb Score 36 Ind. Games Mark Prior 35 Ind. Games Hideo Nomo 33 Ind. Games Roger Clemens 28 Ind. Games Frank Tanana 26 Ind. Games Oliver Perez 24 Ind. Games Ron Guidry 24 Ind. Games Vida Blue 24 Ind. Games Bobby Witt 23 Ind. Games Cole Hamels 23 Ind. Games Roy Oswalt 22 Ind. Games Jose DeLeon 22 Ind. Games Bert Blyleven 21 Ind. Games Greg Swindell 20 Ind. Games Ramon Martinez 20 Ind. Games Scott Kazmir 20 Ind. Games Al Downing 20 Ind. Games Dave Boswell 20 Ind. Games Bob Turley 19 Ind. Games A.J. Burnett 19 Ind. Games
Bet you didn't see that coming, eh?
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June 30th, 2009 at 11:39 am
I think I'm more surprised to see Oliver Perez at #9. Vida Blue, Ron Guidry and .... Oliver Perez!
June 30th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Yup...that was the surprise I was going for. Perez was a pretty promising pitcher at one point.