Comments on: Most starts in the first 10 years of a career, 1901-present http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/356 This and that about baseball stats. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/356/comment-page-1#comment-1396 Andy Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:54:53 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/356#comment-1396 The main post above was rewritten with the correct data. The main post above was rewritten with the correct data.

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/356/comment-page-1#comment-1394 Andy Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:43:26 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/356#comment-1394 Well, that's a good point. I calculated that Clemens has 606 in his first 20 years, so he should be on the list. Then I went back and re-ran the list for the first 20 eyars, and here's what I got: Cnt Player GS From To +----+-----------------+---+----+----+ 1 Don Sutton 672 1966 1985 2 Walter Johnson 651 1907 1926 3 Tom Seaver 647 1967 1986 4 Greg Maddux 639 1986 2005 5 Steve Carlton 639 1965 1984 6 Bert Blyleven 638 1970 1989 7 Tom Glavine 635 1987 2006 8 Warren Spahn 635 1942 1964 9 Gaylord Perry 628 1962 1981 10 Robin Roberts 609 1948 1966 11 Roger Clemens 606 1984 2003 12 Jim Kaat 606 1959 1978 13 Pete Alexander 599 1911 1930 14 Fergie Jenkins 594 1965 1983 15 Phil Niekro 594 1964 1983 16 Frank Tanana 584 1973 1992 17 Nolan Ryan 577 1966 1986 18 Tommy John 569 1963 1983 19 Early Wynn 565 1939 1960 20 Randy Johnson 556 1988 2007 21 Christy Mathewson 550 1901 1916 22 Eppa Rixey 540 1912 1932 23 Rick Reuschel 529 1972 1991 24 Eddie Plank 529 1901 1917 25 Dennis Martinez 528 1976 1995 So something is wrong with what I ran above. This is the real list. Well, that's a good point. I calculated that Clemens has 606 in his first 20 years, so he should be on the list. Then I went back and re-ran the list for the first 20 eyars, and here's what I got:

Cnt Player GS From To
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
1 Don Sutton 672 1966 1985
2 Walter Johnson 651 1907 1926
3 Tom Seaver 647 1967 1986
4 Greg Maddux 639 1986 2005
5 Steve Carlton 639 1965 1984
6 Bert Blyleven 638 1970 1989
7 Tom Glavine 635 1987 2006
8 Warren Spahn 635 1942 1964
9 Gaylord Perry 628 1962 1981
10 Robin Roberts 609 1948 1966
11 Roger Clemens 606 1984 2003
12 Jim Kaat 606 1959 1978
13 Pete Alexander 599 1911 1930
14 Fergie Jenkins 594 1965 1983
15 Phil Niekro 594 1964 1983
16 Frank Tanana 584 1973 1992
17 Nolan Ryan 577 1966 1986
18 Tommy John 569 1963 1983
19 Early Wynn 565 1939 1960
20 Randy Johnson 556 1988 2007
21 Christy Mathewson 550 1901 1916
22 Eppa Rixey 540 1912 1932
23 Rick Reuschel 529 1972 1991
24 Eddie Plank 529 1901 1917
25 Dennis Martinez 528 1976 1995

So something is wrong with what I ran above. This is the real list.

]]> By: gswitter http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/356/comment-page-1#comment-1390 gswitter Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:33:09 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/356#comment-1390 Clemens? Clemens?

]]> By: Tom Clancy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/356/comment-page-1#comment-1389 Tom Clancy Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:42:01 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/356#comment-1389 I'm really surprised by the spread of years, but do you think there's enough evidence there to suggest Leo Mazzone is/was onto something or is that just a terrific coincidence for Atlanta back then? I'm really surprised by the spread of years, but do you think there's enough evidence there to suggest Leo Mazzone is/was onto something or is that just a terrific coincidence for Atlanta back then?

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