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Posted by Steve Lombardi on December 27, 2009
A simple list via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Season Finder - teams, since 1901, with four or more pitchers who had 130+ strikeouts in a given season. Here's the squads to do it...
| Rk | Year | Lg | Tm | #Matching | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 5 | Matt Clement / Greg Maddux / Mark Prior / Kerry Wood / Carlos Zambrano |
| 2 | 2003 | NL | Florida Marlins | 5 | Josh Beckett / Carl Pavano / Brad Penny / Mark Redman / Dontrelle Willis |
| 3 | 2003 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | Kevin Brown / Eric Gagne / Kazuhisa Ishii / Hideo Nomo / Odalis Perez |
| 4 | 1998 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 5 | Tom Glavine / Greg Maddux / Kevin Millwood / Denny Neagle / John Smoltz |
| 5 | 1988 | NL | New York Mets | 5 | David Cone / Ron Darling / Sid Fernandez / Dwight Gooden / Bob Ojeda |
| 6 | 1968 | NL | Houston Astros | 5 | Mike Cuellar / Larry Dierker / Dave Giusti / Denny Lemaster / Don Wilson |
| 7 | 1966 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 5 | Gary Bell / Steve Hargan / Sam McDowell / Sonny Siebert / Luis Tiant |
| 8 | 2009 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 4 | Ryan Dempster / Rich Harden / Ted Lilly / Carlos Zambrano |
| 9 | 2009 | AL | New York Yankees | 4 | A.J. Burnett / Joba Chamberlain / Andy Pettitte / C.C. Sabathia |
| 10 | 2009 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 4 | Matt Cain / Tim Lincecum / Jonathan Sanchez / Barry Zito |
| 11 | 2008 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 4 | Mark Buehrle / John Danks / Gavin Floyd / Javier Vazquez |
| 12 | 2008 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | Bronson Arroyo / Johnny Cueto / Aaron Harang / Edinson Volquez |
| 13 | 2004 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | Chris Carpenter / Jason Marquis / Matt Morris / Woody Williams |
| 14 | 2003 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 4 | Matt Clement / Mark Prior / Kerry Wood / Carlos Zambrano |
| 15 | 2003 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | Kevin Millwood / Brett Myers / Vicente Padilla / Randy Wolf |
| 16 | 2001 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 4 | Jason Bere / Jon Lieber / Kevin Tapani / Kerry Wood |
| 17 | 2001 | NL | New York Mets | 4 | Kevin Appier / Al Leiter / Glendon Rusch / Steve Trachsel |
| 18 | 1999 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 4 | Tom Glavine / Greg Maddux / Kevin Millwood / John Smoltz |
| 19 | 1999 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | Kevin Brown / Darren Dreifort / Chan Ho Park / Ismael Valdez |
| 20 | 1999 | AL | New York Yankees | 4 | Roger Clemens / David Cone / Orlando Hernandez / Hideki Irabu |
| 21 | 1999 | NL | San Diego Padres | 4 | Andy Ashby / Matt Clement / Sterling Hitchcock / Woody Williams |
| 22 | 1998 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 4 | Mark Clark / Kevin Tapani / Steve Trachsel / Kerry Wood |
| 23 | 1998 | AL | New York Yankees | 4 | David Cone / Orlando Hernandez / Andy Pettitte / David Wells |
| 24 | 1998 | NL | San Diego Padres | 4 | Andy Ashby / Kevin Brown / Joey Hamilton / Sterling Hitchcock |
| 25 | 1997 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 4 | Tom Glavine / Greg Maddux / Denny Neagle / John Smoltz |
| 26 | 1997 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | Alan Benes / Andy Benes / Matt Morris / Todd Stottlemyre |
| 27 | 1996 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 4 | Roger Clemens / Tom Gordon / Aaron Sele / Tim Wakefield |
| 28 | 1996 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | Pedro Astacio / Ramon Martinez / Hideo Nomo / Ismael Valdez |
| 29 | 1996 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | Alan Benes / Andy Benes / Donovan Osborne / Todd Stottlemyre |
| 30 | 1995 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | Tom Candiotti / Ramon Martinez / Hideo Nomo / Ismael Valdez |
| 31 | 1993 | NL | Houston Astros | 4 | Doug Drabek / Pete Harnisch / Darryl Kile / Mark Portugal |
| 32 | 1992 | NL | Montreal Expos | 4 | Mark Gardner / Ken Hill / Dennis Martinez / Chris Nabholz |
| 33 | 1990 | NL | New York Mets | 4 | David Cone / Sid Fernandez / Dwight Gooden / Frank Viola |
| 34 | 1989 | NL | Montreal Expos | 4 | Kevin Gross / Mark Langston / Dennis Martinez / Pascual Perez |
| 35 | 1987 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 4 | Mark Gubicza / Danny Jackson / Charlie Leibrandt / Bret Saberhagen |
| 36 | 1986 | NL | New York Mets | 4 | Ron Darling / Sid Fernandez / Dwight Gooden / Bob Ojeda |
| 37 | 1984 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | John Candelaria / Jose DeLeon / Larry McWilliams / Rick Rhoden |
| 38 | 1975 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | Burt Hooton / Andy Messersmith / Doug Rau / Don Sutton |
| 39 | 1971 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 4 | Tom Bradley / Bart Johnson / Tommy John / Wilbur Wood |
| 40 | 1971 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | Steve Carlton / Reggie Cleveland / Bob Gibson / Jerry Reuss |
| 41 | 1970 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 4 | Pat Jarvis / Jim Nash / Phil Niekro / George Stone |
| 42 | 1970 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 4 | Ken Brett / Ray Culp / Gary Peters / Sonny Siebert |
| 43 | 1969 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 4 | Bill Hands / Ken Holtzman / Fergie Jenkins / Dick Selma |
| 44 | 1969 | NL | Houston Astros | 4 | Larry Dierker / Tom Griffin / Denny Lemaster / Don Wilson |
| 45 | 1969 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | Steve Blass / Dock Ellis / Bob Moose / Bob Veale |
| 46 | 1968 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 4 | Sam McDowell / Sonny Siebert / Luis Tiant / Stan Williams |
| 47 | 1968 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 4 | Dave Boswell / Dean Chance / Jim Kaat / Jim Merritt |
| 48 | 1968 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 4 | Chuck Dobson / Catfish Hunter / Jim Nash / Blue Moon Odom |
| 49 | 1967 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 4 | Steve Hargan / Sam McDowell / Sonny Siebert / Luis Tiant |
| 50 | 1967 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 4 | Mickey Lolich / Denny McLain / Joe Sparma / Earl Wilson |
| 51 | 1967 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | Don Drysdale / Claude Osteen / Bill Singer / Don Sutton |
| 52 | 1967 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 4 | Dave Boswell / Dean Chance / Jim Kaat / Jim Merritt |
| 53 | 1967 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 4 | Juan Marichal / Mike McCormick / Gaylord Perry / Ray Sadecki |
| 54 | 1966 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | Don Drysdale / Sandy Koufax / Claude Osteen / Don Sutton |
| 55 | 1965 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 4 | Bobby Bolin / Juan Marichal / Gaylord Perry / Bob Shaw |
| 56 | 1964 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | Joey Jay / Jim Maloney / Jim O'Toole / John Tsitouris |
| 57 | 1962 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 4 | Gene Conley / Bill Monbouquette / Dick Radatz / Earl Wilson |
| 58 | 1960 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | Don Drysdale / Sandy Koufax / Johnny Podres / Stan Williams |
| 59 | 1959 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 4 | Johnny Antonelli / Sam Jones / Mike McCormick / Jack Sanford |
| 60 | 1946 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 4 | Fred Hutchinson / Hal Newhouser / Dizzy Trout / Virgil Trucks |
| 61 | 1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | Chief Bender / Andy Coakley / Eddie Plank / Rube Waddell |
| 62 | 1904 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | Chief Bender / Weldon Henley / Eddie Plank / Rube Waddell |
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So, it's only been done 62 times since 1901. And, the Dodgers have done in 8 times. Note that, prior to 1946, it was only done twice - by the 1904-05 Philadelphia Athletics. And, last season, the Yankees, Giants and Cubs pulled the trick. Speaking of the Cubs, since 2001, they've done this 4 times. I wonder if all those home day-games, combined with batters being more whiff-happy these days, has anything to do with that? Either that, or, the Cubs braintrust these days likes pitchers who make batters swing and miss.
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December 30th, 2009 at 10:11 am
[...] did the 2004 Cubs not make the playoffs again? Oh, right. [...]
December 31st, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Th '98 Braves quintet all surpassed 150 Ks as well.