18+ baserunners in a complete game
Posted by Andy on November 18, 2007
Here are the last 20 guys to throw a complete game of no more than 9 innings while allowing at least 18 baserunnners:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB BR SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Chris Carpenter 2001-06-09 TOR FLA L 1-6 CG 9 ,L 9 9 6 3 6 18 5 1 125 74 50 42 33 3 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 2 Tim Wakefield 1996-06-10 BOS @CHW L 2-8 CG 8 ,L 8 16 8 6 3 19 0 1 158 103 19 43 40 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.75 3 Chris Hammond 1995-06-19 FLA @COL W 7-2 CG 9 ,W 9 12 2 2 5 18 3 2 141 84 53 41 35 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 4 Rick Sutcliffe 1988-08-12 CHC STL L 0-4 CG 9 ,L 9 10 4 4 5 18 6 1 136 85 52 43 34 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.00 5 Mike Norris 1980-09-26 OAK MIL L 7-10 CG 9 ,L 9 17 10 10 1 18 9 4 21 45 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.00 6 J.R. Richard 1979-07-05 HOU @CIN L 4-5 CG 8 ,L 8 11 5 5 6 18 12 0 46 42 33 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.62 7 Odell Jones 1979-04-17 SEA @OAK L 5-6 CG 9 ,L 8.2 13 6 3 3 19 5 0 42 43 38 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.12 8 Geoff Zahn 1978-08-26 MIN @TOR L 3-4 CG 10 ,L 9 15 4 4 3 18 2 1 40 43 37 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4.00 9 Reggie Cleveland 1977-09-25 BOS @DET W 12-5 CG 9 ,W 9 18 5 5 0 18 1 1 32 44 43 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 10 Ed Figueroa 1976-09-28 NYY @BOS L 5-7 CG 8 ,L 8 15 7 7 3 18 0 2 21 38 35 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.88 11 Ken Holtzman 1976-05-31(1) BAL @CLE L 1-4 CG 8 ,L 8 13 4 4 4 18 1 1 37 39 35 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 12 Fritz Peterson 1975-08-17 CLE @MIN W 14-5 CG 9 ,W 9 16 5 5 2 18 3 2 36 43 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 13 Nolan Ryan 1975-07-30 CAL CHW W 5-4 CG 9 ,W 9 8 4 4 7 18 5 0 53 41 33 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 4.00 14 Steve Busby 1975-07-10 KCR DET L 2-3 CG 9 ,L 9 11 3 3 5 18 8 1 56 44 39 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3.00 15 Dick Drago 1974-07-08 BOS KCR L 0-5 CG 9 ,L 9 9 5 5 9 20 3 1 43 43 33 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.00 16 Burt Hooton 1974-04-17 CHC PIT W 18-9 CG 9 ,W 9 16 9 5 1 21 7 3 33 47 46 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.00 17 Nolan Ryan 1973-09-23 CAL @MIN W 15-7 CG 9 ,W 9 13 7 7 5 18 12 0 40 43 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7.00 18 Terry Forster 1973-09-12 CHW @CAL L 5-6 CG 8 ,L 8 16 6 6 2 18 2 0 26 41 38 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 19 Fritz Peterson 1973-07-29(1) NYY @MIL L 2-7 CG 8 ,L 8 13 7 6 5 19 2 0 27 41 34 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 20 Jimmy Freeman 1972-09-01(2) ATL PHI W 11-5 CG 9 ,W 9 8 5 5 11 19 5 1 45 44 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.00
That Chris Hammond game in 1995 is wild. He allowed 18 baserunners in 9 innings but still got the win. He was helped by 4 double plays and a pick-off, and allowed just 2 runs. In each of the first 4 innings, the Rockies got at least 2 runners on but left them all stranded (other than Ellis Burks leading off the bottom of the 1st with a solo homer.) They left the bases loaded in the 6th too. The Rockies also had 2 infield hits, which doesn't surprise me. Hammond didn't get hit as hard as it might look.
November 18th, 2007 at 10:41 am
I didn't realize it was possible for Nolan Ryan to get a GC with only 5 K's. I wonder of that was a career low.
November 18th, 2007 at 10:48 am
I just looked. He actually had four CG's with 4 K's. Never went as low as 3 though. 1 was an 8 inning loss. The other 3 were 9 inning victories.
November 18th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Interesting topic. Here's a look from a different angle. (Names link to specific games)
Record (since 1957) for most baserunners allowed in a 9 inning complete game while allowing:
0 runs: 16 Marty Pattin & Bill Stoneman
1 run: 18 Frank Lary
2 runs: 19 Bill Stafford
Additionally the record (since 1957) is 21 and both pitchers won. (although the 3 who allowed 20 all lost http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/9nNB)
PS Why can't we sort by BR?
November 18th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
I made a comment, but I can only see it when I'm logged in.
I assume that no one else can see it.
Any idea why?
November 18th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
I can see it Oscar/
November 18th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I see only your comment asking about the comment. No idea why.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Here's my original comment (copied from the original so the links don't work)
Interesting topic. Here’s a look from a different angle. (Names link to specific games)
Record (since 1957) for most baserunners allowed in a 9 inning complete game while allowing:
0 runs: 16 Marty Pattin & Bill Stoneman
1 run: 18 Frank Lary
2 runs: 19 Bill Stafford
Additionally the record (since 1957) is 21 and both pitchers won. (although the 3 who allowed 20 all lost http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/9nNB)
PS Why can’t we sort by BR?
November 18th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Here are the games that the names linked to:
Pattin http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197309240.shtml/
Stoneman http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MON/MON197109220.shtml/
Lary http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS1/WS1195805071.shtml/
Staffod http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA196208040.shtml/
November 18th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I'd like to be able to sort by BR too.