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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.
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This entry was posted on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 at 9:51 am and is filed under Game Finders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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.