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Streaks Of 6+ IP With 5 Hits Or Less

Posted by Steve Lombardi on August 15, 2010

Since 1920, how many pitchers have streaks of 8+ games of throwing at least 6 innings while allowing 5 hits or less (each time)?

Here's the answer: Longest Streak with IPouts>=6, H<=5 From 1920 to 2010

Rk   Strk Start End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Tm
1 Johan Santana 2004-06-15 2004-08-01 10 7 2 10 1 1 0 0 77.0 27 15 13 18 102 9 1.52 5 3 0 MIN
2 Trevor Cahill 2010-06-20 2010-08-02 9 5 2 9 1 1 0 0 64.1 33 18 16 20 38 5 2.24 3 0 0 OAK
3 Carlos Zambrano 2006-05-05 2006-06-15 9 5 1 9 0 0 0 0 65.1 33 11 11 32 64 5 1.52 3 1 0 CHC
4 Roger Clemens 2004-09-08 2005-04-23 9 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 63.1 37 7 7 16 73 2 0.99 1 0 0 HOU
5 Randy Johnson 1999-09-24 2000-05-05 9 9 0 9 5 2 0 0 74.1 40 15 9 15 97 6 1.09 0 1 0 ARI
6 Paul Foytack 1958-09-01 1959-04-15 9 5 2 9 6 0 0 0 74.0 38 16 16 25 46 3 1.95 0 0 0 DET
7 Carlos Zambrano 2007-06-06 2007-07-13 8 6 2 8 1 0 0 0 58.0 28 11 10 23 63 4 1.55 3 0 0 CHC
8 Pedro Martinez 2006-04-22 2006-05-31 8 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 56.0 31 13 13 9 71 6 2.09 1 0 0 NYM
9 Rick Reed 1998-04-27 1998-06-08 8 6 1 8 1 1 0 0 59.1 32 8 8 10 46 1 1.21 0 0 0 NYM
10 Ken Hill 1997-08-29 1998-04-07 8 5 1 8 1 0 0 0 60.0 30 8 7 23 28 1 1.05 1 1 0 ANA
11 Pedro Martinez 1997-07-24 1997-08-30 8 5 1 8 4 1 0 0 64.1 34 15 11 20 83 4 1.54 2 1 0 MON
12 Roger Clemens 1994-04-30 1994-06-07 8 4 1 8 1 0 0 0 57.0 34 14 11 24 68 3 1.74 1 2 0 BOS
13 Nolan Ryan 1983-06-12 1983-07-17 8 6 1 8 2 1 0 0 63.2 33 13 12 22 59 4 1.70 1 2 0 HOU
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Generated 8/15/2010.

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Note that, if you only want to see these who did it over a single season, the list looks like this:

 6 Strk Start End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Tm
Trevor Cahill 2010-06-20 2010-08-02 9 5 2 9 1 1 0 0 64.1 33 18 16 20 38 5 2.24 3 0 0 OAK
Carlos Zambrano 2007-06-06 2007-07-13 8 6 2 8 1 0 0 0 58.0 28 11 10 23 63 4 1.55 3 0 0 CHC
Carlos Zambrano 2006-05-05 2006-06-15 9 5 1 9 0 0 0 0 65.1 33 11 11 32 64 5 1.52 3 1 0 CHC
Pedro Martinez 2006-04-22 2006-05-31 8 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 56.0 31 13 13 9 71 6 2.09 1 0 0 NYM
Johan Santana 2004-06-15 2004-08-01 10 7 2 10 1 1 0 0 77.0 27 15 13 18 102 9 1.52 5 3 0 MIN
Rick Reed 1998-04-27 1998-06-08 8 6 1 8 1 1 0 0 59.1 32 8 8 10 46 1 1.21 0 0 0 NYM
Pedro Martinez 1997-07-24 1997-08-30 8 5 1 8 4 1 0 0 64.1 34 15 11 20 83 4 1.54 2 1 0 MON
Roger Clemens 1994-04-30 1994-06-07 8 4 1 8 1 0 0 0 57.0 34 14 11 24 68 3 1.74 1 2 0 BOS
Nolan Ryan 1983-06-12 1983-07-17 8 6 1 8 2 1 0 0 63.2 33 13 12 22 59 4 1.70 1 2 0 HOU
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Generated 8/15/2010.

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So, that's just seven men since 1920 to pull this trick.  Nice company to be in, huh?

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    Braves’ winning and losing streaks
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4 Responses to “Streaks Of 6+ IP With 5 Hits Or Less”

  1. Cahill has only struck out 38 in that span. He must have an incredibly low BABIP.

  2. Hellickson has done this in his first 3 major league starts.

    Interesting that one was in 1958 and the rest are since 1983.

  3. Other thing I notice? Johan Santana has the longest such streak on both lists (10 games), but the least number of hits allowed (27). Wowzas!

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