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5th August 2009
Raphy's post the other day made me wonder about longest streaks for an individual pitcher with more than 9 IP. That means at least 9.1 innings in each start. Here are the leaders since 1954: Read the rest of this entry »
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3rd August 2009
I suspect that this has been posted here before, but I was just looking at post-season hit streaks:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Manny Ramirez 2003-10-14 2004-10-27 17 73 11 24 4 0 3 12 12 10 0 0 .329 .400 .507 .907 BOS Derek Jeter 1998-10-13 1999-10-27 17 70 16 26 3 2 1 7 13 8 3 1 .371 .436 .514 .950 NYY Hank Bauer 1956-10-03 1958-10-04 17 76 10 24 2 1 6 16 13 1 1 0 .316 .325 .605 .930 NYY Pat Borders 1991-10-12 1993-10-06 16 59 5 22 4 0 2 8 3 3 0 0 .373 .391 .542 .933 TOR Marquis Grissom 1995-10-03 1996-10-02 15 69 11 26 3 1 3 5 10 2 6 2 .377 .403 .580 .983 ATL Rickey Henderson 1989-10-04 1990-10-19 15 61 14 25 4 3 4 12 6 10 13 2 .410 .486 .770 1.256 OAK David Ortiz 2004-10-26 2007-10-20 14 45 15 18 6 0 4 7 7 13 0 0 .400 .525 .800 1.325 BOS Tim Raines 1981-10-19 1996-10-11 14 62 11 21 5 0 0 1 5 6 1 1 .339 .397 .419 .816 MON-CHW-NYY Brooks Robinson 1970-10-03 1971-10-12 14 54 12 25 5 0 3 13 5 2 0 0 .463 .474 .722 1.196 BAL
I recalled that Ramirez and Jeter shared the lead with fairly recent streaks. I had totally forgotten about Pat Borders' performance. He hit particularly well in the 1992 playoffs, with 16 hits in 42 AB, including 3 doubles, 2 homers, and 6 RBI.
Another interesting thing is the length of time for Tim Raines' streak, far longer than the others on this list. He went from a playoff appearance in 1981 with the Expos to a 1996 appearance with the Yankees. Not to mention the fact that the streak includes hitting in all 6 ALCS games in 1993 with the White Sox. Sheesh.
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22nd July 2009
On August 19, 1997 the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 6-5 beginning a stretch in which they went 20-17. While this may seem unremarkable, the Reds managed to record a save in every single one of those wins. It was the longest streak of wins saved by any team from 1954-2009 (and presumably ever). As a quick point of reference, the longest such streak this year was 8 games by the Royals earlier this month. Here are the longest streaks 1954-2009:
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22nd July 2009
Joel Pineiro recently pitched his 4th straight start without issuing a walk. Here are the longest such streaks so far this year:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Joel Pineiro 2009-06-28 2009-07-19 4 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 29.2 24 10 7 0 11 1 2.12 1 1 0 STL Hiroki Kuroda 2009-06-12 2009-06-28 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 26.1 27 16 15 0 22 4 5.13 0 2 0 LAD Joel Pineiro 2009-05-08 2009-05-24 4 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 28 30 13 12 0 12 0 3.86 1 0 0 STL Josh Geer 2009-06-29 2009-07-09 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 18 21 11 11 0 7 5 5.50 0 0 0 SDP Josh Beckett 2009-06-14 2009-06-26 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 22 22 7 6 0 18 1 2.45 1 0 0 BOS Braden Looper 2009-06-09 2009-06-19 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 22 13 13 0 13 4 7.47 1 0 0 MIL Jamie Moyer 2009-05-31 2009-06-11 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 19 15 6 6 0 10 1 2.84 2 0 0 PHI Mark Buehrle 2009-05-19 2009-05-30 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 21.1 27 6 5 0 12 2 2.11 0 0 0 CHW Danny Haren 2009-05-12 2009-05-28 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 22 22 10 10 0 20 5 4.09 1 0 0 ARI Kevin Slowey 2009-04-25 2009-05-06 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 16 22 9 9 0 13 1 5.06 0 0 0 MIN
Pineiro's streak is the only active one. After him, there are two guys working on active 2-game streaks: Roy Halladay (duh!) and Barry Zito (surprise!)
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21st July 2009
Longest streaks this year by starting pitchers going at least 7 innings in each start:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Roy Halladay 2009-04-06 2009-06-07 13 10 1 13 3 1 0 0 100 90 30 28 12 88 6 2.52 2 2 0 TOR Danny Haren 2009-05-12 2009-06-30 9 4 2 9 1 0 0 0 66 45 18 18 6 62 8 2.45 2 1 0 ARI Felix Hernandez 2009-06-05 2009-07-17 8 5 0 8 1 1 0 0 61.1 40 11 10 17 57 2 1.47 2 6 1 SEA C.C. Sabathia 2009-05-08 2009-06-16 8 5 1 8 1 1 0 0 61.2 43 21 20 15 45 6 2.92 2 2 0 NYY Johnny Cueto 2009-04-22 2009-05-29 8 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 57 40 15 14 13 38 6 2.21 3 1 0 CIN Kevin Millwood 2009-04-06 2009-05-09 7 3 3 7 1 0 0 0 52.1 44 19 17 11 27 7 2.92 2 2 0 TEX Tim Lincecum 2009-06-07 2009-07-04 6 5 1 6 3 2 0 0 49.1 30 7 6 9 50 2 1.09 1 3 0 SFG Josh Johnson 2009-05-24 2009-06-20 6 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 44.2 33 14 14 12 36 2 2.82 1 3 0 FLA Mark Buehrle 2009-05-07 2009-06-04 6 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 44.1 40 14 13 6 27 5 2.64 0 1 0 CHW Cliff Lee 2009-04-22 2009-05-19 6 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 46 47 8 8 5 31 1 1.57 0 0 0 CLE Zack Greinke 2009-04-18 2009-05-15 6 5 1 6 4 2 0 0 49 31 5 4 5 49 0 0.73 0 2 0 KCR J.A. Happ 2009-06-27 2009-07-19 5 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 37 27 6 6 5 24 3 1.46 1 0 0 PHI Adam Wainwright 2009-06-26 2009-07-18 5 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 39.1 32 8 7 15 39 1 1.60 1 1 0 STL John Danks 2009-06-10 2009-07-03 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 35.2 22 6 6 8 31 2 1.51 3 0 0 CHW Derek Lowe 2009-05-18 2009-06-09 5 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 36.1 30 14 12 6 15 0 2.97 1 0 1 ATL Zach Duke 2009-05-12 2009-06-02 5 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 37 32 10 10 8 19 2 2.43 2 0 0 PIT Chad Billingsley 2009-04-23 2009-05-14 5 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 35.2 26 9 8 17 35 1 2.02 4 2 0 LAD
Felix Hernandez has the longest active streak with 8 starts in a row, but Adam Wainwright and youngster J. A. Happ are working on active 5-game streaks of their own.
Happ has slipped under most people's radar since he started in the bullpen, only moving to the rotation when Brett Myers was unable to pitch anymore. Also, despite his 7-0 record, the Phillies lost several of his other starts, including 1-run late-game losses to the Yankees, Mets, Orioles, and Reds.
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2nd July 2009
Last night Hanley Ramirez knocked in a run for the tenth consecutive game. According to the linked article, this is the longest streak for a National League shortstop since RBI became an official statistic in 1920. Here are the longest streaks by shortstops in both leagues since 1954:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Carlos Guillen 2007-06-16 2007-06-28 11 35 11 16 3 0 4 17 3 5 1 1 .457 .500 .886 1.386 DET Hanley Ramirez 2009-06-21 2009-07-01 10 40 10 19 5 0 5 24 3 4 3 2 .475 .523 .975 1.498 FLA Alex Rodriguez 2001-07-30 2001-08-09 10 46 11 15 1 0 5 15 12 2 1 0 .326 .347 .674 1.021 TEX Miguel Tejada 2005-04-08 2005-04-17 9 39 10 16 4 1 3 18 6 3 0 0 .410 .442 .795 1.237 BAL Derek Jeter 2004-05-23 2004-06-02 9 44 9 18 7 0 4 12 9 0 2 0 .409 .435 .841 1.276 NYY Miguel Tejada 2002-08-03 2002-08-11 8 36 4 11 1 0 3 12 4 2 0 0 .306 .350 .583 .933 OAK Miguel Tejada 2002-07-17 2002-07-25 8 37 6 11 1 0 5 10 5 0 0 0 .297 .316 .730 1.046 OAK Miguel Tejada 2001-09-08 2001-09-22 8 30 9 12 1 0 3 12 2 4 1 1 .400 .457 .733 1.190 OAK Carlos Guillen 2000-07-19 2000-08-08 8 34 8 16 3 0 1 8 2 2 0 1 .471 .500 .647 1.147 SEA Rich Aurilia 2000-07-01 2000-07-09 8 30 4 13 0 0 2 11 7 1 0 0 .433 .452 .633 1.085 SFG Nomar Garciaparra 1998-07-25 1998-08-02 8 33 11 15 1 0 5 17 3 2 0 0 .455 .472 .939 1.411 BOS Dale Sveum 1987-04-09 1987-04-17 8 30 7 14 5 0 1 10 4 5 0 1 .467 .543 .733 1.276 MIL Billy Grabarkewit 1970-05-03 1970-06-24 8 33 12 12 4 1 1 13 10 4 0 1 .364 .436 .636 1.072 LAD
Miguel Tejada is really well represented here.
What about other positions? Here are the leaders since 1954:
Position Leader StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Pitcher Carlos Zambrano 2008-07-19 2008-08-26 8 19 4 8 2 0 3 8 4 0 0 0 .421 .421 1.000 1.421 CHC Catcher Mike Piazza 2000-06-14 2000-07-02 15 63 14 22 3 0 8 28 9 4 0 0 .349 .388 .778 1.166 NYM 1B Bob Watson 1978-06-24 1978-07-03 11 38 4 17 4 0 1 13 2 5 2 0 .447 .489 .632 1.121 HOU 2B Jorge Cantu 2005-09-19 2006-04-05 11 41 7 13 1 0 4 16 3 1 0 0 .317 .304 .634 .938 TBD Frank White 1983-06-10 1983-06-22 11 42 4 10 3 0 1 13 3 1 3 0 .238 .239 .381 .620 KCR 3B Jorge Cantu 2008-05-30 2008-06-10 11 47 9 17 5 0 5 13 5 0 0 0 .362 .360 .787 1.147 FLA Doug DeCinces 1978-09-22 1979-04-06 11 41 7 15 3 0 4 14 5 4 1 0 .366 .422 .732 1.154 BAL SS Carlos Guillen 2007-06-16 2007-06-28 11 35 11 16 3 0 4 17 3 5 1 1 .457 .500 .886 1.386 DET LF Cliff Floyd 2000-09-21 2001-04-09 14 49 16 22 5 0 6 24 8 9 2 0 .449 .532 .918 1.450 FLA CF Kirby Puckett 1988-09-15 1988-09-25 11 48 10 23 6 0 1 15 7 1 0 2 .479 .480 .667 1.147 MIN Andy Van Slyke 1988-06-09 1988-06-20 11 41 7 16 3 2 2 16 9 5 1 0 .390 .420 .707 1.127 PIT Ron LeFlore 1979-09-07 1979-09-30 11 43 10 18 2 2 4 13 11 2 8 1 .419 .444 .837 1.281 DET RF Larry Parrish 1984-06-10 1984-06-20 11 40 10 16 4 0 5 18 9 4 1 1 .400 .457 .875 1.332 TEX Gary Woods 1980-09-05 1980-10-02 11 40 7 16 3 0 2 14 4 2 1 0 .400 .429 .625 1.054 HOU DH Mike Sweeney 1999-06-08 1999-07-04 11 46 12 22 5 0 3 18 4 4 1 0 .478 .528 .783 1.311 KCR
Jorge Cantu - RBI machine?!?
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24th June 2009
The title says it all. Here they are.
Hitting:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Derrek Lee 2009-05-30 2009-06-23 20 81 15 30 5 0 6 18 15 11 0 0 .370 .452 .654 1.106 CHC Jason Bartlett 2009-05-15 2009-06-23 17 64 17 25 6 3 2 18 8 6 5 0 .391 .431 .672 1.103 TBR Scott Rolen 2009-06-08 2009-06-23 12 52 12 24 4 0 2 7 4 3 1 1 .462 .500 .654 1.154 TOR Andrew McCutchen 2009-06-11 2009-06-23 11 49 8 16 2 3 1 9 9 3 2 0 .327 .365 .551 .916 PIT Shane Victorino 2009-06-11 2009-06-23 11 41 9 17 5 0 0 4 7 10 2 1 .415 .538 .537 1.075 PHI
Lee's got a long way to go to match Ryan Zimmerman's 30-gamer from earlier this season.
On-base:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Derrek Lee 2009-05-16 2009-06-23 30 118 18 44 7 0 8 22 20 15 0 0 .373 .448 .636 1.084 CHC Pablo Sandoval 2009-06-04 2009-06-23 19 68 10 29 8 0 5 13 13 9 0 0 .426 .494 .765 1.259 SFG Brett Gardner 2009-05-21 2009-06-23 18 55 10 19 1 1 0 3 6 7 6 1 .345 .419 .400 .819 NYY Justin Upton 2009-06-02 2009-06-23 18 70 10 23 5 0 5 16 14 11 3 1 .329 .420 .614 1.034 ARI
Again, Lee has a way to go to match Ichiro and Zimmerman, who each had a 43-game streak this season.
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4th June 2009
The longest hit streaks of 2009:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Ryan Zimmerman 2009-04-08 2009-05-12 30 131 26 50 11 0 8 26 23 11 0 0 .382 .427 .649 1.076 WSN Ichiro Suzuki 2009-05-06 2009-06-03 27 118 13 47 8 0 3 7 8 6 5 2 .398 .432 .542 .974 SEA Jacoby Ellsbury 2009-05-02 2009-05-27 22 100 16 34 6 1 0 4 9 5 11 4 .340 .371 .420 .791 BOS Justin Upton 2009-04-24 2009-05-11 18 65 17 25 4 0 7 17 15 10 3 1 .385 .467 .769 1.236 ARI Robinson Cano 2009-04-12 2009-05-01 18 80 14 29 5 0 4 14 8 2 0 0 .363 .373 .575 .948 NYY
Ichiro's is the longest active streak, followed by Miguel Tejada with a 17-gamer. Derek Jeter had a 16-game streak snapped last night.
Longest streaks with at least one time on base so far this season:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Ryan Zimmerman 2009-04-08 2009-05-25 43 179 36 64 13 0 11 35 29 21 0 0 .358 .421 .615 1.036 WSN Ichiro Suzuki 2009-04-28 2009-06-03 34 152 16 56 8 1 3 10 11 10 7 3 .368 .411 .493 .904 SEA Victor Martinez 2009-04-21 2009-05-21 29 112 21 47 11 1 3 23 9 17 0 0 .420 .492 .616 1.108 CLE Albert Pujols 2009-04-06 2009-05-07 28 101 29 36 5 0 11 32 9 19 4 1 .356 .460 .733 1.193 STL Orlando Hudson 2009-04-29 2009-05-27 27 110 19 40 11 0 1 21 23 15 0 0 .364 .430 .491 .921 LAD Justin Morneau 2009-05-06 2009-06-02 26 93 21 35 8 1 8 26 17 19 0 0 .376 .474 .742 1.216 MIN Nick Markakis 2009-04-06 2009-05-04 26 100 29 37 10 0 4 27 14 16 1 1 .370 .454 .590 1.044 BAL
Again, Ichiro's streak is the longest active streak. Justin Morneau had a 26-gamer broken last night and the next-longest active streak is Phat Albert at 22.
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2nd June 2009
A quick and fun list from Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Streak Finder - guys, since 1954, with 3 or more games in a row with 9+ IP and 3 hits or less allowed:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Roger Clemens 1998-08-20 1998-08-30 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 8 0 0 5 31 0 0.00 0 0 0 TOR Teddy Higuera 1987-08-26 1987-09-06 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 28 6 0 0 7 26 0 0.00 1 0 0 MIL Nolan Ryan 1976-09-29 1977-04-07 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 7 0 0 17 31 0 0.00 0 0 0 CAL Burt Hooton 1971-09-15 1972-04-16 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 27 5 2 2 12 27 1 0.67 0 0 0 CHC Woodie Fryman 1966-06-26 1966-07-05 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 7 0 0 1 20 0 0.00 0 0 0 PIT Jim Maloney 1964-09-25 1965-04-19 3 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 29 5 0 0 7 29 0 0.00 0 2 0 CIN John Tsitouris 1963-09-15 1963-09-27 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 27 8 1 1 5 17 1 0.33 0 0 0 CIN Sandy Koufax 1963-07-03 1963-07-12 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 27 9 0 0 2 26 0 0.00 0 0 0 LAD Bob Gibson 1962-07-08 1962-07-18 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 27 9 2 2 11 21 1 0.67 3 0 0 STL Billy Pierce 1957-05-30 1957-06-08 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 28 8 1 1 6 22 0 0.32 0 1 0 CHW
To be candid, I've heard of all these pitchers, before, sans John Tsitouris. That's the beauty of baseball, ain't it?
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28th May 2009
Roy Halladay did it again last night, pitching 7 innings in the Blue Jays' eventual 12-10 loss (their 9th straight--ouch!) He's gone at least 7 innings in every one of his 11 starts so far this year, but as you might except he's a long way from the record for most starts with 7+ IP to start a season:
StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Bob Gibson 1968-04-10 1968-09-27 34 22 9 34 28 13 0 0 304.2 198 49 38 62 268 11 1.12 7 4 0 STL Tom Seaver 1970-04-07 1970-08-15 27 17 7 27 18 2 0 0 231.2 163 65 62 60 226 19 2.41 2 3 0 NYM Gaylord Perry 1972-04-15 1972-06-13 15 10 5 15 11 3 0 0 131.2 93 28 26 29 90 5 1.78 5 4 0 CLE Roger Clemens 1992-04-07 1992-06-16 14 9 4 14 6 3 0 0 112.1 80 24 22 24 104 5 1.76 3 0 0 BOS Curt Schilling 2001-04-04 2001-06-06 13 10 1 13 4 1 0 0 100.1 86 30 29 12 108 16 2.60 0 1 0 ARI Mark Fidrych 1976-05-15 1976-07-20 13 11 2 13 12 2 0 0 120.1 93 26 23 28 50 5 1.72 1 2 0 DET Phil Niekro 1969-04-08 1969-06-16 13 9 4 13 11 3 0 0 112 78 28 23 22 80 4 1.85 3 5 0 ATL Ron Darling 1988-04-06 1988-06-04 12 6 3 12 3 2 0 0 93 66 24 23 23 60 6 2.23 1 1 2 NYM Jack Morris 1984-04-03 1984-05-28 12 10 1 12 7 1 0 0 100.1 65 26 21 32 68 5 1.88 2 6 0 DET Rick Langford 1981-04-10 1981-06-10 12 5 7 12 11 0 0 0 103 93 41 33 38 49 5 2.88 0 0 0 OAK Nelson Briles 1968-04-11 1968-06-08 12 7 4 12 5 1 0 0 97.2 99 27 25 19 61 6 2.30 1 1 0 STL Bill Singer 1968-04-11 1968-06-05 12 5 5 12 5 2 0 0 97.1 68 24 19 24 94 2 1.76 2 4 1 LAD Bob Shaw 1962-04-16 1962-06-18 12 9 2 12 8 1 0 0 105.2 96 29 23 14 59 8 1.96 2 1 0 MLN Ned Garver 1954-04-17 1954-06-16 12 4 3 12 6 1 0 0 101 78 25 17 25 27 6 1.51 2 0 0 DET Roy Halladay 2009-04-06 2009-05-27 11 8 1 11 1 0 0 0 82 76 26 24 11 68 6 2.63 2 1 0 TOR Pedro Martinez 2000-04-04 2000-06-08 11 9 2 11 3 2 0 0 85.1 45 10 9 16 114 3 0.95 7 1 0 BOS Curt Schilling 1998-03-31 1998-05-23 11 5 5 11 4 1 0 0 85.2 57 22 19 20 117 6 2.00 0 3 0 PHI Kevin Brown 1993-04-11 1993-06-04 11 5 3 11 6 1 0 0 89.2 73 28 19 19 52 5 1.91 4 1 0 TEX Bill Wegman 1992-04-06 1992-05-29 11 5 4 11 2 0 0 0 90.1 80 27 26 18 39 10 2.59 5 0 1 MIL Chris Bosio 1988-04-06 1988-05-26 11 6 5 11 8 1 0 0 90 83 27 22 15 35 5 2.20 2 1 2 MIL Dave Stieb 1984-04-07 1984-05-30 11 7 1 11 2 1 0 0 86 58 21 20 28 63 5 2.09 3 0 0 TOR Kip Young 1978-07-24 1978-09-17 11 6 5 11 6 0 0 0 89.1 80 26 25 21 40 8 2.52 2 0 0 DET Jerry Augustine 1977-04-09 1977-05-28 11 6 5 11 7 0 0 0 91.2 77 36 33 31 27 9 3.24 2 1 0 MIL Steve Busby 1975-04-07 1975-05-25 11 7 3 11 7 2 0 0 92.1 70 26 25 29 61 3 2.44 2 3 0 KCR Ken Holtzman 1973-04-08 1973-05-22 11 9 2 11 9 1 0 0 96.2 63 20 14 19 55 6 1.30 1 5 0 OAK +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ StreakStart Streak End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HBP WP BK Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Don Sutton 1972-04-15 1972-06-09 11 8 1 11 5 3 0 0 93.2 53 18 13 18 66 4 1.25 1 1 0 LAD Dave Giusti 1968-04-13 1968-06-02 11 4 5 11 6 1 0 0 90 61 20 18 25 60 6 1.80 1 3 1 HOU Bob Friend 1960-04-12 1960-06-01 11 6 2 11 5 3 0 0 90 68 22 21 12 66 5 2.10 0 1 0 PIT Warren Spahn 1958-04-15 1958-05-31 11 8 1 11 9 1 0 0 98.2 83 28 26 27 45 7 2.37 0 1 0 MLN Bob Keegan 1954-04-17 1954-06-09 11 9 1 11 9 2 0 0 96.1 86 27 23 33 26 5 2.15 0 0 1 CHW
A note on Bob Gibson's incredible 1968 season. Those 34 starts to start the season with 7 IP? Those were all of his starts that year. Yeah, that's right...the guy threw at least 7 innings in every start. In fact, he completed 28 of those 34 games (and also won the Cy Young, MVP, ERA and strikeout titles, and threw 13 shutouts.)
So Halladay has a long, long way to go to approach that post-1954 record (don't hold your breath.) But the only guys ahead of him from the last 20 seasons are Roger Clemens, 14 in 1992, and Curt Schilling, 13 in 2001.
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