Comments on: Consecutive complete game losses

By: Mike Minetti

Mike Minetti — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:20:09 +0000

Speaking of the Jimenez no-hitter - I wonder how many times a pitcher has had an ERA of over 6.00 for the
season after pitching one.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:37:32 +0000

Yeah–you guys found my mistake exactly. Thanks.

By: Johnny Twisto

Johnny Twisto — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:23:20 +0000

Using pitching streak finder, look for streaks by a starting pitcher in which Complete Games = 1 and Losses = 1. I think that does it, right? Only Schilling is eliminated from the list above.

By: Raphy

Raphy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:21:33 +0000

jokeeffe the reason that Schilling and Ken Brett are on the list is because the only games in between are no decisions.

If you want to find consecutive games that are all complete game losses, you would do the same search, but select “any” under “pitcher decision” .
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/32Bv

By: jokeeffe

jokeeffe — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:28:45 +0000

So those aren’t quite complete-game losses in consecutive starts, though. This list shows the greatest number of consecutive losses in complete games, which is not quite the same thing. Take a look at Schilling in ‘98, for example - he had two complete game losses, followed by a five-inning start on May 28, followed by two more complete game losses. Not quite sure how to use the streak finder to find this exact streak (consecutive starts resulting in complete game losses) - anybody know?

By: BunnyWrangler

BunnyWrangler — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:45:46 +0000

Over those three games, Randy Johnson gave up only three runs. Even more remarkable, though, is that he was shut out twice, 1-0 each time, by José Jimenez. These two starts, a no-hitter and a two-hitter, were the only complete games that Jimenez ever threw.