Geremi Gonzalez
Former big-league pitcher Geremi Gonzalez died a few months ago when he was struck by lightning. Unusual, but true. Earlier in his career, his teams spelled his first name “Jeremi.”
Anyway, Gonzalez didn’t have a long or particularly noteworthy career. In 2003, he had one of fewer than a dozen seasons by a Rays pitcher with at least 150 IP and an ERA+ of 110 or better. He still went just 6-11, though.
Since 1958, Gonzalez had one of the lowest W-L% for a starting pitcher meeting those criteria. I’m sure it’s because the Rays didn’t score any runs.
Cnt Player **W-L%** ERA IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 1 John Dopson .214 118 168.2 1988 24 MON NL 26 26 1 0 0 3 11 0 150 69 57 58 101 3.04 15 704 638 21 4 3 1 5 2 14 34 6 0 1 3 .235 .299 .351 .650 89 2 Tony Saunders .286 115 192.1 1998 24 TBD AL 31 31 2 0 0 6 15 0 191 95 88 111 172 4.12 15 855 721 35 7 1 7 6 10 21 13 10 1 1 2 .265 .364 .395 .759 97 3 Steve Rogers .292 117 230 1976 26 MON NL 33 32 8 4 1 7 17 1 212 93 82 69 150 3.21 10 944 849 22 7 7 4 17 5 21 14 9 3 1 10 .250 .307 .327 .634 81 4 Matt Cain .304 122 200 2007 22 SFG NL 32 32 1 0 0 7 16 0 173 84 81 79 163 3.65 14 832 735 40 7 3 5 8 5 16 8 5 0 0 12 .235 .312 .366 .678 79 3345 2112 5 Brandon Webb .304 129 208 2004 25 ARI NL 35 35 1 0 0 7 16 0 194 111 83 119 164 3.59 17 933 783 31 5 11 11 14 6 24 31 10 3 1 17 .248 .353 .365 .718 87 3422 2020 6 Matt Young .308 113 225.1 1990 31 SEA AL 34 33 7 1 0 8 18 0 198 106 88 107 176 3.51 15 963 836 25 3 7 6 7 7 27 20 14 3 0 16 .237 .325 .328 .653 82 7 Danny Darwin .308 110 217.2 1985 29 MIL AL 39 29 11 1 8 8 18 2 212 112 92 65 125 3.80 34 919 834 38 4 4 4 7 9 15 19 7 0 0 6 .254 .308 .432 .740 100 8 Jim Abbott .318 144 211 1992 24 CAL AL 29 29 7 0 0 7 15 0 208 73 65 68 130 2.77 12 874 790 28 2 3 4 8 4 22 14 13 1 0 2 .263 .323 .349 .672 88 9 Dennis Lamp .318 122 223.2 1978 25 CHC NL 37 36 6 3 0 7 15 0 221 96 82 56 73 3.30 16 928 854 36 3 8 4 10 3 20 28 9 1 2 2 .259 .306 .364 .670 84 10 Danny Jackson .333 114 224 1987 25 KCR AL 36 34 11 2 1 9 18 0 219 115 100 109 152 4.02 11 981 849 37 10 1 7 8 7 20 16 9 1 0 5 .258 .345 .364 .709 86 11 Nolan Ryan .333 142 211.2 1987 40 HOU NL 34 34 0 0 0 8 16 0 154 75 65 87 270 2.76 14 873 771 23 3 2 4 9 1 6 45 7 0 2 10 .200 .284 .292 .576 60 12 Bruce Berenyi .333 110 222.1 1982 27 CIN NL 34 34 4 1 0 9 18 0 208 90 83 96 157 3.36 8 938 816 33 6 5 2 17 7 29 34 8 0 3 16 .255 .332 .339 .671 92 13 Gary Ross .333 110 225 1976 28 CAL AL 34 31 7 2 0 8 16 0 224 89 75 58 100 3.00 12 948 868 43 7 5 5 10 7 15 33 7 0 0 0 .258 .306 .365 .671 102 14 Turk Farrell .333 124 241.2 1962 28 HOU NL 43 29 11 2 9 10 20 4 210 91 81 55 203 3.02 21 981 902 33 8 2 5 12 6 17 25 7 1 0 9 .233 .279 .357 .636 81 15 Steve Carlton .345 111 253.2 1970 25 STL NL 34 33 13 2 0 10 19 0 239 123 105 109 193 3.73 25 1086 953 39 9 16 2 14 7 25 13 9 7 1 14 .251 .327 .389 .716 95 16 Matt Keough .348 112 197.1 1978 22 OAK AL 32 32 6 0 0 8 15 0 178 90 71 85 108 3.24 9 837 738 25 5 2 4 7 3 16 15 12 1 3 12 .241 .322 .325 .647 87 17 Roger Erickson .350 135 191.1 1980 23 MIN AL 32 27 7 0 1 7 13 0 198 83 69 56 97 3.25 13 811 740 31 5 0 4 5 6 13 5 7 4 2 5 .268 .320 .376 .696 84 18 Roger Nelson .350 111 193.1 1969 25 KCR AL 29 29 8 1 0 7 13 0 170 78 71 65 82 3.31 12 790 701 25 5 4 6 10 9 17 11 10 4 1 8 .243 .309 .344 .653 88 19 Moe Drabowsky .350 129 174.1 1963 27 KCA AL 26 22 9 2 1 7 13 0 135 62 59 64 109 3.05 16 707 630 14 5 2 8 3 2 13 11 4 1 0 6 .214 .294 .329 .623 76 20 Geremi Gonzalez .353 112 156.1 2003 28 TBD AL 25 25 2 0 0 6 11 0 131 71 68 69 97 3.91 18 668 575 34 4 1 12 3 9 6 6 3 5 2 3 .228 .319 .395 .714 92 2709 1638 21 Andy Ashby .353 122 164.1 1994 26 SDP NL 24 24 4 0 0 6 11 0 145 75 62 43 121 3.40 16 682 622 29 4 12 3 11 3 11 27 2 0 0 5 .233 .285 .370 .655 76 22 Jerry Koosman .353 112 165.2 1971 28 NYM NL 26 24 4 0 0 6 11 0 160 66 56 51 96 3.04 12 694 626 31 4 4 1 9 7 14 12 3 1 0 7 .256 .309 .375 .684 101
Rest in peace, Mr. Gonzalez.
Of course, that is easily checked on his Game Logs page. His avg run support in 2003 was 3.55 RPG, and he received 3 or fewer runs in 15 of 25 starts.
Comment by Johnny Twisto — August 19, 2008 @ 10:01 am
Wow, hadn’t thought of John Dopson in years. Looking at his numbers, I don’t really see why he was out of baseball at 30 except for a bad year after a number of years pitching for awful teams. His Red Sox stint came during a real period in the wilderness, “The Scott Fletcher Era”.
Comment by Tom Clancy — August 19, 2008 @ 11:31 am