Consecutive Starts of At Most 5 Innings to Start the Season
Posted by Raphy on May 13, 2010
Bud Norris makes his seventh start of the season for the Astros this afternoon. In doing so, Norris will attempt to pitch more than 5 innings for the first time this season. Here are the longest streaks of consecutive starts with at most 5 IP to start the season.
| Rk | Strk Start | End | Games | W | L | GS | CG | SHO | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | WP | BK | Tm | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Johnson | 1997-05-14 | 1997-08-15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 42 | 37 | 36 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 11.71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | BAL-MON |
| 2 | Dave Fleming | 1995-04-29 | 1995-08-28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 47 | 38 | 35 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 9.36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | SEA-KCR |
| 3 | Mike Paul | 1970-05-31 | 1970-07-07 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CLE |
| 4 | Cisco Carlos | 1969-06-08 | 1969-09-18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 44 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 6.61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | CHW-WSA |
| 5 | Frank Lary | 1964-04-17 | 1964-06-28 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 | 47 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 9.10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | DET-NYM |
| 6 | Chien-Ming Wang | 2009-04-08 | 2009-06-23 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 47 | 38 | 37 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 14.27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | NYY |
| 7 | Dave Coggin | 2002-04-06 | 2002-08-28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 32 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 8.13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | PHI |
| 8 | Felipe Lira | 2000-07-19 | 2000-09-28 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 41 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7.76 | 2 | 1 | 0 | MON |
| 9 | Jay Witasick | 2000-04-04 | 2000-06-03 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 38 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 6.96 | 3 | 2 | 0 | KCR |
| 10 | Sid Fernandez | 1995-04-28 | 1995-06-29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 35 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 7.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | BAL |
| 11 | Mike Mohler | 1993-07-03 | 1993-08-21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 6.46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | OAK |
| 12 | Rick Langford | 1983-04-04 | 1983-07-27 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 43 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 12.15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | OAK |
| 13 | Ross Baumgarten | 1982-04-11 | 1982-08-01 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 7.27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | PIT |
| 14 | Juan Pizarro | 1965-04-23 | 1965-06-23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 7.32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | CHW |
May 13th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Interesting to see that Rick Langford made both this list and the consecutive 7+ IP list. Plus, he had 28 CGs in 1980!
May 13th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Juan Pizarro must have been pitching hurt in early 1965. After his seventh start he didn't pitch for about five weeks (DL?), then came back and went 5-1 with a 2.44 ERA (.595 OPS against) the rest of the season.
May 13th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Yankee fans will not want to be reminded of Wang's start last year.
May 13th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
I find it interesting that the most wins in this group had only 2 - 2 guys lead the way with 1 CG each and that the best ERA in the bunch was 6. -- So starting strong might not always indicate success.
On a quick side note/ Andy, I assume you're watching the Yanks/Tigers - the rest of the country benefits by the MLB network but that guy on the Tigers with 7 2 baggers in his first 55ABs sounds like fodder for a post?
May 13th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Norris is definitely facing the right team to avoid extending this streak. He is 4-7 with a 7.03 ERA against teams that aren't the Cardinals. Including the 4 shutout innings (on 41 Pitches) that he has thrown as I write this, he is 3-0 with 22 IP and 0 ER against the Cardinals.
May 13th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Congrats to Bud Norris: 8 IP, 6 H, 1 R (earned), 0 BB, 8 K, and his second win of the season if the bullpen can close it out. His game score was 74, and his ERA drops from 7.52 to 6.03.