By Tom Ruane
A while back, I started collecting my Retrosheet posts in a place on the web-site. This series eventually grew to encompass several articles. Here are the others:
Fun With Retrosheet Data Fun With Retrosheet Data, the Sequel Fun With Retrosheet Data, Episode 4 Fun With Retrosheet Data, Episode 5 Fun With Retrosheet Data, Episode 6 Fun With Retrosheet Data, Episode 7
I hope at least some of this is of general interest and, as always:
Thanks for your patience.
A note on the scope of the data presented in these articles:
As of this writing, the data used in these articles does not include any of the Negro Leagues that are now considered by MLB to be part of the "Major Leagues" as of December 2020. These leagues are the Negro National League from 1920 to 1931 and 1933 to 1948, the Eastern Colored League from 1923 to 1928, the 1929 American Negro League, the 1932 East-West League, the 1932 Negro Southern League, and the Negro American League from 1937 to 1948.
This omission is not in any way a reflection upon the major league status of those leagues (or for that matter any additional leagues that may come under the Major League umbrella in future years), only that I did not have access to data associated with these leagues while I was researching and writing these articles. In light of this, any data presented in this article, as well as my use of the term "major leagues," should be viewed in light of this omission.
List of Articles (starting with most recent)
Three-Out Innings with No Official At-Bats (April 16, 2023) ERA Qualifiers and the Number of Batter-Pitcher Matchups (November 7, 2021) Fun With Batting Orders (August 5, 2021) Most Consistent Pitchers (May 11, 2021) The Most Homogeneous Batting Orders (May 6, 2021) Most Consistent Hitters (April 25, 2021) Pitchers Doing Random Things In The Most Consecutive Games (February 2, 2021) Players Doing Random Things In The Most Consecutive Games (January 24, 2021) Extra-Inning Season and Career Batting Records (October 19, 2019) Extra-Inning Single Game Batting Records (September 29, 2019) Second (and third) Generation Major League Players (September 14, 2019) Perhaps the Most Improbable Comebacks From 1901 to 2018 (May 13, 2019) Runs Produced By The Most and Fewest Hits (September 12, 2018) Changes In Pitch Outcomes: 1988-2016 (July 2, 2017) Fun with a Team's OPS (June 20, 2016) A Look at Run Differentials (June 18, 2016) Starting Pitching Lines (May 24, 2015) The Greatest Incomplete Starts (May 20, 2015) Most Surprising Pitching Performances (July 5, 2014) Both Starting Pitchers Making MLB Exits (May 26, 2014) Both Starting Pitchers Making MLB Debuts (May 19, 2014) The Age of Starting Lineups (May 5, 2014) Hot Starts to Careers, the Pitching Edition (April 29, 2014) Hot Starts to Careers, the Batting Edition (April 28, 2014) Hard to Hit Pitchers (April 5, 2014) Unique Batting Lines (August 26, 2012) Come-From-Behind Wins and Losses (July 8, 2012) A Tour of Team Pitching Logs (July 7, 2012) A Tour of Team Batting Logs (July 5, 2012) Consecutive Winless Starts (June 23, 2012) Low-Hit Clusters (June 19, 2012) When Winning Streaks Collide (June 14, 2012) Defensive Juggling (May 8, 2012) Incomplete Games By Position (April 8, 2012) A Look at Triple-Crown Leaders (December 19, 2011) Do Only Slow Runners Ground into a Lot of DPs? (December 15, 2011) The Homering-est Teammates (and Multiple Debuts) (December 12, 2011) Multiple Hitting Streaks (November 29, 2011) The Most Exciting Games (October 28, 2011) League Leaders With the Fewest Games Played (October 14, 2011) Nelson Cruz Made Me Do It (October 15, 2011) Players With The Highest Percentage of Post-Season Homers (October 7, 2011) Doubling Their Home Runs (September 27, 2011) Top Hitting Streaks By Batting Order and Defensive Position (September 27, 2011) Come-From-Behind Batting Champions, An Update (September 26, 2011) Best Career Marks By Park (September 24, 2011) Come-From-Behind Batting Champions (September 23, 2011) Best Career Hitters By Lineup Position (September 18, 2011) Best Hitters By Lineup Position (September 16, 2011) More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About 1-0 Games (September 15, 2011) Best/Worst Month for a Team's Pitchers (September 14, 2011) Batters Supporting Starting Pitchers (September 10, 2011) Most Strikeouts Between Hits Allowed... And Then Some (September 5, 2011) Double-Digits In Strikeouts and Hits Allowed (September 3, 2011) Bases-Loaded Plate Appearances (August 31, 2011) Palindromic At-Bat Line (August 27, 2011) Most At-Bats With the Bases Loaded (August 25, 2011) Starting Infields, Then And Now (August 24, 2011) Easy schedule runs (July 15, 2011) Parity Comes to MLB (May 29, 2011) Two .400 Hitters on a Team (May 3, 2011) Pitcher versus Team (July 22, 2010) Expected Pitcher Match-Ups (July 21, 2010) Consecutive Starts With IPs greater than or equal to Hits (July 19, 2010) Consecutive Starts With Ks greater than or equal to IPs (July 17,2010) Pitcher Match-Ups (July 16, 2010) Most Blown Saves Combo (June 3, 2009)
The topic for today is (as the title suggests) come-from-behind wins and losses. Right off the bat, I should define precisely what I mean by one of these things. For the purposes of most of this article, I will define a come-from-behind win as one in which the team trailed at any point from the seventh inning onward. And a loss is what you'd expect: a game in which the losing team led at some point over the same span. (And I realize that such a loss shouldn't be prefaced with "come-from-behind" but rather with something like "gone-from-ahead," but you get the idea.) (And given my definition, perhaps I should have called these "late-come-from-behind" wins, but a) that's a little bit cumbersome, and b) I will discuss earlier and later comebacks in the article as well.) Note that for every one of these wins, there has to be a corresponding loss.
This article will cover all the games played from 1916 to 2011.
With that out of the way, I thought I'd start by looking at how many of these we had in each decade. My feeling is that with the development and refinement of the modern bullpen over the last sixty years or so, we should see a decline over that period of comeback wins (which are also, as the pessimists would be quick to point out, blown leads). Here's the data:
Years Total CFB Pct RPG 1916-1919 4569 670 14.66 7.34 1920-1929 12254 2102 17.15 9.63 1930-1939 12218 2080 17.02 9.88 1940-1949 12274 2001 16.30 8.63 1950-1959 12314 2032 16.50 8.90 1960-1969 15922 2600 16.33 8.08 1970-1979 19791 3272 16.53 8.31 1980-1989 20315 3288 16.19 8.60 1990-1999 21587 3579 16.58 9.35 2000-2009 24286 3906 16.08 9.52 2010-2011 4859 755 15.54 8.67 CFB - come-from-behind wins RPG - combined runs per game
Feel free to make of that what you will.
Note that for the purposes of this analysis I am not counting either tie games or forfeits.
Here are the individual years with the fewest and the most. Let's start with the fewest:
Year Total CFB Pct RPG 1968 1619 228 14.08 6.84 1917 1224 175 14.30 7.20 1946 1233 178 14.44 8.02 1942 1214 176 14.50 8.19 1988 2098 305 14.54 8.28 1919 1113 162 14.56 7.75 1916 1226 181 14.76 7.16 1990 2105 312 14.82 8.51 1976 1939 288 14.85 7.99 2003 2429 361 14.86 9.46
With one big exception (2003), these are all low-offense years, which is another thing you might expect, since the more runs you score, the more likely you are to come from behind.
And here are the most:
Year Total CFB Pct RPG 1957 1230 233 18.94 8.62 1949 1231 232 18.85 9.20 1934 1215 227 18.68 9.84 1970 1943 363 18.68 8.68 1961 1423 259 18.20 9.05 1921 1226 222 18.11 9.72 1932 1228 222 18.08 9.83 1929 1221 220 18.02 10.38 1927 1228 221 18.00 9.51 1994 1599 286 17.89 9.84
All of the years on the "most" list saw more runs scored per game than all of the years on the "least," again with the exception of 2003. So it does seem as if the level of offense, rather than the quality of the late-inning pitching, could be the biggest factor in determine how many of these we see.
So with that as an introduction, what teams had the most come-from-behind wins? Well, I thought I'd look at this two ways, both by the number of wins and the percentage of a team's total wins. Here are the teams with the most:
Overall CFB
Year Team G W L W L TotPct WPct LPct
1977 PIT N 162 96 66 27 10 22.84 28.12 15.15
1927 NY N 154 92 62 25 12 24.03 27.17 19.35
1924 BRO N 154 92 62 24 7 20.13 26.09 11.29
1957 NY A 154 98 56 24 11 22.73 24.49 19.64
1959 PIT N 154 78 76 24 12 23.38 30.77 15.79
1982 SF N 162 87 75 24 12 22.22 27.59 16.00
1998 HOU N 162 102 60 24 12 22.22 23.53 20.00
1934 DET A 154 101 53 23 10 21.43 22.77 18.87
1940 CIN N 153 100 53 23 13 23.53 23.00 24.53
1978 CIN N 161 92 69 23 9 19.88 25.00 13.04
1978 KC A 162 92 70 23 12 21.60 25.00 17.14
Hopefully each of these columns make sense. For each team, I have their overall record, their record in come-from-behind games and three percentages: the percentage of all their games that were either CFB wins or losses, and the percentages of their wins and losses that fall into this category.
And the fewest:
Overall CFB
Year Team G W L W L TotPct WPct LPct
1919 WAS A 140 56 84 2 15 12.14 3.57 17.86
1981 NY A 107 59 48 2 7 8.41 3.39 14.58
2001 STL N 162 93 69 3 7 6.17 3.23 10.14
1928 WAS A 154 75 79 4 11 9.74 5.33 13.92
1935 BOS N 153 38 115 4 17 13.73 10.53 14.78
1942 PHI N 151 42 109 4 9 8.61 9.52 8.26
1943 STL A 152 72 80 4 12 10.53 5.56 15.00
1946 CLE A 154 68 86 4 12 10.39 5.88 13.95
1958 PIT N 154 84 70 4 9 8.44 4.76 12.86
1983 MON N 162 82 80 4 13 10.49 4.88 16.25
1994 TOR A 115 55 60 4 10 12.17 7.27 16.67
1997 MIN A 162 68 94 4 9 8.02 5.88 9.57
2002 TOR A 162 78 84 4 18 13.58 5.13 21.43
2003 TOR A 162 86 76 4 16 12.35 4.65 21.05
So the year before the 1959 Pirates had twenty-four come-from-behind victories, they managed only four.
I was surprised that the difference in quality between these two sets of teams was as large as it is. For some reason, I figured that really good teams might not have as many come-from-behind wins because they would be less likely to be trailing in the late innings. And I figured that the really bad teams would have more opportunities to rally from a deficit.
Special mention should be made of the 1919 Senators, who won only two games all season that they trailed in the late innings. And both of those wins only barely qualified. In the second game of their double-header on June 28th, they scored two runs in the top of the seventh to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead. And on August 15th they also scored two runs in the top of the seventh, this time to tie a game they eventually won. Which means that for the entire (albeit shortened) 1919 season, the Senators never once rallied to win a game that they were losing at the seventh-inning stretch.
And since both the 2002 and 2003 Blue Jays ended up on this list, I thought it might be interesting to look at the worst two-year winning percentages in these games.
Overall CFB
Years Team G W L W L WPct
2002-03 TOR A 324 164 160 8 34 .190
1919-20 WAS A 292 124 168 10 30 .250
2002-03 TEX A 324 143 181 14 36 .280
1925-26 CHI A 306 160 146 14 35 .286
1988-89 ATL N 320 117 203 16 40 .286
1961-62 WAS A 322 121 201 15 37 .288
1993-94 HOU N 277 151 126 12 29 .293
The strange thing is that three of these teams, including the Blue Jays, had a winning record overall.
And the best:
Overall CFB
Years Team G W L W L WPct
1919-20 CHI A 293 183 110 32 8 .800
1954-55 CLE A 308 204 104 37 10 .787
1952-53 BRO N 307 201 106 40 12 .769
2003-04 LA N 324 178 146 32 10 .762
2008-09 NY A 324 192 132 35 12 .745
1960-61 NY A 316 206 110 39 14 .736
1944-45 PIT N 307 172 135 36 14 .720
1984-85 STL N 324 185 139 30 12 .714
2005-06 MIN A 324 179 145 32 13 .711
So how about the teams who rallied to win the highest percentage of their victories?
Overall CFB
Year Team G W L W L TotPct WPct LPct
1949 WAS A 154 50 104 18 20 24.68 36.00 19.23
1948 CHI A 152 51 101 17 15 21.05 33.33 14.85
1934 STL A 152 67 85 22 15 24.34 32.84 17.65
2002 TB A 161 55 106 17 19 22.36 30.91 17.92
1959 PIT N 154 78 76 24 12 23.38 30.77 15.79
1951 CHI N 154 62 92 19 11 19.48 30.65 11.96
1919 PHI A 140 36 104 11 14 17.86 30.56 13.46
1981 PHI N 107 59 48 18 6 22.43 30.51 12.50
1962 NY N 160 40 120 12 21 20.62 30.00 17.50
1964 KC A 162 57 105 17 16 20.37 29.82 15.24
Now this is more like it! With the exception of the 1959 Pirates and the 1981 Phillies, there isn't a good team on the list. And the majority of these are truly horrible,
Time for the losses.
Here are the teams blowing the most late leads:
Overall CFB
Year Team G W L W L TotPct WPct LPct
1973 MIL A 162 74 88 12 31 26.54 16.22 35.23
1928 PHI N 152 43 109 12 26 25.00 27.91 23.85
1984 TOR A 162 89 73 22 25 29.01 24.72 34.25
1999 KC A 161 64 97 8 25 20.50 12.50 25.77
2004 COL N 162 68 94 14 25 24.07 20.59 26.60
1936 PHI N 154 54 100 8 24 20.78 14.81 24.00
1954 WAS A 154 66 88 11 24 22.73 16.67 27.27
1963 SF N 162 88 74 9 24 20.37 10.23 32.43
1973 ATL N 161 76 85 16 24 24.84 21.05 28.24
1986 LA N 162 73 89 6 24 18.52 8.22 26.97
The 1973 Brewers are way ahead of the rest of the field. And the strange thing is that they are actually one of the better teams on this list (although that isn't saying much).
And the fewest:
Overall CFB
Year Team G W L W L TotPct WPct LPct
1919 CHI A 140 88 52 14 3 12.14 15.91 5.77
1942 STL N 154 106 48 8 3 7.14 7.55 6.25
1952 BRO N 153 96 57 19 3 14.38 19.79 5.26
1954 CLE A 154 111 43 20 3 14.94 18.02 6.98
1969 NY N 162 100 62 11 3 8.64 11.00 4.84
1946 NY A 154 87 67 9 4 8.44 10.34 5.97
1960 STL N 154 86 68 18 4 14.29 20.93 5.88
1981 MIL A 109 62 47 9 4 11.93 14.52 8.51
1985 STL N 162 101 61 15 4 11.73 14.85 6.56
1985 SEA A 162 74 88 8 4 7.41 10.81 4.55
1990 OAK A 162 103 59 14 4 11.11 13.59 6.78
2004 LA N 162 93 69 20 4 14.81 21.51 5.80
2006 MIN A 162 96 66 19 4 14.20 19.79 6.06
2007 STL N 162 78 84 14 4 11.11 17.95 4.76
I guess really good teams don't toss away a lot of late leads. Imagine how bad the 2007 Cardinals would have been if they hadn't been so good at the end of games.
And now the same two lists as a percentage of their total losses:
Overall CFB
Year Team G W L W L TotPct WPct LPct
1973 MIL A 162 74 88 12 31 26.54 16.22 35.23
1927 PIT N 154 94 60 13 21 22.08 13.83 35.00
1994 CHI A 113 67 46 12 16 24.78 17.91 34.78
1984 TOR A 162 89 73 22 25 29.01 24.72 34.25
1932 NY A 154 107 47 16 16 20.78 14.95 34.04
1963 SF N 162 88 74 9 24 20.37 10.23 32.43
1985 TOR A 161 99 62 12 20 19.88 12.12 32.26
1929 CHI N 152 98 54 14 17 20.39 14.29 31.48
1977 LA N 162 98 64 12 20 19.75 12.24 31.25
1927 CHI N 153 85 68 11 21 20.92 12.94 30.88
Overall CFB
Year Team G W L W L TotPct WPct LPct
1985 SEA A 162 74 88 8 4 7.41 10.81 4.55
2007 STL N 162 78 84 14 4 11.11 17.95 4.76
1969 NY N 162 100 62 11 3 8.64 11.00 4.84
1933 STL A 151 55 96 10 5 9.93 18.18 5.21
1952 BRO N 153 96 57 19 3 14.38 19.79 5.26
1958 WAS A 154 61 93 13 5 11.69 21.31 5.38
1919 CHI A 140 88 52 14 3 12.14 15.91 5.77
2004 LA N 162 93 69 20 4 14.81 21.51 5.80
1960 STL N 154 86 68 18 4 14.29 20.93 5.88
1946 NY A 154 87 67 9 4 8.44 10.34 5.97
And here are the teams that had the highest percentage of both of these types of games (wins and losses):
Overall CFB
Year Team G W L W L TotPct WPct LPct
1984 TOR A 162 89 73 22 25 29.01 24.72 34.25
1973 MIL A 162 74 88 12 31 26.54 16.22 35.23
1973 MON N 162 79 83 22 21 26.54 27.85 25.30
1981 BOS A 108 59 49 16 12 25.93 27.12 24.49
1994 LA N 114 58 56 12 17 25.44 20.69 30.36
1949 BOS N 154 75 79 20 19 25.32 26.67 24.05
1932 DET A 151 76 75 19 19 25.17 25.00 25.33
1928 PHI N 152 43 109 12 26 25.00 27.91 23.85
1973 ATL N 161 76 85 16 24 24.84 21.05 28.24
1994 CHI A 113 67 46 12 16 24.78 17.91 34.78
1994 NY N 113 55 58 12 16 24.78 21.82 27.59
Fans of the 1984 Blue Jays probably learned not to leave the park (or turn off their TV sets) an inning or two early.
Overall CFB
Year Team G W L W L TotPct WPct LPct
2001 STL N 162 93 69 3 7 6.17 3.23 10.14
1942 STL N 154 106 48 8 3 7.14 7.55 6.25
1985 SEA A 162 74 88 8 4 7.41 10.81 4.55
1997 MIN A 162 68 94 4 9 8.02 5.88 9.57
1946 NY A 154 87 67 9 4 8.44 10.34 5.97
1958 PIT N 154 84 70 4 9 8.44 4.76 12.86
1981 NY A 107 59 48 2 7 8.41 3.39 14.58
1926 PIT N 153 84 69 7 6 8.50 8.33 8.70
1940 BOS N 152 65 87 5 8 8.55 7.69 9.20
1942 PHI N 151 42 109 4 9 8.61 9.52 8.26
Both ends of the 1942 National League are represented here, the first-place Cardinals and the last-place Phillies. One weird thing is that the two teams traded come-from-behind wins on back-to-back days that September.
Okay. Way back at the start of this piece, I promised to look at earlier (and later) come-from-behind victories. Here are the most come-from-behind wins of all varieties. In the table below, the inning column holds the earliest deficit that we included (so all the data above would fall into the "7" column):
Overall CFB Overall CFB Overall CFB
INN Year Team G W L W L Year Team G W L W L Year Team G W L W L
1 2004 NY A 162 101 61 61 25
2 2004 NY A 162 101 61 58 24
3 2004 NY A 162 101 61 52 23
4 2004 NY A 162 101 61 45 20
5 1944 PIT N 153 90 63 35 12 1977 PIT N 162 96 66 35 20 2011 ARI N 162 94 68 35 14
6 1930 PHI A 154 102 52 30 13 1934 DET A 154 101 53 30 13 1996 BAL A 162 88 74 30 13
7 1977 PIT N 162 96 66 27 10
8 1940 BOS A 154 82 72 19 10 1982 SF N 162 87 75 19 8 1998 HOU N 162 102 60 19 9
9 1921 STL A 154 81 73 12 2 1959 CHI A 154 94 60 12 3 1987 STL N 162 95 67 12 3
Six teams won twelve times when trailing in the ninth inning. I've shown the three with the fewest losses.
And the fewest:
Overall CFB Overall CFB Overall CFB
INN Year Team G W L W L Year Team G W L W L Year Team G W L W L
1 1916 PHI A 153 36 117 8 44
2 1916 PHI A 153 36 117 8 36
3 1916 PHI A 153 36 117 8 31
4 1916 PHI A 153 36 117 7 27 1919 WAS A 140 56 84 7 26
5 1919 WAS A 140 56 84 4 23
6 1919 WAS A 140 56 84 3 19
7 1919 WAS A 140 56 84 2 15 1981 NY A 107 59 48 2 7
8 1919 WAS A 140 56 84 0 11
9 1996 TEX A 162 90 72 0 11 1920 WAS A 152 68 84 0 8 1969 MON N 162 52 110 0 8
Twenty-six teams failed to win a game all season in which they trailed in the ninth inning. I've shown the three with the most losses.
On July 19, 1918, the Senators scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the White Sox 6-5. They would not win another game in which they trailed in the ninth inning until June 1, 1921.
The most of these losses:
Overall CFB Overall CFB
INN Year Team G W L W L Year Team G W L W L
1 1998 FLA N 162 54 108 30 66
2 1962 NY N 160 40 120 22 61
3 1962 NY N 160 40 120 22 53 1998 FLA N 162 54 108 24 53
4 1998 FLA N 162 54 108 23 48
5 2003 CLE A 162 68 94 18 41
6 1973 ATL N 161 76 85 21 35
7 1973 MIL A 162 74 88 12 31
8 1973 MIL A 162 74 88 8 23
9 1991 CHI N 160 77 83 6 14
And the fewest:
Overall CFB Overall CFB Overall CFB
INN Year Team G W L W L Year Team G W L W L Year Team G W L W L
1 1918 CHI N 129 84 45 38 12
2 1918 CHI N 129 84 45 36 12 1981 HOU N 110 61 49 18 12
3 1918 CHI N 129 84 45 30 11 1981 HOU N 110 61 49 16 11
4 1918 CHI N 129 84 45 23 10 1960 STL N 154 86 68 36 10
5 1985 SEA A 162 74 88 18 6 2006 MIN A 162 96 66 28 6
6 1985 SEA A 162 74 88 17 5 1990 OAK A 162 103 59 19 5
7 1954 CLE A 154 111 43 20 3 1952 BRO N 153 96 57 19 3 * - happened four times, these had the most wins
8 2006 MIN A 162 96 66 15 1 * - happened ten times, this had the most wins
9 1995 CLE A 144 100 44 11 0 1954 CLE A 154 111 43 8 0 1967 WAS A 161 76 85 8 0
Twenty-six teams failed to lose a game all season in which they led in the ninth inning. I've shown the three with the most wins.
The most consecutive wins:
INN G Year Team Start End Year Team Start End 1-2 8 1930 WAS A 4-20 4-29 2008 CHI N 5-27 6- 3 3-4 7 1965 PIT N 5-22 5-29 1986 CLE A 4-27 5- 5 5 5 2004 SEA A 8-27 8-31 2011 COL N 4-10 4-14 * - happened fifteen times, these are the last two 6 5 1997 SF N 4-14 4-19 1998 TOR A 8- 8 8-13 * - happened four times, these are the last two 7 5 1998 TOR A 8- 8 8-13 8 4 1986 CLE A 5- 2 5- 5 2006 WAS N 8-31 9- 3 * - happened five times, these are the last two 9 3 1998 DET A 9-17 9-19 2009 FLA N 4-17 4-19 * - happened nine times, these are the last two
And losses:
INN G Year Team Start End Year Team Start End 1 9 1949 BOS N 9- 2 9- 8 2 7 1999 ANA A 8-24 8-31 2004 PIT N 6- 7 6-15 * - happened seven times, these are the last two 3 7 1999 ANA A 8-24 8-31 2004 PIT N 6- 7 6-15 * - happened five times, these are the last two 4 7 1939 PIT N 8- 9 8-16(1) 5 6 1926 BOS N 6-23(1) 6-28 1932 PHI N 8- 6(1) 8-10 6 5 1957 BAL A 5-11 5-17 2009 HOU N 9-14 9-19 * - happened four times, these are the last two 7 5 1933 CIN N 7-27 7-30(2) 8 4 1978 SF N 6- 5 6- 9 2008 COL N 4-20 4-23 9 3 2002 TB A 5- 2 5- 4 2009 WAS N 4-17 4-19 * - happened ten times, these are the last two
The 2009 Marlins and Nationals played each other from April 17th to 19th.
Have you ever looked at a strange batting line and wondered if it was unique in baseball history? For example, on August 25, 2011, Curtis Granderson had two hits in four at-bats, scored four runs and drove in five. So his line in the box score looked as follows:
AB R H RBI1
Granderson 4 4 2 5
Was this the first time a line like that had appeared in a major league box score? Well, no. As it turns out, two other players had that line before Granderson, Ron Fairly in 1964 and Devon White in 1998. But there are plenty of others that are unique.
Between the beginning of 1920 (when the RBI became an official statistic) and the end of 2011, there have been 1314 different batting lines. The most common? Well, here are the ten most popular:
# AB R H RBI
431834 0 0 0 0 - note: this doesn't include pitchers who didn't bat due to the DH
364254 1 0 0 0
311768 4 0 0 0
284305 3 0 0 0
225274 4 0 1 0
170275 2 0 0 0
136073 3 0 1 0
109006 4 1 1 0
69407 3 1 1 0
65800 4 0 1 1
To give you some idea of their frequency, there were 156,229 games from 1920 to 2011 and 3,742,416 total lines. That works out to around 24 per game. So the 0-0-0-0 line appeared nearly three times a game, 1-0-0-0 close to two and a third, and so on. The top ten lines occurred 2,167,996 times, or 57.9 per cent of the total.
245 of the batting lines (or 0.0065 per cent) have occurred exactly once. Of course, this could change every year. Prior to 2011, there were 244 unique lines. During the year, there were two new additions:
Player Date AB R H RBI Nelson Cruz 7-22 4 1 4 8 Ronny Paulino 5- 1 7 0 5 1
And one previously unique line was duplicated:
Player Date AB R H RBI Matched By Date Jack Fournier 8-11-1920 7 4 5 1 Corey Patterson 5-28-2011
Before it fell off the list, Fournier's was the third oldest unique batting line. The two oldest occurred in the longest game in major league history, on May 1, 1920:
AB R H RBI
Charlie Pick 11 0 0 0
Tony Boeckel 11 0 3 1
As you may have guessed, the longer a game goes, the easier it is to produce a unique batting line. Here's the breakdown by inning:
INN Unique TotG TotG/Unique 5-8 0 1246 - 9 128 140450 1097.3 10-13 20 13175 693.4 14-17 32 1238 38.7 18+ 65 120 1.8
Seven games have produced three or more unique batting lines. The top game shouldn't be a surprise. Actually, most of these games are pretty well known.
# Teams Date INN Players AB R H RBI
10 PHI A at CLE A 7-10-1932 18 Mule Haas 9 3 2 0
Jimmy Dykes 10 2 3 4
Al Simmons 9 4 5 2
Jimmie Foxx 9 4 6 8
Dick Porter 10 3 3 2
Johnny Burnett 11 4 9 2
Earl Averill 9 3 5 4
Joe Vosmik 10 2 2 1
Ed Morgan 11 1 5 4
Bill Cissell 9 1 4 3
6 MIL A at CHI A 5- 8-1984 25 Cecil Cooper 11 1 2 0
Ben Oglivie 10 1 2 4
Rudy Law 11 1 4 1
Carlton Fisk 11 1 3 1
Tom Paciorek 9 1 5 3
Julio Cruz 11 1 1 1
4 NY N at ATL N 7- 4-1985 19 Wally Backman 10 2 4 2
Keith Hernandez 10 3 4 3
Dale Murphy 8 1 1 3
Terry Harper 10 3 5 4
3 NY N at PIT N 6-15-1929 14 Edd Roush 9 3 5 1
Travis Jackson 7 4 4 7
Lloyd Waner 8 2 6 2
3 CHI N at CIN N 8- 9-1942(1) 18 Lou Stringer 7 3 1 0
Clyde McCullough 10 0 2 2
Eddie Joost 9 0 4 4
3 NY A at DET A 6-24-1962 22 Bobby Richardson 11 2 3 0
Purnal Goldy 10 1 1 3
Rocky Colavito 10 1 7 1
3 SD N at MON N 5-21-1977 21 Mike Champion 9 0 1 2
Dave Cash 11 1 4 2
Pete Mackanin 10 1 3 0
That game from 1932 produced more entries than any other single year. The second biggest year, with nine, was 1977. In addition to the three listed above, here are the others from 1977:
Player Date AB R H RBI George Foster 4-25 4 5 4 7 * Garry Templeton 4-27 7 5 3 1 * Jim Spencer 5-14 3 2 3 8 * Joe Morgan 6-30 2 5 0 0 * Gene Richards 7-26(2) 7 1 6 0 Bill Buckner 7-28 8 2 2 5 * - a regulation game
Only three regulation games have produced more than a single unique batting line:
# Teams Date Players AB R H RBI
2 BRO N at NY N 4-30-1944(1) Mel Ott 2 6 2 1
Phil Weintraub 5 5 4 11
2 CHI N at BOS N 7- 3-1945 Don Johnson 7 5 5 4
Phil Cavarretta 7 5 5 5
2 PIT N at CHI N 9-16-1975 Rennie Stennett 7 5 7 2
Richie Hebner 7 3 2 3
So what player has produced the most unique batting lines? Well, Babe Ruth never had one. But his most famous teammate is the only player with more than two to his credit:
Player Date AB R H RBI
Lou Gehrig 6-12-1928 4 5 4 5 *
7-31-1930 3 3 3 8 *
9- 9-1932(1) 6 2 2 8
* - a regulation game
Surprisingly, his four-homer game did not produce a unique line. He was the first with the 6-4-4-6 mark that he produced in that game, but it has been done seven times since. The second player to do it? Babe Dahlgren, on August 12, 1939.
He had one other line that was unique for nearly fifty years. His 3-4-2-5 line on July 7, 1935 would not be duplicated until Mike Schmidt matched it on August 8. 1983.
Thirteen other players have two unique batting lines.
Player Date AB R H RBI
Don Baylor 8-25-1979 7 3 3 8 *
4-13-1982 9 2 5 1
Barry Bonds 8- 7-1996 1 3 1 4 *
4-18-2000 2 5 1 2 *
Jose Cardenal 5-31-1966 8 1 5 3
5- 2-1976(1) 7 2 6 4
Rocky Colavito 5-15-1957 8 3 2 3
6-24-1962 10 1 7 1
Johnny Damon 8-10-1996 6 1 2 7 *
4-29-2006 5 5 3 3 *
Jimmie Foxx 7-10-1932 9 4 6 8
8-14-1933 5 1 4 9 *
David Ortiz 7- 3-2000 0 0 0 3 *
7-15-2005 6 2 1 5 *
Mel Ott 8- 4-1934(2) 4 6 4 4 *
4-30-1944(1) 2 6 2 1 *
Joe Pepitone 4-16-1967 9 0 4 3
8-15-1967 7 1 2 5
Pete Rose 9-12-1967 6 4 2 4 *
5-17-1979 7 4 3 4
Al Simmons 9- 4-1930 8 1 4 6
7-10-1932 9 4 5 2
Mickey Tettleton 6-27-1989 2 4 1 4 *
4-19-1996 2 3 0 2 *
Lloyd Waner 6-15-1929 8 2 6 2
5-15-1935 6 5 3 0 *
* - a regulation game
Joe Pepitone is the only player with more than one in a single season.
How many pitchers have produced a unique batting line? Only one. My guess would have been Tony Cloninger, who had a 5-2-3-9 line when he hit two grand-slam home runs for the Braves in 1966, but I would have been wrong. Carlos Delgado removed Cloninger from this club when he duplicated his performance on June 27, 2008. Well, he hit only one grand slam instead of two, but his line was the same. The only pitcher left after that was Ellis Kinder who put up a 4-2-1-6 line on August 6, 1950. He hit the only home run of his career in that game, a grand-slam, and those six RBIs were four more than his next best game.
Here are some other pitchers who spent some time in the club:
Player Date AB R H RBI Matched By Date George Uhle 9-24-1921 0 3 0 1 Max Bishop 4-29-1929 Jack Quinn 9-21-1922 1 3 1 3 Tommy Harper 9- 7-1972 George Uhle 5-24-1929 9 1 4 0 Paul Casanova 8- 9-1967 Hank Johnson 8- 1-1928 5 0 5 1 Pinky Higgins 7-25-1934 Bill McCahan 8-10-1948(2) 4 0 1 5 Scott Cooper 7- 1-1995 Blue Moon Odom 5- 4-1969(2) 3 1 3 6 Tim Laudner 7- 3-1985 Robert Person 6- 2-2002 3 3 2 7 John Olerud 8- 2-2003
A few other tidbits and then I'll stop. The 6-4-5-7 line has occurred twice, less than a year apart in 1937 and 1938, both times by Bob Johnson, and both times he hit one double and two home runs. Cap Peterson had a 9-2-4-3 line in a twenty-two inning game on June 12, 1967. Less than two months later, teammate Frank Howard duplicated that feat, this time in twenty innings. That has not been done before or since.
Since 1920, the 5-5-5-5 line has appeared five times, the first in 1921 and the last in 1977. Here they are:
Player Date Earl Sheely 9- 9-1921 Bibb Falk 5-11-1930 Al Simmons 6-23-1930(2) Larry Parrish 5-29-1977 Steve Garvey 8-28-1977
The complete data associated with this article is here.
For a somewhat different look at this topic (she looks at starters and covers the zero, one and two at-bat batting lines), please see the three articles by Diane Firstman: zero at-bats, one at-bat, and two at-bats.
1Yes, I know that modern box scores now list a host of other statistics, and that older box scores didn't list RBIs, but included putouts and assists instead. Still, the kind of box scores I grew up with (and we're talking about the 1960s and 1970s) displayed at-bats, runs, hits and RBIs, and so that's what I'll be talking about.
While researching a biography for SABR's BioProject, Dan Levitt asked me if I knew which pitcher had allowed the fewest hits over a 150 at-bat span. Well thanks to Retrosheet, determining this since 1950 was easy, since their collection of play-by-play data (some of it deduced) is complete for the last 64 years.
So without further ado, here are the toughest pitchers to hit over any stretch of 150 at-bats since the start of the 1950 season:
Player H 2B 3B HR SO AVG SLG Start INN End INN Johan Santana 12 2 0 5 64 .080 .193 2004- 7- 6 1 2004- 8- 7 2 Ewell Blackwell 14 0 0 1 34 .093 .113 1950- 8-28 5 1950- 9-20(1) 7 Bob Turley 14 0 0 2 54 .093 .133 1955- 4-21 4 1955- 5-15(2) 6 Andy Messersmith 14 4 0 0 47 .093 .120 1968- 7-13 4 1968- 9- 6 6 Nolan Ryan 14 1 1 1 53 .093 .133 1974- 9-11 6 1975- 4- 7 7 Craig Kimbrel 14 0 0 3 85 .093 .153 2012- 5- 4 11 2012- 9-17 9 Whitey Ford 15 2 0 2 24 .100 .153 1955- 8-14(1) 5 1955- 9-11(2) 1 Billy Pierce 15 3 1 0 32 .100 .133 1957- 5-16 8 1957- 6- 8 7 Jim Maloney 15 3 0 1 48 .100 .140 1964- 9- 6 6 1965- 4-27 3 Nolan Ryan 15 0 0 2 53 .100 .140 1973- 8-29 1 1973- 9-23 2 Nolan Ryan 15 2 0 1 53 .100 .133 1976- 9-15 6 1977- 4-11 4 J.R. Richard 15 4 0 0 62 .100 .127 1979- 9-25 7 1980- 4-30 6 Mario Soto 15 3 0 5 37 .100 .220 1984- 5- 7 3 1984- 6-11 7 Teddy Higuera 15 3 1 0 40 .100 .133 1987- 8-10 7 1987- 9- 6 8 Mark Langston 15 2 0 1 41 .100 .133 1988- 8-29 4 1988- 9-29 1 Dave Stieb 15 3 0 0 28 .100 .120 1988- 9-18 1 1989- 4-21 4 Jeff Zimmerman 15 5 0 1 43 .100 .153 1999- 4-13 8 1999- 7- 2 8 Armando Benitez 15 1 0 4 42 .100 .187 2004- 5- 4 9 2004- 9-16 9 Kenley Jansen 15 2 0 2 80 .100 .153 2011- 6-18 6 2012- 4-27 9
Note: overlapping streaks have been removed.
My first reaction to this list was that Nolan Ryan was tough to hit, which I suppose is no surprise. My second reaction? All hail Craig Kimbrel and Kenley Jansen! They not only held opponents to a .100 or less batting average, but did it while striking out 85 and 80 respectively. Jansen's poor start in 2011 (he had a 6.43 ERA at the end of May) disguised to some extent his phenomenal finish that year. Here are his splits before and after the end of May:
G GF SV IP H HR R ER BB SO W L ERA
Apr-May 20 6 1 21 20 3 15 15 14 35 1 1 6.43
June+ 31 7 4 32.2 10 0 2 2 12 61 1 0 0.55
Johan Santana's streak was part of a more prominent fantastic finish in 2004 (one that won him the Cy Young Award). His splits up to and after his first start that June:
G GS CG SHO IP H HR R ER BB SO W L ERA
<=June 3 12 12 0 0 68.2 76 12 44 42 23 61 2 4 5.50
> June 3 22 22 1 1 159.1 80 12 26 24 31 204 18 2 1.36
Dave Stieb lost two consecutive no-hitters with two outs in the ninth during his hot run, had another one-hitter for good measure, but it also included a game in which he gave up four hits and three walks before leaving with only one out in the top of the first inning.
And finally, it occurred to me that there is hard to hit and then there is hard to hit. While it was incredibly difficult to hit a single against Johan Santana during the period referenced at the top of the list above, it wasn't any more difficult to take him deep. So I thought it might be interesting to look at the pitchers that held opposing hitters to the lowest slugging percentage over 150 at-bats. Here's what I found:
Player H 2B 3B HR SO AVG SLG Start INN End INN Ewell Blackwell 14 0 0 1 34 .093 .113 1950- 8-28 5 1950- 9-20(1) 7 Mickey Lolich 17 1 0 0 50 .113 .120 1964- 8-12 6 1964- 9- 9 7 Andy Messersmith 14 4 0 0 47 .093 .120 1968- 7-13 4 1968- 9- 6 6 Mike Marshall 17 1 0 0 44 .113 .120 1972- 6-20 9 1972- 8-15 9 Nolan Ryan 14 1 0 1 49 .093 .120 1974- 9-15 1 1975- 4-11 3 J.R. Richard 16 2 0 0 68 .107 .120 1979- 9-21 7 1980- 4-25 3 Dave Smith 17 1 0 0 56 .113 .120 1986- 7-28 9 1987- 6-16 9 Dave Stieb 15 3 0 0 28 .100 .120 1988- 9-18 1 1989- 4-21 4 Hideo Nomo 16 2 0 0 57 .107 .120 1995- 6-14 8 1995- 7-20 2 Al Alburquerque 17 1 0 0 68 .113 .120 2011- 4-27 8 2012- 9-20 8 Mike Garcia 18 1 0 0 29 .120 .127 1954- 5-30 1 1954- 6-22 9 Nolan Ryan 16 0 0 1 51 .107 .127 1973- 8-25 6 1973- 9-19(1) 6 Nolan Ryan 15 2 1 0 56 .100 .127 1976- 9-25 4 1977- 4-20 1
Rookie of the Year Hideo Nomo's streak does not include the two scoreless innings he threw during his start in the All-Star game on July 11th.
So what about the pitchers at the other end of the spectrum? Let's start with the bottom of the first list, the pitchers who gave up the most hits over an 150 at-bat stretch.
Player H 2B 3B HR SO AVG SLG Start INN End INN Mark Mulder 73 15 1 14 16 .487 .880 2006- 5-28 4 2007- 9-11 3 Connie Grob 69 16 6 6 10 .460 .767 1956- 6-11(1) 3 1956- 9- 8 8 Livan Hernandez 69 15 1 4 8 .460 .653 2008- 5-17 5 2008- 6-17 5 Nate Minchey 68 13 1 2 20 .453 .593 1993-10- 2 4 1997- 9-25 8 Vern Law 67 13 4 9 11 .447 .767 1954- 6-18 9 1954- 8- 4 6 Rick Waits 67 10 0 5 12 .447 .613 1981- 6- 7 6 1981- 9-11 2 Mike Maroth 67 14 0 10 16 .447 .740 2007- 6-25 8 2007- 9-18 14 Lary Sorensen 66 13 5 2 8 .440 .633 1982- 9- 1 5 1983- 4-20 2 Rick Langford 66 14 1 6 9 .440 .667 1982- 9-27 2 1984- 9- 9 4 John Butcher 66 10 0 4 10 .440 .587 1986- 7- 1 9 1986- 8-14 8 Juan Nieves 66 12 0 7 21 .440 .660 1986- 7-28 4 1986- 9-11 2 Charlie Leibrandt 66 11 4 5 18 .440 .667 1989- 7- 5 2 1989- 9-10 9 Sergio Mitre 66 10 0 2 11 .440 .547 2007- 8-15 5 2009- 7-31 2 George Stone 65 11 3 7 17 .433 .687 1971- 8-21 9 1972- 6- 9 8 Ed Figueroa 65 11 2 2 9 .433 .573 1980- 7- 1 6 1980- 8-23 2 John Doherty 65 14 0 7 9 .433 .667 1994- 5-30 7 1995- 4-28 1 Brian Meadows 65 12 0 6 16 .433 .633 1998- 7-23 3 1998- 9- 9 3 Andrew Miller 65 12 2 5 25 .433 .640 2007- 8- 3 2 2008- 4-29 2 Sean O'Sullivan 65 15 3 9 9 .433 .753 2011- 5-12 3 2013- 7-19 8
And the pitchers giving up the highest slugging percentage:
Player H 2B 3B HR SO AVG SLG Start INN End INN Mark Mulder 73 15 1 14 16 .487 .880 2006- 5-28 4 2007- 9-11 3 Brian Matusz 63 16 0 15 27 .420 .827 2011- 6-18 6 2012- 4- 9 1 Jonathan Sanchez 62 10 6 13 26 .413 .820 2012- 6-30(1) 3 2013- 4-29 5 Jose Lima 57 16 0 16 29 .380 .807 2000- 4-10 1 2000- 5- 7 4 Kameron Loe 59 13 2 15 19 .393 .807 2012- 8-27 6 2013- 9- 4 3 Ed Roebuck 58 9 5 14 11 .387 .793 1955- 7-18 8 1956- 5-18 9 Mark Thompson 59 8 2 16 15 .393 .793 1997- 4- 9 5 1998- 4-19(1) 3 Scott Aldred 58 19 0 13 16 .387 .773 1997- 5-16 4 1998- 6- 3 7 James Baldwin 54 11 3 15 20 .360 .773 2002- 8-11 2 2004- 5-15 1 Vern Law 67 13 4 9 11 .447 .767 1954- 6-18 9 1954- 8- 4 6 Connie Grob 69 16 6 6 10 .460 .767 1956- 6-11(1) 3 1956- 9- 8 8 Brian Anderson 57 10 3 14 24 .380 .767 1995- 8- 6 4 1996- 5-18 1 Carlos Silva 62 12 1 13 9 .413 .767 2006- 4-18 3 2006- 5-21 8 Mike Christopher 55 14 3 13 15 .367 .760 1995- 9-24 6 1996- 5-11 3 Willie Blair 58 11 0 15 21 .387 .760 1999- 4-23 1 1999- 6-12 14 Kris Wilson 58 16 2 12 14 .387 .760 2001- 8-25 2 2002- 9-17 8 David Hernandez 48 8 2 18 32 .320 .760 2009- 8- 6 2 2009- 9-19 2
Only three pitchers (Mulder, Grob and Law) are on both lists.
Rookie Ed Roebuck was terrible in the second half of 1955. Here are his splits before and after July 18th:
G GF SV IP H HR R ER BB SO W L ERA
< July 18 35 23 11 64 56 4 24 17 17 28 5 5 2.39
>=July 18 12 4 1 20 40 10 27 27 7 5 0 1 12.15
Not only was he kept on the World Series roster that fall, but he actually pitched in a game. Sure, the Dodgers were already down 5-1 by the time he took the mound, but it's still a little surprising. What's more, he pitched well, allowing only a single in two innings.
Kameron Loe's more recent stretch of awful pitching was spread over four different teams.
It's a little more difficult doing a similar analysis before 1950, since we only have complete game-level data from 1914 to 1949. So I decided to look at each stretch of games encompassing at least 150 at-bats. Here are the lowest batting averages I found:
Player AB H HR SO AVG Start End Bob Feller 150 14 0 48 .093 1946- 7-21(2) 1946- 8-11(2) Reb Russell 171 16 0 20 .094 1916- 6-18 1916- 7-10(2) J. Vander Meer 178 17 1 35 .096 1938- 5-27 1938- 6-19 Ferdie Schupp 172 17 1 24 .099 1916- 9- 7 1916- 9-28(2) Eddie Plank 154 16 2 17 .104 1916- 7-30(2) 1916- 8-17(1) Red Faber 150 16 0 17 .107 1914- 6-17 1914- 7- 5 Pete Alexander 177 19 2 35 .107 1915- 6-19 1915- 7- 9 Jeff Pfeffer 152 17 1 20 .112 1917- 8-21 1917- 9- 4 Steve Swetonic 152 17 2 12 .112 1932- 4-16 1932- 5-22(1) Fred Anderson 151 17 0 20 .113 1917- 9- 5(1) 1918- 4-20 Claude Hendrix 170 20 0 22 .118 1914- 8-31(2) 1914- 9-15 Claude Hendrix 150 18 1 22 .120 1916- 7-20 1916- 8- 5 Bob Feller 178 22 3 47 .124 1947- 4-22 1947- 5-18 Virgil Trucks 165 21 2 36 .127 1949- 5-29 1949- 6-19(1) Carl Mays 157 20 0 20 .127 1918- 6-12 1918- 6-30 Joe Benz 156 20 0 26 .128 1916- 7-29(2) 1916- 9- 8
This list will no doubt look quite a bit different once we have box score data prior to 1914. Two pitchers, Bob Feller and Claude Hendrix, make two appearances and perhaps the most obscure pitcher on the list is Steve Swetonic, who was the best pitcher in baseball for about a month during the early going of 1932. Here are his splits before and after his three-hitter on May 22nd:
G GS CG SHO IP H HR R ER BB SO W L ERA
<=May 22 7 5 4 3 45 17 2 6 5 16 12 4 1 1.00
> May 22 17 14 7 1 117.2 117 9 51 46 39 27 7 5 3.52
And the easiest pitchers to hit during those years:
Player AB H HR SO AVG Start End Ralph Head 167 78 3 8 .467 1923- 5-27 1923- 7-21(2) Hal Elliott 159 73 0 9 .459 1930- 6-14(1) 1930- 8- 5 Larry Benton 159 72 2 11 .453 1929- 8-25 1930- 5- 7 Snipe Hansen 152 68 4 8 .447 1930- 8-18 1932- 4-20 Benny Frey 167 73 5 6 .437 1935- 5-12 1935- 7- 4(1) Jack Knight 163 71 6 4 .436 1925- 5-30(2) 1925- 8-18(2) Tim McNamara 157 68 4 6 .433 1924- 8-16 1924- 9-10(1) Milt Gaston 157 68 4 13 .433 1928- 7-31 1929- 5- 6 Dewey Metivier 150 65 1 5 .433 1923- 6- 3 1924- 5-17 Jakie May 153 66 3 15 .431 1930- 6- 8(2) 1930- 7-28(2) John Singleton 151 65 5 11 .430 1922- 7-18 1922- 8-23 Harry Smythe 151 65 3 5 .430 1929- 9-16(2) 1930- 5-10 Les Sweetland 151 65 6 5 .430 1930- 5-17 1930- 7-10 Clise Dudley 151 65 1 13 .430 1930- 6- 4 1930- 8-30 Jimmy Zinn 157 67 4 7 .427 1929- 6-30 1929- 7-25 Les Sweetland 162 69 7 6 .426 1930- 8-23 1930- 9-10
As expected, 1930 (and 1929) dominate the list above. There are four entries alone courtesy of the 1930 Phillies: Hal Elliott, Snipe Hansen and two non-overlapping stretches by Les Sweetland.
This all started innocently enough, with Rod Nelson pointing out that Jose Abreu was off to a hot start, having hit ten homers and driven in 31 Runs in his first 26 games. Rod wondered if I could generate a top-five list of HRs, RBIs and a few other metrics through a player's first, say, thirty or fifty games since 1914.
I figured that since Abreu had played 26 games so far, I would look at the leaders through that number of games, and determined that the home run leader was George Scott with 11 and the RBI leader was the immortal Mandy Brooks with 34.
When Peter Bjarkman saw my response, he found my criteria (26 games) unsatisfying and arbitrary. Where do we stop? he asked. Are we going to have separate records for 27, 28 and 29 games as well? It was a perfectly reasonable response, and I'm pretty sure he was figuring that my answer wasn't going to be: why the heck not?
So, in the spirit of the great poet William Blake, who once wrote that the Road of Excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom, I generated the all-time leaders in twelve different statistical categories from their first through their 162nd games.
So without further ado, here is the list. I was tempted to elide the entries where the leaders remained the same with only the totals changing, but figured a) that wouldn't be in the spirit of the rest of the piece, and b) wouldn't allow people to follow Abreu's progress as he attempts to rewrite this list during the upcoming season.
Where there was more than one player tied for the top spot, I have listed the last player to do it and put the total number of players in parentheses following the name. And in order to make the width of the list a little more manageable, I have used only first initials in some cases. So if you want to know, for example, which A. Rodriguez tied for the most at-bats after his first fifteen games in the majors (it was Aurelio), I suggest clicking on the player's name (which will take you to the player's page on Retrosheet's web-site).
Again, this data is only for players whose career began since 1914.
G AB - Player R - Player H - Player 2B - Player 1 7 - Brian Anderson (5) 5 - Eddie Moore 5 - Cecil Travis 3 - Nick Evans (2) 2 13 - Rocco Baldelli 6 - Eddie Moore 7 - Wilson Ramos (4) 4 - Ben Grieve 3 17 - Rocco Baldelli (3) 6 - A. Iwamura (5) 9 - C. Triplett 4 - Alex Avila (5) 4 22 - Rocco Baldelli (3) 8 - Mike Jacobs 10 - Ian Desmond (3) 4 - Ian Desmond (11) 5 27 - Dutch Holland 9 - Jim Gilliam 12 - Junior Lake (8) 5 - C. Dickerson 6 33 - Dutch Holland 10 - Jay Bruce (2) 15 - Bo Hart 5 - Ian Desmond (5) 7 36 - Rocco Baldelli 12 - Jay Bruce 18 - Bo Hart 5 - Josmil Pinto (11) 8 40 - Dutch Holland 12 - Jay Bruce (5) 18 - Bo Hart 7 - C. Gonzalez 9 45 - Bo Hart 13 - Craig Wilson (2) 22 - Bo Hart 7 - C. Gonzalez 10 50 - Bo Hart 15 - Sam Horn 23 - Bo Hart 7 - Daniel Nava (3) 11 54 - Bo Hart (2) 15 - Sam Horn (2) 23 - Bo Hart 8 - C. Gonzalez (2) 12 58 - Bo Hart (2) 16 - Wally Moon (2) 23 - Bo Hart (2) 8 - C. Gonzalez (3) 13 63 - Roy Hughes 16 - Sam Horn (3) 24 - Bo Hart (2) 9 - Joe DiMaggio 14 67 - Jimmy Outlaw (2) 17 - Wally Moon 27 - T. Pendleton 9 - Joe DiMaggio 15 71 - A. Rodriguez (2) 19 - Wally Moon 28 - Bo Hart 9 - Daric Barton (3) 16 76 - Jimmy Outlaw 19 - Wally Moon 30 - Joe DiMaggio 10 - Joe DiMaggio 17 80 - Jimmy Outlaw 20 - Wally Moon (2) 31 - T. Pendleton (2) 10 - Joe DiMaggio 18 85 - Jimmy Outlaw 20 - Sam Horn (5) 33 - Joe DiMaggio 11 - Joe DiMaggio 19 91 - Joe DiMaggio 22 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 36 - Joe DiMaggio 12 - Joe DiMaggio 20 96 - Joe DiMaggio 24 - Joe DiMaggio 37 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 12 - Joe DiMaggio 21 101 - Joe DiMaggio 24 - Joe DiMaggio (3) 39 - Tom Oliver 12 - Joe DiMaggio 22 107 - Joe DiMaggio 25 - Joe DiMaggio (3) 39 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 12 - Joe DiMaggio 23 112 - Joe DiMaggio 28 - Joe DiMaggio 42 - Joe DiMaggio 12 - Gus Zernial (2) 24 116 - Joe DiMaggio 31 - Wally Moon 43 - Joe DiMaggio 12 - Gus Zernial (3) 25 120 - Joe DiMaggio 31 - Wally Moon 46 - Joe DiMaggio 15 - Joe DiMaggio 26 126 - Joe DiMaggio 31 - Wally Moon (2) 48 - Joe DiMaggio 15 - Joe DiMaggio 27 131 - Joe DiMaggio 33 - L. Rosenthal 50 - Joe DiMaggio 16 - Joe DiMaggio 28 136 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - L. Rosenthal 52 - Joe DiMaggio 16 - Joe DiMaggio 29 140 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - L. Rosenthal 53 - Joe DiMaggio 16 - Joe DiMaggio 30 144 - Joe DiMaggio 35 - L. Rosenthal 55 - Joe DiMaggio 16 - Joe DiMaggio 31 148 - Joe DiMaggio 35 - L. Rosenthal 56 - Roy Weatherly 16 - Gus Zernial (2) 32 155 - Joe DiMaggio 35 - L. Rosenthal 56 - Roy Weatherly 16 - Gus Zernial (2) 33 160 - Joe DiMaggio 36 - L. Rosenthal (2) 58 - Joe DiMaggio 16 - Gus Zernial (3) 34 164 - Joe DiMaggio 37 - L. Rosenthal 59 - Roy Weatherly (2) 17 - Gus Zernial (2) 35 169 - Joe DiMaggio 40 - L. Rosenthal 61 - Roy Weatherly 17 - Gus Zernial (2) 36 171 - Joe DiMaggio 40 - L. Rosenthal 63 - Roy Weatherly 17 - Gus Zernial (2) 37 176 - Joe DiMaggio 43 - L. Rosenthal 66 - Roy Weatherly 18 - Roy Weatherly 38 181 - Joe DiMaggio 44 - L. Rosenthal 67 - Roy Weatherly 18 - Roy Weatherly (2) 39 185 - Joe DiMaggio 44 - L. Rosenthal 67 - Roy Weatherly 18 - Roy Weatherly (3) 40 189 - Joe DiMaggio 46 - L. Rosenthal 69 - Ichiro Suzuki (2) 19 - Roy Johnson 41 194 - Joe DiMaggio 46 - L. Rosenthal 72 - Ichiro Suzuki 19 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 42 198 - Joe DiMaggio 46 - L. Rosenthal 72 - Ichiro Suzuki (2) 19 - Roy Weatherly (3) 43 203 - Joe DiMaggio 46 - L. Rosenthal 73 - Ichiro Suzuki (2) 19 - Roy Weatherly (3) 44 208 - Joe DiMaggio 47 - L. Rosenthal 75 - Roy Weatherly 19 - Roy Weatherly (3) 45 213 - Joe DiMaggio 47 - L. Rosenthal 78 - Roy Weatherly 21 - Roy Weatherly 46 219 - Joe DiMaggio 49 - Joe DiMaggio 79 - Roy Weatherly 21 - Roy Weatherly (2) 47 223 - Joe DiMaggio 50 - Joe DiMaggio 81 - Roy Weatherly 23 - Roy Weatherly 48 229 - Joe DiMaggio 52 - Joe DiMaggio 83 - Roy Weatherly 24 - Roy Weatherly 49 234 - Joe DiMaggio 53 - Joe DiMaggio 85 - Roy Weatherly (2) 24 - Roy Weatherly (2) 50 239 - Joe DiMaggio 54 - Joe DiMaggio 87 - Joe DiMaggio 25 - Roy Weatherly 51 244 - Joe DiMaggio 55 - Joe DiMaggio 88 - Joe DiMaggio 25 - Roy Weatherly 52 248 - Joe DiMaggio 57 - Joe DiMaggio 90 - Joe DiMaggio 25 - Roy Weatherly (2) 53 252 - Joe DiMaggio 58 - Joe DiMaggio 90 - Joe DiMaggio 25 - Roy Weatherly (2) 54 257 - Joe DiMaggio 58 - Joe DiMaggio 92 - Joe DiMaggio 26 - Joe DiMaggio 55 262 - Joe DiMaggio 59 - Joe DiMaggio 93 - Joe DiMaggio 26 - Joe DiMaggio 56 267 - Joe DiMaggio 61 - Joe DiMaggio 96 - Joe DiMaggio 27 - Joe DiMaggio 57 271 - Joe DiMaggio 61 - Joe DiMaggio 96 - Joe DiMaggio 27 - Joe DiMaggio 58 275 - Joe DiMaggio 62 - Joe DiMaggio 97 - Joe DiMaggio 27 - Joe DiMaggio 59 280 - Joe DiMaggio 65 - Joe DiMaggio 99 - Joe DiMaggio 27 - Joe DiMaggio 60 284 - Joe DiMaggio 65 - Joe DiMaggio 99 - Joe DiMaggio 27 - Joe DiMaggio 61 288 - Joe DiMaggio 65 - Joe DiMaggio 100 - Joe DiMaggio 27 - Joe DiMaggio 62 292 - Joe DiMaggio 65 - Joe DiMaggio 101 - Joe DiMaggio 27 - Chris Sabo (2) 63 295 - Joe DiMaggio 65 - Joe DiMaggio 101 - Ichiro Suzuki (2) 28 - Chris Sabo (2) 64 300 - Joe DiMaggio 65 - Joe DiMaggio 103 - Ichiro Suzuki 28 - Chris Sabo (2) 65 303 - Joe DiMaggio 67 - Joe DiMaggio 104 - Ichiro Suzuki 29 - Bob Meusel 66 307 - Joe DiMaggio 68 - Joe DiMaggio 107 - Ichiro Suzuki 29 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 67 310 - Joe DiMaggio 69 - Joe DiMaggio 107 - Ichiro Suzuki 30 - Bob Meusel 68 313 - Ichiro Suzuki (2) 69 - Joe DiMaggio 109 - Ichiro Suzuki 30 - Bob Meusel 69 318 - Ichiro Suzuki 72 - Joe DiMaggio 111 - Ichiro Suzuki 31 - Joe DiMaggio 70 323 - Ichiro Suzuki 73 - Joe DiMaggio 114 - Ichiro Suzuki 32 - Joe DiMaggio 71 327 - Ichiro Suzuki 73 - Joe DiMaggio 116 - Ichiro Suzuki 32 - Joe DiMaggio 72 332 - Ichiro Suzuki 74 - Joe DiMaggio 116 - Ichiro Suzuki 32 - Joe DiMaggio 73 336 - Ichiro Suzuki 76 - Joe DiMaggio 118 - Ichiro Suzuki 32 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 74 341 - Ichiro Suzuki 78 - Joe DiMaggio 119 - Ichiro Suzuki 32 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 75 345 - Ichiro Suzuki 78 - Joe DiMaggio 120 - Ichiro Suzuki 32 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 76 350 - Ichiro Suzuki 81 - Joe DiMaggio 122 - Ichiro Suzuki 32 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 77 355 - Ichiro Suzuki 81 - Joe DiMaggio 124 - Ichiro Suzuki 32 - Chris Sabo (3) 78 359 - Ichiro Suzuki 81 - Joe DiMaggio 124 - Ichiro Suzuki 32 - Chris Sabo (3) 79 361 - Ichiro Suzuki (2) 84 - Joe DiMaggio 125 - Ichiro Suzuki 33 - Bob Meusel 80 367 - Joe DiMaggio 87 - Joe DiMaggio 128 - Ichiro Suzuki 33 - Bob Meusel 81 372 - Joe DiMaggio 87 - Joe DiMaggio 129 - Ichiro Suzuki 34 - Bob Meusel 82 378 - Joe DiMaggio 88 - Joe DiMaggio 129 - Ichiro Suzuki (2) 34 - Bob Meusel 83 383 - Joe DiMaggio 88 - Joe DiMaggio 132 - Ichiro Suzuki 34 - Bob Meusel 84 391 - Joe DiMaggio 89 - Joe DiMaggio 133 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - Bob Meusel 85 395 - Joe DiMaggio 90 - Joe DiMaggio 134 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - Bob Meusel 86 400 - Joe DiMaggio 92 - Joe DiMaggio 136 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - Roy Johnson (2) 87 404 - Joe DiMaggio 92 - Joe DiMaggio 136 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - Roy Johnson (2) 88 409 - Joe DiMaggio 93 - Joe DiMaggio 137 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - Roy Johnson (2) 89 413 - Joe DiMaggio 94 - Joe DiMaggio 139 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - Roy Johnson (2) 90 417 - Joe DiMaggio 94 - Joe DiMaggio 140 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - Roy Johnson (2) 91 421 - Joe DiMaggio 94 - Joe DiMaggio 141 - Joe DiMaggio 34 - Brad Fullmer (4) 92 425 - Joe DiMaggio 94 - Joe DiMaggio 143 - Joe DiMaggio 35 - Brad Fullmer (2) 93 430 - Joe DiMaggio 94 - Joe DiMaggio 143 - Joe DiMaggio 35 - Brad Fullmer (3) 94 434 - Joe DiMaggio 95 - Joe DiMaggio 143 - Joe DiMaggio 36 - Brad Fullmer (2) 95 439 - Joe DiMaggio 96 - Joe DiMaggio 146 - Joe DiMaggio 36 - Brad Fullmer (3) 96 443 - Joe DiMaggio 96 - Joe DiMaggio 147 - Joe DiMaggio 36 - Brad Fullmer (3) 97 448 - Joe DiMaggio 98 - Joe DiMaggio 150 - Joe DiMaggio 36 - Brad Fullmer (3) 98 453 - Joe DiMaggio 98 - Joe DiMaggio 150 - Joe DiMaggio 36 - Brad Fullmer (4) 99 458 - Joe DiMaggio 100 - Joe DiMaggio 153 - Joe DiMaggio 36 - Brad Fullmer (4) 100 461 - Joe DiMaggio 100 - Joe DiMaggio 153 - Joe DiMaggio 37 - J. Frederick 101 467 - Joe DiMaggio 100 - Joe DiMaggio 154 - Joe DiMaggio 37 - J. Frederick 102 471 - Joe DiMaggio 101 - Joe DiMaggio 156 - Joe DiMaggio 37 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 103 476 - Joe DiMaggio 102 - Joe DiMaggio 158 - Joe DiMaggio 38 - J. Frederick 104 482 - Joe DiMaggio 105 - Joe DiMaggio 163 - Joe DiMaggio 38 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 105 486 - Joe DiMaggio 105 - Joe DiMaggio 165 - Joe DiMaggio 39 - Joe DiMaggio 106 490 - Joe DiMaggio 107 - Joe DiMaggio 168 - Joe DiMaggio 39 - Joe DiMaggio 107 495 - Joe DiMaggio 108 - Joe DiMaggio 169 - Joe DiMaggio 39 - Joe DiMaggio 108 500 - Joe DiMaggio 109 - Joe DiMaggio 171 - Joe DiMaggio 40 - J. Frederick 109 504 - Joe DiMaggio 109 - Joe DiMaggio 171 - Joe DiMaggio 40 - J. Frederick 110 509 - Joe DiMaggio 109 - Joe DiMaggio 174 - Joe DiMaggio 40 - J. Frederick 111 512 - Joe DiMaggio 110 - Joe DiMaggio 175 - Joe DiMaggio 40 - J. Frederick 112 516 - Joe DiMaggio 111 - Joe DiMaggio 177 - Joe DiMaggio 41 - J. Frederick 113 521 - Joe DiMaggio 111 - Joe DiMaggio 177 - Joe DiMaggio 41 - J. Frederick 114 525 - Joe DiMaggio 111 - Joe DiMaggio 178 - Joe DiMaggio 41 - J. Frederick 115 529 - Joe DiMaggio 112 - Joe DiMaggio 178 - Joe DiMaggio 41 - J. Frederick 116 533 - Joe DiMaggio 112 - Joe DiMaggio 178 - Joe DiMaggio 42 - J. Frederick 117 539 - Joe DiMaggio 115 - Joe DiMaggio 181 - Joe DiMaggio 42 - J. Frederick 118 544 - Joe DiMaggio 115 - Joe DiMaggio 183 - Joe DiMaggio 44 - J. Frederick 119 548 - Joe DiMaggio 115 - Joe DiMaggio 183 - Ichiro Suzuki (2) 44 - J. Frederick 120 552 - Joe DiMaggio 115 - Joe DiMaggio 185 - Ichiro Suzuki 44 - J. Frederick 121 556 - Joe DiMaggio 115 - Joe DiMaggio 186 - Ichiro Suzuki 44 - J. Frederick 122 561 - Joe DiMaggio 116 - Joe DiMaggio 187 - Ichiro Suzuki 46 - J. Frederick 123 565 - Joe DiMaggio 118 - Joe DiMaggio 188 - Ichiro Suzuki 46 - J. Frederick 124 570 - Joe DiMaggio 118 - Joe DiMaggio 189 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 125 576 - Joe DiMaggio 118 - Joe DiMaggio 192 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 126 580 - Joe DiMaggio 119 - Joe DiMaggio 195 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 127 584 - Joe DiMaggio 121 - Joe DiMaggio 198 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 128 589 - Joe DiMaggio 124 - Joe DiMaggio 198 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 129 595 - Joe DiMaggio 127 - Joe DiMaggio 200 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 130 600 - Joe DiMaggio 127 - Joe DiMaggio 202 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 131 604 - Joe DiMaggio 127 - Joe DiMaggio 204 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 132 608 - Joe DiMaggio 127 - Joe DiMaggio 205 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 133 613 - Joe DiMaggio 129 - Joe DiMaggio 208 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - J. Frederick 134 618 - Joe DiMaggio 131 - Joe DiMaggio 209 - Ichiro Suzuki 47 - Ryan Zimmerman (2) 135 621 - Joe DiMaggio 132 - Joe DiMaggio 211 - Ichiro Suzuki 48 - J. Frederick 136 627 - Joe DiMaggio 132 - Joe DiMaggio 211 - Ichiro Suzuki 49 - J. Frederick 137 632 - Joe DiMaggio 132 - Joe DiMaggio 212 - Ichiro Suzuki 49 - J. Frederick 138 637 - Joe DiMaggio 132 - Joe DiMaggio 215 - Ichiro Suzuki 49 - J. Frederick 139 638 - Joe DiMaggio 132 - Joe DiMaggio 217 - Ichiro Suzuki 49 - J. Frederick 140 642 - Joe DiMaggio 134 - Joe DiMaggio 217 - Ichiro Suzuki 49 - J. Frederick 141 645 - Joe DiMaggio 135 - Joe DiMaggio 217 - Ichiro Suzuki 50 - J. Frederick 142 650 - Joe DiMaggio 136 - Joe DiMaggio 220 - Ichiro Suzuki 51 - J. Frederick 143 654 - Joe DiMaggio 136 - Joe DiMaggio 221 - Ichiro Suzuki 51 - J. Frederick 144 659 - Joe DiMaggio 136 - Joe DiMaggio 221 - Ichiro Suzuki 51 - J. Frederick 145 663 - Joe DiMaggio 138 - Joe DiMaggio 222 - Ichiro Suzuki 51 - J. Frederick 146 666 - Joe DiMaggio 138 - Joe DiMaggio 224 - Ichiro Suzuki 51 - J. Frederick 147 670 - Joe DiMaggio 139 - Joe DiMaggio 225 - Ichiro Suzuki 52 - J. Frederick 148 674 - Joe DiMaggio 141 - Joe DiMaggio 227 - Ichiro Suzuki 52 - J. Frederick 149 678 - Joe DiMaggio 141 - Joe DiMaggio 229 - Ichiro Suzuki 52 - J. Frederick 150 682 - Joe DiMaggio 141 - Joe DiMaggio 231 - Ichiro Suzuki 52 - J. Frederick 151 686 - Joe DiMaggio 142 - Joe DiMaggio 233 - Ichiro Suzuki 53 - J. Frederick 152 691 - Joe DiMaggio 144 - Joe DiMaggio 234 - Ichiro Suzuki 54 - J. Frederick 153 694 - Joe DiMaggio 144 - Joe DiMaggio 235 - Ichiro Suzuki 54 - J. Frederick 154 698 - Joe DiMaggio 144 - Joe DiMaggio 239 - Ichiro Suzuki 54 - J. Frederick 155 702 - Joe DiMaggio 144 - Joe DiMaggio 240 - Ichiro Suzuki 54 - J. Frederick 156 708 - Joe DiMaggio 145 - Joe DiMaggio 241 - Ichiro Suzuki 54 - J. Frederick 157 713 - Joe DiMaggio 147 - Joe DiMaggio 242 - Ichiro Suzuki 54 - J. Frederick 158 718 - Joe DiMaggio 148 - Joe DiMaggio 245 - Ichiro Suzuki 54 - J. Frederick 159 722 - Joe DiMaggio 151 - Joe DiMaggio 246 - Ichiro Suzuki 55 - J. Frederick 160 726 - Joe DiMaggio 152 - Joe DiMaggio 247 - Ichiro Suzuki 55 - J. Frederick 161 731 - Joe DiMaggio 152 - Joe DiMaggio 247 - Ichiro Suzuki 55 - J. Frederick 162 736 - Joe DiMaggio 154 - Joe DiMaggio 248 - Ichiro Suzuki 55 - Lou Boudreau (2) G AB - Player R - Player H - Player 2B - Player
Most of DiMaggio's games above (138) were with the 1936 Yankees, where his 132 runs scored was only the third highest on the team. He tops all four lists above through 107 games, but he slumped down the stretch in his rookie season, posting a .636 OPS in September. And Coaker Triplett is the only player since at least 1914 to collect nine hits in his first three games, but he would go hitless for the next three weeks and would end his season with just those nine hits.
G 3B - Player HR - Player RBI - Player BB - Player 1 2 - John Sipin (3) 2 - J.P. Arencibia (4) 6 - Starlin Castro 4 - Milt Galatzer (2) 2 2 - Dan Rohn (7) 3 - Joe Cunningham 9 - Joe Cunningham 5 - B. Estalella 3 2 - Gerardo Parra (21) 3 - Joe Cunningham 9 - Joe Cunningham 5 - T. d'Arnaud (13) 4 3 - Mike Gates (4) 4 - Mike Jacobs 9 - Yasiel Puig (8) 7 - Kazuo Matsui (2) 5 3 - Adam Piatt (6) 4 - Yasiel Puig (2) 10 - Yasiel Puig (3) 7 - Kazuo Matsui (9) 6 3 - Adam Piatt (7) 4 - Yasiel Puig (5) 13 - Dale Alexander 10 - Earle Brucker 7 3 - Jemile Weeks (12) 5 - Mark Quinn 14 - Dale Alexander 11 - Earle Brucker 8 3 - Jemile Weeks (17) 5 - Shelley Duncan (3) 15 - Mitchell Page 13 - Earle Brucker 9 4 - Carlos Bernier 5 - T. Teagarden (7) 15 - Mitchell Page 14 - Earle Brucker 10 4 - Carlos Bernier (2) 6 - Dino Restelli 16 - Mandy Brooks 14 - Earle Brucker 11 4 - Carlos Bernier (3) 6 - Carlos Delgado (2) 19 - Mandy Brooks 14 - Tony Bernazard (3) 12 4 - Carlos Bernier (3) 7 - Dino Restelli 19 - Jim Greengrass (2) 15 - L. Rosenthal (2) 13 4 - Carlos Bernier (3) 7 - Carlos Delgado (2) 21 - Jim Greengrass 16 - B. Estalella 14 4 - Jeff Stone (4) 7 - Carlos Delgado (2) 21 - Jim Greengrass 17 - B. Estalella 15 5 - Johnny Rizzo 8 - Carlos Delgado 24 - Mandy Brooks 17 - Jim Gilliam (3) 16 5 - Jeff Stone (2) 8 - Carlos Delgado 24 - Mandy Brooks 18 - Jim Gilliam (3) 17 5 - A. McCutchen (3) 8 - Carlos Delgado 27 - Mandy Brooks 20 - Jim Gilliam (2) 18 5 - A. McCutchen (6) 9 - George Scott 27 - Mandy Brooks 20 - Jim Gilliam (2) 19 6 - Jeff Heath 9 - George Scott 28 - Mandy Brooks 20 - Quilvio Veras (3) 20 6 - Jeff Heath 9 - Alvin Davis (2) 28 - Mandy Brooks 22 - L. Rosenthal 21 7 - Jeff Heath 10 - George Scott 30 - Mandy Brooks 23 - L. Rosenthal 22 7 - Jeff Heath 10 - George Scott 31 - Mandy Brooks 23 - Jim Gilliam (2) 23 7 - Jeff Heath 10 - George Scott 33 - Mandy Brooks 24 - Jim Gilliam 24 7 - Jeff Heath 10 - George Scott 34 - Mandy Brooks 24 - Jim Gilliam 25 7 - Jeff Heath 10 - Chris Davis (4) 34 - Mandy Brooks 24 - Jim Gilliam (3) 26 7 - Jeff Heath 11 - George Scott 34 - Mandy Brooks 25 - L. Rosenthal 27 7 - Jeff Heath (2) 11 - George Scott 34 - Mandy Brooks 26 - L. Rosenthal 28 7 - Chet Ross (3) 11 - George Scott 34 - Mandy Brooks 26 - Jim Gilliam (2) 29 7 - Chet Ross (3) 11 - Kevin Maas (2) 34 - Mandy Brooks 27 - Ferris Fain 30 7 - Chet Ross (3) 12 - Kevin Maas 34 - Albert Pujols (2) 30 - Ferris Fain 31 7 - Chet Ross (3) 12 - Kevin Maas (2) 35 - Albert Pujols 30 - Ferris Fain 32 7 - Chet Ross (3) 12 - Mike Jacobs (3) 36 - Ted Williams 30 - Ferris Fain (2) 33 7 - Chet Ross (4) 12 - Mike Jacobs (5) 37 - Ted Williams (3) 30 - Carlos Santana (3) 34 7 - Chet Ross (5) 13 - Mike Jacobs (3) 37 - Albert Pujols (4) 31 - Carlos Santana (3) 35 8 - Hack Wilson 13 - Mike Jacobs (4) 39 - Albert Pujols 32 - Carlos Santana (2) 36 8 - Hack Wilson 15 - Wally Joyner 42 - Albert Pujols 33 - Johnny Schulte 37 8 - Jeff Heath (2) 15 - Wally Joyner 43 - Albert Pujols 35 - Johnny Schulte 38 8 - Jeff Heath (3) 15 - Wally Joyner (2) 44 - Albert Pujols 35 - Johnny Schulte 39 8 - Jeff Heath (3) 15 - Wally Joyner (2) 44 - Albert Pujols 36 - Johnny Schulte 40 8 - Jeff Heath (3) 15 - Wally Joyner (2) 44 - Albert Pujols (2) 36 - Johnny Schulte 41 8 - Jeff Heath (3) 16 - Wally Berger 45 - Joe DiMaggio 36 - Bernie Carbo (3) 42 8 - Jeff Heath (3) 17 - Wally Berger 45 - Joe DiMaggio 39 - Bernie Carbo 43 8 - Jeff Heath (4) 17 - Wally Berger 47 - Joe DiMaggio 39 - Bernie Carbo (2) 44 8 - Chet Ross (5) 17 - Wally Berger 47 - Ted Williams (2) 40 - Johnny Schulte 45 9 - Braggo Roth 17 - Wally Berger 47 - Ted Williams (2) 41 - Johnny Schulte 46 9 - Braggo Roth 17 - Wally Berger 52 - Joe DiMaggio 41 - Johnny Schulte 47 9 - Jeff Heath (2) 18 - Wally Berger 53 - Walt Dropo (2) 41 - Johnny Schulte 48 9 - Jeff Heath (2) 18 - Wally Berger 54 - Joe DiMaggio 41 - Johnny Schulte 49 9 - Jeff Heath (2) 18 - Wally Berger 57 - Walt Dropo 42 - Bernie Carbo 50 9 - Jeff Heath (2) 18 - Wally Berger 57 - Walt Dropo 42 - Bernie Carbo 51 10 - Braggo Roth 20 - Wally Berger 58 - Walt Dropo 42 - Bernie Carbo 52 11 - Braggo Roth 20 - Wally Berger 58 - Walt Dropo 43 - Bernie Carbo 53 11 - Braggo Roth 20 - Wally Berger 58 - Walt Dropo 43 - Bernie Carbo 54 11 - Braggo Roth 20 - Wally Berger 60 - Joe DiMaggio 45 - Don Hurst 55 11 - Braggo Roth 21 - Wally Berger 60 - Joe DiMaggio 45 - Bernie Carbo (2) 56 11 - Braggo Roth 22 - Wally Berger 62 - Joe DiMaggio 46 - Bernie Carbo 57 11 - Jeff Heath (2) 22 - Wally Berger 62 - Joe DiMaggio 46 - Bernie Carbo (2) 58 12 - Jeff Heath 22 - Wally Berger 63 - Joe DiMaggio 48 - Don Hurst 59 12 - Jeff Heath 22 - Wally Berger 65 - Joe DiMaggio 48 - Don Hurst 60 12 - Jeff Heath 22 - Mark McGwire (2) 65 - Ted Williams (2) 49 - Don Hurst 61 12 - Jeff Heath (2) 22 - Mark McGwire (2) 65 - Ted Williams (2) 49 - L. Rosenthal (2) 62 12 - Jeff Heath (2) 22 - Mark McGwire (2) 67 - Ted Williams 49 - L. Rosenthal (2) 63 13 - Braggo Roth 22 - Mark McGwire (2) 68 - Ted Williams 50 - L. Rosenthal (2) 64 13 - Jim Bottomley (2) 22 - Mark McGwire (2) 69 - Ted Williams 51 - L. Rosenthal (2) 65 13 - Jim Bottomley (2) 22 - Mark McGwire (2) 69 - Ted Williams 51 - Ferris Fain (3) 66 13 - Jim Bottomley (2) 22 - Mark McGwire (2) 70 - Ted Williams 52 - Don Hurst 67 13 - Jim Bottomley (2) 23 - Wally Berger 70 - Ted Williams 53 - Don Hurst 68 13 - Jeff Heath (3) 23 - Wally Berger 71 - Ted Williams 55 - Don Hurst 69 13 - Jeff Heath (3) 23 - Wally Berger 72 - Ted Williams 57 - Don Hurst 70 13 - Jeff Heath (3) 23 - Wally Berger 78 - Walt Dropo 58 - Don Hurst 71 13 - Jeff Heath (3) 24 - Rudy York (2) 80 - Walt Dropo 58 - Don Hurst 72 14 - Jeff Heath 25 - Rudy York 83 - Walt Dropo 59 - Don Hurst 73 14 - Jeff Heath (2) 26 - Rudy York 83 - Walt Dropo 59 - Don Hurst 74 14 - Jeff Heath (2) 26 - Rudy York 84 - Walt Dropo 59 - Don Hurst 75 15 - Jeff Heath (2) 27 - Rudy York 84 - Walt Dropo 60 - Ferris Fain 76 15 - Jeff Heath (2) 27 - Rudy York 84 - Walt Dropo 60 - Ferris Fain 77 15 - Jeff Heath (2) 27 - Rudy York 84 - Walt Dropo 60 - Ferris Fain 78 15 - Jeff Heath (2) 28 - Rudy York 84 - Walt Dropo (2) 60 - Carlos Santana (3) 79 16 - Braggo Roth 30 - Rudy York 91 - Rudy York 62 - Charlie Keller 80 16 - Paul Waner (2) 30 - Rudy York 91 - Walt Dropo (2) 62 - Charlie Keller 81 16 - Paul Waner (2) 30 - Rudy York 91 - Walt Dropo (2) 64 - Carlos Santana (2) 82 16 - Paul Waner (2) 30 - Rudy York 92 - Walt Dropo (2) 65 - Carlos Santana (2) 83 16 - Paul Waner (2) 30 - Rudy York 93 - Walt Dropo (2) 68 - Charlie Keller 84 16 - Jeff Heath (3) 31 - Rudy York 94 - Walt Dropo (2) 68 - Charlie Keller 85 16 - Jeff Heath (3) 31 - Rudy York 95 - Walt Dropo 68 - Carlos Santana (3) 86 16 - Jeff Heath (3) 31 - Mark McGwire (2) 95 - Walt Dropo 69 - Charlie Keller 87 16 - Jeff Heath (3) 31 - Mark McGwire (2) 95 - Walt Dropo 69 - Frank Thomas (2) 88 16 - Jeff Heath (3) 31 - Mark McGwire (2) 95 - Walt Dropo 71 - Frank Thomas 89 18 - Jeff Heath 31 - Mark McGwire (2) 95 - Walt Dropo 71 - Frank Thomas 90 18 - Jeff Heath 32 - Mark McGwire 95 - Walt Dropo 72 - Frank Thomas 91 18 - Jeff Heath 33 - Mark McGwire 95 - Walt Dropo 72 - Frank Thomas 92 18 - Jeff Heath 33 - Mark McGwire 95 - Walt Dropo 72 - Frank Thomas 93 19 - Jeff Heath 33 - Mark McGwire 95 - Walt Dropo 74 - Frank Thomas 94 20 - Jeff Heath 34 - Mark McGwire 98 - Walt Dropo 74 - Frank Thomas 95 20 - Jeff Heath 34 - Mark McGwire 100 - Walt Dropo 75 - Carlos Santana (2) 96 20 - Jeff Heath 34 - Mark McGwire 102 - Walt Dropo 77 - Carlos Santana 97 20 - Jeff Heath 36 - Mark McGwire 103 - Walt Dropo 77 - Carlos Santana 98 20 - Jeff Heath 36 - Mark McGwire 103 - Walt Dropo 78 - Frank Thomas 99 20 - Jeff Heath 36 - Mark McGwire 106 - Walt Dropo 79 - Frank Thomas 100 20 - Jeff Heath 37 - Mark McGwire 106 - Walt Dropo 80 - Frank Thomas 101 20 - Jeff Heath 37 - Mark McGwire 107 - Walt Dropo 80 - Frank Thomas 102 20 - Jeff Heath 37 - Mark McGwire 107 - Walt Dropo 81 - Frank Thomas 103 20 - Jeff Heath 37 - Mark McGwire 107 - Walt Dropo 82 - Frank Thomas 104 20 - Jeff Heath 38 - Mark McGwire 108 - Walt Dropo 85 - Frank Thomas 105 20 - Jeff Heath 39 - Mark McGwire 108 - Walt Dropo 86 - Frank Thomas 106 20 - Jeff Heath 39 - Mark McGwire 108 - Walt Dropo 86 - Frank Thomas 107 20 - Jeff Heath 39 - Mark McGwire 111 - Walt Dropo 87 - Frank Thomas 108 20 - Jeff Heath 39 - Mark McGwire 112 - Walt Dropo 87 - Frank Thomas 109 20 - Jeff Heath 39 - Mark McGwire 114 - Walt Dropo 88 - Frank Thomas 110 20 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 114 - Walt Dropo 90 - Frank Thomas 111 20 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 114 - Walt Dropo 91 - Frank Thomas 112 20 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 117 - Walt Dropo 92 - Frank Thomas 113 20 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 118 - Walt Dropo 93 - Frank Thomas 114 20 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 119 - Walt Dropo 95 - Frank Thomas 115 21 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 119 - Walt Dropo 95 - Frank Thomas 116 21 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 123 - Walt Dropo 96 - Frank Thomas 117 21 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 125 - Walt Dropo 96 - Frank Thomas 118 21 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 127 - Walt Dropo 96 - Frank Thomas 119 21 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 127 - Walt Dropo 97 - Frank Thomas 120 21 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 129 - Walt Dropo 98 - Frank Thomas 121 21 - Jeff Heath 40 - Mark McGwire 130 - Walt Dropo 98 - Frank Thomas 122 21 - Jeff Heath 41 - Mark McGwire 130 - Walt Dropo 98 - Frank Thomas 123 22 - Jeff Heath 41 - Mark McGwire 131 - Walt Dropo 99 - Frank Thomas 124 22 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 131 - Walt Dropo 100 - Frank Thomas 125 22 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 132 - Walt Dropo 100 - Frank Thomas 126 23 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 137 - Walt Dropo 103 - Frank Thomas 127 24 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 138 - Walt Dropo 103 - Frank Thomas 128 24 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 138 - Walt Dropo 104 - Frank Thomas 129 25 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 140 - Walt Dropo 106 - Frank Thomas 130 25 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 140 - Walt Dropo 108 - Frank Thomas 131 25 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 141 - Walt Dropo 108 - Frank Thomas 132 25 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 141 - Walt Dropo 108 - Frank Thomas 133 25 - Jeff Heath 42 - Mark McGwire 141 - Walt Dropo 108 - Frank Thomas 134 25 - Jeff Heath 43 - Rudy York 141 - Walt Dropo 110 - Frank Thomas 135 25 - Jeff Heath 43 - Rudy York 142 - Walt Dropo 110 - Frank Thomas 136 25 - Jeff Heath 43 - Rudy York 142 - Walt Dropo 112 - Frank Thomas 137 25 - Jeff Heath 43 - Mark McGwire (2) 143 - Walt Dropo 112 - Frank Thomas 138 25 - Jeff Heath 43 - Mark McGwire (2) 143 - Walt Dropo 114 - Frank Thomas 139 25 - Jeff Heath 45 - Rudy York 143 - Walt Dropo 114 - Frank Thomas 140 25 - Jeff Heath 45 - Rudy York 144 - Walt Dropo 116 - Frank Thomas 141 25 - Jeff Heath 45 - Rudy York 144 - Walt Dropo 117 - Frank Thomas 142 25 - Jeff Heath 45 - Rudy York 144 - Walt Dropo 118 - Frank Thomas 143 25 - Jeff Heath 45 - Rudy York 144 - Walt Dropo 118 - Frank Thomas 144 25 - Jeff Heath 45 - Mark McGwire (2) 144 - Walt Dropo (2) 119 - Frank Thomas 145 25 - Jeff Heath 45 - Mark McGwire (2) 145 - Walt Dropo 119 - Frank Thomas 146 25 - Jeff Heath 46 - Rudy York 145 - Walt Dropo 119 - Frank Thomas 147 25 - Jeff Heath 47 - Rudy York 145 - Walt Dropo 120 - Frank Thomas 148 25 - Jeff Heath 48 - Rudy York 145 - Walt Dropo 122 - Frank Thomas 149 25 - Jeff Heath 48 - Rudy York 145 - Walt Dropo (2) 122 - Frank Thomas 150 25 - Jeff Heath 48 - Rudy York 145 - Walt Dropo (2) 123 - Frank Thomas 151 25 - Jeff Heath 49 - Rudy York 146 - Rudy York 123 - Frank Thomas 152 25 - Jeff Heath 49 - Rudy York 146 - Rudy York 124 - Frank Thomas 153 25 - Jeff Heath 50 - Rudy York 149 - Walt Dropo 125 - Frank Thomas 154 25 - Jeff Heath 51 - Rudy York 151 - Rudy York 126 - Frank Thomas 155 25 - Jeff Heath 51 - Rudy York 152 - Rudy York 127 - Frank Thomas 156 25 - Jeff Heath 51 - Rudy York 153 - Rudy York 127 - Frank Thomas 157 25 - Jeff Heath 51 - Rudy York 153 - Rudy York 128 - Frank Thomas 158 25 - Jeff Heath 52 - Rudy York 156 - Rudy York 129 - Frank Thomas 159 25 - Jeff Heath 53 - Rudy York 157 - Rudy York 130 - Frank Thomas 160 25 - Jeff Heath 54 - Rudy York 159 - Rudy York 133 - Frank Thomas 161 25 - Jeff Heath 54 - Rudy York 160 - Rudy York 133 - Frank Thomas 162 25 - Jeff Heath 55 - Rudy York 163 - Rudy York 134 - Frank Thomas G 3B - Player HR - Player RBI - Player BB - Player
I knew Rudy York hit well from the outset of his career, but I was a little surprised to see him at the top of the home run and RBI lists (as well as the Slugging Percentage and OPS ones below). And no one since at least 1914 was able to match Jose Abreu's feat of having three multi-homer games in his first 24. Zeke Bonura was the next fastest to three such games, collecting his third in game twenty-five in 1934. And Abreu's mark of four games with four or more RBIs within his first 26 has also not been matched since at least 1914. The closest is Gabe Alvarez who did it in his first 33 games, but had only eleven more RBIs in his career.
G SO - Player HBP - Player SB - Player CS - Player 1 4 - Esteban German (7) 2 - Skeeter Barnes 2 - Trent Oeltjen (5) 1 - Engel Beltre (105) 2 6 - Josh Kroeger (4) 2 - Kevin Frandsen (6) 3 - Rod Gaspar 2 - Eric Young (4) 3 8 - Brett Jackson (2) 3 - Kevin Frandsen 3 - Billy Hamilton (7) 2 - Eric Young (15) 4 10 - Josh Kroeger (4) 3 - Kevin Frandsen (2) 5 - Vince Coleman 3 - Vince Coleman 5 12 - Matt Williams 4 - Kevin Frandsen (2) 5 - Luis Castillo (4) 3 - Vince Coleman (3) 6 13 - Matt Williams 4 - Kevin Frandsen (2) 6 - Ced Landrum (2) 3 - Vince Coleman (3) 7 14 - Brett Jackson (5) 4 - Kevin Frandsen (2) 6 - Ced Landrum (3) 3 - Vince Coleman (5) 8 17 - Ray Durham 4 - Kevin Frandsen (2) 9 - Billy Hamilton 3 - Brandon Inge (9) 9 18 - Brett Jackson (2) 4 - Kevin Frandsen (2) 10 - Billy Hamilton (3) 4 - Amos Otis (3) 10 20 - Aaron Hicks (2) 6 - Ed Fitzpatrick 12 - Billy Hamilton 4 - Amos Otis (3) 11 21 - R. Branyan 6 - Ed Fitzpatrick 13 - Billy Hamilton 5 - Jim Gilliam 12 23 - Brett Jackson 6 - Vince Barton (2) 13 - Billy Hamilton 5 - Jim Gilliam 13 24 - Brett Jackson 6 - Vince Barton (2) 13 - Billy Hamilton 5 - Jim Gilliam 14 25 - Brett Jackson (2) 6 - Vince Barton (2) 14 - Vince Coleman 5 - Jim Gilliam 15 28 - Reggie Jackson 6 - Vince Barton (2) 17 - Vince Coleman 5 - Jim Gilliam (2) 16 29 - Brett Jackson (2) 6 - Vince Barton (2) 17 - Vince Coleman 5 - Joey Cora (4) 17 30 - Brett Jackson 6 - Vince Barton (2) 19 - Vince Coleman 5 - Joey Cora (8) 18 31 - Brett Jackson (2) 7 - Ed Fitzpatrick 20 - Vince Coleman 5 - D. DeShields (10) 19 32 - Austin Jackson (2) 7 - Ed Fitzpatrick 20 - Vince Coleman 6 - Gil Flores (2) 20 34 - Bruce Hurst 7 - Vince Barton (2) 21 - Vince Coleman 6 - Gil Flores (2) 21 35 - Mike Stanton 7 - Vince Barton (2) 21 - Vince Coleman 6 - Gil Flores (2) 22 36 - Brett Jackson (2) 7 - Vince Barton (2) 23 - Vince Coleman 7 - Gil Flores 23 38 - Mike Stanton 7 - Vince Barton (2) 25 - Vince Coleman 7 - Gil Flores 24 39 - Mike Stanton 7 - Vince Barton (2) 25 - Vince Coleman 7 - Joey Cora (2) 25 41 - Mike Stanton 7 - Alex Gordon (3) 26 - Vince Coleman 7 - Joey Cora (2) 26 42 - Brett Jackson (2) 7 - Alex Gordon (3) 26 - Vince Coleman 8 - Gil Flores 27 44 - Mike Stanton 7 - Alex Gordon (4) 28 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora 28 44 - Brett Jackson (2) 7 - Alex Gordon (4) 28 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora 29 45 - Brett Jackson 7 - Brett Wallace (5) 28 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora 30 47 - Brett Jackson 8 - Nick Johnson 28 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora 31 48 - Brett Jackson (2) 9 - Nick Johnson 28 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora 32 50 - Brett Jackson 9 - Nick Johnson 29 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora 33 51 - Gary Gentry 9 - Nick Johnson 29 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora 34 51 - Gary Gentry 9 - Nick Johnson 29 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora 35 52 - Gary Gentry 9 - Nick Johnson 29 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora 36 55 - Gary Gentry 9 - Nick Johnson 31 - Vince Coleman 9 - Joey Cora (2) 37 55 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson 33 - Vince Coleman 9 - D. DeShields (3) 38 56 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson 34 - Vince Coleman 9 - D. DeShields (3) 39 58 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson 36 - Vince Coleman 10 - Joey Cora 40 59 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson 39 - Vince Coleman 10 - Joey Cora 41 61 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson 39 - Vince Coleman 10 - Joey Cora 42 63 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson 39 - Vince Coleman 10 - Joey Cora 43 67 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson 39 - Vince Coleman 10 - Joey Cora (2) 44 68 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson 40 - Vince Coleman 10 - Joey Cora (3) 45 72 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson 41 - Vince Coleman 10 - D. DeShields (4) 46 72 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson (2) 41 - Vince Coleman 11 - Joey Cora 47 72 - Gary Gentry 10 - Nick Johnson (2) 41 - Vince Coleman 11 - Joey Cora 48 74 - Gary Gentry 10 - Ryan Doumit (3) 41 - Vince Coleman 11 - D. DeShields (2) 49 75 - Gary Gentry 10 - Ryan Doumit (3) 42 - Vince Coleman 12 - D. DeShields 50 75 - Gary Gentry 10 - Ryan Doumit (3) 42 - Vince Coleman 12 - D. DeShields 51 78 - Gary Gentry 10 - Ryan Doumit (3) 42 - Vince Coleman 12 - D. DeShields (2) 52 80 - Gary Gentry 11 - Ryan Doumit 44 - Vince Coleman 13 - D. DeShields 53 80 - Gary Gentry 11 - Ryan Doumit 44 - Vince Coleman 13 - D. DeShields 54 81 - Gary Gentry 11 - Ryan Doumit 44 - Vince Coleman 13 - D. DeShields 55 81 - Gary Gentry 11 - Ryan Doumit 46 - Vince Coleman 13 - D. DeShields 56 82 - Gary Gentry 11 - Ryan Doumit 46 - Vince Coleman 14 - D. DeShields 57 83 - Gary Gentry 11 - Ryan Doumit 47 - Vince Coleman 15 - D. DeShields 58 86 - Gary Gentry 11 - Ryan Doumit (2) 48 - Vince Coleman 17 - D. DeShields 59 87 - Jerry Koosman 11 - Ryan Doumit (3) 50 - Vince Coleman 18 - D. DeShields 60 90 - Jerry Koosman 12 - Ryan Doumit 50 - Vince Coleman 18 - D. DeShields 61 90 - Jerry Koosman 12 - Ryan Doumit (2) 50 - Vince Coleman 18 - D. DeShields 62 91 - Jerry Koosman 12 - Ryan Doumit (2) 51 - Vince Coleman 18 - D. DeShields 63 91 - Jerry Koosman 12 - Ryan Doumit (2) 52 - Vince Coleman 18 - D. DeShields 64 93 - Jerry Koosman 12 - Ryan Doumit (3) 53 - Vince Coleman 18 - D. DeShields 65 96 - Jerry Koosman 12 - Ryan Doumit (4) 54 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 66 97 - Jerry Koosman 12 - Ryan Doumit (4) 55 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 67 99 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Reed Johnson 55 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 68 100 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Reed Johnson (2) 56 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 69 100 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Ryan Doumit (3) 57 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 70 101 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Ryan Doumit (3) 59 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 71 102 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Ryan Doumit (3) 62 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 72 103 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Ryan Doumit (3) 62 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 73 106 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Ryan Doumit (3) 63 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 74 108 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Ryan Doumit (4) 63 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 75 109 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Ryan Doumit (4) 64 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 76 109 - Jerry Koosman 13 - Ryan Doumit (4) 64 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 77 110 - Jerry Koosman 14 - Reed Johnson (2) 64 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 78 111 - Jerry Koosman 14 - Ryan Doumit (3) 65 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 79 114 - Jerry Koosman 15 - Ryan Doumit (2) 66 - Vince Coleman 19 - D. DeShields 80 114 - Jerry Koosman 15 - Ryan Doumit (3) 66 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 81 115 - Jerry Koosman 15 - Ryan Doumit (3) 66 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 82 116 - Jerry Koosman 15 - Ryan Doumit (3) 68 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 83 118 - Jerry Koosman 16 - Ryan Doumit (2) 69 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 84 120 - Jerry Koosman 17 - Reed Johnson 69 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 85 120 - Jerry Koosman 17 - Reed Johnson 69 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 86 120 - Jerry Koosman 17 - Reed Johnson 70 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 87 122 - Jerry Koosman 17 - Reed Johnson 72 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 88 125 - Jerry Koosman 17 - Reed Johnson 74 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 89 126 - Bo Jackson (2) 18 - Reed Johnson 74 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 90 128 - Jerry Koosman 18 - Reed Johnson 74 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 91 129 - Jerry Koosman 18 - Reed Johnson 74 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 92 133 - Jerry Koosman 18 - Reed Johnson 74 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 93 136 - Jerry Koosman 18 - Reed Johnson 75 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 94 137 - Jerry Koosman 18 - Reed Johnson 76 - Vince Coleman 20 - D. DeShields 95 138 - Jerry Koosman 18 - Reed Johnson 76 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 96 139 - Jerry Koosman 19 - Reed Johnson 77 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 97 139 - Jerry Koosman 19 - Reed Johnson 78 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 98 141 - Jerry Koosman 19 - Reed Johnson 81 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 99 143 - Jerry Koosman 19 - Reed Johnson 81 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 100 143 - Jerry Koosman 19 - Reed Johnson 81 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 101 147 - Jerry Koosman 19 - Reed Johnson 81 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 102 148 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 81 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 103 152 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 82 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 104 152 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 82 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 105 152 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 82 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields 106 155 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 83 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields (2) 107 156 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 83 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields (3) 108 157 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 84 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields (4) 109 157 - Bo Jackson (2) 20 - Reed Johnson 86 - Vince Coleman 21 - D. DeShields (4) 110 159 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 86 - Vince Coleman 22 - Dan Gladden 111 160 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 86 - Vince Coleman 22 - Dan Gladden 112 160 - Bo Jackson (2) 20 - Reed Johnson 87 - Vince Coleman 22 - Dan Gladden 113 163 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 88 - Vince Coleman 23 - Sparky Adams 114 165 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 88 - Vince Coleman 23 - Sparky Adams (2) 115 166 - Jerry Koosman 20 - Reed Johnson 88 - Vince Coleman 23 - Dan Gladden (3) 116 167 - Jerry Koosman 21 - Reed Johnson 88 - Vince Coleman 23 - Vince Coleman (4) 117 167 - Jerry Koosman 21 - Reed Johnson 88 - Vince Coleman 24 - G. Grantham 118 167 - Jerry Koosman 22 - Reed Johnson 88 - Vince Coleman 25 - G. Grantham 119 168 - Jerry Koosman 23 - Reed Johnson 90 - Vince Coleman 25 - G. Grantham 120 170 - Jerry Koosman 23 - Reed Johnson 90 - Vince Coleman 25 - G. Grantham 121 171 - Jerry Koosman 24 - Reed Johnson 90 - Vince Coleman 25 - Vince Coleman (2) 122 172 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 91 - Vince Coleman 25 - Vince Coleman (2) 123 173 - Bo Jackson (2) 24 - Reed Johnson 91 - Vince Coleman 26 - G. Grantham 124 176 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 92 - Vince Coleman 26 - G. Grantham 125 180 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 93 - Vince Coleman 26 - G. Grantham 126 182 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 93 - Vince Coleman 26 - G. Grantham 127 183 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 93 - Vince Coleman 27 - G. Grantham 128 184 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 94 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 129 184 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 95 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 130 184 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 95 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 131 184 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 96 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 132 187 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 96 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 133 187 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 98 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 134 187 - Bo Jackson 24 - Reed Johnson 99 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 135 187 - Bo Jackson 24 - Ryan Doumit (2) 100 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 136 188 - Bo Jackson 24 - Ryan Doumit (2) 101 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 137 188 - Bo Jackson 24 - Ryan Doumit (2) 101 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 138 190 - Bo Jackson 24 - Ryan Doumit (2) 101 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 139 191 - Bo Jackson 24 - Ryan Doumit (2) 101 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 140 192 - Bo Jackson 24 - Ryan Doumit (2) 102 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 141 192 - Bo Jackson 24 - Ryan Doumit (2) 105 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 142 193 - Bo Jackson 24 - Ryan Doumit (2) 105 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 143 195 - Bo Jackson 24 - Ryan Doumit (2) 105 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 144 195 - Bo Jackson 25 - Ryan Doumit 109 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 145 195 - Bo Jackson 25 - Ryan Doumit 109 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 146 198 - Bo Jackson 25 - Ryan Doumit 109 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 147 199 - Bo Jackson 25 - Ryan Doumit 109 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 148 201 - Bo Jackson 25 - Ryan Doumit 109 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 149 202 - Bo Jackson 25 - Ryan Doumit 110 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 150 204 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 110 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 151 207 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 110 - Vince Coleman 28 - G. Grantham 152 207 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 110 - Vince Coleman 28 - Sparky Adams (2) 153 210 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 110 - Vince Coleman 28 - Sparky Adams (2) 154 210 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 113 - Vince Coleman 28 - Ron LeFlore (3) 155 211 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 114 - Vince Coleman 28 - Ron LeFlore (3) 156 212 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 114 - Vince Coleman 28 - Ron LeFlore (3) 157 212 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 114 - Vince Coleman 29 - Sparky Adams 158 213 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 114 - Vince Coleman 30 - Sparky Adams 159 214 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 114 - Vince Coleman 30 - Sparky Adams 160 215 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 114 - Vince Coleman 30 - Sparky Adams 161 216 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 114 - Vince Coleman 30 - Sparky Adams 162 216 - Bo Jackson 26 - Ryan Doumit 114 - Vince Coleman 30 - Sparky Adams (2) G SO - Player HBP - Player SB - Player CS - Player
It was nice to see first Gary Gentry and then Jerry Koosman last so long atop the strikeout list. Not too surprisingly, George Grantham was the one tied with Sparky Adams with thirty caught stealing after 162 games.
G AVG - Player OBP - Player SLG - Player OPS - Player 1 1.000 - Josh Rutledge (23) 1.000 - Josh Rutledge (23) 2.667 - Kazuo Matsui 3.667 - Kazuo Matsui 2 .833 - Dave Ferriss .857 - Rey Quinones (4) 1.800 - Ricky Jordan 2.514 - Ricky Jordan 3 .727 - Delmon Young .769 - Bucky Jacobsen 1.400 - John Bowker 2.144 - Bucky Jacobsen 4 .643 - Josmil Pinto (3) .714 - Larry Walker 1.538 - Mike Jacobs 2.163 - Mike Jacobs 5 .615 - Ed Lucas .722 - L. Rosenthal 1.312 - Danny Espinosa (2) 1.913 - Mike Jacobs 6 .591 - Jay Bruce .708 - Fern Bell 1.167 - Danny Espinosa 1.757 - Roy Campanella 7 .577 - Jay Bruce (2) .679 - Fern Bell 1.100 - Alex Avila 1.705 - Jay Bruce 8 .552 - Jay Bruce (2) .690 - Fern Bell 1.000 - Sam Horn 1.614 - Jay Bruce 9 .552 - Tom Hughes .649 - L. Rosenthal 1.000 - T. Teagarden 1.560 - Ian Kinsler 10 .545 - Tom Hughes .643 - L. Rosenthal .967 - T. Teagarden 1.470 - L. Rosenthal 11 .514 - Tom Hughes .614 - L. Rosenthal .969 - Jose Oliva 1.441 - Jose Oliva 12 .487 - Tom Hughes .604 - L. Rosenthal .972 - T. Teagarden 1.397 - T. Teagarden 13 .479 - Yasiel Puig .559 - Gus Suhr .946 - T. Teagarden 1.375 - T. Teagarden 14 .482 - T. Pendleton .536 - L. Rosenthal .927 - T. Teagarden 1.376 - Willie McCovey 15 .488 - Duane Kuiper .553 - Duane Kuiper .884 - T. Teagarden 1.312 - T. Teagarden 16 .457 - Duane Kuiper .544 - Jim Piersall .898 - Jeff Francoeur 1.318 - Jeff Francoeur 17 .456 - T. Pendleton .534 - Sammy Holbrook .922 - G. Jefferies 1.385 - G. Jefferies 18 .444 - T. Pendleton .535 - Austin Kearns .889 - G. Jefferies 1.354 - G. Jefferies 19 .466 - G. Jefferies .547 - Austin Kearns .931 - G. Jefferies 1.431 - G. Jefferies 20 .442 - Yasiel Puig .544 - Austin Kearns .871 - G. Jefferies 1.341 - G. Jefferies 21 .431 - Duane Kuiper .518 - Austin Kearns .818 - G. Jefferies 1.261 - G. Jefferies 22 .446 - Bob Hazle .523 - Austin Kearns .824 - Mandy Brooks 1.228 - Jeff Francoeur 23 .446 - Bob Hazle .511 - Austin Kearns .833 - Mandy Brooks 1.266 - Jeff Francoeur 24 .448 - Bob Hazle .536 - Austin Kearns .820 - Mandy Brooks 1.228 - Jeff Francoeur 25 .471 - Bob Hazle .529 - Austin Kearns .825 - Mandy Brooks 1.278 - Bob Hazle 26 .473 - Bob Hazle .528 - Austin Kearns .810 - Mandy Brooks 1.276 - Bob Hazle 27 .462 - Bob Hazle .505 - Austin Kearns .798 - Mandy Brooks 1.238 - Bob Hazle 28 .463 - Bob Hazle .511 - Bob Hazle .786 - Mandy Brooks 1.248 - Bob Hazle 29 .440 - Bob Hazle .500 - Austin Kearns .767 - Mandy Brooks 1.197 - Bob Hazle 30 .437 - Bob Hazle .490 - Bob Hazle .755 - Jeff Francoeur 1.180 - Bob Hazle 31 .447 - Bob Hazle .495 - Bob Hazle .763 - Dave Hostetler 1.208 - Bob Hazle 32 .429 - Bob Hazle .489 - Sam Chapman .739 - Jeff Francoeur 1.197 - John Kroner 33 .416 - Bob Hazle .474 - Sam Chapman .738 - Willie McCovey 1.170 - Willie McCovey 34 .418 - John Kroner .479 - Bob Hazle .723 - Willie McCovey 1.188 - John Kroner 35 .422 - John Kroner .475 - John Kroner .736 - Wally Berger 1.200 - John Kroner 36 .429 - Tony Oliva .477 - Sam Chapman .758 - Wally Berger 1.207 - Tony Oliva 37 .431 - Tony Oliva .475 - Tony Oliva .755 - Albert Pujols 1.218 - Albert Pujols 38 .430 - Tony Oliva .472 - Tony Oliva .765 - Wally Berger 1.199 - Albert Pujols 39 .441 - Tony Oliva .517 - Johnny Schulte .750 - Wally Berger 1.209 - Tony Oliva 40 .439 - Tony Oliva .508 - Johnny Schulte .729 - Wally Berger 1.193 - Tony Oliva 41 .425 - Tony Oliva .490 - Bernie Carbo .743 - Wally Berger 1.156 - Tony Oliva 42 .417 - Tony Oliva .500 - Bernie Carbo .757 - Wally Berger 1.142 - Albert Pujols 43 .426 - Tony Oliva .493 - Bernie Carbo .744 - Wally Berger 1.164 - George Watkins 44 .411 - Tony Oliva .484 - Bernie Carbo .733 - Wally Berger 1.128 - Albert Pujols 45 .400 - Tony Oliva .478 - Bernie Carbo .738 - Wally Berger 1.144 - George Watkins 46 .405 - George Watkins .479 - Bernie Carbo .732 - Wally Berger 1.144 - George Watkins 47 .403 - George Watkins .485 - Bernie Carbo .744 - Wally Berger 1.145 - George Watkins 48 .401 - Roy Weatherly .480 - Bernie Carbo .737 - Wally Berger 1.121 - George Watkins 49 .401 - George Watkins .480 - Bernie Carbo .733 - Wally Berger 1.130 - George Watkins 50 .398 - Roy Weatherly .478 - Bernie Carbo .717 - Wally Berger 1.114 - George Watkins 51 .407 - Earle Combs .491 - Earle Combs .745 - Wally Berger 1.121 - George Watkins 52 .406 - Earle Combs .491 - Earle Combs .738 - Wally Berger 1.114 - Wally Berger 53 .411 - Earle Combs .494 - Earle Combs .733 - Wally Berger 1.110 - Wally Berger 54 .417 - Earle Combs .503 - Earle Combs .719 - Wally Berger 1.088 - Wally Berger 55 .405 - Earle Combs .494 - Earle Combs .724 - Wally Berger 1.097 - Wally Berger 56 .401 - Earle Combs .492 - Earle Combs .729 - Wally Berger 1.101 - Wally Berger 57 .404 - Earle Combs .492 - Earle Combs .730 - Wally Berger 1.103 - Wally Berger 58 .396 - Earle Combs .487 - Earle Combs .718 - Wally Berger 1.121 - George Watkins 59 .390 - Tony Oliva .477 - Earle Combs .705 - Wally Berger 1.091 - George Watkins 60 .395 - Tony Oliva .470 - Earle Combs .702 - Wally Berger 1.095 - Tony Oliva 61 .392 - M. Archdeacon .469 - Minnie Minoso .702 - Wally Berger 1.085 - Albert Pujols 62 .395 - M. Archdeacon .483 - Minnie Minoso .691 - Wally Berger 1.088 - Albert Pujols 63 .397 - M. Archdeacon .477 - Minnie Minoso .684 - Wally Berger 1.108 - Albert Pujols 64 .394 - M. Archdeacon .477 - Minnie Minoso .682 - Wally Berger 1.105 - Albert Pujols 65 .390 - M. Archdeacon .478 - Minnie Minoso .686 - Wally Berger 1.111 - Albert Pujols 66 .389 - M. Archdeacon .472 - Minnie Minoso .683 - Wally Berger 1.088 - Albert Pujols 67 .395 - M. Archdeacon .469 - Minnie Minoso .693 - Wally Berger 1.118 - Willie McCovey 68 .395 - M. Archdeacon .466 - Minnie Minoso .684 - Willie McCovey 1.119 - Willie McCovey 69 .392 - M. Archdeacon .472 - Earle Combs .681 - Willie McCovey 1.120 - Willie McCovey 70 .393 - Earle Combs .474 - Earle Combs .681 - Willie McCovey 1.121 - Willie McCovey 71 .393 - Earle Combs .477 - Earle Combs .693 - Willie McCovey 1.137 - Willie McCovey 72 .394 - Earle Combs .479 - Earle Combs .685 - Willie McCovey 1.124 - Willie McCovey 73 .392 - Earle Combs .477 - Earle Combs .685 - Willie McCovey 1.127 - Willie McCovey 74 .394 - M. Archdeacon .470 - Earle Combs .676 - Johnny Mize 1.111 - Willie McCovey 75 .398 - M. Archdeacon .464 - Bernie Carbo .674 - Johnny Mize 1.108 - Willie McCovey 76 .395 - M. Archdeacon .464 - Bernie Carbo .681 - Johnny Mize 1.111 - Willie McCovey 77 .396 - M. Archdeacon .468 - Earle Combs .694 - Johnny Mize 1.128 - Johnny Mize 78 .394 - M. Archdeacon .465 - Earle Combs .692 - Johnny Mize 1.121 - Johnny Mize 79 .388 - M. Archdeacon .466 - Charlie Keller .695 - Johnny Mize 1.133 - Johnny Mize 80 .390 - M. Archdeacon .466 - Charlie Keller .696 - Johnny Mize 1.137 - Johnny Mize 81 .384 - M. Archdeacon .472 - Charlie Keller .708 - Johnny Mize 1.151 - Johnny Mize 82 .382 - Johnny Mize .468 - Charlie Keller .701 - Johnny Mize 1.141 - Johnny Mize 83 .382 - Earle Combs .473 - Charlie Keller .694 - Johnny Mize 1.132 - Johnny Mize 84 .383 - Earle Combs .472 - Charlie Keller .695 - Johnny Mize 1.132 - Johnny Mize 85 .381 - Earle Combs .471 - Charlie Keller .688 - Johnny Mize 1.123 - Johnny Mize 86 .379 - Wade Boggs .472 - Charlie Keller .684 - Johnny Mize 1.120 - Johnny Mize 87 .378 - Wade Boggs .470 - Charlie Keller .678 - Johnny Mize 1.111 - Johnny Mize 88 .380 - Wade Boggs .466 - Charlie Keller .674 - Johnny Mize 1.106 - Johnny Mize 89 .379 - Wade Boggs .467 - Bernie Carbo .671 - Johnny Mize 1.101 - Johnny Mize 90 .379 - Wade Boggs .464 - Bernie Carbo .676 - Johnny Mize 1.106 - Johnny Mize 91 .374 - Wade Boggs .461 - Charlie Keller .674 - Johnny Mize 1.101 - Johnny Mize 92 .371 - Wade Boggs .459 - Charlie Keller .667 - Johnny Mize 1.092 - Johnny Mize 93 .367 - Wade Boggs .457 - Bernie Carbo .661 - Johnny Mize 1.084 - Johnny Mize 94 .368 - Kiki Cuyler .456 - Bernie Carbo .659 - Johnny Mize 1.083 - Johnny Mize 95 .366 - Kiki Cuyler .454 - Bernie Carbo .653 - Johnny Mize 1.075 - Johnny Mize 96 .367 - Kiki Cuyler .454 - Frank Thomas .648 - Johnny Mize 1.068 - Johnny Mize 97 .366 - Kiki Cuyler .456 - Bernie Carbo .650 - Rudy York 1.059 - Bernie Carbo 98 .366 - Earle Combs .456 - Bernie Carbo .654 - Rudy York 1.054 - Bernie Carbo 99 .367 - Earle Combs .454 - Bernie Carbo .647 - Rudy York 1.046 - Bernie Carbo 100 .369 - George Watkins .457 - Bernie Carbo .640 - Rudy York 1.048 - Bernie Carbo 101 .368 - George Watkins .457 - Bernie Carbo .641 - Rudy York 1.046 - Bernie Carbo 102 .367 - George Watkins .458 - Bernie Carbo .642 - Rudy York 1.044 - Bernie Carbo 103 .367 - Earle Combs .458 - Bernie Carbo .636 - Rudy York 1.042 - Bernie Carbo 104 .366 - Earle Combs .465 - Bernie Carbo .634 - Rudy York 1.053 - Bernie Carbo 105 .364 - Earle Combs .462 - Bernie Carbo .642 - Rudy York 1.043 - Bernie Carbo 106 .370 - Earle Combs .462 - Bernie Carbo .646 - Rudy York 1.052 - Bernie Carbo 107 .372 - Earle Combs .464 - Bernie Carbo .643 - Rudy York 1.058 - Bernie Carbo 108 .368 - Earle Combs .462 - Bernie Carbo .641 - Rudy York 1.051 - Bernie Carbo 109 .364 - Earle Combs .459 - Bernie Carbo .642 - Rudy York 1.040 - Bernie Carbo 110 .366 - Kiki Cuyler .461 - Frank Thomas .639 - Ryan Braun 1.038 - Bernie Carbo 111 .364 - Kiki Cuyler .459 - Frank Thomas .634 - Ryan Braun 1.026 - Bernie Carbo 112 .365 - Kiki Cuyler .457 - Frank Thomas .632 - Ryan Braun 1.023 - Fred Lynn 113 .365 - Kiki Cuyler .456 - Frank Thomas .634 - Ryan Braun 1.029 - Fred Lynn 114 .364 - Kiki Cuyler .456 - Frank Thomas .629 - Ryan Braun 1.026 - Fred Lynn 115 .366 - George Watkins .454 - Frank Thomas .635 - Chuck Klein 1.024 - Chuck Klein 116 .369 - George Watkins .455 - Frank Thomas .642 - Chuck Klein 1.033 - Chuck Klein 117 .368 - George Watkins .454 - Frank Thomas .641 - Chuck Klein 1.034 - Chuck Klein 118 .372 - George Watkins .457 - Frank Thomas .639 - Chuck Klein 1.035 - Chuck Klein 119 .373 - George Watkins .458 - Frank Thomas .637 - Chuck Klein 1.034 - Chuck Klein 120 .370 - George Watkins .459 - Frank Thomas .633 - Chuck Klein 1.028 - Chuck Klein 121 .368 - George Watkins .458 - Frank Thomas .630 - Ryan Braun 1.021 - Albert Pujols 122 .370 - George Watkins .458 - Frank Thomas .625 - Ryan Braun 1.021 - Albert Pujols 123 .371 - George Watkins .457 - Frank Thomas .620 - Ryan Braun 1.027 - Albert Pujols 124 .372 - George Watkins .455 - Frank Thomas .621 - Albert Pujols 1.032 - Albert Pujols 125 .373 - George Watkins .451 - Frank Thomas .617 - George Watkins 1.027 - George Watkins 126 .377 - George Watkins .457 - Frank Thomas .620 - Albert Pujols 1.031 - George Watkins 127 .376 - George Watkins .457 - Frank Thomas .617 - Rudy York 1.028 - George Watkins 128 .373 - George Watkins .457 - Frank Thomas .613 - George Watkins 1.021 - George Watkins 129 .372 - George Watkins .457 - Frank Thomas .618 - Rudy York 1.020 - Albert Pujols 130 .373 - George Watkins .459 - Frank Thomas .614 - Rudy York 1.016 - George Watkins 131 .370 - George Watkins .456 - Frank Thomas .614 - Albert Pujols 1.027 - Ted Williams 132 .367 - George Watkins .453 - Frank Thomas .616 - Albert Pujols 1.026 - Ted Williams 133 .364 - George Watkins .450 - Frank Thomas .616 - Albert Pujols 1.029 - Ted Williams 134 .364 - George Watkins .450 - Frank Thomas .623 - Rudy York 1.024 - Ted Williams 135 .365 - George Watkins .450 - Frank Thomas .619 - Rudy York 1.026 - Ted Williams 136 .364 - George Watkins .449 - Frank Thomas .618 - Albert Pujols 1.030 - Ted Williams 137 .361 - George Watkins .449 - Frank Thomas .622 - Albert Pujols 1.032 - Ted Williams 138 .359 - George Watkins .451 - Frank Thomas .627 - Albert Pujols 1.037 - Albert Pujols 139 .360 - George Watkins .451 - Frank Thomas .626 - Rudy York 1.037 - Ted Williams 140 .360 - Chuck Klein .452 - Frank Thomas .624 - Rudy York 1.030 - Albert Pujols 141 .360 - Chuck Klein .452 - Frank Thomas .624 - Rudy York 1.037 - Ted Williams 142 .360 - Chuck Klein .455 - Frank Thomas .624 - Rudy York 1.031 - Ted Williams 143 .364 - Chuck Klein .454 - Frank Thomas .631 - Chuck Klein 1.035 - Ted Williams 144 .365 - Chuck Klein .452 - Frank Thomas .635 - Chuck Klein 1.044 - Ted Williams 145 .366 - Chuck Klein .452 - Frank Thomas .644 - Chuck Klein 1.049 - Ted Williams 146 .367 - Chuck Klein .450 - Frank Thomas .643 - Chuck Klein 1.043 - Ted Williams 147 .366 - Chuck Klein .450 - Frank Thomas .640 - Chuck Klein 1.041 - Albert Pujols 148 .365 - Chuck Klein .451 - Frank Thomas .642 - Chuck Klein 1.042 - Albert Pujols 149 .364 - Chuck Klein .451 - Frank Thomas .640 - Rudy York 1.042 - Ted Williams 150 .363 - Chuck Klein .450 - Frank Thomas .638 - Chuck Klein 1.043 - Ted Williams 151 .366 - Chuck Klein .447 - Frank Thomas .639 - Chuck Klein 1.046 - Ted Williams 152 .365 - Chuck Klein .446 - Frank Thomas .638 - Chuck Klein 1.042 - Ted Williams 153 .365 - Chuck Klein .444 - Frank Thomas .641 - Chuck Klein 1.038 - Chuck Klein 154 .367 - Chuck Klein .446 - Frank Thomas .651 - Chuck Klein 1.050 - Chuck Klein 155 .366 - Chuck Klein .446 - Frank Thomas .648 - Chuck Klein 1.046 - Chuck Klein 156 .366 - Chuck Klein .447 - Frank Thomas .647 - Chuck Klein 1.046 - Chuck Klein 157 .364 - Chuck Klein .446 - Frank Thomas .643 - Chuck Klein 1.040 - Chuck Klein 158 .362 - Chuck Klein .448 - Frank Thomas .648 - Rudy York 1.048 - Rudy York 159 .361 - Chuck Klein .448 - Frank Thomas .653 - Rudy York 1.053 - Rudy York 160 .363 - Chuck Klein .452 - Frank Thomas .656 - Rudy York 1.057 - Rudy York 161 .363 - Chuck Klein .453 - Frank Thomas .655 - Rudy York 1.055 - Rudy York 162 .361 - Chuck Klein .452 - Frank Thomas .660 - Rudy York 1.060 - Rudy York G AVG - Player OBP - Player SLG - Player OPS - Player
The top of these lists reads like a Who's Who of players who took the world briefly by storm. Tom Hughes' career lasted only seventeen games, but for the first twelve, there was none better. John Kroner made believers out of Red Sox fans for a couple of months during 1936, the same summer Larry Rosenthal tore up the league for a time with the White Sox. Mandy Brooks was great for a month eleven years earlier for the crosstown Cubs, and then suddenly he wasn't. There are no guarantees in baseball, but White Sox fans are certainly hoping that Jose Abreu has a career more like the players at the bottom of these lists than many of those at the top.
After my previous post, I guess it was inevitable that I'd do something similar for pitchers. I decided to look at only games started. Since these lists will feature pitchers who had the most of various stats (innings pitched, hits allowed, walks and so on), and since relief outings tend to be brutish and short, I figured that the lists would be more interesting with the relievers sent packing. I also decided to look at only the first forty starts of each pitchers career, or a little more than what would be a normal seasonal workload, at least in the good old days when men were men.
Once again, these list include only those who debuted from 1914 to 2013. Here they are:
G IP - Player H - Player R - Player ER - Player 1 14.1 - Hi Bell 19 - Larry Jacobus 15 - Bruno Haas 11 - Arnie Munoz (2) 2 24.2 - M. Pieretti 30 - George LeClair 24 - George LeClair 22 - George LeClair 3 33.2 - M. Pieretti 43 - Ed Baecht 27 - George LeClair 25 - George LeClair 4 42 - Pete Henning 54 - Ed Baecht 31 - Joe Dobson 27 - Joe Dobson (4) 5 51 - Pete Henning 63 - Ed Baecht 36 - George Grant 33 - Leon Chagnon 6 59 - Pete Henning 68 - Ed Baecht 41 - Steve Sundra 37 - Leon Chagnon (2) 7 65.2 - M. Pieretti 75 - Ed Baecht 47 - Nels Potter 43 - Nels Potter 8 74.2 - Red Faber 81 - Les Sweetland 54 - Nels Potter 50 - Nels Potter 9 82.2 - Eric Erickson 92 - Les Sweetland 58 - Nels Potter 53 - Nels Potter 10 95.1 - Nate Andrews 98 - K. Greenfield 65 - Shovel Hodge 54 - Nels Potter (2) 11 104.1 - Nate Andrews 109 - Bob Joyce 70 - Shovel Hodge 59 - Nels Potter (2) 12 111.1 - Mark Fidrych 116 - Les Sweetland 75 - Shovel Hodge 62 - Sid Hudson (3) 13 120.1 - Mark Fidrych 126 - Tom Sheehan 79 - Shovel Hodge 66 - Nels Potter (3) 14 126.2 - Waite Hoyt 132 - Al Milnar 81 - Buck Ross 74 - Buck Ross 15 134.1 - Dave Ferriss 143 - Julio Bonetti 94 - Carl Doyle 82 - Carl Doyle (2) 16 143.1 - Dave Ferriss 154 - Julio Bonetti 94 - Carl Doyle 82 - Carl Doyle (2) 17 152.1 - Dave Ferriss 158 - Jimmy Zinn (2) 96 - Carl Doyle 85 - Buck Ross 18 161.1 - Dave Ferriss 169 - Roy Wilkinson 102 - Shovel Hodge 89 - Buck Ross 19 170.1 - Dave Ferriss 179 - Roy Wilkinson 106 - Shovel Hodge 93 - Buck Ross 20 180.1 - Dave Ferriss 189 - Ted Lyons 108 - Shovel Hodge 97 - Nels Potter (2) 21 189.1 - Dave Ferriss 204 - Ted Lyons 111 - Nels Potter (2) 102 - Nels Potter (2) 22 198 - Mark Fidrych 214 - Ted Lyons 123 - Chubby Dean 109 - Chubby Dean 23 206.1 - Dave Ferriss 228 - Ted Lyons 125 - Nels Potter 114 - Nels Potter 24 210.2 - Mark Fidrych 239 - Jimmy Zinn 134 - Chubby Dean 120 - Chubby Dean (2) 25 219.2 - Mark Fidrych 248 - Jimmy Zinn 141 - Chubby Dean 128 - Nels Potter 26 228.1 - Dave Ferriss 258 - Jimmy Zinn 147 - Chubby Dean 132 - Chubby Dean (2) 27 236.1 - Dave Ferriss 261 - Ted Lyons 152 - Chubby Dean 139 - Nels Potter 28 244 - Urban Shocker 268 - Ted Lyons 157 - Nels Potter 145 - Nels Potter 29 252.2 - Urban Shocker 281 - Ted Lyons 164 - Nels Potter 150 - Nels Potter 30 261.2 - Urban Shocker 290 - Ted Lyons 166 - Nels Potter 152 - Nels Potter 31 271.1 - Urban Shocker 300 - Ted Lyons 172 - Nels Potter 158 - Nels Potter 32 277.1 - Urban Shocker 307 - Ted Lyons 176 - Nels Potter 162 - Nels Potter 33 286.1 - Urban Shocker 314 - Ted Lyons 178 - Nels Potter 164 - Nels Potter 34 295.1 - Urban Shocker 319 - Ted Lyons 186 - Nels Potter 172 - Nels Potter 35 304.1 - Urban Shocker 329 - Ted Lyons 190 - Nels Potter 176 - Nels Potter 36 309.1 - Mark Fidrych 334 - Ted Lyons 194 - Nels Potter 180 - Nels Potter 37 318.1 - Mark Fidrych 339 - Ted Lyons 197 - Lefty Mills 181 - Nels Potter 38 324.1 - Urban Shocker 350 - S. Thurston 204 - Lefty Mills 183 - Nels Potter 39 333.1 - Urban Shocker 358 - S. Thurston 210 - Lefty Mills 186 - Nels Potter 40 341.1 - Urban Shocker 365 - Ted Lyons 215 - Lefty Mills 193 - Nels Potter G IP - Player H - Player R - Player ER - Player
Larry Jacobus also allowed eleven earned runs in his first (and only) career start, although officially he appeared in relief that day. And of all the starts that allowed Nels Potter, Chubby Dean, Buck Ross and Carl Doyle to dominate the bottom two-thirds of the earned runs allowed list, all but one of them occurred while pitching for the Philadelphia A's from 1936 to 1941. That one start? A three-hit shutout Doyle pitched for the 1939 Dodgers. Note that Doyle is tied atop the earned run list (with 82 earned runs allowed) after both fifteen and sixteen career starts. The man he is tied with? Buck Ross, whose sixteenth career start was also a shutout.
G BB - Player SO - Player HBP - Player WP - Player 1 16 - Bruno Haas 15 - J.R. Richard (3) 3 - Brett Cecil (8) 4 - Steve Hargan 2 21 - G. Turbeville 27 - Karl Spooner 4 - Hugh Canavan 5 - Bobby Witt (2) 3 26 - G. Turbeville 32 - S. Strasburg 5 - Ryan Dempster (2) 6 - Bobby Witt (2) 4 30 - G. Turbeville 41 - S. Strasburg 6 - Ryan Dempster (3) 7 - Bobby Witt 5 38 - Carl Doyle 50 - Herb Score 7 - Ryan Dempster (2) 8 - Ken Howell 6 41 - Carl Doyle 58 - Kerry Wood 7 - R. Rodriguez (3) 8 - Ken Howell 7 48 - Carl Doyle 66 - Kerry Wood (2) 8 - Johnny Hellweg (3) 9 - Ken Howell 8 50 - Dick Weik 77 - Herb Score 8 - Johnny Hellweg (3) 9 - Ken Howell 9 55 - Dick Weik (2) 85 - Kerry Wood 8 - Johnny Hellweg (5) 10 - Ken Howell 10 59 - Dick Weik (2) 94 - Kerry Wood 9 - Chris Capuano (4) 10 - Ken Howell (2) 11 65 - Dick Weik 98 - Kerry Wood 9 - Chris Capuano (4) 11 - Bobby Witt (2) 12 78 - Dick Weik 109 - Hideo Nomo 11 - Jakie May 11 - Bobby Witt (2) 13 81 - Dick Weik 119 - Hideo Nomo 12 - Jakie May 13 - Ken Howell 14 88 - Dick Weik 129 - Hideo Nomo 13 - Jakie May 13 - Ken Howell 15 95 - Dick Weik 139 - Kerry Wood 14 - Jakie May 14 - Ken Howell 16 97 - Dick Weik 148 - Kerry Wood 14 - Jakie May 14 - Ken Howell 17 99 - Dick Weik 156 - Kerry Wood 14 - Jakie May 14 - Jason Grimsley (4) 18 105 - Dick Weik 167 - Kerry Wood 15 - Jakie May 16 - Ken Howell 19 111 - Dick Weik 173 - Kerry Wood 16 - Jakie May 16 - Jason Grimsley (2) 20 116 - Dick Weik 179 - Kerry Wood 16 - Jakie May 18 - Jason Grimsley 21 126 - Dick Weik 188 - Hideo Nomo 16 - Jakie May 18 - Jason Grimsley (2) 22 134 - Dick Weik 194 - Hideo Nomo 18 - Jakie May 19 - Ken Howell 23 141 - Dick Weik 205 - Hideo Nomo 19 - Jakie May 19 - Ken Howell 24 145 - Dick Weik 212 - Hideo Nomo 19 - Jakie May 19 - Ken Howell (2) 25 148 - Dick Weik 223 - Kerry Wood 19 - Jakie May 20 - Bobby Witt 26 151 - Dick Weik (2) 233 - Kerry Wood 19 - Jakie May 20 - Jason Grimsley (3) 27 157 - Tommy Byrne 237 - Kerry Wood 19 - Jakie May 22 - Jason Grimsley 28 160 - Tommy Byrne 243 - Kerry Wood 19 - Jakie May 23 - Jason Grimsley 29 167 - Tommy Byrne 251 - Dwight Gooden 20 - Jakie May 23 - Jason Grimsley (2) 30 171 - Tommy Byrne 267 - Dwight Gooden 20 - Jakie May 23 - Jason Grimsley (2) 31 178 - Tommy Byrne 276 - Dwight Gooden 21 - Jakie May 23 - Jason Grimsley (2) 32 184 - Tommy Byrne 282 - Dwight Gooden 24 - Jakie May 23 - Jason Grimsley (4) 33 189 - Tommy Byrne 292 - Dwight Gooden 26 - Jakie May 24 - Jason Grimsley (2) 34 193 - Tommy Byrne 299 - Dwight Gooden 27 - Jakie May 25 - Jason Grimsley 35 201 - Tommy Byrne 302 - Dwight Gooden 27 - Jakie May 25 - Jason Grimsley 36 204 - Tommy Byrne 310 - Dwight Gooden 27 - Jakie May 26 - Jason Grimsley 37 209 - Tommy Byrne 319 - Dwight Gooden 28 - Jakie May 26 - Jason Grimsley (2) 38 215 - Tommy Byrne 332 - Dwight Gooden 28 - Jakie May 26 - Jason Grimsley (2) 39 220 - Tommy Byrne 333 - Dwight Gooden 28 - Jakie May 28 - Jason Grimsley 40 228 - Tommy Byrne 342 - Dwight Gooden 29 - Jakie May 29 - Jason Grimsley G BB - Player SO - Player HBP - Player WP - Player
The two other pitchers who struck out fifteen batters in their first start were Bob Feller and Karl Spooner. And while Johnny Hellweg is tied for the most hit batters after nine career starts, he had only seven as of the end of the 2013, so he will have an opportunity to grab the lead all by himself in his next two starts.
G W - Player L - Player CG - Player SHO - Player 1 1 - James Paxton (1353) 1 - Sam Dyson (1868) 1 - Doug Waechter (773) 1 - Doug Waechter (133) 2 2 - James Paxton (409) 2 - Erik Johnson (673) 2 - Tom Candiotti (258) 2 - John Hiller (11) 3 3 - Tanner Roark (115) 3 - Johnny Hellweg (242) 3 - F. Valenzuela (88) 2 - F. Valenzuela (26) 4 4 - Gerrit Cole (47) 4 - Fernando Abad (102) 4 - F. Valenzuela (43) 3 - F. Valenzuela (3) 5 5 - Jered Weaver (23) 5 - Fernando Abad (44) 5 - F. Valenzuela (22) 4 - F. Valenzuela 6 6 - Jered Weaver (8) 6 - Fernando Abad (16) 6 - Mark Fidrych (11) 4 - F. Valenzuela (2) 7 7 - Jered Weaver (6) 7 - Scott Ruffcorn (7) 7 - Dave Ferriss (5) 5 - F. Valenzuela 8 8 - F. Valenzuela (3) 8 - Mike Morgan (4) 8 - Dave Ferriss (4) 5 - F. Valenzuela 9 8 - F. Valenzuela (8) 9 - Mike Morgan (3) 9 - Dave Ferriss (3) 5 - F. Valenzuela 10 9 - Mark Fidrych (3) 9 - Mike Morgan (9) 10 - Dave Ferriss (3) 5 - F. Valenzuela 11 9 - Kazuhisa Ishii (9) 10 - Dick Weik (4) 11 - Art Reinhart (2) 5 - F. Valenzuela 12 10 - Kazuhisa Ishii (3) 11 - Dick Weik (3) 12 - Art Reinhart 5 - F. Valenzuela (2) 13 11 - Mark Fidrych (2) 12 - Dick Weik (2) 12 - Mark Fidrych (4) 5 - F. Valenzuela (2) 14 12 - Dave Ferriss 13 - Dick Weik (2) 13 - Dave Ferriss (3) 5 - F. Valenzuela (2) 15 13 - Dave Ferriss 14 - Roy Moore 14 - Dave Ferriss (3) 5 - F. Valenzuela (3) 16 14 - Dave Ferriss 14 - Curt Fullerton (2) 15 - Dave Ferriss (2) 5 - F. Valenzuela (5) 17 15 - Dave Ferriss 15 - Curt Fullerton 16 - Dave Ferriss (2) 5 - F. Valenzuela (5) 18 16 - Dave Ferriss 16 - Curt Fullerton 17 - Dave Ferriss 6 - F. Valenzuela (3) 19 16 - Dave Ferriss 17 - Curt Fullerton 18 - Dave Ferriss 6 - F. Valenzuela (4) 20 16 - Dave Ferriss (2) 18 - Curt Fullerton 19 - Dave Ferriss 7 - F. Valenzuela (2) 21 17 - Dave Ferriss 18 - Curt Fullerton 20 - Dave Ferriss 8 - Sal Maglie 22 17 - Dave Ferriss (2) 18 - Curt Fullerton 21 - Dave Ferriss 8 - F. Valenzuela (2) 23 18 - Dave Ferriss 19 - Curt Fullerton 22 - Dave Ferriss 8 - F. Valenzuela (2) 24 18 - Dave Ferriss 19 - Curt Fullerton 22 - Dave Ferriss 8 - F. Valenzuela (2) 25 18 - Dave Ferriss (2) 19 - Lefty Hoerst (4) 22 - Dave Ferriss (3) 8 - F. Valenzuela (2) 26 19 - Dave Ferriss 20 - Curt Fullerton 23 - Dave Ferriss (3) 8 - F. Valenzuela (2) 27 19 - Dave Ferriss (2) 21 - Curt Fullerton 24 - Dave Ferriss (3) 8 - F. Valenzuela (2) 28 20 - Art Reinhart 21 - Lefty Hoerst (4) 25 - Art Reinhart (2) 8 - F. Valenzuela (2) 29 20 - Gene Bearden (7) 22 - Lefty Hoerst (2) 26 - Elmer Myers 8 - F. Valenzuela (3) 30 21 - Gene Bearden (5) 23 - Lefty Hoerst (2) 27 - Elmer Myers 8 - F. Valenzuela (3) 31 22 - Gene Bearden (2) 23 - Bill Trotter (4) 28 - Elmer Myers 8 - F. Valenzuela (3) 32 23 - Gene Bearden (2) 24 - Lefty Hoerst (2) 29 - Elmer Myers 8 - F. Valenzuela (4) 33 24 - Tiny Bonham 25 - Lefty Hoerst 30 - Elmer Myers 9 - Vida Blue 34 25 - Tiny Bonham 26 - Lefty Hoerst 31 - Elmer Myers 9 - Vida Blue 35 25 - Tiny Bonham 27 - Lefty Hoerst 32 - Elmer Myers 9 - Vida Blue (2) 36 26 - Tiny Bonham 27 - Lefty Hoerst (2) 32 - Elmer Myers 9 - F. Valenzuela (4) 37 26 - Sal Maglie (2) 28 - Lefty Hoerst (2) 32 - Elmer Myers 9 - F. Valenzuela (4) 38 27 - Sal Maglie 29 - Ike Pearson 32 - Elmer Myers 10 - Vida Blue 39 27 - Sal Maglie (2) 30 - Ike Pearson 32 - Elmer Myers 10 - Vida Blue 40 28 - Sal Maglie (2) 31 - Ike Pearson 33 - Elmer Myers 10 - Vida Blue (2) G W - Player L - Player CG - Player SHO - Player
The pitcher tied with Sal Maglie in wins after forty starts was Tex Hughson, and Howie Pollet was tied with Vida Blue with ten shutouts. Although he never shows up on the shutout list (because in the case of ties I show the most recent pitcher), Ray Starr tied for the top spot by pitching five shutouts in his first sixteen starts and six shutouts in his first eighteen. Those starts were spread out over nearly ten years, however, with his first toward the end of 1932 and his eighteenth in 1942.
I only show the career records up to forty starts, but Ike Pearson has the most losses all the way up to fifty (at least). In those games, which took him up to his entry into military service after 1942, he had a career record of 5-39 as a starter.
Of the rate stats below, the first three (ERA, hits and walks allowed per nine innings) show the lowest of all qualifying starters (five or more innings pitched per start), while the last (strikeouts) show the highest.
G ERA - Player H/9 - Player BB/9 - Player SO/9 - Player 1 0.00 - Matt Shoemaker (442) 0.00 - Darryl Kile (2) 0.00 - Tanner Roark (259) 19.80 - Matt Moore (2) 2 0.00 - Andrew Albers (55) 1.93 - Bill Phebus 0.00 - Gerrit Cole (33) 16.05 - S. Strasburg 3 0.00 - Mike Norris (2) 2.25 - Mike Norris 0.00 - Josh Banks (6) 14.90 - S. Strasburg 4 0.25 - F. Valenzuela (3) 2.37 - Burt Hooton 0.00 - Josh Banks 14.57 - S. Strasburg 5 0.20 - F. Valenzuela 3.38 - Burt Hooton 0.29 - Josh Banks 14.82 - Kerry Wood 6 0.33 - F. Valenzuela 4.05 - Matt Cain (2) 0.38 - Jake Northrop 15.20 - Kerry Wood 7 0.29 - F. Valenzuela 4.10 - Wayne Simpson 0.59 - Andrew Albers 14.73 - Kerry Wood 8 0.50 - F. Valenzuela 4.22 - Wayne Simpson 0.64 - Rene Arocha 13.99 - Kerry Wood 9 0.91 - F. Valenzuela 4.39 - Wayne Simpson 0.73 - Rene Arocha 14.34 - Kerry Wood 10 1.08 - Erv Lange 4.46 - Wayne Simpson 0.94 - Rene Arocha 13.79 - Kerry Wood 11 1.08 - Erv Lange 4.72 - Wayne Simpson 1.05 - Frank Gabler 13.64 - Kerry Wood 12 1.16 - Steve Rogers 5.06 - Wayne Simpson 1.03 - Ray Prim 13.38 - Kerry Wood 13 1.15 - Steve Rogers 5.08 - Hideo Nomo 1.02 - Josh Towers 13.39 - Kerry Wood 14 1.31 - Steve Rogers 4.89 - Hideo Nomo 0.94 - Josh Towers 13.29 - Kerry Wood 15 1.32 - Steve Rogers 4.86 - Hideo Nomo 0.89 - Josh Towers 13.40 - Kerry Wood 16 1.29 - Jesse Barnes 5.01 - Hideo Nomo 0.98 - Rene Arocha 13.28 - Kerry Wood 17 1.29 - Jesse Barnes 5.05 - Hideo Nomo 0.95 - Josh Towers 13.16 - Kerry Wood 18 1.34 - Jesse Barnes 4.77 - Hideo Nomo 0.98 - Josh Towers 13.15 - Kerry Wood 19 1.48 - M. Wolfgang 4.89 - Hideo Nomo 0.93 - Josh Towers 12.83 - Kerry Wood 20 1.53 - M. Wolfgang 5.35 - Hideo Nomo 1.03 - Josh Towers 12.52 - Kerry Wood 21 1.55 - Gary Peters 5.46 - Hideo Nomo 1.05 - Josh Towers 12.36 - Kerry Wood 22 1.50 - Gary Peters 5.52 - J. Vander Meer 1.05 - Rene Arocha 12.53 - Kerry Wood 23 1.51 - M. Wolfgang 5.56 - Hideo Nomo 1.08 - Rene Arocha 12.52 - Kerry Wood 24 1.44 - M. Wolfgang 5.55 - Hideo Nomo 1.10 - Rene Arocha 12.20 - Kerry Wood 25 1.43 - M. Wolfgang 5.61 - Hideo Nomo 1.16 - Josh Towers 12.49 - Kerry Wood 26 1.42 - M. Wolfgang 5.61 - Vida Blue 1.10 - Josh Towers 12.58 - Kerry Wood 27 1.40 - M. Wolfgang 5.51 - Tommy Byrne 1.06 - Josh Towers 12.35 - Kerry Wood 28 1.81 - Jesse Barnes 5.66 - Tommy Byrne 1.02 - Josh Towers 12.20 - Kerry Wood 29 1.87 - Vida Blue 5.66 - Vida Blue 1.03 - Josh Towers 12.27 - Kerry Wood 30 1.91 - Dutch Ruether 5.68 - Vida Blue 1.06 - Josh Towers 12.26 - Kerry Wood 31 1.83 - Dutch Ruether 5.78 - Hideo Nomo 1.06 - Josh Towers 12.05 - Kerry Wood 32 1.85 - Vida Blue 5.81 - Vida Blue 1.08 - Josh Towers 12.03 - Kerry Wood 33 1.79 - Vida Blue 5.64 - Vida Blue 1.14 - Josh Towers 11.90 - Kerry Wood 34 1.81 - Vida Blue 5.68 - Vida Blue 1.22 - Kevin Slowey 11.76 - Kerry Wood 35 1.77 - Vida Blue 5.58 - Vida Blue 1.22 - Kevin Slowey 11.64 - Kerry Wood 36 1.86 - Vida Blue 5.69 - Vida Blue 1.23 - Kevin Slowey 11.62 - Kerry Wood 37 1.96 - Vida Blue 5.87 - Vida Blue 1.26 - Josh Towers 11.48 - S. Strasburg 38 1.90 - Vida Blue 5.85 - Vida Blue 1.27 - Josh Towers 11.39 - S. Strasburg 39 1.93 - Vida Blue 5.94 - Vida Blue 1.28 - Josh Towers 11.33 - S. Strasburg 40 1.99 - Vida Blue 6.00 - Nolan Ryan 1.24 - Josh Towers 11.26 - S. Strasburg G ERA - Player H/9 - Player BB/9 - Player SO/9 - Player
Mellie Wolfgang drops off the ERA list after his 27th career start. That's because that was also his last start. Despite a 1.40 ERA, he had a 9-10 career record as a starter, due in part to his habit of giving up more than his share of unearned runs. In addition to Matt Moore, Tim Hudson also debuted by striking out eleven in five innings. And while Darryl Kile did pitch six hitless innings in his first major league start, I probably should have listed Bobo Holloman instead, since he pitched a complete game no-hitter.