Most wins, first 10 games
Posted by Andy on April 8, 2009
Lots and lots of pitchers have won 3 of their team's first 10 games. When guys used to pitch every fourth day, and will all the off days scheduled very early in seasons nowadays, it's easy for a starter to get 3 starts in 10 games.
Only one guy, since 1954, has registered 4 wins in his team's first 10 games:
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Nolan Ryan 1975 4 Ind. Games
Let's see a little more detail:
Cnt Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 1975-04-07 CAL KCR W 3-2 CG 9 ,W 9 3 2 2 3 12 1 82 33 29 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 2.00 2 1975-04-11 CAL CHW W 5-0 SHO9 ,W 9 6 0 0 4 10 0 81 34 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 1975-04-15 CAL @MIN W 7-3 GS-8 ,W 8 8 3 3 9 7 0 52 36 26 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.38 4 1975-04-20 CAL @CHW W 8-4 CG 9 ,W 9 5 4 4 9 6 2 58 40 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.00
Wow, what a set of games. 3 complete games, 1 shutout, and 2 games where he walked 9 guys.
Ryan's total line for those 4 games was 35 IP, 22 hits, 25 BB, 35 K, 9 ER, 2.31 ERA, and of course a 4-0 record. Wow, and weird.