Most wins with no strikeouts
Posted by Andy on May 14, 2009
Following up on yesterday's post, here are the career leaders (since 1954) in most wins by a starter with no strikeouts:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Tommy John 18 Ind. Games Bob Forsch 14 Ind. Games Mike Caldwell 14 Ind. Games Jim Barr 12 Ind. Games Doyle Alexander 12 Ind. Games Tom Glavine 10 Ind. Games Kirk Rueter 9 Ind. Games Al Fitzmorris 9 Ind. Games Geoff Zahn 8 Ind. Games Bob Tewksbury 8 Ind. Games Paul Splittorff 8 Ind. Games Jerry Reuss 8 Ind. Games Bob Purkey 8 Ind. Games
We've seen Kirk Rueter's name sneak onto lists of this type before. That guy had a remarkably low K rate for someone as successful as he was. In fact, I did this same search in a post from almost 2 years ago right here.
Let's go a little further and look at recent such instances:
Cnt Player 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 Mike Pelfrey 2009-05-07 NYM PHI W 7-5 GS-7 ,W 7 8 3 3 1 0 1 105 59 48 28 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.86 2 John Lannan 2009-05-04 WSN HOU W 9-4 GS-6 ,W 6 9 4 3 2 0 0 92 50 38 26 23 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4.50 3 Mike Pelfrey 2009-05-01 NYM @PHI W 7-4 GS-6 ,W 5.1 7 3 3 4 0 0 104 59 38 27 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5.06 4 Kyle Davies 2009-04-30 KCR TOR W 8-6 GS-6 ,W 5.2 7 3 3 3 0 1 89 52 40 23 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.76 5 Braden Looper 2009-04-22 MIL @PHI W 3-1 GS-6 ,W 6 5 0 0 2 0 0 107 65 60 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6 Joel Pineiro 2009-04-22 STL NYM W 5-2 GS-8 ,W 8 6 2 2 2 0 0 91 53 60 30 27 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 7 Andy Pettitte 2009-04-21 NYY OAK W 5-3 GS-7 ,W 7 9 2 2 0 0 0 105 67 51 29 28 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.57 8 Koji Uehara 2009-04-08 BAL NYY W 7-5 GS-5 ,W 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 86 54 52 22 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.80 9 Brian Moehler 2008-09-10 HOU PIT W 7-4 GS-6 ,W 6 5 2 2 0 0 1 82 49 54 23 22 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 10 Tim Redding 2008-08-27 WSN LAD W 5-4 GS-6 ,W 6 8 3 3 1 0 3 96 63 43 26 25 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 11 Collin Balester 2008-08-26 WSN LAD W 2-1 GS-5 ,W 5 5 1 1 2 0 0 77 47 51 23 19 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 12 Dallas Braden 2008-08-25 OAK @LAA W 2-1 GS-7 ,W 7 7 1 1 0 0 1 80 53 59 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.29 13 Brandon Duckworth 2008-08-24 KCR DET W 7-3 GS-5 ,W 5 7 3 3 4 0 0 88 45 37 24 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 14 Matt Harrison 2008-08-10 TEX @BAL W 15-7 GS-5 ,W 5 10 6 6 2 0 2 89 54 21 26 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10.80 15 Brad Penny 2008-08-08 LAD @SFG W 6-2 GS-5 ,W 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 76 44 58 19 15 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 16 Vicente Padilla 2008-07-20 TEX @MIN W 1-0 GS-7 ,W 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 80 49 69 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 17 Scott Olsen 2008-07-19 FLA PHI W 9-5 GS-5 ,W 5 8 4 3 2 0 1 93 62 35 25 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.40 18 John Lannan 2008-07-09 WSN ARI W 5-0 GS-6 ,W 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 85 43 65 20 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 19 Dana Eveland 2008-07-07 OAK SEA W 4-3 GS-6 ,W 5.1 9 3 3 4 0 1 100 53 34 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 20 Scott Feldman 2008-07-05 TEX @BAL W 5-3 GS-6 ,W 6 5 3 3 4 0 0 93 53 46 26 20 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 21 Jeff Suppan 2008-07-01 MIL @ARI W 8-6 GS-5 ,W 5 9 5 5 2 0 1 76 44 27 25 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 22 Mike Pelfrey 2008-06-16 NYM @LAA W 9-6 GS-7 ,W 6 8 6 6 2 0 0 113 69 30 27 23 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 23 Mitchell Boggs 2008-06-10 STL @CIN W 7-2 GS-5 ,W 5 4 2 2 3 0 1 72 39 48 22 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60 24 Greg Reynolds 2008-06-07 COL MIL W 7-2 GS-6 ,W 6 4 2 2 2 0 0 73 46 54 23 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 25 Kyle Kendrick 2008-06-02 PHI CIN W 5-4 GS-6 ,W 5.1 5 4 4 0 0 2 70 42 42 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ Cnt Player 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 +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 26 Kyle Lohse 2008-05-29 STL HOU W 3-2 GS-6 ,W 6 5 1 1 1 0 1 86 54 57 24 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.50 27 Aaron Laffey 2008-05-27 CLE CHW W 8-2 GS-6 ,W 6 7 2 1 2 0 0 99 58 50 26 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.50 28 Paul Byrd 2008-04-25 CLE NYY W 6-4 GS-6 ,W 5.2 6 4 4 0 0 3 77 59 41 23 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.35 29 Andrew Miller 2008-04-23 FLA @ATL W 7-2 GS-5 ,W 5 9 2 1 2 0 1 98 55 41 26 23 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 30 Carlos Silva 2008-04-12 SEA LAA W 8-3 GS-8 ,W 8 11 3 3 1 0 1 98 66 47 33 31 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3.38 31 Jon Garland 2008-04-01 LAA @MIN W 9-1 GS-8 ,W 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 96 64 65 29 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.12
Mike Pelfrey's done it twice already this year and did it once last year as well.
In the last 10 full seasons (plus 2009) here are all the times a guy has had 2 such wins in the same season:
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Kirk Saarloos 2005 2 Ind. Games Kirk Rueter 2000 2 Ind. Games Kirk Rueter 2005 2 Ind. Games Mike Pelfrey 2009 2 Ind. Games Russ Ortiz 2005 2 Ind. Games Kyle Kendrick 2007 2 Ind. Games Scott Karl 1999 2 Ind. Games Mark Hendrickson 2004 2 Ind. Games Scott Erickson 2002 2 Ind. Games Nate Cornejo 2003 2 Ind. Games Aaron Cook 2005 2 Ind. Games Matt Chico 2007 2 Ind. Games Kris Benson 2005 2 Ind. Games Jimmy Anderson 2001 2 Ind. Games
So, wow, if your name is "Kirk", you might not be so good at striking batters out. or if your initials are "KK," or if you have a name normally spelled with a "C" that you instead spell with a "K", such as "Kris."
All these "K" guys not getting any K's....hmm...weird...
May 14th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Reuter also has the fewest CGs (4) and fewest SHOs (1) of any pitcher in history with 300 or more starts.
May 14th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
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