Teenage Mutant Good Game Starters
Posted by Steve Lombardi on December 13, 2009
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Game Finder - "teenage" (meaning age 19 or younger) starters - since 1954 - to have a start in the big leagues where they fashioned a Game Score of 70 or better:
| Rk | Player | #Matching | W | L | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dwight Gooden | 17 | Ind. Games | 12 | 2 | .857 | 0.89 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 142.1 | 72 | 14 | 4 | 35 | 189 | 0.75 |
| 2 | Gary Nolan | 11 | Ind. Games | 7 | 1 | .875 | 0.48 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 93.0 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 86 | 0.78 |
| 3 | Larry Dierker | 10 | Ind. Games | 6 | 1 | .857 | 0.95 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 85.1 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 72 | 0.76 |
| 4 | Wally Bunker | 10 | Ind. Games | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.2 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 42 | 0.65 |
| 5 | Ray Sadecki | 6 | Ind. Games | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.02 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 38 | 1.06 |
| 6 | Felix Hernandez | 6 | Ind. Games | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.95 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 44 | 0.72 |
| 7 | Bert Blyleven | 6 | Ind. Games | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.87 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 0.63 |
| 8 | Mike McCormick | 4 | Ind. Games | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.75 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0.81 |
| 9 | Catfish Hunter | 3 | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0.70 |
| 10 | Von McDaniel | 2 | Ind. Games | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0.33 |
| 11 | Lew Krausse | 2 | Ind. Games | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0.78 |
| 12 | Sandy Koufax | 2 | Ind. Games | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0.78 |
| 13 | Jerry Walker | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 |
| 14 | Milt Pappas | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.44 |
| 15 | Jim Palmer | 1 | Ind. Games | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1.13 |
| 16 | Blue Moon Odom | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0.89 |
| 17 | Mike Morgan | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.78 |
| 18 | Bob Moose | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 19 | Dave McNally | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.56 |
| 20 | Don Drysdale | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.11 |
| 21 | Ed Correa | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 22 | Joe Coleman | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0.89 |
| 23 | David Clyde | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0.86 |
| 24 | Larry Christenson | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1.22 |
| 25 | Dave Boswell | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.88 |
| 26 | Dennis Blair | 1 | Ind. Games | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.25 |
Dwight Gooden, Gary Nolan, Larry Dierker and Wally Bunker had some amazing games as youngsters, huh? What a thrill those games must have been for them. I mean...imagine yourself when you were 19 (or slightly younger). And, now, put yourself on a mound in a major league ballpark throwing a great game against big league hitters. Man, it had to surreal for these four...and the others on this list, when they had it all working for them those days, no?
December 13th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
How do you guys make a chart or table like that?
Can I put it on any other site if I made one?
December 13th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Dave - you can.
After completing your search, there is an option to "Share".
You can learn how to use the tool here.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3223
December 13th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
one oddity about Gooden's career I noticed besides the fact he was a superhuman monster on the mound as a 19 and 20 year old is that in 1990 he was 19 and 7 but had an era+ of 98, does that also seem odd to you all? I wonder what the best all time record was for an era+ in double digits?
December 13th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Ollie1000 - Your question inspired a post : http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3857
December 13th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
And Gooden, Bunker, Dierker, and Nolan were all practically worthless by the time they reached 30.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Sorry but all I get is a bunch of messed up scribble.
There's no table.
What do I need to click to get the table like what's on top here?
December 13th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Dave-
Where are you trying to post your table?
December 13th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
He's not trying to post a table. I am.