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Forgotten Buzzards

Posted by Steve Lombardi on January 9, 2010

The Yankees Alfredo Aceves went 10-1 this season, working mostly out of the bullpen. Being curious as to how many pitchers, since 1901, had seasons like this, I used Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Season Finder and asked it to show me all seasons where a pitcher had GS<=3, W>=10 and L<=3. And, here's that list:

Rk Player W GS L Year Age Tm Lg G CG SHO GF W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS PO BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Pit Str
1 Roy Face 18 0 1 1959 31 PIT NL 57 0 0 47 .947 10 93.1 91 29 28 25 69 2.70 143 5 380 343 6 3 8 1 9 3 8 4 4 1 0 4 .265 .315 .344 .659 81
2 Ron Perranoski 16 0 3 1963 27 LAD NL 69 0 0 47 .842 21 129.0 112 30 24 43 75 1.67 179 7 541 484 11 1 14 4 8 2 11 0 0 0 0 4 .231 .298 .302 .600 85
3 Bob Stanley 15 3 2 1978 23 BOS AL 52 0 0 35 .882 10 141.2 142 50 41 34 38 2.60 160 5 578 533 22 2 5 1 4 6 21 10 10 0 0 0 .266 .308 .343 .652 75
4 Hoyt Wilhelm 15 0 3 1952 29 NYG NL 71 0 0 32 .833 11 159.1 127 60 43 57 108 2.43 154 12 646 5 0 3
5 Ron Davis 14 0 2 1979 23 NYY AL 44 0 0 21 .875 9 85.1 84 29 27 28 43 2.85 143 5 357 321 16 3 9 1 4 3 11 9 2 0 0 1 .262 .320 .377 .697 89
6 Phil Regan 14 0 1 1966 29 LAD NL 65 0 0 48 .933 21 116.2 85 24 21 24 88 1.62 203 6 445 412 6 2 9 0 6 4 12 2 6 0 0 4 .206 .248 .274 .522 55
7 Al Hrabosky 13 0 3 1975 25 STL NL 65 0 0 41 .813 22 97.1 72 27 18 33 82 1.66 229 3 393 351 12 2 8 1 5 4 6 3 3 0 0 3 .205 .272 .276 .549 55
8 John Franco 12 0 3 1985 24 CIN NL 67 0 0 33 .800 12 99.0 83 27 24 40 61 2.18 173 5 407 354 10 3 8 1 11 1 8 4 5 2 0 4 .234 .313 .322 .635 79
9 Eddie Yuhas 12 2 2 1952 27 STL NL 54 0 0 31 .857 6 99.1 90 35 30 35 39 2.72 136 5 412 2 1 4
10 Joe Beggs 12 1 3 1940 29 CIN NL 37 0 0 27 .800 7 76.2 68 19 17 21 25 2.00 191 1 305 1 0 0
11 Paul Quantrill 11 0 2 2001 32 TOR AL 80 0 0 20 .846 2 83.0 86 29 28 12 58 3.04 152 6 341 314 23 1 7 6 7 2 13 7 2 0 0 0 .274 .311 .411 .722 86 1266 829
12 Gabe White 11 0 2 2000 28 TOT NL 68 0 0 17 .846 5 84.0 64 23 22 15 84 2.36 245 6 329 303 14 1 2 3 2 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 .211 .251 .323 .574 35 1270 872
13 Mike Henneman 11 0 3 1987 25 DET AL 55 0 0 28 .786 7 96.2 86 36 32 30 75 2.98 143 8 399 362 13 2 5 3 2 2 9 2 3 1 0 7 .238 .300 .351 .651 75
14 Charlie Kerfeld 11 0 2 1986 22 HOU NL 61 0 0 29 .846 7 93.2 71 32 28 42 77 2.69 133 5 390 333 7 2 3 2 6 7 8 14 1 2 2 7 .213 .299 .291 .591 71
15 Dennis Lamp 11 1 0 1985 32 TOR AL 53 0 0 11 1.000 2 105.2 96 42 39 27 68 3.32 129 7 426 388 10 2 3 0 5 6 15 10 2 1 0 5 .247 .292 .338 .630 69
16 Ellis Kinder 11 2 2 1951 36 BOS AL 63 1 0 41 .846 14 127.0 108 42 36 46 84 2.55 174 9 526 0 0 2
17 Alfredo Aceves 10 1 1 2009 26 NYY AL 43 0 0 10 .909 1 84.0 69 36 33 16 69 3.54 121 10 337 313 14 0 2 5 1 2 5 10 2 0 0 0 .220 .268 .361 .629 66 1250 833
18 Jose Arredondo 10 0 2 2008 24 LAA AL 52 0 0 10 .833 0 61.0 42 15 11 22 55 1.62 274 3 244 221 6 1 0 1 0 0 6 3 2 0 0 1 .190 .266 .267 .533 41 938 565
19 Luis Ayala 10 0 3 2003 25 MON NL 65 0 0 24 .769 5 71.0 65 27 23 13 46 2.92 154 8 288 266 6 3 3 5 3 1 9 1 2 1 0 1 .244 .291 .380 .671 74 1125 736
20 Tony Fiore 10 2 3 2002 30 MIN AL 48 0 0 11 .769 0 91.0 74 32 32 43 55 3.16 141 10 385 331 11 2 4 5 4 2 6 4 5 0 0 2 .224 .320 .360 .680 80 1413 862
21 Jim Mecir 10 0 3 2000 30 TOT AL 63 0 0 17 .769 5 85.0 70 31 28 36 70 2.96 163 4 352 311 7 1 2 2 1 2 11 13 2 1 0 2 .225 .308 .293 .600 55 1410 853
22 Steve Karsay 10 3 2 1999 27 CLE AL 50 0 0 13 .833 1 78.2 71 29 26 30 68 2.97 169 6 324 287 15 2 3 2 2 3 9 3 3 0 0 5 .247 .320 .376 .696 74
23 Mike Remlinger 10 0 1 1999 33 ATL NL 73 0 0 14 .909 1 83.2 66 24 22 35 81 2.37 189 9 346 307 8 2 5 1 2 1 9 4 1 0 0 5 .215 .297 .342 .639 66
24 Arthur Rhodes 10 0 3 1997 27 BAL AL 53 0 0 6 .769 1 95.1 75 32 32 26 102 3.02 145 9 378 344 16 1 5 4 0 4 7 14 4 4 0 2 .218 .278 .349 .627 65
25 Roberto Hernandez 10 0 3 1997 32 TOT ML 74 0 0 50 .769 31 80.2 67 24 22 38 82 2.45 174 7 340 298 4 1 5 1 2 1 7 10 3 1 0 3 .225 .314 .315 .629 70
26 Julian Tavarez 10 0 2 1995 22 CLE AL 57 0 0 15 .833 0 85.0 76 36 23 21 68 2.44 192 7 350 324 12 0 0 3 0 2 6 2 3 2 2 3 .235 .286 .336 .622 61
27 Mike Henneman 10 0 2 1991 29 DET AL 60 0 0 50 .833 21 84.1 81 29 27 34 61 2.88 145 2 358 314 17 2 8 0 5 5 10 3 2 0 0 5 .258 .326 .344 .670 83
28 Joe Klink 10 0 3 1991 29 OAK AL 62 0 0 10 .769 2 62.0 60 30 30 21 34 4.35 88 4 266 231 10 1 5 5 8 0 9 4 2 0 0 4 .260 .335 .364 .698 95
29 Juan Agosto 10 0 2 1988 30 HOU NL 75 0 0 33 .833 4 91.2 74 27 23 30 33 2.26 147 6 371 327 9 3 13 0 9 5 12 15 2 3 5 3 .226 .287 .327 .615 84
30 Ron Robinson 10 0 3 1986 24 CIN NL 70 0 0 32 .769 14 116.2 110 44 42 43 117 3.24 120 10 487 435 21 3 8 2 4 3 7 14 7 2 0 3 .253 .321 .384 .705 97
31 Aurelio Lopez 10 0 1 1984 35 DET AL 71 0 0 41 .909 14 137.2 109 51 45 52 94 2.94 133 16 559 493 17 3 6 2 6 6 9 5 9 0 1 3 .221 .295 .365 .660 81
32 Sid Monge 10 0 3 1983 32 TOT NL 61 0 0 32 .769 7 80.1 85 34 33 37 39 3.70 96 8 354 306 10 0 7 1 7 3 2 6 5 1 1 3 .278 .354 .389 .743 114
33 Tippy Martinez 10 0 3 1979 29 BAL AL 39 0 0 23 .769 3 78.0 59 29 25 31 61 2.88 139 0 318 281 9 2 4 1 2 3 6 2 5 0 0 6 .210 .288 .256 .544 50
34 Kent Tekulve 10 0 1 1977 30 PIT NL 72 0 0 35 .909 7 103.0 89 41 35 33 59 3.06 129 5 422 377 15 2 6 1 6 5 8 5 3 1 1 2 .236 .296 .326 .622 70
35 Ted Abernathy 10 0 3 1970 37 TOT ML 58 0 0 37 .769 14 83.0 65 31 24 55 59 2.60 150 3 366 288 7 1 5 5 15 2 5 7 7 0 0 3 .226 .357 .288 .645 80
36 Stan Williams 10 0 1 1970 33 MIN AL 68 0 0 36 .909 15 113.1 85 34 25 32 76 1.99 191 8 455 408 11 2 6 5 6 5 6 6 0 1 1 2 .208 .271 .304 .575 61
37 Ed Roebuck 10 0 2 1962 30 LAD NL 64 0 0 22 .833 9 119.1 102 60 41 54 72 3.09 116 11 512 438 10 5 6 6 9 5 12 7 3 0 0 8 .233 .322 .354 .676 93
38 Dick Hyde 10 0 3 1958 29 WSH AL 53 0 0 44 .769 18 103.0 82 26 20 35 49 1.75 218 1 416 368 5 6 7 2 3 4 9 1 7 0 0 2 .223 .291 .277 .568 63
39 Turk Farrell 10 0 2 1957 23 PHI NL 52 0 0 32 .833 10 83.1 74 29 22 36 54 2.38 160 2 353 305 7 4 9 2 7 3 9 6 3 1 1 2 .243 .324 .311 .635 79
40 Ted Wilks 10 0 3 1949 33 STL NL 59 0 0 30 .769 9 118.1 105 52 49 38 71 3.73 112 7 484 0 0 0
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 1/9/2010.

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So, it's only happened 40 times. Anyone into baseball history would not be shocked to see Roy Face, Ron Perranoski, Hoyt Wilhelm, Ron Davis and Phil Regan on this list. But, what about Eddie Yuhas, Joe Beggs, Ed Roebuck, Dick Hyde, and Ted Wilks? How many people remember those old buzzards? (Well, maybe some old Dodger fans remember Ed Roebuck?) Then, again, in 50 or 60 years, will anyone remember Alfredo Aceves?

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6 Responses to “Forgotten Buzzards”

  1. dave Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 12:15 pm

    Mike Henneman is the only guy to do it more than once.

  2. jksesq1 Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 4:22 pm

    Henneman's stats perplex me. How does a reliever run up a 57-42 record playing with mostly mediocre teams? (He was 57-34 in 8 years with Detroit).

  3. DavidRF Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    Does baseball-reference have reliever splits based on the entering game situation? Some of these guys were vultures (Face had 4W and 1L in his 9 blown saves) but in other cases the reliever is a mop up guy who mainly enters the game when the team is trailing (hard to get an L that way). Aceves picked up a few wins from starters who failed to go 5 IP.

  4. DoubleDiamond Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 11:11 pm

    One baseball stat I never see listed anywhere, and yet you'd think it would be an interesting one to put somewhere, is most wins without a loss in a season (regardless of whether as a starter or a reliever). I do recall seeing once that it was Tom Zachary, the same guy who gave up Babe Ruth's 60th home run in 1927 as a member of the Washington Senators. Of course, I was excited to hear that this record was held by a Senator, only to read further that he was actually a Yankee when he had that season. I see here on Baseball Reference that he did indeed go 12-0 for the Yankees in 1929. He started only 11 games that year, so at least one of the wins was in relief. Dennis Lamp's 11-0 falls one game short of this.

    Conversely, I've never seen the stat of most losses without a win in a season listed anywhere. I just checked Anthony Young's page and saw that during his horrible 1993 season that was part of a two-season 27-loss streak, he still managed to go 1-16. Any other possibilities?

  5. JohnnyTwisto Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 11:49 pm

    Zachary does have the record for most wins w/o a loss.

    Terry Felton went 0-13 for the '82 Twins, for the opposite record.

  6. buckley Says:
    January 11th, 2010 at 9:47 am

    I remember fondly the 84 Aurelio Lopez season. He and Willie Hernandez were quite the tandem.

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