10 Responses to “There’s Picking, And, Then There’s Pilfering”

1. dukeofflatbush Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 7:58 pm

   Is there a righty on the list?
   Andy is questionable though, he now definitely has the "vet" call, but he is always a borderline balk.

2. Raphy Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 8:28 pm

   Here are the righties:

   Rk		Strk Start	End	Games
   1	Steve Busby	1973-06-12	1973-06-28	5
   2	Dwight Gooden	1997-07-02	1997-07-23	4
   3	Armando Reynoso	1994-04-15	1994-05-03	4
   4	Charlie Hough	1988-07-09	1988-07-25	4
   5	Rick Sutcliffe	1983-05-05	1983-05-23	4
   6	Jesse Jefferson	1979-06-06	1979-06-22	4

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3. mrf Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 8:41 pm

   amazing (to me) that kenny rogers doesn't make the list...

4. Raphy Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 9:12 pm

   Mrf -Not only that, but the only time Rogers managed 3 in a row was as a reliever.

   Rk	Strk Start	End	Games	W	L	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	Tm
   1	1989-08-30	1989-09-01	3	0	1	0	3	0	3.1	6	3	3	2	0	0	8.10	TEX
   2	2003-06-22	2003-06-28	2	2	0	2	0	0	11.0	13	4	4	3	6	1	3.27	MIN
   3	2001-05-06	2001-05-11	2	0	1	2	0	0	13.1	15	11	11	3	6	3	7.43	TEX
   4	1999-09-12	1999-09-19	2	1	0	2	0	0	11.2	15	9	9	5	5	1	6.94	NYM
   5	1999-06-06	1999-06-12	2	1	0	2	0	0	13.0	18	7	7	5	7	2	4.85	OAK
   6	1998-05-31	1998-06-05	2	0	0	2	0	0	14.0	11	4	4	5	9	1	2.57	OAK
   7	1998-04-24	1998-04-29	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.0	12	3	3	3	11	1	1.69	OAK
   8	1997-04-23	1997-04-28	2	1	0	2	0	0	10.2	15	10	10	8	7	1	8.44	NYY
   9	1993-09-14	1993-09-19	2	0	1	2	0	0	14.0	14	5	5	5	11	1	3.21	TEX

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5. Zachary Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 9:14 pm

   I think it's interesting that most of the W-L records for these guys were pretty bad. Only two of them won more than half their games. I guess if you're getting enough opportunities to pick guys off, you're not having too much success against the batters.

6. Andy Pickette | WasWatching.com Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 11:06 pm

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7. Gerry Says:
   February 21st, 2010 at 11:44 pm

   So what's the (post-1954) record for most consecutive games pitched with at least one balk?

8. TheGoof Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 12:53 pm

   "Was no one paying attention to his pick-off move during the first two?"

   I remember how it always seemed Pettitte picked off the guys who thought they were safe because they weren't taking a big lead. They'd be not even two feet off the bag, lulled by his move and a false sense of security. He never seemed to get the guys with a big lead.

   I was curious if the guys he caught off guard during the streak would bear that out, and I suppose it does a bit: Gilkey, Grissom, Easley, Graffanino, Shawn Green, Nevin, Belle, Stinnett and Voigt (he caught the last two in the eighth game).

9. Kahuna Tuna Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 1:12 pm

   So what's the (post-1954) record for most consecutive games pitched with at least one balk?

   The answer is six. A Play Index subscriber can tell you the offender's name. (-;þ

10. Gerry Says:
    February 22nd, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    Or a non-subscriber can do a little extra work and find out that it was Dave Stewart, 1988. That was the year of the balk, and Stewart set the all-time record with 16 of them. He balked in his first 6 games that year; once on 4 April, 3 times on the 9th, once on the 14th, 3 more on the 19th, another one on the 23rd, then twice on the 28th - 11 balks in 6 games.