They said it couldn't be done, but he's doing it. He's repeating the season he had last year, with a ridiculously low hit rate, a ridiculously high walk rate, but an excellent ERA.

Here are all the guys from the last 20 years with at least 30 IP in a season, including more than 6 walks per 9 innings and fewer than 7 hits per 9 innings:

                   From  To   Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons
+-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+
 J.C. Romero       2007 2008 31-32       2 Ind. Seasons                   
 Matt Mantei       1999 2000 25-26       2 Ind. Seasons                   
 Randy Johnson     1991 1992 27-28       2 Ind. Seasons                   
 Dennis Sarfate    2008 2008 27-27       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Derrick Turnbow   2007 2007 29-29       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 George Sherrill   2006 2006 29-29       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Brian Bruney      2004 2004 22-22       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Kelly Wunsch      2003 2003 30-30       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Luis Pineda       2002 2002 27-27       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Jeff Nelson       2001 2001 34-34       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Juan Moreno       2001 2001 26-26       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Jeff Wallace      1999 1999 23-23       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Armando Benitez   1995 1995 22-22       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Pedro Martinez    1994 1994 25-25       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Storm Davis       1994 1994 32-32       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 John Briscoe      1994 1994 26-26       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Mark Acre         1994 1994 25-25       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Jeff Schwarz      1993 1993 29-29       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Mitch Williams    1991 1991 26-26       1 Ind. Seasons                   
 Bryan Harvey      1989 1989 26-26       1 Ind. Seasons     

The only guys to do it twice are Romero this year (so far) and last, Matt Mantei, and Randy Johnson before he became so nasty. Check out the ERA+ though. In Johnson's two years it was 103 and 105. In Mantei's it was 162 and 105. In Romero's, it's been 243 and (so far this year) 265. That kind of an ERA+ for a guy with such a high walk rate is ridiculous.

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