Sunday, May 28, 2006

Trivia...

Dontrelle Willis is 1-6 in 11 starts this season after winning 22 games in 2005. Only three pitchers in the divisional-play era (1969 to date) won no more than one of their first 11 starts in a season after winning 20 or more games the year before: Jim Merritt, who was 20-12 for the Reds in 1970 but 0-9 in his first 11 starts in 1971; Mike Krukow, who was 20-9 for the Giants in 1986, then 1-5 in his first 11 starts in 1987; and Jose Lima, who was 21-10 for Houston in 1999 and 1-7 in his first 11 starts in 2000.

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The Tigers beat the Indians 3-1 for their 15th win in their last 16 games. The Tigers won 15 times over a 16-game stretch in only two other seasons: 1911 and 1984.
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lavinius said...

Building on Cooch's post, here's how those guys did after their 20 win seasons:

Merritt finished at 1-11 in 1971. Appeared in 28 games, but only 11 of those were starts. Looks like dude got yanked from the rotation quick fast.

Krukow finished at 5-6 in 1987. He appeared in 30 games, but started 28 of them. His ERA in his 20 win season was 3.05, his best single season ERA. His ERA in his 5-6 season the following year was 4.80, his worst single season ERA.

And finally, Lima Time finished at 7-16 in 2000. He appeared and started in 33 games that season.

Lima was one of the better pitchers in baseball in '98 and '99, going 16-8 and 21-10, respectively, with mid to high 3's ERA in each of those seasons. Since his 21 win season of '99, he has fallen off the map as a quality major league starter, so much so that he's become a journeyman pitcher trying to stay in baseball ever since.

5/29/2006 11:07:00 AM

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