That was in 2015. Tom sent me an updated list since some pitchers have joined the leaders since then. Here is what he sent me. The first number is strikeouts followed by IP and the dates. Maybe Sale will join the leaders today
Curt Schilling 56 44.0 2002- 5-13 2002- 6- 8
Greg Maddux 53 71.2 2001- 6-20 2001- 8-12
Kenley Jansen 53 32.2 2016-10- 1 2017- 6-25
Pedro Martinez 49 42.1 2000- 8- 2 2000- 9- 4
Matt Shoemaker 49 39.0 2016- 5-16 2016- 6-11
Corey Kluber 49 47.1 2018- 5- 8 2018- 6-15
Dennis Eckersley 47 51.2 1989- 8-22 1990- 6-12
Jeff Samardzija 47 38.2 2017- 4-28 2017- 5-25
Koji Uehara 46 38.1 2010- 7-19 2011- 4-17
Craig Kimbrel 46 27.0 2012- 5-20 2012- 8- 2
Clayton Kershaw 46 34.0 2015- 7- 3 2015- 8- 1
John Smoltz 45 39.0 2003- 7-24 2004- 6-11
Eric Gagne 43 29.0 2002- 5- 4 2002- 7- 3
Javier Vazquez 43 54.2 2005- 4-25 2005- 6- 9
Cliff Lee 43 31.2 2013- 9-11 2014- 3-31
Chris Archer 43 29.2 2015- 5-27 2015- 6-13
3 comments:
Without allowing a walk, your title should say?
Thanks. I changed it
"Players hit 1,144 home runs in 874 games through April 30, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, an average of 1.31 per game. That is on track to break the record average of 1.26 set two years ago."
Too many HR's, too many K's
I always get a chuckle when I watch kids play their first organized baseball and a bored outfielder lays down or starts picking dandilions.
Maybe we'll soon see that in the Majors it's getting so boring.
Listening to some ESPN taking head go into a frenzy about a HR like some space ship just landed is so over done, so repetitious, so boring.... And by the time the batter looks at his HR, flips his bat, waddles around the bases, goes into his "signature handshakes" with his team mates, and AWS puts up all the details of the HR you could have done a load of laundry.
Why not just paint a superball white and print seams on it? Then you can reduce the MLB game to a pitcher, catcher and a batter. Then everyone is happy: more home runs, shorter games, more commercials, smaller rosters/payroll, more games, just great moronic TV for everyone....
Phil, bored in Buffalo
Post a Comment