Top 50 Greatest Pitching Performances (Back to Back Starts)

[scotty216brs]

My last batch of the night, I'm not making this easy for you, am I tp??? What score makes the top 50 now, a 33 or more?


Chooo Choooo here comes the Big Train:


Walter Johnson scores a 33 in 1916

9/1-9/5: 18IP 6H 1ER 3BB 16K


32 Points in 1917

8/6-8/10: 20IP 6H 0ER 4BB 4K


43 Points in 1918

5/15-5/26: 27IP 14H 0ER 3BB 12K


37.5 Points in 1918

6/21-6/27: 22IP 11H 0ER 2BB 13K


36 Points in 1918

7/20-7/25: 24IP 12H 1ER 2BB 8K


35 Points in 1919

5/11-5/18: 21IP 10H 1ER 1BB 12K


39 Points in 1920

6/27-7/1: 18IP 3H 0ER 0BB 12K

 

[scotty216brs]

Tom 'Terrific' Seaver 34.5 Points in 1970

4/17-4/22: 18IP 10H 1ER 3BB 27K


37 Points in 1971

4/11-4/16: 18IP 8H 0ER 3BB 24K


35 Points in 1971

6/24-6/29: 18IP 9H 1ER 1BB 22K


34 Points in 1971

8/11-8/16: 19IP 10H 0ER 6BB 24K


33.5 Points in 1971

9/6-9/11: 18IP 8H 0ER 4BB 19K


36.5 Points in 1973

8/15-8/20: 21IP 9H 2ER 2BB 19K


42.5 Points in 1974

4/26-5/1: 21IP 7H 1ER 2BB 23K


34 Points in 1975

8/27-9/1: 18IP 10H 0ER 2BB 20K

 

[scotty216brs]

Warren Spahn 33.5 Points in 1953

7/27-8/1: 18IP 8H 0ER 2BB 15K


34.5 Points in 1960

9/16-9/21: 18IP 7H 1ER 2BB 19K


37 Points in 1963

6/28-7/2: 24.1IP 12H 1ER 1BB 4K


Hm, I would have thought he would have more 33+ scores. He had an absolute ton of CGs though, it's amazing he still had an arm left by the end of his career.

 

[scotty216brs]

Last batch for the night...


Billy Pierce score of 36.5 In 1957

6/4-6/8: 19IP 5H 0ER 3BB 13K


Score of 39 in 1958

6/21-6/27: 18IP 3H 0ER 0BB 12K

 

[Champion]

Johnny Vander Meer hands down.

 

[Hendersonfan]

Johnny Vander Meer hands down.

That's what I thought too. For achievement factor, yes, but not statwise.

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[Champion]

That's what I thought too. For achievement factor, yes, but not statwise.

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By law?

 

[Hendersonfan]

By law?

It's my new sig from phone. Someone said it was needed. Thought this was funny.

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[tpeichel]

My last batch of the night, I'm not making this easy for you, am I tp??? What score makes the top 50 now, a 33 or more?


Chooo Choooo here comes the Big Train:


Walter Johnson scores a 33 in 1916

9/1-9/5: 18IP 6H 1ER 3BB 16K


32 Points in 1917

8/6-8/10: 20IP 6H 0ER 4BB 4K


43 Points in 1918

5/15-5/26: 27IP 14H 0ER 3BB 12K


37.5 Points in 1918

6/21-6/27: 22IP 11H 0ER 2BB 13K


36 Points in 1918

7/20-7/25: 24IP 12H 1ER 2BB 8K


35 Points in 1919

5/11-5/18: 21IP 10H 1ER 1BB 12K


39 Points in 1920

6/27-7/1: 18IP 3H 0ER 0BB 12K

I have a lot of catching up to do. Will update over the next few days. 35 points might be the eventual cut off. It seems it's a little easier to have great back to back starts than big games back to back hitting.

 

[scotty216brs]

I have a lot of catching up to do. Will update over the next few days. 35 points might be the eventual cut off. It seems it's a little easier to have great back to back starts than big games back to back hitting.

Cool, I'll try to find only 35+ games from here on out. Seems like it might be a little more difficult to string together a couple amazing games for hitters because they will face a handful of different pitchers in those 2 games and they will be pitched around and pitchers might try a bit harder not to make mistakes against the hot hitter. It can be a little more luck based with hitters than it is pitchers. I've also noticed how it's more likely for pitchers to have a great 2 game span early in the season (April/May) and you see more great two game spans for hitters mid-season (July/August). The weather does play a huge role in baseball. Although pitchers can be at their best mid season because their pitches will have a lot of movement, just hope the opposing team isn't on their A-game.


King Carl Hubbell 36 Score in 1933

8/28-9/1: 19IP 9H 0ER 2BB 18K


Prince Hal Newhouser 40 Score in 1946

9/18-9/22: 19IP 5H 1ER 1BB 20K

 

[scotty216brs]

Last batch for the night:


Phil Niekro 35.5 Points in 1982

9/27-10/1: 18IP 5H 0ER 2BB 13K


Curt Schilling 37.5 Points in 1998

4/5-4/10: 18IP 7H 1ER 2BB 25K


....36 Points in 2002

4/2-4/7: 16IP 7H 0ER 2BB 26K


....41 Points in 2003

5/9-5/14: 18IP 6H 0ER 1BB 24K


JR Richard 35 Score in 1976

9/28-10/2: 18IP 7H 1ER 1BB 18K


....37.5 Score in 1980

5/31-6/6: 18IP 6H 0ER 2BB 19K

 

[tpeichel]

Yeah I wasn't sure if that would count as I did see the game was suspended and resumed the next day....great #'s though. I have only been posting 35+ scores so if 30-34 scores will make the list then Koufax and Pedro have some other 30+ 2 start scores.


Dean Chance 1964 Score of 48.5

6/2-6/6: 23IP 5H 0ER 6BB 27K


Score of 32.5 also in 1964

7/15-7/19: 18IP 9H 0ER 3BB 17K


...and a Score of 31 in 1964

8/14-8/18: 18IP 4H 0ER 9BB 16K



Most underrated pitcher of all time?

Dean Chance was amazing those two games.

 

[tpeichel]

Bob Feller 32.5 in 1946

6/29-7/3: 18IP 14H 0ER 9BB 19K


Another 32.5 in 1946

7/24-7/28: 18IP 7H 0ER 6BB 19K



31 Points in 1940

9/15-9/18: 18IP 7H 1ER 3BB 14K



33.5 Points in 1941

5/21-5/25: 20IP 11H 0ER 5BB 19K



31.5 Points in 1941

6/6-6/10: 18IP 8H 1ER 3BB 17K

I'm a little surprised he didn't put up any bigger numbers.

 

[tpeichel]

Carl Hubbell Not Your Typical 35.83 Score in 1933

7/2-7/9: 22.2IP 12H 1ER 2BB 13K

His first start was an 18 inning SHO, while his second a 4.2 inning so-so start. 36 points alone in his 18 inning gem.


36 Points in 1933 on just a couple days rest

8/29-9/1: 19IP 9H 0ER 2BB 18K



32 Points in 1931

6/18-6/24: 18IP 8H 0ER 3BB 14K

In that 18 Inning game, Hubbell had a 132 game score! Very, very rare.

 

[scotty216brs]

I'm a little surprised he didn't put up any bigger numbers.

Same here! Especially when you consider that it's much easier to make the list when you get a lot of strikeouts, which he did. His walks were did downfall, career BB/9 of 4.1 is not going to get you very high on this list.

 

[tpeichel]

Juan Marichal 33 Points in 1960 (Best score to start a career??)

7/19-7/23: 18IP 5H 1ER 5BB 18K


34.5 Points in 1961

7/27-8/2: 18IP 6H 0ER 5BB 19K



Juan Marichal 31.5 Points in 1963

6/11-6/15: 18IP 7H 0ER 2BB 9K


...38.83 Points also in 1963

6/28-7/2: 23.2IP 10H 0ER 10BB 23K

He let up a HR in the first start but for whatever reason it was unearned. Can't beat a 16 inning SHO in his second start, though.



31.5 Points in 1965

6/5-6/10: 18IP 12H 0ER 0BB 15K


31 Points in 1965

6/28-7/2: 18IP 11H 0ER 1BB 14K


34 Points in 1965

7/10-7/17: 18IP 7H 0ER 1BB 12K


31 Points in 1966

4/21-4/28: 18IP 10H 1ER 1BB 16K



42.5 Points in 1966!

5/22-5/26: 23IP 9H 0ER 2BB 15K


31.5 Points In 1966

7/8-7/15: 18IP 8H 1ER 3BB 17K


35 Points in 1967

4/29-5/3: 18IP 9H 0ER 2BB 20K


39.66 Points in 1969

8/15-8/19: 22.1IP 10H 1ER 4BB 22K


36.5 Points in 1969

9/12-9/16: 18IP 5H 0ER 2BB 15K




I think I linked those all correctly. Yeah, the Dominican Dandy was a damn good pitcher.

Marichal may best Nolan Ryan for the most dominant back to back outings.

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[TD]39.7[/TD]
[TD]22.1[/TD]
[TD]67[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
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[TD]Juan Marichal[/TD]
[TD]38.9[/TD]
[TD]23.2[/TD]
[TD]71[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
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[TD]Nolan Ryan[/TD]
[TD]38.0[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]July 5 & 9, 1972[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nolan Ryan[/TD]
[TD]37.7[/TD]
[TD]19.1[/TD]
[TD]58[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]July 15 & 19, 1973[/TD]
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[TD]36.5[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Spe 12 & 16, 1969[/TD]
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[TD]Nolan Ryan[/TD]
[TD]36.0[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]63[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Aug 27 & 31, 1972[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nolan Ryan[/TD]
[TD]35.0[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Sept 8 & 14, 1988[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Juan Marichal[/TD]
[TD]35.0[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Apr 29 & May 3, 1967[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Juan Marichal[/TD]
[TD]34.5[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Jul 27 & Aug 2, 1961[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nolan Ryan[/TD]
[TD]34.0[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]May 15 & 19, 1973[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Juan Marichal[/TD]
[TD]34.0[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Jul 10 & 17, 1965[/TD]
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[tpeichel]

Joe Oeschger
4/26/20 - 9 IP, 6 K, 1 ER, 7 H, 2 BB
5/1/20 - 26 IP, 7 K, 1 ER, 9 H, 4 BB

I calculate 50.5

40.5 in just the 26 inning game by itself! I don't think this one will be beaten.

 

[tpeichel]

Caught up through Page 3 and 35 scores are falling off the Top 50 list.

 

[scotty216brs]

Caught up through Page 3 and 35 scores are falling off the Top 50 list.

Wow! And thanks for updating the thread. I'll try to find some more 35+ scores later on tonight. Some damn good names on the list.

 

[tpeichel]

I added Dave Stieb. He had back to back games where he lost a no-hitter in the 9th inning.

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[TD]ER[/TD]
[TD]BB[/TD]
[TD]SO[/TD]
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[TD]Dave Stieb[/TD]
[TD]37.0[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
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