• Gator, Moose, Andy, Catfish & El Duque Were Stein Aces

    Posted by on January 5th, 2009 · Comments (5)

    Here’s a fun list via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Pitching Season Finder. It’s starting pitchers for the Yankees in the “Steinbrenner Era” (meaning 1973 to date) with the most games started where they ended up with a Game Score of 75 or more. (Minimium 5 GS with a GS of 75+ to make the leaderboard.)

                       Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
 Ron Guidry           55 Ind. Games
 Mike Mussina         25 Ind. Games
 Andy Pettitte        24 Ind. Games
 Catfish Hunter       21 Ind. Games
 Orlando Hernandez    20 Ind. Games
 Rudy May             18 Ind. Games
 David Cone           18 Ind. Games
 Doc Medich           17 Ind. Games
 Tommy John           16 Ind. Games
 Ed Figueroa          14 Ind. Games
 Roger Clemens        14 Ind. Games
 David Wells          12 Ind. Games
 Randy Johnson        11 Ind. Games
 Pat Dobson           10 Ind. Games
 Dave Righetti         8 Ind. Games
 Jimmy Key             8 Ind. Games
 Melido Perez          7 Ind. Games
 Chien-Ming Wang       6 Ind. Games
 Scott Sanderson       6 Ind. Games
 Hideki Irabu          6 Ind. Games
 Dennis Rasmussen      5 Ind. Games
 Tim Leary             5 Ind. Games
 Andy Hawkins          5 Ind. Games
 Chuck Cary            5 Ind. Games
 John Candelaria       5 Ind. Games

    Man, was Rudy May underrated, or what?

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    Comments on Gator, Moose, Andy, Catfish & El Duque Were Stein Aces

    1. gene0714
      January 5th, 2009 | 11:08 am

      What stands out to me is Randy Johnson’s 11 in just two underrated seasons with the Bombers.
    2. Steve Lombardi
      January 5th, 2009 | 1:18 pm

      I think the issue with Unit was what he did in the other ~50 starts. There were some really bad games in there, IIRC…maybe more than these 11 great ones.
    3. Raf
      January 5th, 2009 | 2:44 pm

      I think the issue with Unit was what he did in the other ~50 starts. There were some really bad games in there, IIRC…maybe more than these 11 great ones.
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      Yes, I would suspect there were more games of the 11 he threw in 05 than 06.
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