The 20 That Got Away

It’s September 9th, and through yesterday, the Yankees have only lost 20 games at home this season. Here they are:

  Cnt Losing Pitcher    Date       Tm   Opp GmReslt
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-----+
    1 A.J. Burnett      2009-08-27 NYY  TEX L  2-7
    2 Joba Chamberlain  2009-08-25 NYY  TEX L  9-10
    3 Sergio Mitre      2009-08-10 NYY  TOR L  4-5
    4 Andy Pettitte     2009-07-25 NYY  OAK L  4-6
    5 Andy Pettitte     2009-07-06 NYY  TOR L  6-7
    6 C.C. Sabathia     2009-07-02 NYY  SEA L  4-8
    7 Joba Chamberlain  2009-06-18 NYY  WSN L  0-3
    8 Chien-Ming Wang   2009-06-17 NYY  WSN L  2-3
    9 Andy Pettitte     2009-06-13 NYY  NYM L  2-6
   10 Mariano Rivera    2009-06-06 NYY  TBR L  7-9
   11 Andy Pettitte     2009-06-03 NYY  TEX L  2-4
   12 Brett Tomko       2009-05-24 NYY  PHI L  3-4
   13 A.J. Burnett      2009-05-22 NYY  PHI L  3-7
   14 Mariano Rivera    2009-05-07 NYY  TBR L  6-8
   15 Phil Coke         2009-05-06 NYY  TBR L  3-4
   16 Joba Chamberlain  2009-05-05 NYY  BOS L  3-7
   17 Philip Hughes     2009-05-04 NYY  BOS L  4-6
   18 C.C. Sabathia     2009-05-02 NYY  LAA L  4-8
   19 Chien-Ming Wang   2009-04-18 NYY  CLE L  4-22
   20 Jose Veras        2009-04-16 NYY  CLE L  2-10
   

For those scoring at home, Andy Pettitte (4) and Joba Chamberlain (3) have been charged with 7 of these 20 losses.  No other pitcher has more than two.  And, 6 of these 20 losses were by one run.  Imagine if New York had won those?  They would be 54-14 at home right now.  Wow…then again…not that 48-20 is anything to be embarrassed about…

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