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Stupid Humbug Stat Tricks - 'C.C. rider ... see what you have done' edition
2008-04-17 12:21
by dianagramr

2007 AL Cy Young award winner C.C. Sabathia has begun 2008 with four horrendous starts, yielding 46 baserunners (32 hits including 5 homers, plus 14 walks) in only 18 innings. He managed to escape with a no decision in his first outing, but got pegged with the loss in each of the last three. He now stands at 0-3, 13.50 ERA ... in his free agent walk year.

Sabathia got knocked around for nine earned runs for the 2nd consecutive start on Wednesday, losing 13-2 to the Tigers.

Since 1956, there have been only six instances of a pitcher giving up at least nine earned runs in consecutive starts (and Sabathia is of course the only one following up on a Cy Young award from the prior year):

Pitcher Start End Games W L IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.C. Sabathia 4/11/08 4/16/08 2 0 2 7.1 20 18 18 7 5 2 22.09
Jose Contreras 7/20/07 7/25/07 2 0 2 12 22 19 19 6 5 3 14.25
Mark Mulder 6/20/06 8/23/06 2 0 2 5.1 19 18 18 4 1 3 30.38
Jose Lima 4/27/00 5/2/00 2 0 2 9.2 26 22 21 6 11 8 19.55
Chris Holt 4/11/00 4/16/00 2 0 2 9.1 19 19 18 5 9 3 17.36
John Thomson 4/6/98 4/11/98 2 0 2 8 23 18 18 2 5 2 20.25

Of course, one must give some credit (or blame?) to Eric Wedge for allowing Sabathia to stay in there long enough in each of those games to cough up nine earned runs.

 

Comments
2008-04-17 13:03:03
1.   Ken Arneson
C.C. Rider sounds like a conflagration of tall, Bay Area professional athletes.

We Encinal Jet alumni like to proudly play up our Willie Stargell, Dontrelle Willis and Jimmy Rollins connections, but we only talk about J.R. Rider in whispers.

Another reason I'll never be President, I guess. "Mr. Arneson, you played on the same basketball team as the brother of a man who was arrested for kidnapping, domestic abuse, and cocaine possession. How do you explain yourself?"

2008-04-17 13:12:32
2.   dianagramr
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tis a shame your name isn't listed amongst the "notable alumni" on Encinal HS's wiki page ...

2008-04-17 13:46:33
3.   Ken Arneson
I belong more on the "Not Able Alumni" list.

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