Starting pitchers, on the other hand, who throw more balls than strikes in an outing are really annoying. The Baseball-Reference.com Play Index lists 43,722 starts from 1999-2007 (the years I've found with reliable pitch data) and only 705 of them (1.6%) featured at least as many balls as strikes thrown. The wild starters' teams were a combined 191-514 (.271) in those games and the pitchers themselves went 40-386 (.094).
I've put together some lists of the lowest percentage of strikes thrown in a start and broken it into multiple categories so the list isn't cluttered by guys who left shortly after the game started due to injury or managerial ire.
Lowest Percentage of Strikes Thrown in a Start, 1-49 pitches
1999-2007
1999-2007
Rank | Name | Date | Team | Opponent | Pitches | Strikes | Strike % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aaron Myette | 9/3/2002 | TEX | BAL | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
2 | Justin Wayne | 5/3/2003 | FLA | HOU | 23 | 4 | 17.4 |
3 | Ryan Dempster | 10/5/2001 | FLA | ATL | 45 | 14 | 31.1 |
4 | Kyle Davies | 7/16/2007 | ATL | CIN | 22 | 7 | 31.8 |
5 | Jason Standridge | 7/13/2003 | TBD | SEA | 31 | 10 | 32.3 |
6 | Kevin Correia | 9/12/2005 | SFG | SDP | 27 | 9 | 33.3 |
7 | Mickey Callaway | 6/18/1999 | TBD | MIN | 12 | 4 | 33.3 |
8 | Chad Gaudin | 6/22/2004 | TBD | TOR | 29 | 10 | 34.5 |
9 | Brian Tollberg | 6/10/2003 | SDP | CLE | 26 | 9 | 34.6 |
10 | Michael Tejera | 7/1/2004 | FLA | ATL | 23 | 8 | 34.8 |
Ramon Martinez | 9/28/2000 | BOS | CHW | 23 | 8 | 34.8 |
Lowest Percentage of Strikes Thrown in a Start, 50-99 pitches
1999-2007
1999-2007
Rank | Name | Date | Team | Opponent | Pitches | Strikes | Strike % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alan Levine | 9/27/2000 | ANA | OAK | 51 | 18 | 35.3 |
2 | Daniel Cabrera | 4/7/2006 | BAL | BOS | 60 | 22 | 36.7 |
3 | Ryan Dempster | 4/30/2003 | CIN | COL | 50 | 19 | 38.0 |
4 | Shawn Chacon | 8/16/2003 | COL | NYM | 52 | 20 | 38.5 |
5 | Jim Brower | 7/5/2000 | CLE | TOR | 52 | 20 | 38.5 |
6 | Rocky Coppinger | 4/25/1999 | BAL | OAK | 57 | 22 | 38.6 |
7 | Jonathan Johnson | 6/13/2003 | HOU | BOS | 76 | 30 | 39.5 |
8 | Mario Ramos | 6/29/2003 | TEX | HOU | 75 | 30 | 40.0 |
9 | Wes Obermueller | 5/31/2005 | MIL | SDP | 55 | 22 | 40.0 |
10 | Darryl Kile | 4/23/1999 | COL | SFG | 54 | 22 | 40.7 |
Lowest Percentage of Strikes Thrown in a Start, 100+ pitches
1999-2007
1999-2007
Rank | Name | Date | Team | Opponent | Pitches | Strikes | Strike % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ervin Santana | 7/20/2006 | LAA | KCR | 103 | 46 | 44.7 |
2 | Jason Jennings | 9/8/2002 | COL | SDP | 108 | 49 | 45.4 |
3 | Tom Glavine | 8/21/2004 | NYM | SFG | 110 | 50 | 45.5 |
4 | Tom Glavine | 9/18/2001 | ATL | PHI | 105 | 48 | 45.7 |
5 | Shawn Chacon | 7/24/2002 | COL | ARI | 118 | 54 | 45.8 |
6 | Al Leiter | 5/1/2004 | NYM | SDP | 113 | 52 | 46.0 |
7 | Robert Person | 7/17/2002 | PHI | CHC | 115 | 53 | 46.1 |
8 | Chris Capuano | 4/18/2005 | MIL | LAD | 104 | 48 | 46.2 |
9 | Russ Ortiz | 9/8/2003 | ATL | PHI | 110 | 51 | 46.4 |
10 | Darren Dreifort | 4/20/1999 | LAD | ATL | 103 | 48 | 46.6 |
It's interesting that Tom Glavine shows up on the last list twice. On the final list, Ortiz and Dreifort got wins for their trouble.
There are quite a few pitchers who show up more than once on the list of starts with at least as many balls thrown as strikes. Below you'll find the pitchers with six or more such games.
Most Starts With at Least as Many Balls Thrown as Strikes, 1999-2007
- Russ Ortiz, 12
- Shawn Estes, 10
Tom Glavine, 10 - Al Leiter, 9
- Daniel Cabrera, 8
- Jimmy Anderson, 7
Jason Bere, 7
Jaret Wright, 7
Victor Zambrano, 7 - Chris Carpenter, 6
Shawn Chacon, 6
Ryan Dempster, 6
Scott Erickson, 6
Mike Hampton, 6
Hideo Nomo, 6
Mark Redman, 6
Dan Reichert, 6
Jamey Wright, 6
Some of those guys are still active, so watch for them to pad their "wild start" numbers. Also note that since this is only since the 1999 season, guys like Tom Glavine probably have more starts that qualify from before then.
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