Monday, May 20, 2013
Williams: Discover one of baseball’s forgotten streaks
(espn.go.com)
Read More...Over the first 12 days of September, Langford went the distance against the Yankees, Orioles and Royals. Langford, who wore No. 22, had thrown 22 consecutive complete games.
Finally, on Sept. 17, in a game at Arlington, Texas, A’s manager Billy Martin marched to the mound after Langford had pitched 8⅔ innings and signaled for lefty reliever Bob Lacey to come on. Lacey induced a groundout from Buddy Bell to save Langford’s 17th victory.
“I remember him standing there like it was ...
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1. Willie Mayspedes posted on August 31, 2012 at 03:34 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Oakland
4 guys with over 125 innings
LAAA
12 guys with over 650 IP (probably the difference in standings right there especially with a better offense DAMN YOU TROUT!)
Texas
10 guys with over 430 IP
Detroit
11 guys with over 480 IP
Tampa Bay
4 guys with over 120IP (pretty good)
NYY
8 guys with over 450IP (Phil Hughes is 4.02 with 150IP just barely snuck in there)
Could say 7 guys with 300IP which isn’t terrible.
Baltimore
11 guys with over 340IP
EDIT: Park factors are obviously an issue with this quick lookup but still.
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