Baseball for the Thinking Fan

Login | Register | Feedback

btf_logo
You are here > Home > Baseball Newsstand > Baseball Primer Newsblog > Discussion
Baseball Primer Newsblog
— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

MLB.com: [Cliff] Lee wins No. 19 for Tribe’s ninth straight

Rather, the history Tuesday night belonged, once again, to left-hander Cliff Lee, who was backed up by another big offensive performance from his teammates and cruised to his 19th win in a 10-4 victory over the Tigers at Comerica Park.

According to Stats Inc., Lee is just the eighth pitcher since 1920 to start out a season at 19-2 or better. The others were Lefty Grove (19-2 in 1931), Roe Preacher (19-2 in 1951), Whitey Ford (19-2 in 1961), Gaylord Perry (19-2 in 1966), Ron Guidry (19-2 in 1978), Greg Maddux (19-2 in 1995) and Roger Clemens (20-1 in 2001).
...
The Indians won their ninth straight game. It’s their first nine-game winning streak since June of 2005.

NTNgod Posted: August 27, 2008 at 03:24 AM | 8 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
  Tags: game recaps, indians, tigers

Reader Comments and Retorts

Go to end of page

Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.

   1. wcw Posted: August 27, 2008 at 05:51 AM (#2918251)
He means Preacher Roe.

And for a minute, I thought it was so cool someone named his kid after fish eggs.
   2. Tim Stauffer, Trot Nixon's Coming (Dan Lee) Posted: August 27, 2008 at 06:36 AM (#2918273)
I kind of like the idea of an itinerant Roe Preacher, moving from town to town extolling the virtues of fish eggs and winning baseball games. Seems like he'd be more successful in the Japanese leagues, though.

As for Lee, I'm still flabbergasted by how good he's been. I'm a little disappointed to learn that Wedge is considering a six-man rotation down the stretch. That would pretty much eliminate any (small) chance Cliff has to win 25 games.

I'm sure I could look this up, but I'm too lazy. Who was the last pitcher to win 20 games by September 1? Is it Bob Welch 1990?
   3. Eddie Gaedel Posted: August 27, 2008 at 12:15 PM (#2918335)
In 1994, Smoltz won his 20th on 16Aug. He'd go 4-2 with two NDs the rest of the way (4-3 Braves victory and a 2-1 Braves loss) to finish at 24-8.

He started that season with a clunker of a loss (6 ER in 6.1 IP) before rattling off 14 consecutive wins over a 15 game stretch. During that time, he had a 1.91 ERA with a 12-21 K/BB ratio.

Nice.

Not sure if anyone has won #20 in August since.
   4. Hack Wilson Posted: August 27, 2008 at 12:38 PM (#2918348)
He means Preacher Roe.


Are you sure? Perry Gaylord sounds right.

By the way Preacher achieved some notoriety after he retired by teaching the spitball.
   5. wcw Posted: August 27, 2008 at 02:20 PM (#2918440)
..though as I recall, as with Perry word is Roe honored that worthy pitch more in the breach than the execution. There was some ump's memoir once to the effect, anyhow.
   6. Boots Day Posted: August 27, 2008 at 02:24 PM (#2918445)
And for a minute, I thought it was so cool someone named his kid after fish eggs.

It's been done.
   7. Hack Wilson Posted: August 27, 2008 at 02:38 PM (#2918464)
Gaylord and the Preacher sounds like a Burt Reynolds movie?
   8. Kurt Posted: August 27, 2008 at 02:47 PM (#2918473)
Apparently I shouldn't have traded him in May for Alex Freaking Gordon. Oh well.

You must be Registered and Logged In to post comments.

 

 

<< Back to main

Support BBTF

donate

Thanks to
robneyer
for his generous support.

Bookmarks

You must be logged in to view your Bookmarks.

Hot Topics

Newsblog: Boston.com: Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios lays off all staff
(45 - 8:04am, May 25)
Last: Golfing Great Mitch Cumstein

Newsblog: Neyer: New Yankee Stadium: A Review
(75 - 8:01am, May 25)
Last: Harveys Wallbangers

Newsblog: FS Midwest: Streaker halts Cardinals-Phillies game
(2 - 7:57am, May 25)
Last: Justin 'The Cespedobear' T

Newsblog: Greenberg: Cubs' Ricketts decries proposal
(750 - 7:54am, May 25)
Last: Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot

Newsblog: HP: Baseball is leaving the human factor behind
(5 - 7:47am, May 25)
Last: Matt Clement of Alexandria

Newsblog: Matinale: WADJ: Wins Above Derek Jeter
(1 - 7:01am, May 25)
Last: bjhanke

Newsblog: Roy Halladay bobblehead with glove on wrong hand selling on MLB.com
(12 - 6:46am, May 25)
Last: Doris from Rego Park

Newsblog: Sullivan: Dan Haren Makes Mariners Look Like Mariners
(1 - 6:40am, May 25)
Last: The cushions are crowded for Edmundo

Newsblog: 12 Baseball Feats That Only Happened Once
(25 - 6:25am, May 25)
Last: Greg (U)K

Newsblog: Shawn Green to play for Israel in World Baseball Classic
(12 - 5:50am, May 25)
Last: shoewizard

Newsblog: OT: NBA Monthly Thread, May 2012
(1772 - 5:44am, May 25)
Last: baudib

Newsblog: Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 5-25-2012
(1 - 5:33am, May 25)
Last: Tim Stauffer, Trot Nixon's Coming (Dan Lee)

Newsblog: Wins Above Replacement: Distribution and Rarity of Talent 2011 - Beyond the Box Score
(9 - 4:18am, May 25)
Last: bobm

Newsblog: Dodgers want to host NHL's Winter Classic
(15 - 3:07am, May 25)
Last: Greg (U)K

Newsblog: OT: NHL Playoff Thread
(1731 - 1:45am, May 25)
Last: baudib
About Baseball Think Factory | Write for Us | Copyright © 1996-2012 Baseball Think Factory
User Comments, Suggestions, or Complaints | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Advertising

Buy MLB playoff tickets, plus 2011 World Series, 2011 ALCS tickets and NLCS game tickets. We also have Texas Rangers playoff schedule, tickets to Red Sox games and Yankees game tickets. Plus, buy Phillies baseball tickets, Tigers playoff tickets and the biggies like ALDS baseball tickets and 2011 NLDS tickets.

Demarini, Easton and TPX Baseball Bats

 

 

 

AllianceTickets.com has cheap MLB Tickets. Get all your Colorado Rockies Tickets, Seattle Mariners Tickets, San Francisco Giants Tickets and all your favorite baseball tickets here. We also carry cheap Denver Broncos Tickets, Seattle Seahawks Tickets and Denver Nuggets Tickets.

Page rendered in 0.1404 seconds
54 querie(s) executed