Does anyone in history have a better first 124 innings in the MLB than Strasburg??

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can anyone find a player with a better first 124 innings???

[EdTarbusz]

I think Bob Feller probably did.

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depends on what happened August 11, 1937 and what his stats were for those first 6 innings

[GiambiJuice]

Jonathan Papelbon, easily.

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Jonathan Papelbon, easily.

but it's a lot easier to put up stats as a reliever than as a starter

[GiambiJuice]

but it's a lot easier to put up stats as a reliever than as a starter

Fair enough, but your question was "does anyone in history..." not " does any starting pitcher in history..."

[BigRon]

I'm not going to do the research, but Valenzuela comes to mind. He pitched really well at the end of 1980 and was sensational in the early going in 1981.

[brett]

Fair enough, but your question was "does anyone in history..." not " does any starting pitcher in history..."

Its more an issue of what you define as "better". Isn it "better" for a starter to do what he did than a reliever to do what Paplebon did?

[brett]

Anyway its too bad he's turning 24 soon and only has 124 career innings.

[brett]

Mark Fydrich.

Checking game logs he had given up gave up 23 earned runs when he reached 124 innings for a 1.67 ERA.
His ERA+ based on season long league era would have been 223 at the point of reaching 124 innings.
He also had 12 complete games including 3 11 inning complete games and his record was 11-2
And a 1.024 WHIP

[bluesky5]

Mark Fydrich.

Checking game logs he gave up 23 earned runs when he reached 124 innings for a 1.67 ERA.
His ERA+ based on season long league era would have been 223 at the point of reaching 124 innings.
He also had 12 complete games including 3 11 inning complete games and his record was 11-2
And a 1.024 WHIP

I didn't realize he had three 11 inning CG's. That seems incredibly rare even in '76.

[9RoyHobbsRF]

In Vida Blue's first 124 IP which included 42 P at age 19 with a plus 6 ERA, he had 5 complete game shutouts including a no hitter vs a very hard hitting division champion

Steven Strasburg has yet to throw one CG shutout, in fact he has never pitched more than 7 innings in any one game

Blue's 5 shutouts included these lines:
IP 42 (one game was shortened to 6 Innings)
H 10
K 43

that's correct a no hitter a 1 hitter a 2 hitter a 3 hitter and a 4 hitter

[ipitch]

can anyone find a player with a better first 124 innings???

Strasburg - 2.18 ERA
Steve Rogers - 1.40 ERA (after 128.2 IP)
Ed Reulbach - 1.42 ERA (after 291.2 IP)

[Imapotato]

Nap Rucker of the Brooklyn Superbas -1907

and here is a good comparison

Smokey Joe Wood-1908/09

[Dude Paskert]

I didn't realize he had three 11 inning CG's. That seems incredibly rare even in '76.

How shocking that skinny kid's arm didn't last after that kind of workload!