[Revis is your daddy]

Originally Posted by soxxx

Dickmania is running wild !!!!!!

TBH this is starting to build up though, I wont be suprised if Dickey gets as big as linsanity did. ALOT of people all over the country are talking about him now.

The fact he is such a likeable guy contributes to it. His book, the child abuse thing, and cilmbing kilimanjaro.

[statjeff22]

Originally Posted by Revis is your daddy

The fact he is such a likeable guy contributes to it. His book, the child abuse thing, and cilmbing kilimanjaro.

The Mets were against him doing the climb, but now they're probably going to organize a team outing to K2.

[statjeff22]

Originally Posted by Cakes

I was thinking Drysdale may have had a better 6-start stretch but he did not have more strikeouts than innings pitched, so fuck him.

I wonder about the best 6-start stretches from Grove and Hubbell

Grove had a 7-appearance stretch in 1931 where he was 5-0 with 2 saves and an ERA of 0.42, but his WHIP was relatively high (0.900) and K rate was quite low (16 in 43 1/3 IP). He led the league in strikeouts 8 years in a row, but by modern standards the actual number of Ks wasn't very high.

Hubbell had an 8-appearance stretch (5 starts, 3 in relief) in 1933 with a 0.71 ERA and 0.711 WHIP, but only 40 Ks in 50 2/3 IP; later that year he had a 7-game stretch (4 starts, 3 in relief) with a 0.39 ERA and 0.832 WHIP, but only 16 Ks in 45 2/3 IP.

[jonnyd]

Originally Posted by statjeff22

Grove had a 7-appearance stretch in 1931 where he was 5-0 with 2 saves and an ERA of 0.42, but his WHIP was relatively high (0.900) and K rate was quite low (16 in 43 1/3 IP). He led the league in strikeouts 8 years in a row, but by modern standards the actual number of Ks wasn't very high.

Hubbell had an 8-appearance stretch (5 starts, 3 in relief) in 1933 with a 0.71 ERA and 0.711 WHIP, but only 40 Ks in 50 2/3 IP; later that year he had a 7-game stretch (4 starts, 3 in relief) with a 0.39 ERA and 0.832 WHIP, but only 16 Ks in 45 2/3 IP.

Pitching stats from teh 30s are pretty useless when trying to compare to 2012

[statjeff22]

Nice back-to-back shutouts for the Mets, with 6 good innings from Johan.

[MParty7441]

Good win. I was at the game last night, great win.

[maynardsmyhero-uk]

Well been out of the loop for a few days and its the same up and down mets...nice to see Ike is finally swinging and Dickey is frankly on prob greatest stretch of pitching seen in mlb for many many years.

[Cakes]

Originally Posted by jonnyd

Pitching stats from teh 30s are pretty useless when trying to compare to 2012

It is usually okay.

I would also like to see the best 6-game stretches from Joe Wood in '12 and Vance in '24.

[NYGalPal]

I hope the weather doesn't ruin the Dickey vs Yankees match up. I'm really looking forward to it.

[Revis is your daddy]

Originally Posted by NYGalPal

I hope the weather doesn't ruin the Dickey vs Yankees match up. I'm really looking forward to it.

I thought it was supposed to storm friday but sunday was just cloudy? Dickey can't pitch in the rain I will be so mad if its raining sunday. This yankee series will be big.

[maynardsmyhero-uk]

I think Valdespin has also looked quite good lately..kid can hit just needs to improve his fieding

[NYGalPal]

Originally Posted by Revis is your daddy

I thought it was supposed to storm friday but sunday was just cloudy? Dickey can't pitch in the rain I will be so mad if its raining sunday. This yankee series will be big.

It looks like you're right. Siri lied to me. She said it was gonna rain on Sunday. I took her word.

[soxxx]

This team, something about them....

[statjeff22]

Wow, I had forgotten how horrible watching Francisco in a close game is.

[statjeff22]

What an unbelievable piece of shit Francisco is.

[MParty7441]

I though Valdespin was going to boot it for sure.

[statjeff22]

Collins gets lucky as Francisco doesn't quite blow it.

[soxxx]

Gotta keep believin. If this team could somehow get into the playoffs they would be dangerous.

Hopefully we can take 2 of 3 against the yankees.

[Barry the Baptist]

Originally Posted by statjeff22

Bob Gibson, 6/6-7/30, 1968: 11 starts, 11-0, 99 IP, 83 Ks, 0.727 WHIP, 0.27 ERA (yes, 99/11=9; every start was a complete game and 8 were shutouts). This was, of course, the year of the pitcher.

Don Drysdale, 5/14-6/4, 1968: 6 starts, 6-0, 54 IP, 42 Ks, 0.704 WHIP, 0.00 ERA (6 straight complete game shutouts, once again in the year of the pitcher)

It's like Drysdale handed the baton to Gibson to run the anchor leg, Gibson's run started two days after Drysdale.

I checked the game logs... poor Houston combined to play Gibson and Drysdale 4 times during these stretches and the Mets played 3 games against those guys

Gibson gave up some runs to the Cubs on Aug 4 which ended his run but followed it up with 3 consecutive wins going 9 innings and allowing 1 run over the course of those 3 games. 2 shutouts.... unreal

[statjeff22]

Originally Posted by Barry the Baptist

It's like Drysdale handed the baton to Gibson to run the anchor leg, Gibson's run started two days after Drysdale.

I checked the game logs... poor Houston combined to play Gibson and Drysdale 4 times during these stretches and the Mets played 3 games against those guys

Gibson gave up some runs to the Cubs on Aug 4 which ended his run but followed it up with 3 consecutive wins going 9 innings and allowing 1 run over the course of those 3 games. 2 shutouts.... unreal

Drysdale did have one advantage in his streak in that 4 of the 6 games were at home, and one was at Houston - Dodger Stadium in the 1960s and the Astrodome were two of the best pitcher's parks ever. What's also interesting is that less than a month after Drysdale's streak ended, so did his career as a top ML pitcher - he only made 25 more starts in his career after July 1, 1968 (and only completed 5 of them), with a 9-12 record, 3.87 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, and 4.49 Ks/9IP. He pretty much blew out his shoulder in 1968 and that was it for him.