Thursday, June 25, 2009

Maddux Tosses Gem, Tied for "Best James Game of Year"

One of the "Great Feats" we track are Game Scores over 85 for starting pitchers. To date, several pitchers have made the list more than once:

3 - Pedro Martinez, Power
3 - Jesse Tannehill, Neanderthals
2 - Charlie Sweeney, HOWARYA
2 - Cliff Melton, Freakin Franchise
2 - Greg Maddux, Planet 10

Back in April, Roger Clemens tossed a 1-hit complete game shutout against the Otherton Fishbiscuits for Game Score of 93 (Bill James version). This stood as the sole instance of such a high score until June 21, when Greg Maddux duplicated the feat. The 29-year old righty dominated the Wedge Tornado and led Planet 10 to a league leading 8th shutout on the year.

To the left is a stat by stat comparison of the two best pitched games of the year. While Maddux was more efficient (less walks, less pitches) Clemens was more dominant (more K's). I would take either!

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