Scherzer joins Seaver/J. R. Richard
Only three pitchers have ever struck out at least fourteen Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Tom Seaver was one of the greatest ever. J.R. Richard was one of the most intimidating pitchers of his era. Max Scherzer can sit easily in that company. I don’t know about you, but I’m way more impressed by a pitcher who pitches twelve innings and strikes out sixteen than I am a seven-inning start no matter how dominant. Unlike last night the Dodgers were able to beat Tom Seaver and the Mets in fourteen innings. Seaver gave up just the one run in his twelve innings, a solo home run by Steve Garvey.
Player Date Tm Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc Tom Seaver 1974-05-01 NYM LAD L 1-2 12.0 3 1 2 16 106 Max Scherzer 2017-06-06 WSN LAD W 2-1 7.0 3 0 2 14 81 J.R. Richard 1977-10-02 HOU LAD W 6-3 9.0 4 3 2 14 79
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In that Tom Seaver game, Andy Messersmith went eleven innings himself which made me wonder how many Dodger pitchers have gone at least ten innings since 1974? Here is the answer. No surprise to see Fernando all over the list. Rick Rhoden and Doug Rau show up.
Player Date Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc Don Sutton 1975-08-24 MON L 3-5 11.0 4 1 3 9 89 Fernando Valenzuela 1985-09-06 NYM L 0-2 11.0 6 0 3 5 87 Andy Messersmith 1974-05-01 NYM W 2-1 11.0 6 1 2 5 84 Jerry Reuss 1983-06-25 HOU W 2-1 10.0 11 1 0 11 77 Fernando Valenzuela 1987-09-17(1) CIN L 2-3 10.0 10 3 3 8 65 Fernando Valenzuela 1982-09-19 HOU W 5-4 10.0 12 3 1 8 61 Fernando Valenzuela 1981-09-01 PIT W 3-2 10.0 8 1 1 7 78 Andy Messersmith 1975-05-17 PIT W 4-3 10.0 9 1 4 7 69 Rick Rhoden 1977-07-06 HOU L 1-2 10.0 7 1 1 6 79 Fernando Valenzuela 1984-09-06 ATL L 2-3 10.0 9 2 1 5 70 Jerry Reuss 1980-06-16 PHI L 2-3 10.0 5 2 1 5 78 Andy Messersmith 1974-05-18 ATL W 1-0 10.0 4 0 2 4 86 Doug Rau 1976-05-31 SFG L 1-7 10.0 9 0 3 2 71
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Here’s the deal with the pitch count.
Throwing a baseball 90 mph requires the pitcher to create 85 pounds of force.
So if you are just gonna throw 90 mph, how many reps can you do?
This is a big reason why a lot of relievers start to lose their effectiveness after reaching 20-25 pitches per inning. A 40+ pitch inning for a starter drains the endurance tank.
100 reps seems to be the threshold for the pros.
Push those fine muscles in the shoulder, arm and hand too far and problems are created.
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I expect you are right. Internally they must have studies about effectiveness after inning counts. The Broxton inning always pops up when this is discussed.
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That second list needs more Hershiser.
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I think I was at that J.R. Richard game. Not positive though. I was fortunate enough to see him a few times. So freakin’ great. What an arm. What a talent.
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