Can Dustin May break any of these LAD debut Game scores?

Phil Gurnee ♦ August 2, 2019 ♦ Leave a comment

The Dodgers best pitching prospect will make his debut tonight at Dodger Stadium against the San Diego Padres, so I thought it might be a good idea to look at the best scores for a rookie debut, for a rookie debut at Dodger Stadium, for a rookie debut against the Padres,  for a rookie debut in August, for a rookie debut in August at Dodger Stadium. All these are based on the LAD franchise not the Dodger franchise.

Pedro Astacio is still the gold standard for all LAD debuts. Ross Stripling is the only active Dodger with a game score debut > 70, but Kenta Maeda is on the list with a game score debut of 66.

It is not surprising that all of the Japanese imports are on the highest LAD debut game score list since all of them were highly sought free agents from Japan and only technically rookies, but it is always a surprise to remember that the worst of them Kaz Ishii had the best debut.

Rookie Debuts:

Player                    Date  Rslt  IP H ER BB SO GSc
Pedro Astacio    1992-07-03(2) W 2-0 9.0 3  0  4 10  87
Nick Willhite    1963-06-16(2) W 2-0 9.0 5  0  1  6  82
Doug Rau            1972-09-02 W 5-1 9.0 3  1  2  2  77
Eric Gagne          1999-09-07 L 1-2 6.0 2  0  1  8  75
Ross Stripling      2016-04-08 L 2-3 7.1 0  1  4  4  74
Kazuhisa Ishii      2002-04-06 W 9-2 5.2 2  0  3 10  72
Hiroki Kuroda       2008-04-04 W 7-1 7.0 3  1  0  4  71
Hideo Nomo          1995-05-02 L 3-4 5.0 1  0  4  7  68
Ramon Martinez      1988-08-13 W 2-1 7.2 4  1  4  5  68
Kenta Maeda         2016-04-06 W 7-0 6.0 5  0  0  4  66
Shawn Hillegas      1987-08-09 W 5-2 8.2 7  2  3  6  65
Rick Sutcliffe      1976-09-29 W 1-0 5.0 2  0  1  3  65

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Rookie Debuts at Dodger Stadium:

Player                    Date  Rslt  IP H ER BB SO HR GSc
Pedro Astacio    1992-07-03(2) W 2-0 9.0 3  0  4 10  0  87
Nick Willhite    1963-06-16(2) W 2-0 9.0 5  0  1  6  0  82
Kazuhisa Ishii      2002-04-06 W 9-2 5.2 2  0  3 10  0  72
Ramon Martinez      1988-08-13 W 2-1 7.2 4  1  4  5  0  68
Shawn Hillegas      1987-08-09 W 5-2 8.2 7  2  3  6  0  65
Rick Sutcliffe      1976-09-29 W 1-0 5.0 2  0  1  3  0  65

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Rookie Debuts Against the Padres:

Player                     Date  Tm Opp  Rslt  IP H ER BB SO HR GSc
Doyle Alexander   1971-06-26(2) LAD SDP W 4-3 8.0 7  2  0  3  1  63
Jose De Leon         2016-09-04 LAD SDP W 7-4 6.0 5  3  0  9  1  57

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Rookie Debuts in August

Rk           Player       Date  Rslt  IP H ER BB SO HR GSc
1    Ramon Martinez 1988-08-13 W 2-1 7.2 4  1  4  5  0  68
2    Shawn Hillegas 1987-08-09 W 5-2 8.2 7  2  3  6  0  65
3    Jim Neidlinger 1990-08-01 L 1-2 6.0 7  1  1  3  0  56
4    Nathan Eovaldi 2011-08-06 W 5-3 5.0 4  2  2  7  0  56

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Rookie Debut in August at Dodger Stadium
Ramon Martinez on 8/13/1988 had the highest games score debut in August at Dodger Stadium.