2012 Game-By-Game by the Numbers…
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Here are some interesting facts about 2012 American League Cy Young candidate Felix Hernandez... • 2012 Season – Is 13-8 with a 2.85 ERA (4th in AL) in 31 starts this season…leads the AL in shutouts (5), 2nd in innings pitched (220.2) and complete games (5), 4th in strikeouts (207), T5th in By the Numbers… quality starts (20), 7th in opponent avg (.234), 10th with 8.44 K/9.0 IP and T12th in wins (13). • Back on Track – Allowed 1 run over 8.0 innings in a no-decision in his last start Sept. 19 vs. 2.85 ERA to rank 4th in the AL Baltimore…rebounded from an 0-3, 9.00 to start the month. • Domination – Went 9-0 with a 1.40 ERA (17 ER, 109.0 IP) with 5 shutouts, 100 strikeouts and a 5 Shutouts to lead the Majors .183 opp avg (70x383) over a 14-start stretch June 17-Aug. 27…tied his career-high winning streak. • Run Support – Has the 3rd-lowest run support average in the AL at 3.67…received 2 or fewer runs 11 Major League leading 12 starts of support in 18 of 31 starts…Mariners are averaging 3.52 runs per game in Felix’s starts. allowing 1 or fewer R in 8.0+ IP • Something For the Effort – In 10 no-decisions has a 2.41 ERA (19 ER, 71.0 IP) with a 2.03 run support average…has a Major League leading four no-decisions where he allowed 1 or fewer 23 23rd Perfect Game in MLB runs in 8.0 or more innings, tied for most by a pitcher in a single season dating back to 1918. history thrown 8/15 vs. TB • Perfect Game – Threw the 23rd Perfect Game in MLB history Aug. 15 vs. Tampa Bay in a 1-0 victory…it was the 7th Perfect Game in MLB history to be decided in a 1-0 contest, and first in the 26 Felix is just 26 years old, and AL since 1984…struck out 12 batters, 4th-most in a PG. has 98 wins and 236 career • Shutouts – Leads the Majors with 5 shutouts, all coming over his last 14 starts (6/28 vs. BOS, 7/14 starts under his belt vs. TEX, 8/4 at NYY, 8/15 vs. TB, 8/27 at MIN)…is the first pitcher since Randy Johnson in 1998 to record 5+ shutouts in a 12-start span…has set a Mariners club record for a single season…joins Bert 207 Strikeouts to rank 4th in AL Blyleven (1989), Roger Clemens (1992) and David Wells (1998) as the only AL pitchers with 5 shutouts in a season over the last 24 seasons (since 1989). • Awesome August – Went 4-0 with a 1.08 ERA (5 ER, 41.2 IP) and 3 shutouts in five August starts to be named the American League Pitcher of the Month…all three shutouts were by 1-0 score, becoming the third pitcher in Major League history with three 1-0 shutout in a calendar month: Carl Hubbell (July 1933) and Dick Rudolph (August 1916). • No Margin for Error – Recorded four 1-0 shutouts this season…is just the third pitcher during the divisional era (since 1969) to have four wins with the score 1-0 in a single season (all CG shutouts), joining Hall of Famers Fergie Jenkins (1974) and Bert Blyleven (1976)…Don Drysdale and Bob Gibson also had four 1-0 shutouts in 1968 (record is 5, last: Dean Chance in 1964). • Going Deep – Has 17 starts where he has pitched 7.0 or more innings with 1 or fewer runs allowed, leading the Majors, and already setting a club record (he had 15 in 2010 Cy Young season)…next closest AL pitcher is David Price with 11 such starts. • Felix Quality Start – Recorded 12 starts where he has allowed 1 or fewer runs in 8.0 or more innings pitched (8-0, 0.45 ERA, 4 ND)…twice as many as any other AL pitcher this season (Matt Harrison/Bartolo Colon – 6)…Felix had 13 such starts during his Cy Young season in 2010. • Giving the Bullpen Rest – Pitched at least 7.0 innings in a Major League-high 22 games (David Price is tied with 22 starts of 7.0+ IP). • Stingy – Allowed 2 or fewer runs 20 of 31 starts, 2nd-most among American League starters (David Price has 21)…leads Majors with 17 starts where he has allowed 1 or fewer runs (Zack Greinke is 2nd with 16). • Sabermetrics – Among AL starters, ranks 1st in WPA (4.4), 1st in FIP (2.91), 5th in Adjusted Pitching Wins (2.5), 4th in opponent OPS (.614), T6th in WAR for pitchers (4.6), T3rd in WHIP (1.10), 3rd in xFIP (3.24) and 6th in Adjusted ERA+ (130). • 200 Strikeouts – Has reached the 200-strikeout milestone for the fourth consecutive season…878 strikeouts since 2009 ranks 3rd-best behind Verlander (969) and Lincecum (898)…only Randy Johnson (5, 1991-95) recorded more consecutive seasons with 200+ strikeouts as a Mariner. 2012 Game-by-Game Date Opp DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP #P/K RESULT OPP. 3/28 @OAK* -- 1.12 8.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 2 104/66 W, 3-1 (11) McCarthy 4/7 @OAK W (1-0) 4.40 6.1 8 6 6 1 7 1 1 102/64 W, 8-7 Colon 4/13 OAK L (1-1) 3.80 7.0 7 2 2 3 6 0 0 107/69 L, 0-4 Colon 4/19 CLE -- 2.76 8.0 5 0 0 1 12 0 0 126/75 L, 1-2 Tomlin 4/25 @DET W (2-1) 2.48 7.0 4 1 1 3 2 1 0 92/53 W, 9-1 Wilk 4/30 @TB -- 2.23 8.0 5 1 1 4 9 0 0 106/71 L, 2-3 (12) Hellickson 5/5 MIN W (3-1) 1.89 8.0 1 0 0 2 9 0 0 107/71 W, 7-0 Marquis 5/11 @NYY L (3-2) 2.29 6.2 11 4 4 2 7 1 0 101/65 L, 2-6 Kuroda 5/16 @CLE L (3-3) 3.02 3.2 10 8 6 3 3 0 1 103/60 L, 3-9 Jimenez 5/21 TEX W (4-3) 2.80 8.0 6 1 1 2 7 1 0 111/72 W, 6-1 Darvish 5/26 LAA L (4-4) 3.17 6.0 10 5 5 1 7 2 1 99/64 L, 3-5 Williams 6/1 @CWS -- 3.42 5.0 5 4 4 4 6 3 1 85/49 L, 4-7 Peavy 6/12 SD L (4-5) 3.70 6.0 9 5 5 3 3 0 1 92/56 L, 4-5 Richard 6/17 SF -- 3.52 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 0 113/79 W, 2-1 Bumgarner 6/23 @SD W (5-5) 3.36 7.0 6 1 1 1 10 0 0 94/64 W, 5-1 Marquis 6/28 BOS W (6-5) 3.09 9.0 5 0 0 1 13 0 0 128/84 W, 1-0 Morales 7/3 BAL -- 3.26 5.1 8 4 4 0 8 0 0 90/62 L, 4-5 Chen 7/8 @OAK -- 3.13 7.2 6 1 1 3 6 0 0 114/67 L, 1-2 (13) Colon 7/14 TEX W (7-5) 2.92 9.0 3 0 0 0 12 0 0 107/74 W, 7-0 Darvish 7/19 @KC W (8-5) 2.82 8.0 8 1 1 1 3 0 0 89/65 W, 6-1 Smith 7/24 NYY W (9-5) 2.80 7.1 4 2 2 3 4 1 3 117/72 W, 4-2 Garcia 7/29 KC -- 2.79 7.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 0 101/64 W, 7-6 Smith 8/4 @NYY W (10-5) 2.63 9.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 101/69 W, 1-0 Kuroda 8/10 @LAA -- 2.74 7.0 5 5 4 1 3 1 0 104/65 L, 5-6 Santana 8/15 TB W (11-5) 2.60 9.0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 113/77 W, 1-0 Hellickson 8/21 CLE W (12-5) 2.54 7.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 105/70 W, 5-1 Hernandez 8/27 @MIN W (13-5) 2.43 9.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 1 100/69 W, 1-0 Hendriks 9/1 LAA L (13-6) 2.51 7.1 9 5 4 2 7 0 0 119/86 L, 2-5 Santana 9/7 OAK L (13-7) 2.67 4.2 11 6 5 1 4 1 0 96/62 L, 1-6 Griffin 9/13 @TOR L (13-8) 2.92 4.0 10 7 7 1 4 2 1 90/61 L, 3-8 Alvarez 9/19 BAL -- 2.85 8.0 6 1 1 1 8 0 0 103/69 L, 1-3 (11) Saunders 13-8 2.85 220.2 192 75 70 51 207 14 12 * Game Played in Tokyo, Japan 14 GS from June 17-Aug. 27 ( 9-0, 1.40 ERA, 109.0 IP, 100 K, .183 OPP AVG, 5 ShO) .