Here are some interesting facts about 2012 American League Cy Young candidate Felix Hernandez... • 2012 Season – Is 13-6 with an American League leading 2.51 ERA in 28 starts this season…leads the AL in shutouts (5), 2nd in innings pitched (204.0) and complete games (5), 3rd in strikeouts (191) and By the Numbers… opponent avg (.222), T4th in quality starts (19), T8th in wins (13) and 9th with 8.43 K/9.0 IP. • Domination – Over his last 15 starts is 9-1 with a 1.62 ERA (21 ER, 116.1 IP), 5 shutouts, 107 2.51 American League leading ERA strikeouts (8.28 K/9.0 IP) and a .191 opponent batting average (79x413) – only 2 HR allowed…suffered loss in his last start Sept. 1 vs. LAA (7.1,9,5,4,2,7), his first defeat since June 12. 5 Shutouts to lead the AL • 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 Major League leading 11 starts AL since 1984…struck out 12 batters, 4th-most in a PG. 11 allowing 1 or fewer R in 8.0+ IP • Shutouts – Leads the Majors with 5 shutouts, all coming over his last 13 starts (6/28 vs. BOS, 7/14 vs. TEX, 8/4 at NYY, 8/15 vs. TB, 8/27 at MIN)…is the first pitcher since Randy Johnson in 1998 to 23 23rd Perfect Game in MLB record 5+ shutouts in a 12-start span…has set a Mariners club record for a single season…joins Bert history thrown 8/15 vs. TB 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). 26 Felix is just 26 years old, and • Awesome August – Went 4-0 with a 1.08 ERA (5 ER, 41.2 IP) and 3 shutouts in five August starts to has 98 wins and 233 career be named the American League Pitcher of the Month…all three shutouts were by 1-0 score, starts under his belt 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). 191 Strikeouts to rank 3rd in AL • Since the Break – Is 7-1 with an American League leading 1.57 ERA (amongst starters) in 10 starts since the All-Star break (4 shutouts)…selected to his third All-Star game, but did not pitch. • 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 16 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 11 starts where he has allowed 1 or fewer runs in 8.0 or more innings pitched…nearly double any other AL pitcher this season…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 21 games (David Price is 2nd with 19). • Stingy – Allowed 2 or fewer runs in an American League leading 19 games (David Price is 2nd with 18)…leads Majors with 16 starts where he has allowed 1 or fewer earned runs (R.A. Dickey is 2nd with 15). • Follow the Leader – Since June 17, the Mariners are 39-32 (.549), tied for the 4th-best winning percentage in the American League…over that span, Felix is 9-1 with a 1.62 ERA (21 ER, 116.1 IP), with the Mariners going 11-4 in Felix’s starts. • Run Support – Has the 4th-lowest run support average in the AL at 3.79…received 2 or fewer runs of support in 15 of 28 starts. • Something For the Effort – In 9 no-decisions has a 2.57 ERA (18 ER, 63.0 IP) with a 2.14 run support average…has three no-decisions where he allowed 1 or fewer runs in 8.0 or more innings, tied for most by a pitcher in a single season over the last 15 seasons. • Sabermetrics – Among AL starters, ranks 1st in WPA (4.9), 1st in +WPA (17.19), 1st in FIP (2.81), 1st in Adjusted Pitching Wins (3.3), 1st in opponent OPS (.583), T2nd in WAR for pitchers (5.3), 3rd in WHIP (1.04) and Adjusted ERA+ (149), 4th in xFIP (3.27) and 5th in WAR for all players (5.4). Stats courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com & Fangraphs.com. • 200 Strong – Has already recorded his fifth consecutive season with at least 200.0 innings pitched. 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 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 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 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 13-6 2.51 204.0 165 61 57 48 191 11 11 * Game Played in Tokyo, Japan Last 15 GS -- 9-1, 1.62 ERA, 116.1 IP, 107 K, .191 OPP AVG, 5 ShO .