Stat of the Night: Don't Walk

by TheJay on May 21, 2011 1:41 AM CDT in Statistical Analysis

In fourteen innings tonight, six Brewers pitchers combined to issue a grand total of zero walks. While that fell eight innings short of the major league record for a walk-less game, set by the Montreal Expos in 1989, it is the longest such game since the Brewers moved to the National League. It was the thirteenth walk-less game in franchise history to last ten or more innings:

Date	Opponent	IP	Result
7/13/1979	vs. Cleveland	17.0	W 4-3
5/20/2011	vs. Colorado	14.0	W 7-6
8/19/1975	at California	14.0	L 4-5
4/10/2007	at Florida	13.0	W 3-2
7/5/1987	at California	11.1	L 3-4
5/26/2008	at Washington	11.0	W 4-3
8/10/1986	vs. Chicago	11.0	W 5-4
6/27/1986	at Detroit	10.1	L 2-4
7/15/2005	vs. Washington	10.0	W 4-3
5/27/1998	vs. Pittsburgh	10.0	W 3-2
8/22/1983	vs. Seattle	10.0	W 3-2
5/15/1977	vs. Detroit	10.0	W 3-2
7/30/1974	vs. New York	10.0	W 3-2

The 2005 game against Washington was won on a walk-off balk by Mike Stanton. The 2007 game in Florida was the first suspended game to be played to completion the next day rather than called tied.

That Florida game saw eight Brewers take the mound, the most of any games on the list. Tonight's six pitchers is the second-most of any game on the list. The 17 inning game atop the list involved just three pitchers: Mike Caldwell (11 IP), Bill Castro (5.2 IP), and Bob Galasso, who picked up the win by retiring the only batter he faced.

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Hey TheJay!

Where have you been hiding? It’s never fun when real life gets in the way of baseball. You picked one helluva game to poke your head out of your hidey hole.

by ecocd on May 21, 2011 7:09 AM CDT reply actions

Yeah, I haven't been online much on anything but my phone (twitter, facebook)

Work and prepping to go back to school combined with no TV makes me a dull fan.

I never use a big word when a diminutive word would suffice.

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