Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : It wasn't even that unusual or was it?

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	69	46	.6	C1
2	Philadelphia	62	51	.549	E1
3	Arizona	59	55	.518	W1
4	Milwaukee	64	51	.557	C2
5	St. Louis	64	52	.552	C3
6	Florida	60	54	.526	E2
7	New York Mets	59	54	.522	E3
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	56	57	.496	W2
9	Houston	54	59	.478	C4
10T	Pittsburgh	52	62	.456	C5
10T	Atlanta	52	62	.456	E4
12T	Colorado	52	63	.452	W3
12T	Cincinnati	52	63	.452	C6
14	San Francisco	48	65	.425	W4
15	San Diego	44	70	.386	W5
16	Washington	42	71	.372	E5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	71	43	.623	W1
2	Tampa Bay	68	45	.602	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	63	49	.563	C1
4	Boston	66	49	.574	E2
5	Minnesota	63	51	.553	C2
6	New York Yankees	62	52	.544	E3
7	Texas	60	55	.522	W2
8	Toronto	58	56	.509	E4
9	Detroit	55	58	.487	C3
10	Baltimore	54	59	.478	E5
11	Oakland	53	60	.469	W3
12	Kansas City	53	62	.461	C4
13	Cleveland	49	64	.434	C5
14	Seattle	44	70	.386	W4

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It wasn't even that unusual or was it?

2008-04-27 01:41

by Bob Timmermann

Mark Redman's 10 runs allowed in the first inning in Los Angeles was the first time a pitcher had allowed that many in the first inning since last year. Jason Jennings of Houston coughed up 11 runs in the first to the Padres in a game.

What was unusual was that Redman came back out for the second. Actually, it was more unusual that he even survived the first inning as surrendering 10 runs in the first inning is a universal distress symbol to managers that the pitcher is having a bad game.

I tried going through the Baseball-reference.com Play Index to look for pitchers who might have given up 10 runs in the first and then kept pitching. I quickly determined that such a search would be fruitless. But you're welcome to double-check.

Tony Mullane of Boston did give up 16 runs in the first to Baltimore in the first game of a doubleheader on June 18, 1894, but I couldn't tell from the Sporting News boxscore if Mullane pitched further in the game. Boston won the game 24-7. Mullane most likely didn't finish the game and I think Bert Inks finished the game.

Baltimore still won the NL that year with an 89-39 record. Mullane made four more starts for the Orioles before he was traded to Cleveland for John Clarkson, a future Hall of Famer, who ended up not appearing in any games for the Orioles and was out of the majors after the season.

In most people's memories, the biggest first inning was Boston's 14-spot put up in the first against Florida on June 27, 2003. The Red Sox scored all those against three different Marlin pitchers, the first two of whom failed to retire a batter as the first 11 Boston batters reached safely.

Comments

2008-04-27 13:10:13

1. Andrew Shimmin

I went through each of those games, and the closest anybody got was nine runs in the first, while still coming back for more. Greg Swindell did it in 1991, and Brett Tomko did it in 2002.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE199106260.shtml (Swindell)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN200208090.shtml (Tomko)

2008-04-27 13:11:40

2. Andrew Shimmin

D'oh! Jeff Ballard, not Swindell. Swindell was the winning pitcher, in that game.

2008-04-27 17:49:12

3. BlueMamma

Seeing as how all the Dodger runs came with 2 out, Redman looked like he might not blow it until the grand slam - then there was no point in taking him out. And the game had gone 13 innings the night before - who would pitch the next 6 innings? That's the way I figure it, anyway.

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