This is another in a not-quite endless series: final versions of things I examined while the season was in progress. Today’s text (and ensuing Data Table, and Pretty Pictures) concerns Starting Pitchers and Game Scores.
First a reminder: you calculate a Game Score this way:
Start with 50 points.
Add 1 point for each out recorded.
Add 2 points for each inning completed after the 4th.
Add 1 point for each strikeout.
Subtract 2 points for each hit allowed.
Subtract 4 points for each earned run allowed.
Subtract 2 points for each unearned run allowed.
Subtract 1 point for each walk.
Bill James designed the Game Score so that the "average" start would score at about 50. It didn't quite work out that way, as the average Game Score proved to be a little lower than 50 even in 1988. As offense has increased over the past two decades, the average Game Score has declined accordingly - but 50 is still reasonably close to the middle. The Blue Jays Average Game Score in 2005 was 49.8, and the Blue Jays rotation was certainly above-average - the starters ranked 14th in the majors with a 4.20 ERA, despite working in the DH league (where they ranked 6th).
A Game Score of 50 and above is almost always a Quality Start. The Jays had 85 games that score higher than 50, and 79 of them were Quality Starts (the exceptions are almost all starters who came out before completing the sixth). Likewise, a Game Score below 50 is usually not a Quality Start. Toronto had 77 such games, and there were just 5 Quality Starts among them. The worst game among them is Josh Towers' 6-2 loss to the Yankees on August 7 - he gave up 10 hits and 5 runs, and the Game Score was 38. It's still a Quality Start because he went 6 innings and gave up just three earned runs. Call it a Cheap Quality Start.
Cheap Wins are more common, of course, and Lilly (twice) and Chacin got credit for winning games that were even worse.
If we go by Games Scores, the Blue Jays were involved in the two best pitched games in the majors this season. The best of all was Chris Carpenter's one-hit shutout of Toronto on June 14, in which he struck out 10 and walked just one. Next in line, and best in the AL, was Roy Halladay's two-hit shutout of the Twins on May 29 (10 strikeouts, no walks.). Six other NL games scored at 90 or better -another two from Carpenter, as well as outings from John Patterson, Tom Glavine, Pedro Martinez, Jake Peavy, and Derek Lowe. Rich Harden had the only other AL game checking in at 90 or better.
So, obviously Toronto has had 1 start this year that scored 90 or better. Here's the overall distribution:
GS Games Pitcher's Team Pitchers
Record Record
90+ 1 1-0 1-0 Halladay (1)
80-89 2 2-0 2-0 Halladay (2)
70-79 16 13-1 15-1 Halladay (4), Towers (4), Chacin (3), Bush (2), Lilly (2),
Downs (1)
60-69 31 17-6 18-13 Bush (7), Halladay (6), Towers (5), Chacin (6), Lilly (4),
Downs (2), McGowan (1)
50-59 35 17-8 22-13 Towers (10), Chacin (9), Lilly (4), Bush (4), Downs (4),
Walker (2), Halladay (2)
40-49 30 7-13 9-21 Chacin (8), Towers (5), Lilly (4), Bush (5), McGowan (3),
Downs (5), Halladay (1), Gaudin (1)
30-39 27 3-14 9-18 Lilly (6), Chacin (5), Towers (4), Halladay (3), Bush (3),
Downs (3), Walker (2), McGowan (1)
20-29 14 0-10 4-10 Lilly (5), Towers (3), Chacin (3), Bush (1), McGowan (1),
Gaudin (1)
10-19 5 0-4 0-5 Towers (2), Bush (2), Gaudin (1)
0-9 1 0-1 0-1 McGowan (1)
First, let's note the obvious. You would expect that the team's record would be worse than the starter's record in well-pitched games. This is because when these games are lost, it's almost always the bullpen that loses them. And likewise, the team's record should be better than the starter's record in badly-pitched games. Either the starter couldn't go five, or the team had to rally and win it for the bullpen. These two opposing tendencies meet somewhere in the 40-49 range of Game Starts.Games that score at 60 or better are outstanding pitching performances. It's not at all surprising that the Jays starter who is most likely to give you one of these High Quality outings is Roy Halladay, who throws these games two times out of three - 68% (13 out of 19 starts). And after him comes... Dave Bush?
Yes, indeed, Dave Bush. Bush delivered that level of start almost two times in five (9 of 24, 38%). It makes intuitive sense, to me anyway, that a young pitcher capable of throwing a lot of high-quality games just might have more upside than other pitchers who don't hit the same heights as often, even if their overall performance has been more impressive. Obviously Gustavo Chacin had a much better season than Dave Bush. But Bush actually pitched just as many really good games as Chacin and Josh Towers (who both had 9 60+ games as well), and Bush did it in significantly fewer starts.
If that's surprising, the fact that Bush went 3-4 in those 9 games isn't at all surprising to anyone who's observed his season.
However, if we just look at each regular starter’s five best games, we have another surprise in store:
TOTALS G W L IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Avg GS Chacin 5 5 0 35.2 21 2 1 0 10 24 0.25 70.6 Halladay 5 4 0 45.0 22 3 3 1 3 40 0.60 83.2 Towers 5 4 0 41.0 28 4 3 0 2 20 0.66 72.6 Bush 5 1 3 37.1 25 4 4 1 5 21 0.96 69.2 Lilly 5 4 1 34.0 22 5 5 1 9 37 1.32 68.8 Downs 5 2 2 31.0 23 9 7 3 8 31 2.03 62.0When Gustavo Chacin was sharp, he was very sharp indeed. He didn't go as deep into the game as Halladay, but hey - no one does.
Doc's no-decision, by the way, was that memorable affair against Tampa in June, when he hooked up with Scott Kazmir in a game that was both thrilling - Gabe Gross threw out the winning run at home plate in the bottom of the tenth - and infuriating - John McDonald kept hitting into double plays to kill rallies. The Jays finally won in 11 innings (when that same McDonald beat out an infield hit!) Doc had a Game Score of 75, best of any starter in a no-decision.
Towers' no-decision (Game Score 69) was also against Tampa - that was the Travis Lee Game
And if Dave Bush was a little frustrated from time to time this past season, the line above (1-3, 0.96 !!) is a pretty good reason why. However, his no-decision (Game Score 71) was almost yet another loss. It came in that amazing 18 inning game against the Angels - Bush left trailing 1-0 in the ninth, but his team rallied to tie, and the two teams then played another entire ball game before the home side finally prevailed.
Well, we might as well look at the grotesque half of the equation – here are the five worst starts from the same crew:
TOTALS G W L IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA Avg GS Halladay 5 0 3 29.0 41 23 22 7 4 20 6.83 39.2 Downs 5 1 1 21.2 32 19 18 3 10 16 7.48 36.8 Chacin 5 1 1 22.1 41 25 25 4 8 14 10.07 28.4 Towers 5 0 5 20.2 45 29 27 7 5 8 11.76 23.4 Bush 5 0 2 19.0 35 27 27 4 7 9 12.79 24.4 Lilly 5 0 4 14.2 28 27 27 6 13 10 16.57 24.6Yikes. Let's not dwell on that, OK? Instead, we'll have another look at the six main starters, complete with some Pretty Pictures. This just tracks each starters Game Scores throughout the season:
Roy "Doc" Halladay:
Average Game Score: 63.7
Median Game Score: 68
Cheap Wins: 0
Cheapest Win: Apr. 4 at TB – 7 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 W, 7 K. Game Score: 58 (Wow. That's his worst win?)
Tough Losses: 2
Toughest Loss: June 8 at Chi. (NL) – 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 W, 5 K, Game Score: 60
Blown Saves in Games Started: 2
Average Pitches per Start: 100.7
Highest pitch count: 124 (May 24 at Cle.)
Josh "Control" Towers:
Average Game Score: 50.3
Median Game Score: 52
Cheap Wins: 2
Cheapest Win: Sep. 20 vs Sea. – 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 W, 0 K. Game Score: 44
Tough Losses: 4
Toughest Loss: Aug. 28 vs Cle. – 7 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 W, 4 K. Game Score: 56
Blown Saves in Games Started: 5
Average Pitches per Start: 89.6
Highest pitch count: 108 (May 9 vs KC)
Gustavo "Cha-Cha" Chacin:
Average Game Score: 50.2
Median Game Score: 51
Cheap Wins: 1
Cheapest Win: Jul. 15 vs TB – 5.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 W, 3 K. Game Score: 33
Tough Losses: 1
Toughest Loss: Sep. 17 vs NY – 7 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 W, 4 K. Game Score: 60
Blown Saves in Games Started: 3
Average Pitches per Start: 95.4
Highest pitch count: 116 (Jun.1 at Sea.)
Dave "Why Me?" Bush:
Average Game Score: 49.1
Median Game Score: 51
Cheap Wins: 1
Cheapest Win: Aug.3 at Chi. (AL) – 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 W, 1 K. Game Score: 41
Tough Losses: 4
Toughest Loss: Aug. 13 at Bal. – 8 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 W, 3 K. Game Score: 73
Blown Saves in Games Started: 4
Average Pitches per Start: 87.5
Highest pitch count: 107 (Apr. 23 vs Bal.)
Ted "The Tease" Lilly:
Average Game Score: 46.0
Median Game Score: 43
Cheap Wins: 2
Cheapest Win: Jul. 19 vs Sea. – 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 W, 4 K. Game Score: 35
Tough Losses: 1
Toughest Loss: Jul. 14 vs TB – 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 W, 8 K. Game Score: 67
Blown Saves in Games Started: 1
Average Pitches per Start: 85.6
Highest pitch count: 108 (Sep. 28 at Bos.)
Scott "System of a" Downs:
Average Game Score: 49.5
Median Game Score: 50
Cheap Wins: 2
Cheapest Win: Sep. 13 vs Bos. – 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 W, 2 K. Game Score: 45
Tough Losses: 2
Toughest Loss: Jul. 29 vs Tex. – 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 W, 8 K. Game Score: 55
Blown Saves in Games Started: 3
Average Pitches per Start: 90.1
Highest pitch count: 100 (Aug.22 at NY and Sep. 24 at NY)
(Note: Not all of the Blown Saves cited above would have been victories for the starter. Although all five of the saves blown behind Towers cost him a win.)
Gustavo Chacin’s victory over Tampa Bay was the Cheapest Win posted by any starter; Dave Bush’s 1-0 defeat by the Orioles was the Toughest Loss.
Gustavo Chacin walked the most batters in a single game, issuing 6 free passes to the Yankees on August 5.
Scott Downs, of all people, had the biggest strikeout game when he fanned 11 Tampa Bay hitters on September 2. Halladay and Lilly both had 10 K games.
Josh Towers gave up the most hits in a game, setting a new team record when he allowed 14 hits to Minnesota on May 27.
Dustin McGowan was hammered for 12 runs (10 earned) in his disastrous start against Detroit on August 21. It was the only time a Toronto starter allowed more than 7 runs in a game.
Ted Lilly (twice) and Chad Gaudin both allowed 3 home runs in a start.
Only once all season did Gibbons have a starter throw more than 120 pitches - Halladay was locked up in a duel with C.C. Sabathia until the Jays broke it open with 3 runs in the eighth. The fewest number of pitches thrown by a starter was 40, by Josh Towers in his ugly April 17 start against Texas.
Finally, here is the biggest Data Table of them all: it's just the lines from all 162 game starts. So that you too can amuse yourselves at your leisure. The earlier version posted with my Game Report back on September 24 simply listed the games chronologically – this time I’ll sort them in descending order, by Game Score:
DATE Starter OPP RESULT IP H R ER HR BB SO PIT BF GSc DEC May. 29 Halladay MIN W 4-0 9 2 0 0 0 0 10 99 30 93 W(8-2) Apr. 29 Halladay @NYY W 2-0 9 3 0 0 0 1 9 115 32 89 W(4-1) Apr. 14 Halladay @TEX W 2-1 9 5 1 1 0 1 9 118 33 81 W(2-0) Apr. 16 Chacin @TEX W 8-0 8 2 0 0 0 2 3 107 28 79 W(3-0) Jun. 13 Halladay STL W 4-1 9 5 1 1 1 0 5 101 32 78 W(10-3) May. 3 Towers @BAL W 1-0 8 3 0 0 0 1 2 92 25 77 W(3-1) Jun. 28 Halladay @TB W 3-1 9 7 1 1 0 1 7 113 34 75 - Jun. 29 Towers @TB W 12-3 7 2 1 1 0 1 7 89 25 75 W(6-7) Aug. 11 Downs DET W 2-1 7 2 1 1 1 0 4 89 23 73 W(1-2) Aug. 13 Bush @BAL L 1-0 8 4 1 1 0 0 3 95 30 73 L(2-6) May. 10 Halladay KC W 3-1 9 8 1 1 1 0 5 97 32 72 W(5-2) Jun. 6 Chacin @CHC W 4-1 7 5 0 0 0 1 6 97 27 72 W(6-4) Jun. 15 Lilly STL W 5-2 7 4 0 0 0 3 6 97 26 72 W(4-7) Jul. 3 Halladay @BOS W 5-2 8 5 1 1 0 2 6 101 30 72 W(12-4) Jul. 26 Chacin LAA W 8-0 8 6 0 0 0 2 4 95 29 72 W(10-5) Jun. 20 Lilly BAL W 11-2 7 3 2 2 1 2 10 103 26 71 W(5-7) Jul. 28 Bush LAA W 2-1 8.1 5 1 1 0 2 4 106 32 71 - Aug. 12 Towers @BAL W 12-0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2 98 33 71 W(9-9) Sep. 30 Towers KC W 10-1 9 9 1 1 0 0 6 94 34 71 W(13-12) Apr. 23 Bush BAL L 4-1 8 5 1 1 1 1 2 107 31 69 L(0-3) May. 21 Halladay WAS W 7-0 7 4 0 0 0 2 2 98 26 69 W(7-2) Sep. 3 Towers TB L 3-2 8 5 2 1 0 0 3 81 30 69 - May. 9 Towers KC W 6-1 8 7 1 1 0 1 5 108 31 68 W(4-1) May. 15 Halladay @CLE W 5-2 7.2 5 1 1 0 3 6 124 30 68 W(6-2) Jun. 23 Halladay BAL W 6-2 8 7 2 2 0 0 8 98 31 68 W(11-4) Jul. 6 Lilly OAK W 8-0 7 6 0 0 0 2 5 101 27 68 W(7-8) Aug. 27 Downs CLE W 2-1 6 3 1 0 0 2 6 99 23 68 W(2-3) Jul. 14 Lilly TB L 3-0 7 4 2 2 0 2 8 101 28 67 L(7-9) Aug. 24 Bush @NYY W 9-5 6 5 0 0 0 2 7 106 25 67 W(3-7) Apr. 6 Towers @TB L 8-5 6 4 1 1 1 0 6 86 22 66 - May. 20 Lilly WAS W 6-1 6 5 1 1 0 0 8 89 24 66 W(2-4) Sep. 4 Bush TB L 1-0 7 6 1 1 0 0 5 98 28 66 L(4-8) Sep. 10 Bush @TB W 3-2 8 4 2 2 1 3 3 103 30 66 W(5-8) Jun. 3 Halladay @OAK W 6-2 7 6 1 1 0 2 6 106 27 65 W(9-2) Jul. 31 Chacin TEX W 5-1 6.1 4 1 0 0 4 6 115 27 65 W(11-5) Sep. 5 Chacin @BAL W 6-2 6.1 4 1 1 0 1 5 88 24 65 W(12-8) Sep. 11 Chacin @TB L 6-5 8.2 5 3 2 0 1 7 105 28 65 - Apr. 19 Halladay @BOS W 4-3 8 4 3 3 2 2 3 101 30 63 W(3-0) May. 25 Lilly BOS W 6-1 7.2 4 1 1 0 3 4 102 28 63 W(3-4) Jul. 30 McGowan TEX L 3-2 5 2 1 1 0 3 6 91 21 62 - Aug. 30 Bush BAL W 7-2 7 7 2 2 1 0 7 96 27 62 W(4-7) Apr. 13 Bush @OAK L 6-3 7 5 2 2 1 1 3 103 25 61 - May. 18 Bush @MIN L 3-2 8 7 3 3 2 0 5 106 30 61 L(0-4) Oct. 2 Chacin KC W 7-2 7.2 7 2 1 1 1 3 104 30 61 W(13-9) Apr. 28 Towers TB W 7-4 7.2 6 3 1 0 0 6 100 27 60 W(2-1) Jun. 8 Halladay @CHC L 2-0 7 7 2 2 0 0 5 98 28 60 L(9-3) Aug. 20 Chacin @DET L 3-2 7 5 2 2 2 1 2 90 25 60 - Aug. 23 Towers @NYY L 5-4 7 6 2 2 0 0 3 71 25 60 - Sep. 2 Downs TB W 4-3 7 7 3 3 1 2 11 98 29 60 - Sep. 17 Chacin NYY L 1-0 7 8 1 1 0 1 4 95 28 60 L(12-9) Apr. 5 Chacin @TB W 6-3 5 3 1 1 1 1 3 73 19 59 W(1-0) Apr. 12 Towers @OAK W 5-2 7.2 6 2 2 0 1 6 100 27 59 W(1-0) Apr. 4 Halladay @TB W 5-2 7 9 2 2 0 0 7 91 29 58 W(1-0) Apr. 27 Chacin TB W 8-2 8.2 7 2 2 0 2 3 113 32 58 W(4-1) Jul. 17 Walker TB L 5-4 6 6 1 1 1 0 2 83 24 58 - Aug. 2 Towers @CWS W 7-3 8.2 8 3 3 1 0 7 105 32 58 W(8-8) Sep. 18 Lilly NYY W 6-5 6.1 5 3 2 1 1 6 102 25 58 W(9-10) Jul. 20 Chacin SEA W 9-4 6 6 1 1 1 1 2 110 25 57 W(9-5) Jul. 27 Towers LAA W 3-2 7.2 6 2 1 1 1 2 99 27 57 - Apr. 10 Lilly BOS W 4-3 5 6 1 1 0 1 6 82 22 56 - May. 26 Chacin BOS W 8-1 6 7 1 0 0 2 2 91 26 56 W(5-3) Jul. 21 Towers SEA W 6-3 7 5 3 3 0 0 1 96 27 56 W(7-8) Aug. 17 Towers @LAA W 4-1 7.2 7 1 1 0 1 1 80 27 56 W(10-9) Aug. 28 Towers CLE L 4-1 7 5 4 3 2 1 4 101 27 56 L(10-10) Sep. 14 Towers BOS L 5-3 8 7 5 3 2 1 5 104 31 56 L(11-11) Jul. 1 Lilly @BOS W 15-2 6 7 1 1 1 2 3 100 26 55 W(6-8) Jul. 29 Downs TEX L 4-1 5 5 2 2 1 2 8 87 22 55 L(0-2) May. 6 Bush CWS L 5-3 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 79 20 54 - Jul. 7 Chacin OAK W 4-2 6.2 5 2 2 1 1 4 98 22 54 W(7-5) Aug. 22 Downs @NYY L 7-0 6 6 2 1 0 2 2 100 27 54 L(1-3) Apr. 30 Bush @NYY L 4-3 7 8 3 3 1 0 4 107 28 53 - May. 2 Chacin @BAL W 6-2 7.1 7 2 2 0 5 2 107 32 53 - Jun. 11 Chacin @HOU L 6-3 6 7 2 2 0 2 5 100 26 53 - Jun. 22 Walker BAL W 3-2 5.1 5 2 2 1 0 3 75 22 53 W(3-0) Aug. 16 Downs @LAA W 4-3 7.2 6 3 3 0 3 6 98 28 53 - Jun. 24 Towers @WAS L 3-0 6 8 2 2 0 1 5 93 27 52 L(5-7) Sep. 28 Lilly @BOS W 7-2 6.2 6 2 2 1 5 3 108 30 52 W(10-11) Apr. 11 Chacin @OAK W 10-3 6 8 2 2 1 1 4 100 26 51 W(2-0) Aug. 10 Chacin DET W 4-3 7.2 5 3 3 2 4 3 101 29 51 - Sep. 27 Bush @BOS L 1-3 6 6 3 3 0 2 5 105 27 51 L(5-11) Jun. 12 Towers @HOU L 3-0 7 9 3 2 1 2 3 97 31 50 L(5-5) Jun. 18 Halladay MIL L 5-2 6 7 4 4 1 0 8 105 27 50 L(10-4) Jul. 23 Bush @KC W 9-4 7 8 3 3 0 1 2 99 28 50 W(1-5) Sep. 9 Towers @TB W 7-2 6 9 2 2 0 1 5 90 27 50 W(11-10) Sep. 29 Downs @BOS L 4-5 5 5 2 2 0 2 3 96 21 50 May. 31 Gaudin @SEA W 9-7 5 7 2 2 0 2 6 93 24 49 W(1-0) Jun. 1 Chacin @SEA L 3-0 8.2 10 3 3 0 3 5 116 32 49 L(5-4) Aug. 15 Chacin @LAA L 5-4 6 6 3 3 0 3 4 102 28 49 - Sep. 12 Lilly BOS L 6-5 6.2 5 3 3 2 1 3 104 23 49 - Sep. 25 Towers @NYY L 4-8 7 7 4 4 1 1 3 88 28 49 L(12-12) Apr. 21 Chacin NYY L 4-3 6 6 4 4 0 2 5 109 26 47 L(3-1) Jun. 7 Towers @CHC W 6-4 5.1 5 3 3 1 2 3 78 23 47 - Sep. 24 Downs @NYY W 7-4 5.2 5 4 3 1 2 4 100 27 47 W(4-3) Apr. 8 Bush BOS L 6-5 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 84 20 46 L(0-1) May. 17 Towers @MIN W 10-3 5 7 2 2 1 1 2 84 21 46 W(5-1) Oct. 1 Bush KC L 6-7 5 5 3 3 1 0 1 86 21 46 Apr. 22 Towers BAL L 13-5 6 8 4 4 2 0 5 80 24 45 - Jun. 26 Chacin @WAS W 9-5 5.1 5 3 3 1 3 2 104 24 45 - Aug. 31 Chacin BAL L 7-0 7 7 5 5 2 2 4 84 28 45 L(11-8) Sep. 13 Downs BOS W 9-3 5.1 6 3 3 1 1 2 96 22 45 W(3-3) Apr. 15 Lilly @TEX L 4-2 5 5 3 3 1 4 3 90 23 44 L(0-1) Aug. 9 McGowan DET W 6-4 6.1 8 4 4 0 1 4 90 26 44 W(1-0) Sep. 20 Towers SEA W 6-4 6 8 4 1 2 2 0 99 27 44 W(12-11) May. 14 Chacin @CLE L 3-2 2.1 2 2 2 0 3 1 51 12 43 - Jun. 4 Lilly @OAK L 5-2 6 6 4 4 1 3 2 107 27 43 L(3-6) Jun. 10 Lilly @HOU L 4-2 6 7 4 4 3 1 1 86 26 42 L(3-7) Jun. 21 Chacin BAL L 9-5 5 5 6 1 1 2 1 85 24 42 L(6-5) Aug. 4 McGowan @CWS L 5-4 5 4 4 4 1 3 2 95 21 42 - Aug. 5 Chacin NYY L 6-2 5 6 3 3 1 6 5 97 25 42 L(11-6) Sep. 19 Downs SEA L 7-5 5 7 3 3 1 1 2 92 24 42 - Sep. 21 Bush SEA L 3-2 3.1 3 3 3 0 3 3 78 17 42 L(5-10) Aug. 3 Bush @CWS W 4-3 5 7 3 3 2 1 1 78 23 41 W(2-5) May. 28 Bush MIN L 4-3 5.2 6 4 2 2 1 1 77 21 40 L(0-5) Jul. 8 Halladay @TEX L 7-6 3.2 6 3 2 2 0 4 48 15 40 - Aug. 26 McGowan CLE L 9-3 5 8 4 4 2 1 6 88 25 40 L(1-2) Apr. 9 Halladay BOS W 12-5 6 7 5 5 1 1 2 94 25 39 - May. 19 Chacin @MIN L 4-0 5 7 4 4 0 2 4 105 25 39 L(4-3) Jun. 27 Walker @TB L 4-3 6 7 4 4 2 3 0 81 27 39 L(3-1) Jul. 24 Lilly @KC L 6-5 4 5 4 4 1 0 3 74 17 39 - Aug. 7 Towers NYY L 6-2 6 10 5 3 1 2 4 91 29 38 L(8-9) Aug. 19 Bush @DET L 9-5 3.2 5 4 2 2 1 3 44 15 38 L(2-7) Sep. 1 McGowan BAL L 5-3 5.1 7 4 4 2 2 2 92 25 38 L(1-3) Apr. 26 Lilly TB W 7-5 6 9 5 5 2 1 4 85 27 37 W(1-2) May. 8 Chacin CWS L 5-4 6 9 5 5 2 2 5 104 28 37 L(4-2) Jun. 25 Lilly @WAS L 5-2 4 4 4 4 0 3 2 76 19 37 L(5-8) Jul. 2 Chacin @BOS L 6-4 5 8 4 4 0 1 3 85 24 37 - Jul. 10 Towers @TEX L 9-8 6 9 5 5 0 1 4 91 28 37 - Sep. 7 Downs @BAL W 7-4 4.1 7 4 3 0 4 6 86 24 37 - May. 30 Lilly @SEA L 4-3 5.2 6 4 4 1 3 3 65 23 36 L(3-5) Sep. 6 Lilly @BAL L 5-0 2.1 3 3 3 0 5 2 63 15 36 L(8-10) May. 24 Bush BOS W 9-6 3 5 3 3 0 2 0 54 13 35 - Jun. 19 Towers MIL L 5-2 5.1 9 4 4 0 1 2 95 25 35 L(5-6) Jul. 19 Lilly SEA W 12-10 5.1 7 5 5 2 3 4 96 26 35 W(8-9) May. 4 Halladay @BAL L 5-1 7.1 12 5 5 1 2 2 113 33 34 L(4-2) May. 11 Bush KC W 12-9 4.2 7 4 4 0 0 3 74 18 34 - Jul. 5 Towers OAK L 10-7 4 8 3 3 1 2 2 81 22 34 - Apr. 24 Halladay BAL L 7-1 6 9 6 6 2 1 4 94 29 33 L(3-1) Jul. 15 Chacin TB W 11-6 5.1 9 5 5 2 0 3 92 26 33 W(8-5) Jun. 17 Chacin MIL W 9-5 2.1 6 4 4 0 1 3 58 14 31 - Jul. 22 Walker @KC L 5-3 3.1 4 5 5 0 3 2 66 18 31 L(3-3) Jul. 9 Downs @TEX L 12-10 3.2 4 5 5 1 1 1 51 13 30 L(0-1) Aug. 6 Downs NYY W 8-5 3.1 8 4 4 0 3 5 79 21 30 - May. 1 Lilly @NYY W 8-6 5 8 6 6 1 2 4 84 24 29 - May. 22 Towers WAS L 9-2 4.1 7 5 5 0 1 1 70 21 29 L(5-2) Jun. 2 Towers @OAK L 5-3 4.1 6 5 5 1 4 2 87 23 29 L(5-4) Aug. 14 McGowan @BAL W 7-6 3.1 6 4 4 0 4 1 73 19 29 - Aug. 25 Chacin @NYY L 6-2 6.2 9 6 6 2 3 5 112 29 29 L(11-7) Sep. 22 Chacin SEA W 7-5 4.1 7 5 5 0 4 3 92 23 28 - Jun. 14 Gaudin STL L 7-0 4.1 10 5 5 3 1 4 86 24 26 L(1-2) May. 13 Lilly @CLE L 6-4 2.2 3 5 5 0 5 1 67 13 25 L(1-4) Apr. 20 Lilly NYY L 11-2 3.1 6 6 6 0 2 2 54 18 24 L(0-2) May. 27 Towers MIN L 7-2 6 14 7 5 2 0 4 104 34 24 L(5-3) Sep. 23 Lilly @NYY L 0-5 1 5 4 4 2 3 0 50 27 24 L(9-11) May. 7 Lilly CWS L 10-7 2.2 6 6 6 3 1 3 54 12 21 L(1-3) Sep. 16 Bush NYY L 11-10 3.2 6 6 6 2 2 1 63 17 21 L(5-9) Sep. 27 Chacin @BOS W 7-5 3.2 10 5 5 0 0 0 60 21 21 Jul. 16 Towers TB L 6-5 4 10 6 6 2 0 1 84 22 19 L(6-8) Aug. 8 Bush DET L 9-8 5.2 10 7 7 1 1 2 83 24 17 - Apr. 17 Towers @TEX L 6-5 2 8 6 6 2 0 0 40 14 16 L(1-1) Apr. 18 Bush @BOS L 12-7 2 7 7 7 1 2 3 69 15 15 L(0-2) Jun. 5 Gaudin @OAK L 12-4 1 7 7 7 1 1 1 48 11 11 L(1-1) Aug. 21 McGowan @DET L 17-6 4.1 9 12 10 2 2 2 95 28 1 L(1-1)
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