Cubs Throw Complete Game Early This Season
Submitted by Squib Hits on Thu, 2007-05-10 09:36.
Last season, it took the Cubs until September 16 to have a starting pitcher throw a complete game (Rich Hill). As such, they almost became the first team in MLB history to not have a starting pitcher throw a complete game all season. Thankfully, Jason Marquis took care of that relatively early this season, with his gem last night. Marquis is now second in the league with a 240 ERA+, to Brad Penny's 290.
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Marquis
I guess that it was only natural that Marquis would be better this year than he was during a career-worst season last year, but this is getting a little crazy, isn't it?
Re: Marquis
Going through Baseball Musings' Day by Day database, I was able to find a few similar streaks that Marquis has gone on:
From 8/27/05 - 9/27/05, Marquis threw 39 innings over 5 starts with a 1.38 ERA.
From 6/27/04 - 7/27/04, Marquis threw 39 innings over 6 starts with a 1.85 ERA.
From 4/11/04 - 5/14/04, Marquis threw 47 innings over 7 starts with a 2.68 ERA.
None of these streaks is as good as the current one, given the number of innings pitched, and none of them started the year.