Thinking about any of the awards that distinguishes the best of the season, at this point, may be audacious. But when you have a start like the one Ranger Suárez has, with the Philadelphia Phillies, talking about the topic is inevitable.
Especially this Thursday, after the Venezuelan added his eighth victory of the campaign in nine appearances and improved his ERA to 1.37.
And Ranger, who was only disappointing in his first start on March 31, has achieved all those victories consecutively and has combined them with other good records to round out a start that has rarely been seen before.
According to Las Mayores, Ranger is only the seventh pitcher in history to win eight games in a row in the same season, registering – in that period – an ERA of 1.00, striking out at least 50 and granting no more than 10 bases. by balls.
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The only Venezuelan starter with a better streak was Johan Santana in 2004, in his historic season with the Minnesota Twins, which ended up making him the first Venezuelan winner of a Cy Young Award, for the best shotgunner in the American League.
“El Gocho”, who finished that year with a 20-6 record, won consecutively in 12 appearances, spread between July 27 and September 24. In that period he completed 84 and a third innings, struck out 105 and walked only 15.
When the streak was eight wins in a row, like the one Ranger currently has, Johan Santana had 56.1 innings of 11 earned runs, 69 strikeouts and 10 walks. His ERA was 1.76.
Ranger has 54 innings of six earned runs, 51 strikeouts and nine walks.
2024-05-17 02:45:48
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