A work horse like Max Scherzer only has 12 career complete games . Luis Leal a pretty average pitcher for the Blue Jays had 10 of his 27 during his career in 1982. That says it all.
HiVLTAGE
Any leading theory on why this is the case? Pitch clock related somehow?
AcrobaticBreakfast
Here’s a list of pitchers from the 70s-80s era (all HOF)
Gaylord Perry 303
Fergie Jenkins 267
Steve Carlton 254
Phil Niekro 245
Bert Blyleven 242
Tom Seaver 231
Nolan Ryan 222
Jim Palmer 211
Rock_solid88
As a comparison, 28 is also the number of complete games Bob Gibson threw in the 1968 regular season.
WheelerDeals
Phillies had 5, Cris Sanchez having 2. What a great year, hope he continues to improve.
Brolympia
Record high arm injuries too. Its not IP, its pitch selection and max effort being given every pitch.
Leftfeet
It’s not really surprising that we don’t see many CGs anymore, we don’t have many workhorse SPs anymore. We only have 4 guys with 200+ IP this year. That’s the fewest I can remember in a season. Even guys who don’t throw hard aren’t being allowed to go deep into games very often. Most SPs aren’t even getting to 100 pitches
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I’m more surprised there was 29 CGs in 2020
Pitching ain’t what it used to be
depressing
That’s… Just sad.
A work horse like Max Scherzer only has 12 career complete games . Luis Leal a pretty average pitcher for the Blue Jays had 10 of his 27 during his career in 1982. That says it all.
Any leading theory on why this is the case? Pitch clock related somehow?
Here’s a list of pitchers from the 70s-80s era (all HOF)
Gaylord Perry 303
Fergie Jenkins 267
Steve Carlton 254
Phil Niekro 245
Bert Blyleven 242
Tom Seaver 231
Nolan Ryan 222
Jim Palmer 211
As a comparison, 28 is also the number of complete games Bob Gibson threw in the 1968 regular season.
Phillies had 5, Cris Sanchez having 2. What a great year, hope he continues to improve.
Record high arm injuries too. Its not IP, its pitch selection and max effort being given every pitch.
It’s not really surprising that we don’t see many CGs anymore, we don’t have many workhorse SPs anymore. We only have 4 guys with 200+ IP this year. That’s the fewest I can remember in a season. Even guys who don’t throw hard aren’t being allowed to go deep into games very often. Most SPs aren’t even getting to 100 pitches