OT: Trivia

[shelly]

Cy Young

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by shelly

Cy Young

Hi Shelly,
What question are you answering? (But the answer is no)

[RichardSimon]

#3 John Tobin?

[peterose4hof]

#3 Sandy Koufax?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by peterose4hof

#3 Sandy Koufax?

Peter,
The answer is Dennis Eckersley. Please see my post above.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Shelly,
What question are you answering? (But the answer is no)

Cy Young had some streak of no-hit innings surrounding his 1904 perfect game. Maybe someone can find the details, but it was something like 7 no hit innings to end the game before the perfect game, and 6 no hit innings in the next game after. It was some crazy streak like that over 3 games.

[RichardSimon]

Cy Young's hitless streak was 23 innings.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Cy Young's hitless streak was 23 innings.

Good guess, Shelly, Richard and Scott!

Dennis Eckersley actually pitched 23 2/3 hitless innings between 5/25/77 and 6/8/77 as a starting pitcher with the Cleveland Indians. I believe that Johnny Vander Meer went 23 1/3 hitless innings surrounding his back to back no-hitters in 1938. Vander Meer's streak broke Cy Young's and Eck broke Vandy's streak.

BTW, the answer to my first trivia question about who has the second least number of hits allowed in 3 consecutive starts where the pitcher went the distance is:

Dave Steib with 5 total hits allowed- 1988. Steib had two consecutive one-hitters where he went 8 2/3 before allowing one hit. In the third game he threw a 3-hitter. If anyone was ever destined to pitch a no-hitter it was Steib. I'm glad he finally got one in 1990 at Cleveland.