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Mark Fidrych's 1976 season

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Still amazes me.

29 starts
24 CG
4 SHO

he pitched 11 innings, 4 times
10 innings once

he had a stretch of 13 games , 12 were complete, with 120 IP. thats 9 2/3 IP per start. he had back to back 11 IP starts.

i also knew mark, as he did some gravel work at 2 of the homes my father built. local legend.
 

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29 starts
24 CG
4 SHO

he pitched 11 innings, 4 times
10 innings once

he had a stretch of 13 games , 12 were complete, with 120 IP. thats 9 2/3 IP per start. he had back to back 11 IP starts.

i also knew mark, as he did some gravel work at 2 of the homes my father built. local legend.



That season should be exhibit A in how to ruin a promising young pitcher.

Because it was...and it did.
 

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That season should be exhibit A in how to ruin a promising young pitcher.

Because it was...and it did.


True, it did ruin his career.

But man oh man, what a kickass season that was.
 

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That season should be exhibit A in how to ruin a promising young pitcher.

Because it was...and it did.
Starters capped at 5 innings, and 10 combined pitchers in a routine 4-2 game is exhibit A on how to ruin baseball.
 

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That season should be exhibit A in how to ruin a promising young pitcher.

Because it was...and it did.
he had no clue he had a torn rotator cuff, until he saw dr andrews...in 1985. by then he was like 36 and his shoulder was shot.

i blame bad medicine at the time.
 

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True, it did ruin his career.

But man oh man, what a kickass season that was.
yeah, still far from an exact science because every player is different, but that probably did it. I wish I could see the number of pitches thrown in some of those games. Gotta be some in the 150s, 160s.
Exhibit B. 1980 Oakland A's.
 

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29 starts
24 CG
4 SHO

he pitched 11 innings, 4 times
10 innings once

he had a stretch of 13 games , 12 were complete, with 120 IP. thats 9 2/3 IP per start. he had back to back 11 IP starts.

i also knew mark, as he did some gravel work at 2 of the homes my father built. local legend.

I saw him 3 times that year ... it was a crazy event. I saw Jordan Zimmerman 3 times this year, not the same kind of experience.
 

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29 starts
24 CG
4 SHO

he pitched 11 innings, 4 times
10 innings once

he had a stretch of 13 games , 12 were complete, with 120 IP. thats 9 2/3 IP per start. he had back to back 11 IP starts.

i also knew mark, as he did some gravel work at 2 of the homes my father built. local legend.


"The Bird"! I remember him talking to himself on the mound; great memory!
 

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"The Bird"! I remember him talking to himself on the mound; great memory!

He didn't talk to himself ... He talk to the ball!!

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That season should be exhibit A in how to ruin a promising young pitcher.

Because it was...and it did.
That didn't do it.

Jumping over a fence the next spring and tearing up a knee did.
 

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and he had a 1.048 WHIP that year with that line lol

It was always an event when he pitched ... the Tigers were 74-87 that year ... Fidrych was 19-9 in in 29 starts (28 of the 29 starts he got a decision). In a year we lost a 114 games ... this thread makes me happy!!!

 

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It was always an event when he pitched ... the Tigers were 74-87 that year ... Fidrych was 19-9 in in 29 starts (28 of the 29 starts he got a decision). In a year we lost a 114 games ... this thread makes me happy!!!

i was referring to mike norris in 1980
 
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