August 30, 2007
Joba Goes to Eleven
Joba Chamberlain just pitched his eleventh inning without scoring a run. Someone asked the other day what was the record for consecutive scoreless innings at the start of a career. I don't have the most recent record book around, but through 1999 the record was 25 by George McQuillan of the Philadelphia NL club, set at the end of 1907. If someone has the latest record book and see if that's current, I would appreciate the help.
Posted by David Pinto at
03:34 PM
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Thanks for the info, David!
FYI, Fernando Valenzuela allowed two unearned runs in his first game, but didn't allow his first earned run until 34 1/3 innings into his career.
After the first 80 2/3 innings of his career, his ERA was 0.22.