Good morning!
Davis Martin outdueled José Soriano for the second time in as many starts on Monday evening, and in so doing became the first White Sox pitcher in nearly two calendar years to strikeout ten batters while walking none. On the season, Davis is among the leaders in a variety of pitching categories: bWAR, FIP, ERA+, and Ks/BBs on one side of the coin and wins and ERA on the other.
Today's Sporcle will take a look at those other 10+ K and 0 BB games in franchise history. There haven't really been too many throughout the years: Martin's performance is just the 57th such game since 1901 for the White Sox: can you name them all? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I’ve allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I’ve provided the date of the game and the opponent faced.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The White Sox are 39-18 when this feat occurs. The largest loss was a 6-1 defeat at the hands of Cleveland in 1909 while the largest victory was either a 14-6 blowout of the Browns in 1911 or an 11-3 drubbing of the Royals in 2007.
- The most strikeouts in these performances is 14, both by the same pitcher. Both resulted in losses, a 3-1 defeat against the Mariners in 2016 and a 2-1 heartbreaker against Texas in 2015. (David Robertson with the 2-run blown save)
- The longest drought between these performances is 48 years, from 1913-1961.
- The pitcher with the most performances of this type in MLB history: Randy Johnson with 36 such games. He went 27-4 with a 1.40 ERA. Max Scherzer has second-most with 31 games.
All data from stathead.com
