jesse tannehill – fenwayfanatics.com https://www.fenwayfanatics.com Home to Boston Red Sox fans everywhere Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:20:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.fenwayfanatics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cropped-20140720_164226-1-54985962v1_site_icon-32x32.png jesse tannehill – fenwayfanatics.com https://www.fenwayfanatics.com 32 32 63874896 Did You Know? – Best Southpaws In Red Sox History https://www.fenwayfanatics.com/content/2014/08/04/did-you-know-best-southpaws-in-red-sox-history/ Mon, 04 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.fenwayfanatics.com/?p=4230 With the trade of Jon Lester to Oakland this past week, so departs one of the best left-handed starting pitchers in Red Sox team history, with 110 wins, a no-hitter, and two World Series championships to his credit. Among southpaws in team history, his 110 wins is second-most behind the legendary Mel Parnell and his 1386 strikeouts leads all others.

There is no question from anyone who has watched him over his eight-plus seasons with Boston that he has been an invaluable contributor to its recent success and there’s a possibility that we have not seen him pitch for the last time in a Red Sox uniform. So how does he compare to others greats who have pitched for this franchise?

In franchise history, there have been 133 lefties who have started at least one game for the Red Sox. We looked at Baseball-Reference.com‘s Play Index and narrowed the search to those pitchers who toed the rubber for at least 100 games with Boston as a starter.

Top Career ERA+

Rk Player ERA+ GS G CG SHO GF W L W-L% IP SO ERA
1 Lefty Grove 143 190 214 119 15 17 105 62 .629 1539.2 743 3.34
2 Dutch Leonard 129 161 211 96 25 40 90 64 .584 1361.1 771 2.13
3 Babe Ruth 125 143 158 105 17 11 89 46 .659 1190.1 483 2.19
4 Mel Parnell 125 232 289 113 20 36 123 75 .621 1752.2 732 3.50
5 Jon Lester 120 241 242 10 3 0 110 63 .636 1519.1 1386 3.64
6 Ray Collins 116 151 199 90 19 36 84 62 .575 1336.0 511 2.51

Top Career WAR

Rk Player WAR GS G CG SHO W L W-L% IP SO ERA
1 Lefty Grove 44.7 190 214 119 15 105 62 .629 1539.2 743 3.34
2 Jon Lester 31.0 241 242 10 3 110 63 .636 1519.1 1386 3.64
3 Mel Parnell 27.4 232 289 113 20 123 75 .621 1752.2 732 3.50
4 Dutch Leonard 27.2 161 211 96 25 90 64 .584 1361.1 771 2.13
5 Ray Collins 23.1 151 199 90 19 84 62 .575 1336.0 511 2.51
6 Babe Ruth 20.8 143 158 105 17 89 46 .659 1190.1 483 2.19

Top Career WHIP

Rk Player WHIP GS G CG SHO W L W-L% IP SO ERA
1 Jesse Tannehill 1.118 106 116 85 14 62 38 .620 885.2 342 2.50
2 Ray Collins 1.134 151 199 90 19 84 62 .575 1336.0 511 2.51
3 Dutch Leonard 1.136 161 211 96 25 90 64 .584 1361.1 771 2.13
4 Babe Ruth 1.142 143 158 105 17 89 46 .659 1190.1 483 2.19
5 Jon Lester 1.287 241 242 10 3 110 63 .636 1519.1 1386 3.64
6 Lefty Grove 1.321 190 214 119 15 105 62 .629 1539.2 743 3.34

Grove, who is the only pitcher to notch his 300th victory in a Red Sox uniform, pitched eight seasons between 1934 and 1941. His ERA+ of 134 and WAR of 44.7 leads the franchise in both categories for left-handed pitchers. He is also sixth all-time in WHIP. Leonard, who pitched six seasons between 1913 and 1918 and was part of three World Series championships, has the second-best ERA+ in franchise history (134), is fourth in WAR (27.2), and third in WHIP (1.136), putting him very close to Grove.

Also showing up on all three lists is Ruth who, while better known for changing the game of baseball with his bat, was part of the same three world championships as Leonard and has the third-best ERA+ in franchise history for southpaws. Collins, while perhaps not as well-known to casual Red Sox fans, is also on all three lists, playing for two world champions in 1912 and 1915 and currently sitting at number two in franchise history for WHIP (1.134).

Lester, upon close examination, certainly matches well in all three categories. His ERA+ of 120 places him fifth behind Ruth, his WAR of 31.0 places him second only to Grove, and his WHIP puts him fifth in that category. Also consider that, save for Collins and Tannehill, every other player listed here is a member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, and it’s probably a safe bet to say that he will someday be there, too.

]]> 4230 Did You Know? – Red Sox 20-Game Winners https://www.fenwayfanatics.com/content/2007/04/27/did-you-know-red-sox-20-game-winners/ Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.fenwayfanatics.com/content/?p=67 Continue reading "Did You Know? – Red Sox 20-Game Winners"]]> In team history, the Red Sox have seen 26 different pitchers win at least 20 games in a season at least once in a Boston uniform. The pitcher who holds the franchise record for the most victories in one season is Smoky Joe Wood, who won 34 games in 1912 for the eventual World Series champions; he was one of three pitchers on the 1912 staff, along with Buck O’Brien and Hugh Bedient, to reach the 20-win threshold, as the latter two each won exactly 20 games on a team that set the franchise record for wins in a season (105). Only one other pitcher in team history, Cy Young, won better than 30 games in a season; he accomplished this feat twice, once in Boston’s inagural season of 1901 (33) and then again in 1902 (32). Young also holds the record for the most seasons of 20 or more wins with the Red Sox, having accomplished the feat six times in the eight years that he was part of the starting rotation. After him, there are three pitchers with three seasons of 20 or more wins: Bill Dinneen (1902-1904), Luis Tiant (1973, 1974, 1976), and Roger Clemens (1986, 1987, 1990). Other multiple winners include Babe Ruth, Carl Mays, Boo Ferriss, Jesse Tannehill, Mel Parnell, Wood, Tex Hughson, and Wes Ferrell.

In total, there have been 46 instances where a pitcher won 20 games or more in a season for the Red Sox. Nine times, the starting rotation for Boston has had multiple 20-game winners. Between 1902 and 1904, Dinneen and Young won at least 20 games in each season for the Red Sox and, with Boston pitchers Tom Hughes (20 wins in 1903) and Tannehill (21 wins in 1904) also reaching that plateau, fans were witness to eight instances in three straight seasons that a Sox pitcher accomplished this feat. The most recent instance in which two players on the Red Sox pitching staff won at least 20 games in a single season happened just five years ago in 2002, when Derek Lowe (21) and Pedro Martinez (20) both managed the feat; before that, you have to go back to 1949 to find multiple 20-game winners on the Red Sox pitching staff for one season: Parnell (25) and Ellis Kinder (23). Curiously, there have been ten Boston pitchers in franchise history to fall just one win short of the mark for a single season; of those ten, both Martinez and Howard Ehmke did reach the mark in another season for the Sox. Martinez fell one win shy his first season with the club in 1998 but won 23 the next year, while Ehmke won 19 in 1924, one year after winning 20.

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