How perfect pitchers fared in their following start
Perfect games don’t happen too often, so with Mark Buehrle taking the mound for the first time since his last memorable, we did a little homework.
We wanted to see how pitchers in the perfect club fared in the following start. The results were mixed, but interesting nonetheless.
Randy Johnson, then with the Arizona Diamondbacks, threw a perfect game on the road against the Atlanta Braves. The D-backs were -145 favorites against an Atlanta team that finished the year with 96 wins.
In his next start, Johnson’s club was a -140 fave visiting the defending champion Florida Marlins. He got the best of Dontrelle Willis in a 4-3 win and put up W’s in his following three starts.
David Cone joined the exclusive club in July of 1999. As a member of the Yankees, Cone shutdown the Montreal Expos in the 6-0 win. The righty was a -180 favorite in his next start against the Cleveland Indians. Cone got tagged for six runs and was pulled after just four innings, but the Yankees won the contest 9-8.
The former Cy Young winner was on the short end in his following start, a 5-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
David Wells pitched a perfect game the season prior for the Bronx Bombers in a May game against the Minnesota Twins. Wells claimed that he pitched the Sunday contest hungover after partying the previous night with the Saturday Night Live cast.
Boomer won his next three starts handily before a setback against the Orioles in mid June.
Kenny Rogers’ day of perfection in 1994 was out of the blue. He was enjoying one of his better seasons, but he was coming off consecutive losses. (Of course both of those L’s were quality starts).
The California Angels were perfect victims for Rogers. The Rangers hurler pitched poorly and lost his two ensuing starts before the strike ended the campaign.
Cone and Rogers struggled after their day in the spotlight while Wells and Johnson continued to mow down opponents.
It’s hard to tell how Buehrle will make out. He’s been a consistent pitcher for most of his big league career. The lefty won five days after pitching a no-hitter in 2007. He pitched seven innings while giving up three runs in the 7-4 White Sox victory.
He’s not even favored visiting the Twins, which makes it pretty tempting to back the South Siders.
Perfect games don’t happen too often, so with Mark Buehrle taking the mound for the first time since his last memorable, we did a little homework.
We wanted to see how pitchers in the perfect club fared in the following start. The results were mixed, but interesting nonetheless.
Randy Johnson, then with the Arizona Diamondbacks, threw a perfect game on the road against the Atlanta Braves. The D-backs were -145 favorites against an Atlanta team that finished the year with 96 wins.
In his next start, Johnson’s club was a -140 fave visiting the defending champion Florida Marlins. He got the best of Dontrelle Willis in a 4-3 win and put up W’s in his following three starts.
David Cone joined the exclusive club in July of 1999. As a member of the Yankees, Cone shutdown the Montreal Expos in the 6-0 win. The righty was a -180 favorite in his next start against the Cleveland Indians. Cone got tagged for six runs and was pulled after just four innings, but the Yankees won the contest 9-8.
The former Cy Young winner was on the short end in his following start, a 5-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
David Wells pitched a perfect game the season prior for the Bronx Bombers in a May game against the Minnesota Twins. Wells claimed that he pitched the Sunday contest hungover after partying the previous night with the Saturday Night Live cast.
Boomer won his next three starts handily before a setback against the Orioles in mid June.
Kenny Rogers’ day of perfection in 1994 was out of the blue. He was enjoying one of his better seasons, but he was coming off consecutive losses. (Of course both of those L’s were quality starts).
The California Angels were perfect victims for Rogers. The Rangers hurler pitched poorly and lost his two ensuing starts before the strike ended the campaign.
Cone and Rogers struggled after their day in the spotlight while Wells and Johnson continued to mow down opponents.
It’s hard to tell how Buehrle will make out. He’s been a consistent pitcher for most of his big league career. The lefty won five days after pitching a no-hitter in 2007. He pitched seven innings while giving up three runs in the 7-4 White Sox victory.
He’s not even favored visiting the Twins, which makes it pretty tempting to back the South Siders.
"While Buehrle tries to put the hoopla of his last start behind him, he'll look for a better effort against the Twins after giving up a season-high eight runs in 3 1/3 innings of a 13-7 loss at Minnesota on July 12. Though he's 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA against the Twins this season, Buehrle has lost his last three outings at the Metrodome."
