Last night for the Padres, Blake Snell walked seven batters while allowing just one run. That seemed rare, so I looked up some stats.
As it turns out, it’s not quiet as historic as a I thought, though still uncommon. The record for walks while only allowing one or fewer runs is, incredibly, 13 by Bud Podbielan for the Reds in 1953 (he later played for Cleveland in 1959).
The Cleveland record is 11 by Herb Score during his historic rookie year in 1955 – he’s one of 10 pitchers with double digit walks while allowing one or fewer runs.
The most recent Cleveland pitchers to match Snell’s line of seven or more walks with one or fewer runs:
- 2000 – Chuck Finley, (7 BB/0 runs)
- 1998 – Jaret Wright (7/1)
- 1993 – Bob Ojeda (8/0)
- 1982 – Ed Whitson (7/1)
- 1979 – Rick Waits (7/0)
