Things got off to a shaky start with a 32-pitch first inning for Gavin Williams on Monday night, but he rallied to get through five innings and picked up the win against the Cardinals.
Through four starts, Williams now has a 2.38 ERA but has only thrown 22 2/3 innings due to an inability to find the strike zone.
Williams has walked 16 batters through his four starts, making him just the sixth Cleveland pitchers since 1990 with at least 16 walks through four games.
The others:
- 2008 Fausto Carmona, 18
- 2001 Jaret Wright, 17
- 2013 Trevor Bauer, 16
- 2000 Chuck Finley, 16
- 1992 Dave Mlicki, 16
Williams, Finley, Wright and Carmona all had an ERA under 3.00 despite the walks, which sounds surprising but I suppose you have to be limiting the damage in order to be left in the games long enough to keep walking everyone.
