Shane Bieber is third in franchise history and 32nd in MLB history in most strikeouts through his first five seasons:
- Bob Feller, 973
- Luis Tiant, 885
- Bieber, 831
- Bartolo Colon, 798
- Sonny Siebert, 780
- CC Sabathia, 761
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Over the last 40 seasons, only two Cleveland rookies have started at least 15 games while posting an ERA under 3.50: Cody Anderson in 2015 and T.J. House in 2014.
It’s odd that such a list would feature such irrelevant players, as neither had much hype as prospects or did much beyond their rookie years.
Here’s a few others who accomplished the feat, dating back to 1955 (it was slightly more common before then):
1975 – Dennis Eckersley
1972 – Dick Tidrow
1964 – Luis Tiant
1958 – Gary Bell
1955 – Herb Score
Konnor Pilkington tossed five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts in his third career start (sixth career game) against the Royals yesterday.
He’s the sixth pitcher in franchise history with at least eight strikeouts and zero runs allowed in a game within his first six career appearances. The others:
- Shane Bieber, 2018 (3rd game)
- Rick Austin, 1970 (2nd)
- Luis Tiant, 1964 (1st)
- Fred Blanding, 1910 (1st)