Since Shane Bieber‘s season is done after just two starts, he will become the 12th pitcher in MLB history with at least 12 innings pitched and zero runs allowed in a season.
Our own Tyler Olson recently set the record for this stat, tossing 20 shutout innings during the 2017 season.
Shane Bieber is the ninth pitcher in MLB history with 20 strikeouts and zero runs allowed through two starts and the only pitcher to accomplish the feat twice.
Most strikeouts with zero runs allowed through two starts:
The Guardians pitched the 12th Opening Day shutout in franchise history on Thursday in Oakland.
Over the past three games, Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibee and Logan Allen have combined to allow just one run in 19 innings of work.
Their one run allowed is the fewest combined runs allowed by rookie starting pitchers in three consecutive games in franchise history, breaking a record set by Bibee, Allen and Xzavion Curry earlier this year.
On a more depressing note, it was just the third time in franchise history the team won just one game in a three-game span in which its starting pitchers allowed one or fewer runs. The other instances:
Gavin Williams started a won for the Guardians on Wednesday, his 24th birthday.
Dating back to 1990, he’s the sixth pitcher to start on his birthday at age 24 or younger:
With the victory, Cleveland has now on seven of its last eight games on its starting pitcher’s birthday:
Logan Allen has 33 strikeouts through his first six career games, while Tanner Bibee has 34. The era in which which we’re in is a big factor here, but those are the sixth and seventh most strikeouts through six games in franchise history.
The list:
Shane Bieber is third in franchise history and 32nd in MLB history in most strikeouts through his first five seasons:
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: