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R.A. Dickey’s Streak Ends, Looking Back at Doc’s


By Mike Silva ~ April 19th, 2012. Filed under: New York Mets.

The Braves ended R.A. Dickey’s streak of 14-consecutive quality starts that fell just short of Dwight Gooden’s team record set in 1985. Ironically, it was the Braves that ended Doc’s on July 4th of that season. That was the infamous 19 inning game that ended at 4:00 AM.

Dickey’s streak has been over two seasons, as it started on July 25th against Cincinnati. For as impressive as it is, Gooden’s was truly amazing.

During his streak, Dickey pitched into the 8th inning only once and never struck out more than 7 batters.

Take a look at Gooden’s early season 1985 Quality Start streak.

Rk Date Tm Opp Rslt Inngs Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP
2 Apr 14 NYM CIN W,4-0 SHO W(1-0) 4 9.0 4 0 0 2 10 0 0
3 Apr 19 NYM @ PHI W,1-0 GS-8 W(2-0) 4 8.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 0
4 Apr 24 NYM @ STL L,1-5 GS-7 L(2-1) 4 7.0 4 2 2 3 3 0 0
5 Apr 30 NYM HOU W,4-1 CG W(3-1) 5 9.0 4 1 1 2 8 1 0
May Tm Opp Rslt Inngs Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP
6 May 5 NYM @ CIN W,3-2 GS-7 W(4-1) 4 7.0 7 2 2 3 9 0 0
7 May 10 NYM PHI W,5-0 SHO W(5-1) 4 9.0 3 0 0 3 13 0 0
8 May 15 NYM @ HOU W,5-3 GS-7 W(6-1) 4 6.1 8 3 3 2 1 0 0
9 May 20 NYM SDP L,0-2 GS-8 L(6-2) 4 8.0 9 2 2 0 9 1 0
10 May 25 NYM LAD L,2-6 GS-7 L(6-3) 4 7.0 5 3 3 1 9 1 0
11 May 30 NYM @ SFG W,2-1 CG W(7-3) 4 9.0 6 1 1 1 14 1 0
June Tm Opp Rslt Inngs Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP
12 Jun 4 NYM @ LAD W,4-1 CG W(8-3) 4 9.0 8 1 1 2 12 1 0
13 Jun 9(1) NYM STL W,6-1 GS-8 W(9-3) 4 8.0 6 1 1 3 4 0 0
14 Jun 14 NYM @ MON L,4-5 GS-8 4 8.0 6 3 3 4 11 1 1
15 Jun 19 NYM CHC W,1-0 SHO W(10-3) 4 9.0 6 0 0 2 9 0 0
16 Jun 25 NYM @ CHC W,3-2 CG W(11-3) 5 9.0 9 2 2 3 6 0 0
17 Jun 30 NYM @ STL L,1-2 GS-8 4 8.0 5 1 1 1 3 1 0
July Tm Opp Rslt Inngs Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP
18 Jul 4 NYM @ ATL W,16-13 GS-3 3 2.1 2 2 2 4 3 0 0
September/October Tm Opp Rslt Inngs Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP
NYM 276.2 198 51 47 69 268 13 2
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 4/19/2012.

Want to know what is even more impressive from that season? Gooden’s run late in the year when they were in a dead hit with the Cardinals

After that wacky Atlanta game this was Gooden’s gamelogs the rest of the season:

Rk Gcar Gtm Date Tm Opp Rslt Inngs Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP
July Tm Opp Rslt Inngs Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP
19 50 81 Jul 9 NYM @ CIN W,11-2 GS-8 W(12-3) 4 8.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 0
20 51 86 Jul 14 NYM @ HOU W,1-0 SHO W(13-3) 4 9.0 5 0 0 2 11 0 1
21 52 89 Jul 20 NYM ATL W,16-4 GS-6 W(14-3) 5 6.0 2 1 1 0 4 1 0
22 53 94 Jul 25 NYM HOU W,6-3 CG W(15-3) 4 9.0 7 3 3 2 6 2 0
23 54 99 Jul 30 NYM MON W,2-0 SHO W(16-3) 4 9.0 5 0 0 2 10 0 0
August Tm Opp Rslt Inngs Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP
24 55 103 Aug 4 NYM @ CHC W,4-1 CG W(17-3) 4 9.0 5 1 0 3 6 0 0
25 56 107 Aug 10 NYM CHC W,8-3 CG W(18-3) 5 9.0 9 3 3 0 9 0 0
26 57 112 Aug 15 NYM PHI W,10-7 GS-5 4 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 2 0
27 58 117 Aug 20 NYM SFG W,3-0 SHO W(19-3) 4 9.0 7 0 0 3 16 0 0
28 59 123 Aug 25 NYM SDP W,9-3 GS-6 W(20-3) 4 6.0 5 3 2 1 4 0 0
29 60 128 Aug 31 NYM @ SFG L,2-3 GS-6 L(20-4) 5 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 0 0
September/October Tm Opp Rslt Inngs Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP
30 61 133 Sep 6 NYM @ LAD W,2-0 GS-9 5 9.0 5 0 0 0 10 0 0
31 62 137 Sep 11 NYM STL L,0-1 GS-9 4 9.0 5 0 0 3 7 0 0
32 63 143 Sep 16 NYM PHI W,9-0 SHO W(21-4) 4 9.0 2 0 0 2 11 0 0
33 64 148 Sep 21 NYM PIT W,12-1 GS-8 W(22-4) 4 8.0 4 1 0 2 4 0 0
34 65 153 Sep 26 NYM @ CHC W,3-0 SHO W(23-4) 4 9.0 8 0 0 2 7 0 0
35 66 158 Oct 2 NYM @ STL W,5-2 CG W(24-4) 5 9.0 9 2 2 4 10 0 0
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 4/19/2012.

His September was amazing. He went 9 innings in 5 of 6 starts and posted a 0.34 ERA.

Dickey’s streak is a model of consistency in today’s game; Gooden’s was one of dominance.

According to Baseball-Reference Wins Above Replacement, Gooden’s ’85 season performance is only behind Walter Johnson (1912-1913), Steve Carlton (1972) and Bob Gibson (1968). Yes, it was better than anything that Sandy Koufax produced.

Rk Player WAR Year Age Tm G GS CG SHO W L SV IP H ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR
1 Walter Johnson 12.4 1913 25 WSH 48 36 29 11 36 7 2 346.0 232 44 38 243 1.14 259 9
2 Steve Carlton 12.2 1972 27 PHI 41 41 30 8 27 10 0 346.1 257 76 87 310 1.97 182 17
3 Bob Gibson 11.9 1968 32 STL 34 34 28 13 22 9 0 304.2 198 38 62 268 1.12 258 11
4 Walter Johnson 11.8 1912 24 WSH 50 37 34 7 33 12 2 369.0 259 57 76 303 1.39 243 2
5 Dwight Gooden 11.7 1985 20 NYM 35 35 16 8 24 4 0 276.2 198 47 69 268 1.53 229 13
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Generated 4/19/2012.
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