Greinke

[Kolin]

Zack seems to be handling the national media well at this point. I was a little concerned about his ability to handle it. But he seems to have his past issues well under control.

Good for him. He seems like a great guy.

[missionhockey21]

Welcome to the site Kolin.

I don't know if you read the SI article or not, but Greinke seems to be in a really good place, both in his life and career. I think for the first time in a long time, he is comfortable in his own shoes and if he can carry over that kind of thinking with his talent, who knows what kind of seasons he can have.

[browntown653]

Welcome to the site Kolin! You a Royals fan?

[DirtyKash]

Greinke fun facts » Joe Posnanski

Ten things to know about Zack Greinke.


1. Zack Greinke has a 1173 ERA+. I would wager that no pitcher in baseball history has had a 1173 ERA+ through six games.

2. There have been two complete game shutouts thrown in the American League this year. Greinke threw both of them. That makes for a fun “Shutouts” chart on Baseball Reference.

3. There have been eight complete games thrown in the American League. Greinke has three of them.

4. Greinke currently leads the league in wins, ERA, ERA+, shutouts, complete games, strikeouts, WHIP and he has not yet allowed a home run.

5. The league is hitting .242/.294/.337 against him with nobody on base.

But the league is hitting .109/.136/.125 against him with runners on base.

And the league is hitting .097/.097/.097 against him with runners in scoring position.

6. Greinke’s strikeout-to-walk ratio with runners in scoring position — 14-to-0.

7. Batters are hitting .171 against Greinke in the seventh inning and after.

8. Greinke has fallen behind 3-0 to a hitter only four times all year. He did not walk any of the four. He struck out two of them.

9. Greinke’s 0.40 ERA is so low, he could give up nine runs in an inning in his next start, get pulled, and his ERA STILL would be lower than 2.00.

10. This from brilliant reader Rob: Dating back to last year, Greinke has won nine consecutive starts, and in those nine starts he has an 0.69 ERA. How good is that? Well, legendary. There have been 50 pitchers since 1954 who have won nine or more consecutive starts. Greinke’s is the second-best.*

*The best of those by ERA?

1. Bob Gibson, 1968: 12-0, 0.50 ERA.
Note for posterity: Gibson completed all 12 of those games.

2. Zack Greinke, 2008-09: 9-0, 0.69 ERA

3. Steve Blass, 1968: 9-0, 0.70 ERA

4. Hoyt Wilhelm, 1959: 9-0, 0.79 ERA

5. Cal Eldred, 1992: 10-0, 0.95 ERA
Note for posterity: In 1997, Eldred led the league in losses.

6. John Tudor, 1985: 9-0, 0.97 ERA

7. Warren Spahn, 1961: 10-0, 0.99 ERA

8. Gaylord Perry, 1974: 11-0, 1.00 ERA
Note for posterity: I’m in Cleveland right now reminiscing about Perry’s amazing 1974. Only July 3, he was 15-1 with a 1.31 ERA. He seemed a legit threat to win 30 games. He promptly lost nine of his next 10 decisions.

9. Randy Johnson, 1999-00, 9-0, 1.09 ERA
Note for posterity: You know, there’s a case to be made that Randy Johnson is the greatest pitcher in baseball history. This is just a warning … that case might be coming.

10. Roy Oswalt, 2002, 9-0, 1.22 ERA.

Also worth pointing out Johan Santana’s 12-0, 1.28 ERA stretch in 2004, Pat Dobson’s 12-0, 1.77 ERA stretch in 1971 and Brad Radke’s 12-0, 1.87 ERA stretch in 1997.

And one more thing … remember when Bob Welch won 27 games in 1990? Well, he won 9 decisions in a row in the middle of that year. His ERA during the stretch — 3.59. Boy, that team scored a lot of runs for him.

[The Smoo]

The Nationals have just one more win than Greinke

The Nationals may win less games then he wins all season.

[Killah Sith]

Welcome Kolin, it's great to see another Royal fan on here after all of these years. I think we've had one other and he was at the old site.


As for Zack, KC is the perfect place for him. The Royals have done a great job of of handling him since his issues came up. And as the media gets more interested in him, they've already said that there will be limited access to Zack. As amazing of a start as he's had, I'm not really surprised he is pitching so well. We've seen flashes of it for a few years now but he's finally comfortable, happy, and putting it all together.

[love_that_reefer]

Greinke just gave up a run in the 3rd to raise his ERA to 0.57.

[DirtyKash]

Greinke's getting ****ed over by the home plate ump on many of these should-have-been strike 3's. It's ridiculous.

[love_that_reefer]

He's getting screwed by his offense not taking advantage of scoring opportuniites.

[love_that_reefer]

Great pitcher's duel Greinke looks like he will get his first loss of the season by giving up just one run.

[DirtyKash]

Another complete game though. Moral victory.

But no mother****ing run support. ****ing KC is brutal. **** you David DeJesus. You just cost me a ton of money.

[love_that_reefer]

Give Saunders a lot of credit. He just outpitched the best pitcher in the game right now. KC is not brutal either. They have a good squad leading the Central

[DirtyKash]

**** Joe Saunders

[Saber]

You better get in line, then, because a shutout's going to get him a lot of trim tonight.

[missionhockey21]

Those stats were amazing DK.

But the league is hitting .109/.136/.125 against him with runners on base.

And the league is hitting .097/.097/.097 against him with runners in scoring position.

6. Greinke’s strikeout-to-walk ratio with runners in scoring position — 14-to-0.

7. Batters are hitting .171 against Greinke in the seventh inning and after.

8. Greinke has fallen behind 3-0 to a hitter only four times all year. He did not walk any of the four. He struck out two of them.

Obviously he is pitching hot right now and KC is playing good ball, but if by some miracle that the Royals did make it to the postseason, I'd love to see how Greinke would react to the pressure of playoff ball. Because even if that is a small sample, those stats are unbelievably clutch.