The Seven Year Convergence
Doctor K and The Rocket collided in mid-career...
|
| Career thru '90 | yrs. |
[ W - L ] | Pct. | G
| CG
| ShO | IP | H
| BB
| SO | ER | ERA
| 10+ K games
|
Dwight Gooden | 7 | [ 119 - 46 ] |
.721 | 211 | 54 | 20
| 1,523.2 |
1,282 | 449 | 1,391 | 478 | 2.82 | 44 |
Roger Clemens | 7 | [ 116 - 51 ] |
.695 | 206 | 65 | 25
| 1,513.0 |
1,281 | 425 | 1,424 | 486 | 2.89 | 41 |
difference | 0 | [ G+3 - G+5 ] |
G+.026 | G+5 | C+11 | C+5
| G+10.2 |
C+1 | C+24 | C+33 | G+8 |
G+.07 | G+3 |
Then, through the first 8 games of the '91 season, it got even better...
|
| '91 Season | [ dec. / opp. / score ] |
IP | H | BB
| SO | ER | ERA |
[ W - L ]
|
Dwight Gooden | [ win / Phil / 2-1 ] |
8.0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
1 | | |
| | [ win / Mont / 5-3 ] |
9.0 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
3 | | |
| | [ lose / Mont / 1-2 ] |
7.0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
1 | | |
| | [ n.d. / Phil / 3-5 ] |
7.0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
3 | | |
| | [ win / SD / 6-3 ] |
6.0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
2 | | |
| | [ lose / SF / 0-2 ] |
8.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
2 | | |
| | [ lose / SF / 0-7 ] |
6.1 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
4 | | |
| | [ win / SD / 7-1 ] |
9.0 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
0 | | |
| TOTALS | |
60.1 | 49 | 14 | 54
|
16 | 2.39 | [ 4 - 3 ] |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
Roger Clemens | [ win / Tor / 6-2 ] |
8.0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
1 | | |
| | [ win / Clv / 4-0 ] |
9.0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
0 | | |
| | [ win / KC / 1-0 ] |
8.0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
0 | | |
| | [ win / Tor / 3-0 ] |
7.0 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
0 | | |
| | [ win / Chi / 7-2 ] |
9.0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2 | | |
| | [ win / Min / 8-3 ] |
8.0 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
1 | | |
| | [ n.d. / Chi / 3-4 ] |
8.0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2 | | |
| | [ lose / Tex / 5-13 ] |
5.0 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
9 | | |
| TOTALS |
|
62.0 |
39 |
12 |
62
|
15 |
2.18 |
[ 6 - 1 ] |
So that, before their careers veered horribly away from one another
in a kind of Violent Surgical Separation, they nearly became the same entity...
|
| | yrs. |
[ W - L ] | Pct. | G
| CG
| ShO | IP | H
| BB
| SO | ER | ERA
| 10+ K games | Salary
|
Dwight Gooden | 7+ | [ 123 - 49 ] |
.715 | 219 | 56 | 20
| 1,584.0 |
1,331 | 463 | 1,445 | 494 | 2.81 | 45 | $5.40 mil |
Roger Clemens | 7+ | [ 122 - 52 ] |
.701 | 214 | 67 | 26
| 1,575.0 |
1,320 | 437 | 1,486 | 501 | 2.86 | 44 | $5.38 mil |
difference | 0 | [ G+1 - G+3 ] |
G+.014 | G+5 | C+11 | C+6
| G+9.0 |
C+11 | C+26 | C+41 | G+7 |
G+.05 | G+1 | none, really |
|