Quote that says it all: "It's impressive, I have never seen anything like it," Mets manager Luis Rojas on deGrom's spectacular season. "It's never easy."ħ innings, 3 hits, 0 earned runs, 1 walk, 11 strikeouts. Quote that says it all: "Unfortunately, we've been through this before," Nimmo said as the Mets' history of trouble giving deGrom enough run support continued.
"He has to be from a different planet because he just does things that seem out of this world."Ĩ innings, 5 hits, 1 earned run, 0 walks, 14 strikeouts. Quote that says it all: "You're going to be replaying that game at the end of 2021 in one of those greatest games of 2021," said Mets teammate Brandon Nimmo. Ranking deGrom's five best outings of 2021ĩ innings, 2 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 15 strikeouts. DeGrom is striking out 14.5 batters per nine innings pitched, more than any other qualified starter this season and on pace to eclipse Shane Bieber's all-time mark of 14.198 from last season. DeGrom enters Wednesday's outing with a chance to join Gibson as the only pitchers to allow one or no runs in 11 consecutive starts.ĥ. No player since 1947 has finished a season with a higher mark than Trevor Bauer's 292 in 2020, and Pedro Martinez's 291 in 2000 is the highest for a 162-game season in that span.Ĥ.
According to Baseball-Reference data, deGrom's ERA+ (100 is league average) currently sits at an unfathomable 686. According to the Elias Sports Bureau research, that's the lowest WHIP by any pitcher over any 10-start span in modern MLB history.ģ.
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DeGrom has allowed 0.53 walks plus hits per inning pitched so far this season. He is the only pitcher in MLB history with more RBIs (five) at the plate than earned runs allowed (four) in a 10-start span within a single season, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.Ģ. Here's how deGrom's 2021 numbers compare to the same point in the Cardinals ace's legendary 1968 campaign.ġ. So far this season, deGrom isn't just on Gibson's record pace - he's eclipsing it. If deGrom allows zero or one earned run - or two earned runs in at least five innings pitched - he'll pass Jiménez's stunning 2010 start. 11: Ubaldo Jiménez's 0.78 ERA in 2010 is the all-time lowest ERA through 11 starts.
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Will the 32-year-old right-hander, who turns 33 on Saturday, break Gibson's hallowed mark? Will he stay healthy enough to pitch a full season? Will he drive in more runs at the plate than he allows on the mound? Will he help pitch a hapless Mets offense into the playoffs? Will he ultimately be the rare pitcher to take home an MVP Award?Īs deGrom adds to his impressive list of accomplishments in Queens, we've got you covered with everything from his record pace and best performances to when you can expect to see him taking the mound for the Mets next.īest ever through 10 starts: 0.59 (Juan Marichal in 1966) Already the best pitcher in MLB over the past few seasons, two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom has taken his game to another level in 2021.Īrmed with a 100 mph fastball and a devastating slider, the New York Mets' ace is primed to make a run at Hall of Famer Bob Gibson's seemingly unbreakable modern single-season ERA record of 1.12 - set 53 years ago in 1968 - with a campaign that could rank among the best baseball has ever seen.
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