Arizona Diamondbacks Gems and Stinkers

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Overall records

ANA ARI ATL BAL BOS CHA CHN CIN CLE COL DET FLO HOU KCA LAN
MIL MIN NYA NYN OAK PHI PIT SDN SEA SFN SLN TBA TEX TOR WAS

Starting pitcher performances for the Arizona Diamondbacks, ranked by Game Scores

Gems	Stinkers
1998 to 2007
GS IP H R ER BB SO 100 9 1 0 0 2 17 Curt Schilling, at MIL 4/7/2002 100 9 0 0 0 0 13 Randy Johnson, at ATL 5/18/2004 97 9 3 1 1 0 20 Randy Johnson, vs CIN 5/8/2001 97 9 2 1 0 1 17 Randy Johnson, vs COL 4/21/2002 96 9 3 0 0 2 17 Randy Johnson, vs MIL 9/14/2002 96 9 2 0 0 1 14 Curt Schilling, at PHI 5/14/2003 96 9 1 0 0 1 12 Randy Johnson, vs COL 9/14/2003 93 9 2 0 0 0 10 Curt Schilling, vs LAN 4/10/2001 92 9 2 0 0 2 11 Randy Johnson, at NYN 8/5/2002 90 9 5 0 0 0 13 Randy Johnson, vs PIT 4/9/2000 90 8 1 0 0 2 12 Curt Schilling, at ATL 8/17/2003 90 9 2 0 0 1 8 Randy Johnson, at SDN 4/16/2004 90 9 1 0 0 0 5 Brandon Webb, vs SLN 9/9/2006 89 9 6 0 0 2 16 Randy Johnson, vs CHN 8/25/2002 89 9 4 0 0 0 10 Curt Schilling, at PIT 5/9/2003 88 7' 1 0 0 2 14 Randy Johnson, vs SDN 7/24/2001 88 9 2 0 0 1 6 Brandon Webb, at ATL 8/17/2007 87 9 5 0 0 0 10 Randy Johnson, at MON 8/30/2000 87 9 5 0 0 0 10 Randy Johnson, vs PIT 8/13/2001 87 9 3 0 0 2 8 Albie Lopez, at MIL 10/5/2001 87 9 1 0 0 1 3 Miguel Batista, at SFN 5/28/2002 86 9 4 1 1 0 11 Curt Schilling, vs SFN 7/5/2002 86 8' 5 0 0 1 14 Randy Johnson, at NYN 8/15/2004 86 8 3 1 1 1 15 Randy Johnson, vs LAN 8/31/2004 86 9 4 0 0 1 8 Brandon Webb, vs ATL 5/20/2006 86 9 5 0 0 1 10 Brandon Webb, vs WAS 8/11/2007 86 9 2 0 0 1 4 Micah Owings, vs SFN 9/18/2007	GS IP H R ER BB SO 12 2' 9 7 7 1 2 Jeff Suppan, vs SDN 5/26/1998 12 4 10 8 8 0 2 Brian Anderson, at TEX 6/23/1998 12 5' 13 8 7 2 2 Omar Daal, vs COL 4/17/2000 12 5" 10 9 9 4 3 Brian Anderson, at CHN 6/7/2000 12 3' 7 9 8 5 5 Randy Johnson, vs SFN 10/1/2000 12 2" 5 8 8 5 1 Casey Fossum, at NYN 8/13/2004 12 4 10 8 8 0 2 Javier Vazquez, at PHI 6/4/2005[g1] 12 4 9 7 7 5 1 Livan Hernandez, at NYA 6/13/2007 11 4 12 7 7 1 2 Omar Daal, vs HOU 9/6/1998 11 1' 7 7 7 3 2 Omar Daal, vs CIN 7/2/2000 11 4' 8 9 9 3 3 Steve Sparks, at LAN 7/7/2004 11 4 7 8 8 5 0 Russ Ortiz, vs NYN 8/24/2005 11 4 8 8 8 3 0 Livan Hernandez, vs ATL 7/29/2007 10 3 8 8 8 3 2 Claudio Vargas, at SLN 5/13/2006 10 4 11 8 8 1 3 Livan Hernandez, at HOU 5/12/2007 9 0 6 7 7 1 0 Armando Reynoso, vs SFN 4/23/2000 9 3' 8 9 9 2 3 Casey Fossum, vs ATL 8/8/2004 9 3 10 7 7 3 1 Lance Cormier, at MON 8/12/2004 9 1" 10 7 7 0 2 Javier Vazquez, vs CHN 4/4/2005 8 2' 8 9 8 1 2 Rick Helling, vs NYN 4/30/2002 6 4" 10 10 10 2 4 Randy Johnson, vs MIL 4/11/2003 6 2" 10 8 8 0 0 Casey Daigle, vs SLN 4/9/2004 6 2 8 9 9 1 3 Javier Vazquez, at ATL 8/14/2005 5 4" 11 9 9 2 1 Elmer Dessens, at COL 4/14/2004 4 0" 5 9 9 3 1 Juan Cruz, vs SDN 5/17/2006 1 2 10 9 9 0 1 Armando Reynoso, at COL 6/18/2000 0 2" 9 10 10 2 2 Steve Sparks, at FLO 5/22/2004 -3 1 8 10 10 2 2 Edgar Gonzalez, at SFN 9/3/2004
1998
85 9 3 0 0 0 4 Brian Anderson, at PIT 9/3/1998 83 9 4 0 0 3 7 Omar Daal, vs CHN 7/30/1998 82 8' 1 0 0 5 6 Andy Benes, at CIN 9/13/1998 80 9 3 1 0 1 2 Jeff Suppan, vs PIT 5/15/1998 78 8 3 0 0 1 3 Bob Wolcott, at OAK 6/5/1998	16 2 8 6 6 0 0 Amaury Telemaco, vs CHN 7/29/1998 14 4 10 7 7 1 1 Brian Anderson, at MIL 8/2/1998 12 2' 9 7 7 1 2 Jeff Suppan, vs SDN 5/26/1998 12 4 10 8 8 0 2 Brian Anderson, at TEX 6/23/1998 11 4 12 7 7 1 2 Omar Daal, vs HOU 9/6/1998
2000
GS IP H R ER BB SO 90 9 5 0 0 0 13 Randy Johnson, vs PIT 4/9/2000 87 9 5 0 0 0 10 Randy Johnson, at MON 8/30/2000 84 9 5 1 1 0 11 Randy Johnson, at SFN 4/14/2000 84 9 4 0 0 3 8 Randy Johnson, vs COL 4/20/2000 84 9 4 1 1 1 10 Curt Schilling, at SFN 9/22/2000	GS IP H R ER BB SO 12 5' 13 8 7 2 2 Omar Daal, vs COL 4/17/2000 12 5" 10 9 9 4 3 Brian Anderson, at CHN 6/7/2000 12 3' 7 9 8 5 5 Randy Johnson, vs SFN 10/1/2000 11 1' 7 7 7 3 2 Omar Daal, vs CIN 7/2/2000 9 0 6 7 7 1 0 Armando Reynoso, vs SFN 4/23/2000 1 2 10 9 9 0 1 Armando Reynoso, at COL 6/18/2000
2001
97 9 3 1 1 0 20 Randy Johnson, vs CIN 5/8/2001 93 9 2 0 0 0 10 Curt Schilling, vs LAN 4/10/2001 88 7' 1 0 0 2 14 Randy Johnson, vs SDN 7/24/2001 87 9 5 0 0 0 10 Randy Johnson, vs PIT 8/13/2001 87 9 3 0 0 2 8 Albie Lopez, at MIL 10/5/2001	17 3 6 8 6 2 0 Brian Anderson, vs LAN 4/11/2001 17 3' 11 6 5 1 2 Robert Ellis, at CHN 5/20/2001 14 2" 9 7 7 1 3 Albie Lopez, at COL 9/19/2001 13 5" 11 9 9 2 4 Randy Johnson, vs SLN 4/8/2001 13 4' 9 8 8 2 2 Brian Anderson, vs SFN 7/27/2001
2002
100 9 1 0 0 2 17 Curt Schilling, at MIL 4/7/2002 97 9 2 1 0 1 17 Randy Johnson, vs COL 4/21/2002 96 9 3 0 0 2 17 Randy Johnson, vs MIL 9/14/2002 92 9 2 0 0 2 11 Randy Johnson, at NYN 8/5/2002 89 9 6 0 0 2 16 Randy Johnson, vs CHN 8/25/2002	18 3' 9 6 6 2 2 Todd Stottlemyre, vs NYN 5/1/2002 18 7' 14 9 8 1 3 Curt Schilling, at COL 9/20/2002 15 3" 9 7 7 1 1 Rick Helling, vs LAN 9/2/2002 14 3' 10 7 7 1 3 John Patterson, at NYN 8/4/2002 8 2' 8 9 8 1 2 Rick Helling, vs NYN 4/30/2002
2003
96 9 2 0 0 1 14 Curt Schilling, at PHI 5/14/2003 96 9 1 0 0 1 12 Randy Johnson, vs COL 9/14/2003 90 8 1 0 0 2 12 Curt Schilling, at ATL 8/17/2003 89 9 4 0 0 0 10 Curt Schilling, at PIT 5/9/2003 82 8 5 0 0 0 10 Curt Schilling, vs SFN 9/1/2003	23 4 8 7 7 2 7 Miguel Batista, at SDN 9/3/2003 23 5 9 6 6 4 2 Miguel Batista, vs COL 9/13/2003 21 3" 9 6 6 3 5 Elmer Dessens, at SFN 9/7/2003 16 4' 10 7 7 1 2 Elmer Dessens, vs SDN 7/10/2003 14 4 7 10 6 4 2 Brandon Webb, at COL 9/23/2003 6 4" 10 10 10 2 4 Randy Johnson, vs MIL 4/11/2003
2004
100 9 0 0 0 0 13 Randy Johnson, at ATL 5/18/2004 90 9 2 0 0 1 8 Randy Johnson, at SDN 4/16/2004 86 8' 5 0 0 1 14 Randy Johnson, at NYN 8/15/2004 86 8 3 1 1 1 15 Randy Johnson, vs LAN 8/31/2004 84 8 6 0 0 0 14 Randy Johnson, vs COL 7/25/2004	9 3' 8 9 9 2 3 Casey Fossum, vs ATL 8/8/2004 9 3 10 7 7 3 1 Lance Cormier, at MON 8/12/2004 6 2" 10 8 8 0 0 Casey Daigle, vs SLN 4/9/2004 5 4" 11 9 9 2 1 Elmer Dessens, at COL 4/14/2004 0 2" 9 10 10 2 2 Steve Sparks, at FLO 5/22/2004 -3 1 8 10 10 2 2 Edgar Gonzalez, at SFN 9/3/2004
2005
GS IP H R ER BB SO 84 9 5 0 0 0 7 Javier Vazquez, at DET 5/22/2005 81 9 3 2 2 0 8 Javier Vazquez, vs SLN 7/6/2005 79 7 2 0 0 1 7 Brandon Webb, at LAN 9/27/2005 77 8 4 0 0 1 4 Javier Vazquez, at SDN 7/14/2005 77 8 3 2 2 2 11 Javier Vazquez, vs ATL 7/24/2005	GS IP H R ER BB SO 14 2' 5 8 7 3 0 Shawn Estes, vs SFN 6/30/2005 12 4 10 8 8 0 2 Javier Vazquez, at PHI 6/4/2005[g1] 11 4 7 8 8 5 0 Russ Ortiz, vs NYN 8/24/2005 9 1" 10 7 7 0 2 Javier Vazquez, vs CHN 4/4/2005 6 2 8 9 9 1 3 Javier Vazquez, at ATL 8/14/2005
2006
90 9 1 0 0 0 5 Brandon Webb, vs SLN 9/9/2006 86 9 4 0 0 1 8 Brandon Webb, vs ATL 5/20/2006 81 9 4 1 1 1 7 Brandon Webb, at OAK 7/2/2006 81 9 6 1 1 0 10 Brandon Webb, vs COL 9/15/2006 78 9 3 2 2 1 6 Miguel Batista, at OAK 7/1/2006	17 4' 8 7 7 3 1 Miguel Batista, vs NYN 6/9/2006 17 4 8 7 7 2 1 Enrique Gonzalez, at LAN 7/4/2006 15 2" 8 6 6 4 1 Claudio Vargas, vs SFN 4/20/2006 10 3 8 8 8 3 2 Claudio Vargas, at SLN 5/13/2006 4 0" 5 9 9 3 1 Juan Cruz, vs SDN 5/17/2006
2007
88 9 2 0 0 1 6 Brandon Webb, at ATL 8/17/2007 86 9 5 0 0 1 10 Brandon Webb, vs WAS 8/11/2007 86 9 2 0 0 1 4 Micah Owings, vs SFN 9/18/2007 80 9 6 1 1 1 10 Brandon Webb, at HOU 5/11/2007 79 6 1 0 0 0 9 Randy Johnson, at COL 5/15/2007 79 8 4 1 0 1 8 Brandon Webb, at NYN 6/1/2007 79 8 3 0 0 1 4 Doug Davis, at LAN 8/3/2007	17 4 8 7 7 3 2 Micah Owings, at SFN 7/1/2007 16 2" 6 7 7 4 2 Micah Owings, at PIT 5/19/2007 12 4 9 7 7 5 1 Livan Hernandez, at NYA 6/13/2007 11 4 8 8 8 3 0 Livan Hernandez, vs ATL 7/29/2007 10 4 11 8 8 1 3 Livan Hernandez, at HOU 5/12/2007

Game Scores were introduced by Bill James in the 1988 Baseball Abstract as "a kind of garbage stat that I present not because it helps us understand anything in particular but because it is fun to play around with." In other words, just the sort of thing we're looking for here at Excruciating Baseball Lists. The Game Score for a starting pitcher is calculated as follows:

50 points for finding his way to the rubber;
+1 for each out;
+2 for each inning completed after the fourth;
+1 for each strikeout;
-1 for each walk;
-2 for each hit;
-4 for each earned run;
-2 for each unearned run.

In a typical season, the best score will be about 100 ("now that is a quality start"), the worst about 0, and the average near 50.

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