Florida Marlins Gems and Stinkers

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Starting pitcher performances for the Florida Marlins, ranked by Game Scores

Gems	Stinkers
1993 to 2007
GS IP H R ER BB SO 94 9 0 0 0 0 7 Kevin Brown, at SFN 6/10/1997 93 9 1 0 0 0 8 Alex Fernandez, at CHN 4/10/1997 92 8 1 0 0 1 13 Brad Penny, vs MON 6/26/2001 92 9 1 0 0 1 8 Dontrelle Willis, vs NYN 6/16/2003 92 9 3 0 0 1 12 Dontrelle Willis, vs PHI 9/10/2006 91 9 1 0 0 1 7 Pat Rapp, at COL 9/17/1995 91 9 0 0 0 2 6 Al Leiter, vs COL 5/11/1996 90 9 1 1 0 1 8 Kevin Brown, vs LAN 7/16/1997 89 9 1 0 0 4 8 Ryan Dempster, vs NYN 5/7/2000 89 9 3 0 0 3 11 A.J. Burnett, vs TBA 6/15/2002 89 9 0 0 0 4 6 Anibal Sanchez, vs ARI 9/6/2006 88 9 3 0 0 2 9 A.J. Burnett, vs SFN 8/18/2002 88 9 3 0 0 1 8 Carl Pavano, vs CHA 6/16/2004 88 9 2 0 0 2 7 A.J. Burnett, at TBA 6/26/2005 87 9 2 1 1 1 9 John Burkett, at LAN 4/12/1996 87 8 2 0 0 1 10 Brad Penny, at MON 4/13/2004 87 9 5 0 0 1 11 Josh Beckett, vs WAS 4/10/2005 87 9 3 0 0 1 7 Dontrelle Willis, vs PHI 4/13/2005 87 9 3 0 0 1 7 Dontrelle Willis, at NYN 7/3/2005 86 9 3 0 0 3 8 Pat Rapp, at COL 7/22/1994 85 9 5 0 0 1 9 Charlie Hough, at SLN 6/14/1994 85 9 4 0 0 2 8 Al Leiter, at SDN 4/9/1996 85 8 2 0 0 4 11 Al Leiter, vs CIN 7/28/1997 85 9 4 0 0 2 8 Brad Penny, vs MON 4/21/2001 85 9 0 0 0 9 7 A.J. Burnett, at SDN 5/12/2001	GS IP H R ER BB SO 11 2 8 7 7 1 0 Chris Hammond, at ATL 7/14/1996 11 3 6 8 8 5 1 Al Leiter, vs NYN 4/21/2005 10 4 9 8 8 2 0 Andy Larkin, at CIN 5/14/1998 10 3" 8 8 8 3 0 Jesus Sanchez, at COL 8/20/2000 10 3' 8 8 8 2 0 Reid Cornelius, at HOU 9/5/2000 10 1 8 7 7 1 2 Josh Beckett, vs CIN 5/29/2002 10 4 11 10 6 2 4 Scott Olsen, vs ATL 8/27/2007 10 4 9 9 9 1 3 Byung-Hyun Kim, at ATL 9/17/2007 9 3 11 7 7 2 2 Chuck Smith, at MON 7/5/2001 8 4 10 9 9 1 3 Jason Grilli, at ARI 4/25/2001 8 4' 12 8 8 2 3 A.J. Burnett, at CLE 6/9/2004 8 2" 10 7 7 2 0 Dontrelle Willis, vs ATL 5/11/2006 8 4 10 8 8 2 0 Brian Moehler, at SFN 6/5/2006 8 3 8 9 9 2 3 Daniel Barone, at CIN 8/26/2007 7 3' 9 9 9 3 4 Carl Pavano, vs CIN 6/1/2003 6 1' 8 8 8 1 1 Jesus Sanchez, at LAN 4/29/2000 5 1" 6 9 9 3 1 Ricky Nolasco, at NYN 7/8/2006[g2] 4 2' 10 8 8 3 2 Andy Larkin, at HOU 7/29/1998 3 4 9 10 10 4 3 Julian Tavarez, at COL 5/16/2002 2 2' 10 8 8 3 0 Jesus Sanchez, at SFN 8/14/2001 1 3" 13 9 8 2 2 Chris Hammond, at SLN 8/5/1993 -1 1 9 9 9 0 0 Chris Hammond, at SFN 4/28/1996 -2 4' 14 9 9 3 2 Livan Hernandez, at COL 9/7/1998 -4 4 11 10 10 4 0 Ryan Dempster, at MIN 6/7/2002 -10 2" 13 10 10 2 0 Pat Rapp, at COL 4/22/1997
1993
82 8 3 0 0 1 7 David Weathers, at SDN 9/6/1993 80 8 3 0 0 1 5 Luis Aquino, at SLN 5/16/1993 79 8 4 0 0 3 8 Ryan Bowen, vs CIN 7/24/1993 75 8 5 0 0 1 4 Ryan Bowen, vs SDN 4/9/1993 74 8 3 2 2 2 8 Jack Armstrong, at HOU 4/17/1993 74 9 6 0 0 4 3 Ryan Bowen, at SLN 5/15/1993 74 8 6 0 0 1 5 Charlie Hough, at SLN 8/3/1993	18 4" 8 7 7 5 3 Ryan Bowen, at PHI 6/18/1993 17 4 5 7 7 7 0 Jack Armstrong, vs PHI 8/7/1993 16 2 7 6 6 2 0 Charlie Hough, at PHI 9/20/1993 15 2 8 6 6 1 0 Jack Armstrong, at ATL 7/5/1993 1 3" 13 9 8 2 2 Chris Hammond, at SLN 8/5/1993
1994
86 9 3 0 0 3 8 Pat Rapp, at COL 7/22/1994 85 9 5 0 0 1 9 Charlie Hough, at SLN 6/14/1994 82 8 2 0 0 2 6 Chris Hammond, vs PIT 5/10/1994 77 9 7 0 0 1 5 Chris Hammond, vs PHI 5/5/1994 76 7' 2 0 0 4 6 Ryan Bowen, at NYN 8/7/1994	18 1" 8 5 5 1 0 Pat Rapp, vs PHI 5/7/1994 18 5" 12 8 8 0 5 Charlie Hough, vs PHI 5/8/1994 18 3 8 7 6 2 3 Mark Gardner, at CIN 7/19/1994 17 2" 10 5 5 1 0 Chris Hammond, at PIT 6/10/1994 17 2" 6 7 7 2 1 David Weathers, vs ATL 7/3/1994 17 3" 8 7 7 2 2 David Weathers, at NYN 8/5/1994 16 4 9 7 7 3 3 Kurt Miller, at PIT 6/11/1994
1995
GS IP H R ER BB SO 91 9 1 0 0 1 7 Pat Rapp, at COL 9/17/1995 84 9 3 0 0 1 4 Chris Hammond, at LAN 7/13/1995 82 9 5 1 0 1 8 John Burkett, at SFN 7/19/1995 81 9 7 0 0 0 8 Mark Gardner, at SLN 7/9/1995 80 8 2 1 1 1 7 Chris Hammond, at PIT 5/23/1995	GS IP H R ER BB SO 20 4 10 6 6 2 4 John Burkett, vs SFN 7/24/1995 19 5' 12 7 7 2 5 John Burkett, at NYN 6/13/1995 17 3' 8 6 6 5 2 David Weathers, vs LAN 7/22/1995 14 3' 9 8 7 0 2 Pat Rapp, vs MON 7/1/1995 13 3 8 7 7 3 1 Marc Valdes, at HOU 9/2/1995
1996
91 9 0 0 0 2 6 Al Leiter, vs COL 5/11/1996 87 9 2 1 1 1 9 John Burkett, at LAN 4/12/1996 85 9 4 0 0 2 8 Al Leiter, at SDN 4/9/1996 84 9 5 0 0 0 7 Kevin Brown, vs PIT 6/21/1996 84 9 3 0 0 1 4 Kevin Brown, vs PHI 7/18/1996	17 4' 8 8 7 3 3 John Burkett, vs SFN 4/7/1996 17 5' 11 8 8 2 5 John Burkett, vs SDN 7/27/1996 16 2" 5 7 7 5 1 Pat Rapp, at COL 8/5/1996 14 4 7 8 8 4 2 Pat Rapp, at CHN 8/21/1996 11 2 8 7 7 1 0 Chris Hammond, at ATL 7/14/1996 -1 1 9 9 9 0 0 Chris Hammond, at SFN 4/28/1996
1997
94 9 0 0 0 0 7 Kevin Brown, at SFN 6/10/1997 93 9 1 0 0 0 8 Alex Fernandez, at CHN 4/10/1997 90 9 1 1 0 1 8 Kevin Brown, vs LAN 7/16/1997 85 8 2 0 0 4 11 Al Leiter, vs CIN 7/28/1997 82 8 3 0 0 2 8 Livan Hernandez, vs CIN 7/30/1997	17 4 8 7 7 2 1 Al Leiter, at HOU 8/12/1997 16 4' 10 7 7 2 3 Alex Fernandez, vs SFN 6/3/1997 16 1' 6 7 6 1 1 Tony Saunders, at LAN 9/7/1997 13 2' 6 9 7 4 4 Livan Hernandez, vs NYN 9/22/1997 -10 2" 13 10 10 2 0 Pat Rapp, at COL 4/22/1997
1998
84 9 5 0 0 2 9 Jesus Sanchez, vs PHI 9/26/1998[g2] 78 8 2 1 1 1 5 Brian Meadows, at CHN 6/2/1998 76 8 5 0 0 1 5 Jesus Sanchez, vs ATL 7/10/1998 75 9 8 1 1 1 9 Livan Hernandez, vs TBA 6/25/1998 74 8 3 1 1 1 3 Jesus Sanchez, vs SFN 8/22/1998	14 4' 7 8 8 5 2 Rafael Medina, at CIN 8/30/1998 12 1" 6 7 7 4 1 Andy Larkin, at SFN 8/14/1998 10 4 9 8 8 2 0 Andy Larkin, at CIN 5/14/1998 4 2' 10 8 8 3 2 Andy Larkin, at HOU 7/29/1998 -2 4' 14 9 9 3 2 Livan Hernandez, at COL 9/7/1998
2000
GS IP H R ER BB SO 89 9 1 0 0 4 8 Ryan Dempster, vs NYN 5/7/2000 80 9 6 0 0 2 7 Jesus Sanchez, at SLN 8/8/2000 80 8 4 1 0 3 11 Chuck Smith, vs PHI 9/29/2000 79 9 4 1 1 3 7 Ryan Dempster, at PHI 6/14/2000 78 8 3 1 1 2 8 Ryan Dempster, vs LAN 8/15/2000	GS IP H R ER BB SO 14 4 7 8 8 3 1 Jesus Sanchez, at HOU 9/6/2000 14 5" 10 8 8 4 1 A.J. Burnett, at MON 9/21/2000 13 3' 8 7 7 4 1 Reid Cornelius, at SLN 5/25/2000 10 3" 8 8 8 3 0 Jesus Sanchez, at COL 8/20/2000 10 3' 8 8 8 2 0 Reid Cornelius, at HOU 9/5/2000 6 1' 8 8 8 1 1 Jesus Sanchez, at LAN 4/29/2000
2001
92 8 1 0 0 1 13 Brad Penny, vs MON 6/26/2001 85 9 4 0 0 2 8 Brad Penny, vs MON 4/21/2001 85 9 0 0 0 9 7 A.J. Burnett, at SDN 5/12/2001 83 9 3 1 0 4 8 Ryan Dempster, at MIL 7/31/2001 81 9 2 1 1 1 3 A.J. Burnett, at TOR 6/9/2001	15 3 8 7 7 1 1 A.J. Burnett, vs HOU 8/10/2001 13 4" 7 9 9 2 1 Ryan Dempster, at COL 8/17/2001 9 3 11 7 7 2 2 Chuck Smith, at MON 7/5/2001 8 4 10 9 9 1 3 Jason Grilli, at ARI 4/25/2001 2 2' 10 8 8 3 0 Jesus Sanchez, at SFN 8/14/2001
2002
89 9 3 0 0 3 11 A.J. Burnett, vs TBA 6/15/2002 88 9 3 0 0 2 9 A.J. Burnett, vs SFN 8/18/2002 84 9 4 0 0 3 8 A.J. Burnett, vs ATL 4/14/2002 84 8 2 0 0 1 7 Brad Penny, vs COL 8/14/2002 83 9 4 0 0 3 7 A.J. Burnett, vs SLN 8/1/2002	15 4" 9 7 7 4 1 A.J. Burnett, at ATL 7/17/2002 15 6 11 9 9 4 5 Michael Tejera, vs ATL 7/24/2002 12 4' 8 8 8 3 0 Brad Penny, at NYN 7/15/2002 10 1 8 7 7 1 2 Josh Beckett, vs CIN 5/29/2002 3 4 9 10 10 4 3 Julian Tavarez, at COL 5/16/2002 -4 4 11 10 10 4 0 Ryan Dempster, at MIN 6/7/2002
2003
92 9 1 0 0 1 8 Dontrelle Willis, vs NYN 6/16/2003 81 9 4 2 2 1 11 Mark Redman, vs MIL 4/24/2003 79 8 4 1 0 1 8 Brad Penny, vs CHN 7/19/2003 78 7 2 0 0 3 8 Brad Penny, at PHI 4/16/2003 78 8 6 0 0 1 9 Dontrelle Willis, at CIN 5/25/2003 78 9 5 1 1 0 5 Carl Pavano, vs MON 5/26/2003 78 7 4 0 0 0 9 Mark Redman, vs CHN 7/18/2003	15 4' 10 8 8 0 4 Brad Penny, vs NYN 6/18/2003 15 5' 11 8 8 2 3 Mark Redman, at COL 8/20/2003 14 0 6 6 6 0 0 Carl Pavano, at BOS 6/27/2003 14 2 6 7 7 3 1 Dontrelle Willis, vs LAN 8/11/2003 12 5 9 9 9 3 2 Brad Penny, at BOS 6/29/2003 7 3' 9 9 9 3 4 Carl Pavano, vs CIN 6/1/2003
2004
88 9 3 0 0 1 8 Carl Pavano, vs CHA 6/16/2004 87 8 2 0 0 1 10 Brad Penny, at MON 4/13/2004 81 7 2 1 0 1 11 Josh Beckett, vs PHI 4/11/2004 81 8 4 0 0 2 9 Josh Beckett, vs NYN 9/8/2004 80 8 5 1 1 2 14 A.J. Burnett, vs COL 8/29/2004	20 4 11 5 5 4 4 Dontrelle Willis, vs HOU 5/18/2004 20 2 8 5 5 0 0 Logan Kensing, at CHN 9/10/2004[g2] 15 4 9 8 8 1 4 Darren Oliver, at COL 4/27/2004 14 1 5 7 6 3 0 Dontrelle Willis, at SFN 4/30/2004 12 3' 8 8 8 2 2 Nate Bump, vs MON 9/15/2004[g2] 8 4' 12 8 8 2 3 A.J. Burnett, at CLE 6/9/2004
2005
GS IP H R ER BB SO 88 9 2 0 0 2 7 A.J. Burnett, at TBA 6/26/2005 87 9 5 0 0 1 11 Josh Beckett, vs WAS 4/10/2005 87 9 3 0 0 1 7 Dontrelle Willis, vs PHI 4/13/2005 87 9 3 0 0 1 7 Dontrelle Willis, at NYN 7/3/2005 83 9 5 0 0 1 7 Dontrelle Willis, at ATL 6/23/2005	GS IP H R ER BB SO 18 3' 8 7 6 3 3 Josh Beckett, at MIL 8/23/2005 16 4 7 8 8 2 2 Al Leiter, vs COL 5/8/2005 16 4 9 9 5 3 3 Dontrelle Willis, vs WAS 9/27/2005 13 4' 9 8 8 3 3 Dontrelle Willis, vs CHN 7/8/2005 11 3 6 8 8 5 1 Al Leiter, vs NYN 4/21/2005
2006
92 9 3 0 0 1 12 Dontrelle Willis, vs PHI 9/10/2006 89 9 0 0 0 4 6 Anibal Sanchez, vs ARI 9/6/2006 80 7 1 0 0 2 7 Scott Olsen, at MIL 9/3/2006 77 7 2 1 0 2 8 Josh Johnson, vs NYN 5/26/2006 76 7 2 1 1 1 8 Scott Olsen, at SDN 6/10/2006 76 7 1 0 0 4 5 Anibal Sanchez, vs WAS 7/19/2006 76 7 2 0 0 3 6 Josh Johnson, at ARI 8/11/2006	16 4" 12 7 6 1 3 Dontrelle Willis, vs SLN 5/6/2006 16 3' 7 7 7 2 0 Brian Moehler, vs PHI 9/29/2006 8 2" 10 7 7 2 0 Dontrelle Willis, vs ATL 5/11/2006 8 4 10 8 8 2 0 Brian Moehler, at SFN 6/5/2006 5 1" 6 9 9 3 1 Ricky Nolasco, at NYN 7/8/2006[g2]
2007
77 8 3 0 0 3 4 Sergio Mitre, vs LAN 5/10/2007 77 7 3 0 0 0 6 Scott Olsen, vs CLE 6/12/2007 74 8 2 2 2 3 7 Dontrelle Willis, vs CHN 9/25/2007 72 6 1 0 0 2 4 Rick VandenHurk, at ATL 6/5/2007[g2]	15 3 8 7 7 3 3 Josh Johnson, vs MIN 6/23/2007 15 3 11 6 6 2 4 Dontrelle Willis, vs SLN 7/18/2007 15 2 8 6 6 2 1 Scott Olsen, at COL 9/16/2007 14 3 8 7 7 2 1 Sergio Mitre, at ARI 7/24/2007 10 4 11 10 6 2 4 Scott Olsen, vs ATL 8/27/2007 10 4 9 9 9 1 3 Byung-Hyun Kim, at ATL 9/17/2007 8 3 8 9 9 2 3 Daniel Barone, at CIN 8/26/2007

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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