GemsStinkers1993 to 2010
GS IP H R ER BB SO 91 10 3 0 0 2 7 Darryl Kile, at SDN 9/20/1998 91 9 2 0 0 0 8 Jeff Francis, vs SLN 7/24/2006 89 9 2 1 0 1 9 Pedro Astacio, at MIL 8/10/1999 88 9 0 0 0 6 7 Ubaldo Jimenez, at ATL 4/17/2010 87 9 2 0 0 3 7 Jason Jennings, at SDN 5/29/2006 86 9 3 0 0 2 7 Pedro Astacio, at SDN 7/5/2001 86 9 2 0 0 0 3 Jason Marquis, at LAN 6/30/2009 86 9 4 0 0 2 9 Ubaldo Jimenez, at SFN 5/31/2010 85 9 4 0 0 1 7 Mark Brownson, at HOU 7/21/1998 85 9 4 0 0 4 10 Brian Bohanon, vs PHI 8/28/1999[g2] 85 9 3 1 1 2 10 Pedro Astacio, at HOU 5/8/2000 84 8 4 0 0 2 12 Pedro Astacio, at ATL 9/14/1997 84 8 2 0 0 1 7 Shawn Chacon, vs LAN 5/28/2003 84 8 3 0 0 2 10 Ubaldo Jimenez, at SLN 10/2/2010 83 9 5 0 0 3 9 John Thomson, vs MIL 9/30/2001 83 9 3 0 0 1 3 Sun-Woo Kim, vs SFN 9/24/2005 83 9 2 0 0 1 1 Josh Fogg, at SEA 6/30/2006 83 8 3 0 0 2 9 Jorge de la Rosa, at SFN 9/16/2009 83 7 1 0 0 1 9 Jorge de la Rosa, vs SDN 4/9/2010 82 9 4 0 0 1 4 David Nied, vs HOU 6/21/1994 82 9 4 0 0 5 8 Darryl Kile, at NYN 4/30/1998 82 9 3 1 1 1 6 Pedro Astacio, at LAN 6/14/1998 82 9 2 1 1 2 5 Darryl Kile, vs FLO 9/10/1998 82 9 4 1 1 2 9 Pedro Astacio, at CIN 8/5/1999 81 9 4 2 2 1 11 John Thomson, vs ARI 6/4/1998 81 8 2 1 1 1 8 Pedro Astacio, at ARI 4/22/2001 81 9 5 0 0 4 8 Jason Jennings, at NYN 8/23/2001 81 8 3 0 0 2 7 Denny Neagle, vs PIT 5/1/2002 81 9 7 0 0 1 9 Jason Jennings, vs HOU 5/6/2006 81 9 5 0 0 0 4 Aaron Cook, vs SDN 7/1/2008 81 9 4 0 0 1 3 Aaron Cook, at ATL 5/21/2009 81 7" 3 0 0 1 9 Jhoulis Chacin, at ARI 8/22/2010
GS IP H R ER BB SO 5 4 11 9 9 0 1 Darryl Kile, vs PIT 7/29/1998 5 2 9 8 8 1 0 Brian Bohanon, vs NYN 5/7/2001 5 3" 12 8 8 2 2 Pedro Astacio, vs LAN 7/22/2001 5 4 9 9 9 4 1 Jamey Wright, vs SFN 4/15/2005 5 4 11 9 9 2 3 Jamey Wright, vs NYN 7/27/2005 5 2" 7 9 9 4 1 Livan Hernandez, vs SDN 8/10/2008 4 2 10 8 8 1 1 Jamey Wright, vs ATL 4/18/1997 4 3" 11 8 8 4 1 Zach Day, vs SDN 4/19/2006 4 3 11 8 8 1 0 Josh Fogg, vs PIT 8/22/2007 3 5 12 11 11 1 5 Shawn Chacon, vs ANA 7/8/2001 3 2" 7 9 9 5 0 Shawn Estes, at CHN 5/7/2004 3 3" 10 9 9 3 1 Jason Marquis, vs HOU 5/13/2009 2 3" 13 9 9 2 5 Andy Ashby, at PHI 6/6/1993 2 2' 9 9 9 2 1 Mike Hampton, at LAN 7/28/2001 2 5 13 10 9 2 1 Mike Hampton, vs ARI 7/17/2002 1 4 13 9 9 0 1 Mike Saipe, at SEA 7/1/1998 1 3' 12 9 9 1 2 Jose Acevedo, vs PIT 8/9/2005 0 3' 13 9 8 1 1 Jeff Francis, vs PIT 8/11/2005 -1 2 11 9 9 1 2 John Thomson, vs CIN 4/11/1998 -1 2' 10 11 8 2 2 Denny Stark, at SLN 4/16/2004 -3 2 10 10 10 1 2 Darryl Kile, at SEA 7/2/1998 -4 4 11 11 10 3 1 Kent Bottenfield, at CIN 8/5/1993 -7 2 10 10 10 3 0 Denny Neagle, vs SFN 7/2/2002 -9 3" 9 12 12 6 2 Shawn Chacon, vs KCA 6/7/2003[g1] -9 3 11 11 11 4 2 Jeff Fassero, vs CIN 8/8/2004 -11 2' 10 11 11 4 0 Bryan Rekar, vs MON 4/28/1996
2010
GS IP H R ER BB SO 88 9 0 0 0 6 7 Ubaldo Jimenez, at ATL 4/17/2010 86 9 4 0 0 2 9 Ubaldo Jimenez, at SFN 5/31/2010 84 8 3 0 0 2 10 Ubaldo Jimenez, at SLN 10/2/2010 83 7 1 0 0 1 9 Jorge de la Rosa, vs SDN 4/9/2010 81 7" 3 0 0 1 9 Jhoulis Chacin, at ARI 8/22/2010
GS IP H R ER BB SO 19 3' 9 5 5 3 0 Aaron Cook, at MIN 6/15/2010 18 1 4 6 6 3 0 Greg Smith, vs ARI 4/28/2010 13 1" 8 7 7 1 3 Esmil Rogers, vs ATL 8/25/2010 10 3 7 8 8 3 0 Jeff Francis, at SDN 6/30/2010 9 1" 8 7 7 3 1 Jason Hammel, at ATL 4/16/2010
2009
86 9 2 0 0 0 3 Jason Marquis, at LAN 6/30/2009 83 8 3 0 0 2 9 Jorge de la Rosa, at SFN 9/16/2009 81 9 4 0 0 1 3 Aaron Cook, at ATL 5/21/2009 78 8 3 0 0 4 6 Ubaldo Jimenez, vs PIT 8/12/2009 77 8 4 2 2 1 12 Jorge de la Rosa, vs FLO 5/9/2009
19 3" 5 7 7 5 1 Jorge de la Rosa, at ATL 5/20/2009 16 2' 8 7 7 1 4 Jorge de la Rosa, vs TBA 6/16/2009 14 3' 9 8 7 2 4 Jason Marquis, at ANA 6/24/2009 12 2' 8 7 7 3 2 Aaron Cook, at FLO 8/16/2009[g1] 3 3" 10 9 9 3 1 Jason Marquis, vs HOU 5/13/2009
2008
81 9 5 0 0 0 4 Aaron Cook, vs SDN 7/1/2008 80 7 2 0 0 3 10 Ubaldo Jimenez, at FLO 8/1/2008 77 7 3 0 0 1 7 Jeff Francis, at SDN 4/17/2008 77 9 4 1 1 1 3 Aaron Cook, vs NYN 5/25/2008 77 9 4 1 1 2 4 Ubaldo Jimenez, vs LAN 7/22/2008 77 7 3 0 0 4 10 Ubaldo Jimenez, at ARI 9/28/2008
10 1' 7 7 7 2 0 Greg Reynolds, vs FLO 7/4/2008 9 4 9 9 9 3 4 Jorge de la Rosa, vs LAN 5/3/2008 9 4" 13 8 8 0 3 Jeff Francis, at ARI 5/13/2008 7 3' 10 8 8 1 0 Greg Reynolds, vs SFN 6/12/2008 7 0' 7 8 7 1 1 Kip Wells, vs LAN 7/21/2008 5 2" 7 9 9 4 1 Livan Hernandez, vs SDN 8/10/2008
2007
77 9 5 1 1 0 4 Aaron Cook, at SDN 4/8/2007 77 6 1 0 0 2 9 Ubaldo Jimenez, at SDN 8/15/2007 77 9 6 0 0 1 3 Jeff Francis, at SFN 8/29/2007 74 9 5 1 1 1 2 Jason Hirsh, at BAL 6/10/2007 74 7 1 1 1 2 5 Rodrigo Lopez, at MIL 7/14/2007 74 7 4 0 0 3 8 Aaron Cook, at WAS 7/20/2007
11 4" 9 8 8 4 1 Rodrigo Lopez, at CHN 6/26/2007 11 2 9 9 5 1 2 Ubaldo Jimenez, vs CHN 8/9/2007 10 3' 8 8 8 4 2 Jeff Francis, at PHI 9/13/2007 7 3 11 8 7 3 3 Josh Fogg, vs SDN 4/20/2007 4 3 11 8 8 1 0 Josh Fogg, vs PIT 8/22/2007
2006
91 9 2 0 0 0 8 Jeff Francis, vs SLN 7/24/2006 87 9 2 0 0 3 7 Jason Jennings, at SDN 5/29/2006 83 9 2 0 0 1 1 Josh Fogg, at SEA 6/30/2006 81 9 7 0 0 1 9 Jason Jennings, vs HOU 5/6/2006 77 9 4 1 1 2 4 Jason Jennings, vs SLN 7/25/2006 77 8 3 1 1 0 5 Jeff Francis, at ARI 9/17/2006
18 4' 6 8 8 3 2 Josh Fogg, vs PIT 6/7/2006 15 3' 9 8 5 3 2 Byung-Hyun Kim, at WAS 6/14/2006 12 3" 9 7 7 4 1 Byung-Hyun Kim, at ARI 7/23/2006 10 1' 5 8 8 3 1 Josh Fogg, vs NYN 8/30/2006 4 3" 11 8 8 4 1 Zach Day, vs SDN 4/19/2006
2005
GS IP H R ER BB SO 83 9 3 0 0 1 3 Sun-Woo Kim, vs SFN 9/24/2005 71 6 4 0 0 1 8 Jeff Francis, vs PHI 7/31/2005 70 6 3 0 0 2 6 Jeff Francis, at SLN 6/30/2005
GS IP H R ER BB SO 10 3 8 8 8 3 2 Jamey Wright, at MIL 5/25/2005 5 4 9 9 9 4 1 Jamey Wright, vs SFN 4/15/2005 5 4 11 9 9 2 3 Jamey Wright, vs NYN 7/27/2005 1 3' 12 9 9 1 2 Jose Acevedo, vs PIT 8/9/2005 0 3' 13 9 8 1 1 Jeff Francis, vs PIT 8/11/2005
2004
74 6 1 0 0 2 6 Joe Kennedy, at MON 5/5/2004 74 8 4 1 1 3 7 Jason Jennings, at ARI 7/25/2004 73 8 4 1 1 1 4 Jason Jennings, at SDN 5/31/2004 72 7 4 0 0 1 4 Joe Kennedy, vs BAL 6/20/2004 70 7 2 1 1 2 3 Shawn Estes, at ARI 4/6/2004
9 5 8 10 10 5 3 Jason Jennings, vs HOU 4/23/2004 7 4 11 8 8 4 3 Shawn Estes, vs FLO 4/27/2004 7 3 10 8 8 2 2 Denny Stark, vs SDN 7/19/2004 6 6 15 9 9 1 1 Jason Jennings, vs SDN 7/20/2004 3 2" 7 9 9 5 0 Shawn Estes, at CHN 5/7/2004 -1 2' 10 11 8 2 2 Denny Stark, at SLN 4/16/2004 -9 3 11 11 11 4 2 Jeff Fassero, vs CIN 8/8/2004
2003
84 8 2 0 0 1 7 Shawn Chacon, vs LAN 5/28/2003 77 7 2 1 1 0 8 Shawn Chacon, vs ARI 4/4/2003 77 7 3 0 0 0 6 Shawn Chacon, at LAN 7/24/2003 76 7" 3 0 0 4 7 Jason Jennings, at MIN 6/10/2003 74 9 5 1 1 3 4 Aaron Cook, vs SDN 4/18/2003
13 4 9 8 7 2 1 Jason Jennings, at SFN 7/17/2003 8 3 11 7 7 1 0 Aaron Cook, vs CIN 4/30/2003 7 3" 11 8 8 1 1 Denny Stark, vs MIL 7/26/2003 7 1' 5 8 8 5 0 Shawn Chacon, at NYN 8/16/2003 -9 3" 9 12 12 6 2 Shawn Chacon, vs KCA 6/7/2003[g1]
2002
81 8 3 0 0 2 7 Denny Neagle, vs PIT 5/1/2002 78 7 3 0 0 1 8 Denny Neagle, vs CHN 8/9/2002 77 7 1 0 0 2 4 Jason Jennings, at PIT 8/1/2002 75 7 2 1 0 2 6 Denny Neagle, vs ATL 5/19/2002 75 7 3 0 0 0 4 Jason Jennings, at BOS 6/11/2002
13 4' 10 8 8 1 3 John Thomson, at SFN 6/2/2002 13 1" 9 6 6 1 1 Victor Santos, vs LAN 9/14/2002 10 4 11 8 8 0 2 Shawn Chacon, vs CHN 8/10/2002 2 5 13 10 9 2 1 Mike Hampton, vs ARI 7/17/2002 -7 2 10 10 10 3 0 Denny Neagle, vs SFN 7/2/2002
2001
86 9 3 0 0 2 7 Pedro Astacio, at SDN 7/5/2001 83 9 5 0 0 3 9 John Thomson, vs MIL 9/30/2001 81 8 2 1 1 1 8 Pedro Astacio, at ARI 4/22/2001 81 9 5 0 0 4 8 Jason Jennings, at NYN 8/23/2001 78 9 3 2 2 2 7 Pedro Astacio, vs SFN 6/3/2001
10 3' 8 8 8 5 3 Brian Bohanon, vs SDN 4/6/2001 10 1' 7 7 7 2 0 Jason Jennings, vs SDN 9/27/2001 9 3 8 8 7 5 1 Mike Hampton, vs ARI 6/21/2001 5 2 9 8 8 1 0 Brian Bohanon, vs NYN 5/7/2001 5 3" 12 8 8 2 2 Pedro Astacio, vs LAN 7/22/2001 3 5 12 11 11 1 5 Shawn Chacon, vs ANA 7/8/2001 2 2' 9 9 9 2 1 Mike Hampton, at LAN 7/28/2001
2000
GS IP H R ER BB SO 85 9 3 1 1 2 10 Pedro Astacio, at HOU 5/8/2000 79 9 5 1 0 3 7 Pedro Astacio, at MIL 6/3/2000 79 9 4 2 0 2 6 Brian Bohanon, at PIT 8/27/2000 77 7 2 1 1 4 12 Pedro Astacio, at CHN 8/1/2000 76 9 4 2 0 3 4 Julian Tavarez, vs CHN 9/5/2000
GS IP H R ER BB SO 13 4' 9 8 8 3 3 Kevin Jarvis, at ANA 7/7/2000 10 3' 9 8 8 1 1 Brian Bohanon, vs CIN 4/11/2000 10 4 12 7 7 2 2 Kevin Jarvis, vs MON 5/1/2000 9 5 10 9 9 5 3 Masato Yoshii, at NYN 8/17/2000 9 3 9 8 8 2 2 Brian Rose, vs FLO 8/18/2000
1999
89 9 2 1 0 1 9 Pedro Astacio, at MIL 8/10/1999 85 9 4 0 0 4 10 Brian Bohanon, vs PHI 8/28/1999[g2] 82 9 4 1 1 2 9 Pedro Astacio, at CIN 8/5/1999 77 9 6 2 2 0 10 Pedro Astacio, vs LAN 7/6/1999 76 9 7 1 0 0 5 Pedro Astacio, at ARI 5/16/1999
11 4" 11 8 8 1 2 Darryl Kile, at ARI 5/15/1999 10 4" 10 8 8 4 2 Pedro Astacio, vs ANA 7/10/1999 9 2" 10 7 7 2 1 Brian Bohanon, vs CIN 5/19/1999 9 5" 13 9 9 2 4 Darryl Kile, at PIT 8/25/1999 8 6 13 10 10 3 5 Pedro Astacio, vs SDN 7/2/1999
1998
91 10 3 0 0 2 7 Darryl Kile, at SDN 9/20/1998 85 9 4 0 0 1 7 Mark Brownson, at HOU 7/21/1998 82 9 4 0 0 5 8 Darryl Kile, at NYN 4/30/1998 82 9 3 1 1 1 6 Pedro Astacio, at LAN 6/14/1998 82 9 2 1 1 2 5 Darryl Kile, vs FLO 9/10/1998
10 2" 6 8 8 6 2 Jamey Wright, vs SLN 4/8/1998 7 1" 9 7 7 3 1 Darryl Kile, at PIT 8/4/1998 5 4 11 9 9 0 1 Darryl Kile, vs PIT 7/29/1998 1 4 13 9 9 0 1 Mike Saipe, at SEA 7/1/1998 -1 2 11 9 9 1 2 John Thomson, vs CIN 4/11/1998 -3 2 10 10 10 1 2 Darryl Kile, at SEA 7/2/1998
1997
84 8 4 0 0 2 12 Pedro Astacio, at ATL 9/14/1997 78 9 4 0 0 3 2 John Thomson, at NYN 8/6/1997 77 8 6 0 0 1 8 John Thomson, vs CHN 7/27/1997 76 9 5 0 0 1 0 Roger Bailey, at CHN 4/16/1997 73 9 6 1 1 3 5 Jamey Wright, vs CHN 7/24/1997
13 1' 8 6 6 1 0 Bobby Jones, at SLN 6/3/1997 13 5' 11 9 9 2 5 Darren Holmes, vs LAN 7/14/1997 13 1' 7 6 6 3 0 Roger Bailey, at HOU 8/21/1997 11 4' 9 8 8 3 1 Pedro Astacio, vs LAN 9/25/1997 8 3" 8 9 9 4 3 Jamey Wright, vs PIT 5/8/1997 4 2 10 8 8 1 1 Jamey Wright, vs ATL 4/18/1997
1996
76 9 6 1 1 1 6 Kevin Ritz, vs LAN 6/27/1996 74 7 3 1 1 1 8 Marvin Freeman, at PIT 6/2/1996 73 9 7 0 0 4 4 Mark Thompson, vs FLO 8/6/1996 71 7 3 1 1 0 4 Armando Reynoso, at NYN 4/21/1996 71 7 3 0 0 5 5 Roger Bailey, at ATL 8/11/1996
10 4 9 8 7 5 1 Marvin Freeman, vs SDN 4/17/1996 10 3' 8 8 8 3 1 Kevin Ritz, at SFN 9/19/1996 9 2 6 8 8 4 1 Mark Thompson, vs CIN 5/24/1996 9 2 7 8 8 1 0 Marvin Freeman, at LAN 7/4/1996 9 2 7 8 8 2 1 Marvin Freeman, vs FLO 8/5/1996 6 1' 7 8 8 3 1 Mark Thompson, at FLO 5/11/1996 -11 2' 10 11 11 4 0 Bryan Rekar, vs MON 4/28/1996
1995
GS IP H R ER BB SO 80 8 4 1 1 0 10 Bill Swift, at LAN 7/2/1995 76 7 2 0 0 3 6 Bill Swift, at SFN 6/27/1995 75 8' 3 2 2 2 8 Bryan Rekar, vs CHN 8/20/1995 75 7" 3 1 0 1 5 Kevin Ritz, at SDN 9/18/1995 75 8 3 1 1 1 4 Armando Reynoso, at SFN 9/24/1995
GS IP H R ER BB SO 14 4" 12 7 7 2 4 Armando Reynoso, vs SLN 8/27/1995 13 4 9 8 8 1 2 Bryan Rekar, vs FLO 9/17/1995 11 2 7 8 7 1 0 Bill Swift, at PIT 5/27/1995 11 2" 9 7 7 2 1 Bryan Rekar, vs SDN 8/4/1995 11 0' 5 7 7 2 0 Bret Saberhagen, vs CHN 8/18/1995
1994
82 9 4 0 0 1 4 David Nied, vs HOU 6/21/1994 76 9 5 1 1 3 6 Armando Reynoso, vs SLN 5/3/1994 74 8 6 0 0 1 5 David Nied, at SDN 5/8/1994 71 7 2 0 0 6 4 David Nied, at PHI 4/14/1994 70 8' 3 2 2 3 4 Greg Harris, at SFN 5/10/1994 70 7 5 0 0 0 3 Marvin Freeman, vs PIT 6/3/1994 70 9 7 1 1 4 5 David Nied, at FLO 7/7/1994
17 4' 12 6 6 1 3 Greg Harris, at CIN 6/10/1994 17 3' 9 6 6 4 3 Mark Thompson, at SFN 7/31/1994 14 1 5 7 7 2 1 Greg Harris, vs CIN 5/26/1994 12 3" 10 7 7 2 1 Armando Reynoso, at PIT 4/9/1994 10 5" 12 8 8 4 1 Mike Harkey, vs CHN 4/22/1994 7 2" 8 8 8 4 1 David Nied, vs CHN 4/24/1994
1993
76 9 7 1 1 1 8 Willie Blair, at SDN 5/18/1993 75 9 7 1 1 2 8 Armando Reynoso, at SFN 6/26/1993 75 6" 1 0 0 2 5 Curt Leskanic, vs FLO 7/8/1993 75 9 5 1 1 0 2 Lance Painter, at NYN 8/29/1993 72 9 7 1 1 1 4 Willie Blair, at LAN 8/12/1993
12 2" 7 8 8 3 3 Andy Ashby, at CIN 5/14/1993 12 4' 10 8 8 1 2 Greg Harris, at CIN 8/4/1993 8 3" 10 9 8 1 2 Butch Henry, vs PHI 5/28/1993 7 3' 8 9 9 2 1 Willie Blair, at SFN 6/24/1993 2 3" 13 9 9 2 5 Andy Ashby, at PHI 6/6/1993 -4 4 11 11 10 3 1 Kent Bottenfield, at CIN 8/5/1993
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