2012 brewers hurlers pursue single-season strikeout record

[djoctagone]

touched on not too long ago here . . .

 

thru 135 games played, brewers pitchers have struck out 1178 batters.

 

the next goal is breaking the brewers' franchise record of 1258 (set in 2010). this will definitely be broken.

 

after that, it's breaking the 2003 cubs' major league record 1404.

 

the brewers are currently on pace for 1413 . . . assuming all 162 games are played.

 

granted, breaking that record will require a lot of road wins (otherwise, pitchers will only go 8 innings).

 

this will be interesting . . . especially with mark rogers already shut down, and rumors of other pitchers also being shut down.

[hawing]

One of many dorky things I do regarding the Brewers is take photos at games, including the Miller Park K counter above right field. Recently I was looking at some photos from last September and was surprised to see that the Brewers' K count at the end of the 2011 regular season was less than their current 2012 total is now. It was 620-something at the end of September 2011 and around 670 on September 2, 2012.

[djoctagone]

extra-inning road wins certainly help . . . 1201 knockouts through 138 games.

 

still on pace to break the cubs' record (assuming all 162 are played).

[djoctagone]

1217 punchouts through 140 games. on pace for 1408 (the mlb record is 1404).

[djoctagone]

a little off pace for the record . . . on pace for 1402 (and a half).

[djoctagone]

of note . . . the brewers need 21 strikeouts vs. the mets this weekend to set the franchise single-season record . . . which would be great to see happen at miller park. could it happen with fiers, marcum, peralta and the bullpen?

[bork]

Fiers has over a K per inning. Marcum is a bit under. The one question is Peralta. he had almost a K/inning in the minors, but the K's haven't been there yet in Milwaukee. Of course, it's hard to get K's when you can't find the strike zone.

[djoctagone]

still off pace to break the major league record, but only 13 knockouts away from setting the franchise record.

[djoctagone]

great that the franchise record was set at a home game . . . now let's break the major league record!

[djoctagone]

the brewers will need to average exactly 9 punchouts per game (assuming all remaining 15 are played) to break the major league record.

 

they currently have seven active pitchers who are averaging 9 or more strikeouts per 9 innings (henderson, axford, veras, parra, estrada, fiers and gallardo). mark rogers had been averaging 9.46 per 9 innings, so the brewers' chances of breaking the mlb record were diminished with his shutdown.

 

as stated before, if the brewers are going to break the record, it's likely going to require pitching in the 9th inning on the road. that can only bode well for the optimism thread . . .

[RightFieldCoder]

Don't forget that a tiebreaker game counts as 163 of the season. So we could have an extra game (or two) to set the record.

[Baldkin]

Going into today, they needed 106 K's in 11 remaining games, or about 9.6 per game. Gonna be tough!

[igor67]

10Ks and counting today helps

[djoctagone]

great performance today . . . still need to average 9.5 per game to break the record. need to get axford, k-rod, veras and henderson some innings to make up for the likes of marcum and peralta.

[djoctagone]

assuming only 162 games are played, the brewers need to average exactly 10 strikeouts per game over their final 8 games to break the mlb record. very tough, but if they do it, it's likely because they're winning those 8 games.

 

one or two 11-inning victories wouldn't hurt.

[torts]

assuming only 162 games are played, the brewers need to average exactly 10 strikeouts per game over their final 8 games to break the mlb record. very tough, but if they do it, it's likely because they're winning those 8 games.

 

one or two 11-inning victories wouldn't hurt.

 

With Marcum starting at least once that will not happen.

[DHonks]

interesting torts. I'd have to look back at this year, but it sure seems like his K's are down dramatically from last year. He was racking up the K's last year

[patrickgpe]

just did the math and the brewers are on pace to be 10 short of the record.

[Baldkin]

interesting torts. I'd have to look back at this year, but it sure seems like his K's are down dramatically from last year. He was racking up the K's last year

 

He's actually struck out nearly a batter more per 9 innings this season. (7.1 last year, 8.0 this year).

[DHonks]

baldkin, that's why anecdotal evidence is bad, right? I keep seeing these short outings and remember last year he had a segment on the MLB Channel where they diagnosed his incredible K rate given his poor velocity.

[torts]

interesting torts. I'd have to look back at this year, but it sure seems like his K's are down dramatically from last year. He was racking up the K's last year

 

He's actually struck out nearly a batter more per 9 innings this season. (7.1 last year, 8.0 this year).

 

and then he goes out and throws 7 K in 6 IP tonight with maybe innings to go. LOL

[torts]

12k in 9IP today, gotta help out some, right?

[djoctagone]

13 would've been much nicer . . .

[djoctagone]

need to average nine point eight and a third strikeouts per nine innings to break the record.

 

yes, a game 163 against the cardinals would help the brewers' chances as well.

[Patrick425]

nine point eight and a third? Wow. How about 9.8333...would that work too?

 

edit: Actually wouldn't nine point eight and a third be 9.8 + .333, which would actually be 10.133 K's per game.