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Game by Game Stats 2007

DATE
OPP
W
L
ERA
IP
H
ER
BB
SO
OCT 16
@CLE
0
1
9.64
4.2
5
5
2
7
SEP 29
MIN
1
0
4.76
7.0
6
3
0
1
SEP 23
@TB
0
1
4.80
5.0
7
4
3
5
SEP 17
@TOR
0
1
4.73
6.0
7
4
2
2
SEP 11
TB
0
0
4.68
3.0
10
7
0
4
SEP 06
@BAL
0
0
4.39
3.2
9
6
2
0
AUG 25
@CWS
1
0
4.16
7.0
3
0
3
6
AUG 20
@TB
1
0
4.35
7.0
4
0
1
5
AUG 13
TB
1
0
4.55
8.0
2
0
2
6
AUG 07
@LAA
0
1
4.81
4.0
7
6
3
2
AUG 02
BAL
1
0
4.55
7.0
6
3
1
5
JUL 27
@TB
1
0
4.97
6.0
6
1
3
7
JUL 22
CWS
1
0
4.74
6.1
6
4
2
2
JUL 17
KC
0
1
4.69
6.1
9
6
0
1
JUL 12
TOR
1
0
4.47
6.0
9
4
0
2
JUL 04
TB
1
0
4.39
6.1
7
4
2
2
JUN 29
TEX
1
0
4.31
6.2
7
1
4
4
JUN 23
@SD
0
1
4.52
5.1
8
6
0
4
JUN 17
SF
1
0
4.18
5.2
8
5
1
3
JUN 12
COL
1
0
3.92
8.0
4
1
1
3
JUN 06
@OAK
0
1
4.22
6.2
7
3
2
8
JUN 01
NYY
0
1
4.24
3.2
5
8
6
2
MAY 26
@TEX
1
0
3.36
7.0
5
4
1
4
MAY 21
@NYY
0
1
3.14
5.0
9
6
5
2
MAY 15
DET
0
1
2.41
7.0
9
5
1
4
MAY 10
@TOR
1
0
1.79
7.0
3
0
1
5
MAY 04
@MIN
1
0
2.11
7.0
3
0
3
2
APR 28
@NYY
0
1
2.59
5.1
5
3
6
3
APR 23
TOR
0
1
2.08
6.0
8
3
2
5
APR 18
@TOR
1
0
1.35
7.0
4
1
3
4
APR 13
LAA
1
0
1.38
7.0
5
1
2
3
APR 06
@TEX
0
1
1.50
6.0
3
1
2
4

Tim in the Red Sox Record Book

Year by Year Stats

SEASON
TEAM
W
L
ERA
G
GS
CG
SHO
SV
SVO
IP
H
R
ER
HR
HB
BB
SO
1992
Pirates
8
1
2.15
13
13
4
1
0
---
92.0
76
26
22
3
1
35
51
1993
Pirates
6
11
5.61
24
20
3
2
0
---
128.1
145
83
80
14
9
75
59
1995
Red Sox
16
8
2.95
27
27
6
1
0
---
195.1
163
76
64
22
9
68
119
1996
Red Sox
14
13
5.14
32
32
6
0
0
---
211.2
238
151
121
38
12
90
140
1997
Red Sox
12
15
4.25
35
29
4
2
0
---
201.1
193
109
95
24
16
87
151
1998
Red Sox
17
8
4.58
36
33
2
0
0
---
216.0
211
123
110
30
14
79
146
1999
Red Sox
6
11
5.08
49
17
0
0
15
18
140.0
146
93
79
19
5
72
104
2000
Red Sox
6
10
5.48
51
17
0
0
0
1
159.1
170
107
97
31
4
65
102
2001
Red Sox
9
12
3.90
45
17
0
0
3
5
168.2
156
84
73
13
18
73
148
2002
Red Sox
11
5
2.81
45
15
0
0
3
5
163.1
121
57
51
15
9
51
134
2003
Red Sox
11
7
4.09
35
33
0
0
1
1
202.1
193
106
92
23
12
71
169
2004
Red Sox
12
10
4.87
32
30
0
0
0
0
188.1
197
121
102
29
16
63
116
2005
Red Sox
16
12
4.15
33
33
3
0
0
0
225.1
210
113
104
35
11
68
151
2006
Red Sox
7
11
4.63
23
23
1
0
0
0
140.0
135
80
72
19
10
51
90

 

W = Win GS = Games Started SVO = Save Opportunities ER = Earned Runs
L = Loss CG = Complete Game IP = Innings Pitched HR = Home Runs
ERA = Earned Run Average SHO = Shutouts H = Hits HB = Hit Batsmen
G = Games Player SV = Saves R = Runs BB = Base on Balls
      SO = Strikeouts

2006 Career Highlights

SUMMARY:
*Went 7-11 with a 4.63 ERA in his 12th season in a Red Sox uniform, limited to 23 starts due to just his 2nd stint on the disabled list in his 14-year major league career...
*Landed on the disabled list from July 22-September 13 with a stress fracture in his rib cage, his first D.L. stay since missing only 15 days in 1997 due to right elbow inflammation...
*His 23 starts were his fewest appearances in a season since his rookie season of 1992 (13) with Pittsburgh while his 140.0 innings were his fewest since 1999 with the Red Sox (also 140.0).

LOW ON SUPPORT:
*In his 11 losses, Boston scored a total of 6 runs while Wakefield was in the game, an average of 0.54 runs per contest, including one run 4 times and no runs 5 times...
*He Red Sox scored 46 runs in Tim's 7 wins, an average of 6.6 runs per win...
*The Red Sox did not score a run while Wakefield was on the mound in 4 starts in a row, covering 18.1 innings, from July 17-September 25.

A TOUGH APRIL:
*Finished April with a 1-4 record in 5 starts despite a 3.90 ERA...
*Boston scored only 6 runs in his 5 starts, an average of 1.67 runs per start, 2nd-lowest in the majors behind Kansas City's Scott Elarton (1.15), who also lost 4 games in April despite a 3.16 ERA...
*Since 1959, only 3 other Red Sox starters have lost 4 games in April: Roger Clemens (0-4, 6 starts in 1996), Danny Darwin (0-4, 4 starts in 1993) and Marty Pattin (1-4, 5.73 ERA in 1973)...
*Wakefield's 3.90 ERA is the best of the 4 Red Sox starters who lost 4 times in April, as Clemens posted a 4.17 ERA, Darwin an 8.20 ERA and Pattin a 9.00 ERA.

TURNAROUND IN MAY AND JUNE:
*Combined to go 4-4 with a 3.84 ERA (31 ER/72.2) in 11 starts in May and June...
*On May 1, the Red Sox reacquired catcher Doug Mirabelli from San Diego and, following a cross-country flight for Mirabelli, the pair was reunited 13 minutes prior to the first pitch that night vs. the Yankees, an eventual 7-3 Red Sox victory...Wakefield threw his first 32.1 innings with Josh Bard and his final 107.2 innings with Mirabelli...
*Had a 3.90 ERA (14 ER/32.1 IP) with Bard and a 4.85 ERA (58 ER/107.2 IP) with Mirabelli.

INJURED IN JULY:
*Was unbeaten in 5 starts from June 20-July 17, going 3-0 with a 4.73 ERA, before lasting only 4.0 innings on July 17 vs. Kansas City and landing on the disabled list 5 days later with a stress fracture in his rib cage...
*Returned on September 13 at Baltimore and the Red Sox lost his last 4 starts, combining to score a total of 7 runs in those games.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
*Had a 1.55 ERA (7 ER/29.0 IP) during the day (2-1 in 4 starts) and went 5-10 with a 5.43 ERA (67 ER/111.0 IP) in 19 starts at night...
*Went 7-1 with a 3.11 ERA (22 ER/63.2 IP) when working on 4 days rest and 0-10 with a 6.01 ERA (51 ER/76.1 IP) when pitching on 5 days of rest or more...
*Limited batters to a .193 (28-for-145) average with runners in scoring position, including a .141 (9-for-64) mark in those situations and 2 outs...
*Batters facing a count with 2 strikes hit just .204 (54-for-265)...
*12 of his 23 starts came against the A.L. East.

MORE 2006 HIGHLIGHTS:
*Earned the starting nod in Boston's 2nd game of the season for the 4th time in his Red Sox career, the first time since 2003 at Tampa Bay, and endured a 10-4 loss at Texas...
*Also started in Boston's 2nd game in 1998 at Oakland and 1997 at Anaheim...
*Tossed the 29th complete game in his career April 15 vs. Seattle in a 3-0 loss...
*Now has 4 complete games since the start of the 2005 season after not tossing a complete game from 1999-2004...
*Notched his 5th quality start in a row in defeating Washington 11-3 on June 20...
*Was his 298th start as a Red Sox, surpassing Cy Young (297) for 2nd on the club's all-time list...
*Allowed 3 runs in 6.0 innings on June 26 vs. Philadelphia for his 6th straight quality start, an 8-7 Red Sox win in 12 innings...
*July 1 at Florida earned his 150th career win in his 300th major league start.

2005 Career Highlights

SUMMARY:
*The longest-tenured member of the Red Sox enjoyed one of his finest seasons, leading the club in wins, starts, innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games and opponents average by a starter en route to being honored as the club's Pitcher of the Year by the Boston chapter of the BBWAA...
*Finished 16-12 with a 4.15 ERA in 33 starts, pitching exclusively as a starter for the first time since 1996...
*Established a career high with 225.1 innings pitched, while his victory total was one shy of his 1998 career high...
*Matched his 1998 and 2003 personal best in starts...
*Wakefield's 151 strikeouts tied for 2nd-most in his career...
*Topped 10 wins for the 4th year in a row and for the 8th time in 11 seasons with the Red Sox...
*Finished strong, going 8-3 with a 3.77 ERA (39 ER/93.0 IP) over his final 13 starts.

A CHECK OF THE LEADER BOARD:
*Ranked among American League leaders in wins (tied for 5th with 16), starts (tied for 8th with 33), complete games (tied for 4th with 3), innings pitched (6th with 225.1) and strikeouts (11th with 151)...his .245 opponents average allowed was 6th-best in the A.L.

EVERY 5TH DAY:
*Made at least 30 starts for the 3rd season in a row and for the 5th time in his career...
*Topped 200.0 innings pitched for the 5th time, for just the 2nd time since 1999.

A LITTLE HELP?:
*Received a staff-low average of 4.8 runs per game worth of support (158 runs in 33 starts)...
*The Sox scored a total of 38 runs in his 12 losses (3.2 per game), including 4 games in which they scored 2 runs or fewer.

DECISIONS, DECISIONS:
*Got the win or the loss in 28 of his 33 starts, including 15 in a row from June 24-September 11...
*After 2 no-decisions in his first 4 starts, got a win or a loss in 24 of his next 25 starts April 29-September 11 and in 26 of his last 29 starts.

TOUGH TO HIT:
*Opponents batted just .245, 7th-best in the A.L...
*Held lefthanders to a .202 average (74-for-367), 5th-best by any A.L. starter...
*Righthanders hit .278 (136-for-490)...
*Opponents hit .165 (68-for-413) with 2 strikes and .037 (1-for-27) after his 105th pitch.

1...2...3 STRIKES YOU'RE OUT:
*En route to fanning 151 in 225.1 innings, twice set personal single-game strikeout highs...
*Fanned 11 in 8.0 innings August 7 at Minnesota, then punched out 12 in 8.0 innings September 11 at New York (AL).

LET'S STICK TOGETHER:
*Went 16-8 with a 3.66 ERA (83 ER/204.0 IP) in 29 starts with Doug Mirabelli behind the plate and 0-4 with an 8.86 ERA (21 ER/21.1 IP) without him...
*Mirabelli missed 21 games, including 4 of Wakefield's starts, while on the D.L. with a sprained left wrist in May19-June 12...
*In 2003 and 2004, Mirabelli was behind the plate for all but 4.1 of Wakefield's 390.2 innings.

YOU COMPLETE ME:
*His 3 complete games were his most since 1997 (4)...
*Went the distance July 17 vs. New York (AL), September 6 vs. the Angels and September 11 at New York (AL)...
*Threw back-to-back complete games September 6 and 11 for the 6th time in his career, for the first time since July 29 and August 3, 1997...
*Wakefield's July 17 complete game, a 5-3 loss Fenway Park to the Yanks, was his first in 154 starts since August 19, 1998 at Kansas City...
*Wake's gap between complete games was the 2nd-longest in major league history, trailing only San Francisco's Kirk Rueter, who since July 4, 1999 has made 193 straight starts without a complete game.

NOT SO FAST:
*Allowed 18 steals in 25 attempts after surrendering 33 in 41 tries in 2004...
*Had averaged 28 stolen bases allowed over the last 9 seasons, last allowing fewer than 18 in 1995.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY:
*For the 2nd year in a row, and for the 2nd time in his career, pitched and won on his birthday, earning a 6-4 victory over the Royals at Fenway on August 2, the day he turned 39...
*Allowed 4 runs on 6 hits in 7.0 innings, fanning 7, as the Sox overcame a 4-0 deficit after 3.

MILESTONE WATCH:
*Wake's home-opening start marked his 200th career start at Fenway Park...
*Finished the year with 215 appearances at Fenway, 2nd to only Bob Stanley (321) in Red Sox history...
*Made the 300th start of his major league career in a 7-4 win July 5 at Texas...
*Chalked up his 1,500th career strikeout June 29 at Cleveland, punching out Victor Martinez in the 3rd inning.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
*Threw a career-high 3,394 pitches, an average of 15.1 per inning...induced 18 double plays, the 2nd-highest total of his career (21 in 1996)...
*The Sox were 18-15 in his starts...
*17 of his 33 starts were quality starts...
*Worked at least 6.0 innings in 26 of his 33 starts and at least 7.0 in 19, including 16 of his final 21...
*Finished at least 8.0 innings in 8...
*Went 10-4 with a 4.08 ERA (50 ER/110.1 IP) in 16 starts at Fenway Park and 6-8 with a 4.23 ERA (54 ER/115.0 IP) in 17 road starts...
*His 2.84 ERA (24 ER/76.0 IP) in day games tied for 3rd in the A.L...
*6 of his 12 losses came against A.L. East foes despite a 3.96 ERA within the division...
*4 of his 12 losses came to the Yankees, as he went 1-4 with a 4.20 ERA (19 ER/40.2 IP) in 6 starts against New York...
*Threw 2 complete games against the Yankees...
*Beat 13 teams at least once, earning 2 wins against Detroit and 3 against Tampa Bay...
*Threw a season-high 118 pitches twice: July 27 at Tampa Bay and August 7 at Minnesota...
*Gave up an A.L.-high 35 home runs...
*Allowed 5 homers in his first 10 starts, then 25 in his next 23, including 3 homers in a game on 5 occasions...
*Went 9-5 with a 3.65 ERA (45 ER/111.0 IP) in 16 starts on more than 4 days rest.

MORE 2005 HIGHLIGHTS:
*Started the year 2-0 with a 1.75 ERA (5 ER/25.2 IP) through his first 4 starts...
*April 11, started Boston's home opener for the first time in his 11-year Red Sox career, beating the Yankees 8-1 in his 200th career appearance at Fenway Park...
*May 27 at New York, walked 7 for the first time since June 30, 1997 vs. Florida...
*June 12 at Wrigley Field, in his 400th career appearance with the Red Sox, snapped a personal 5-game slide, allowing one run on 4 hits over 7.0 innings in an 8-1 win...
*Threw 19.0 consecutive scoreless innings over his next 2-plus starts June 18-29, going 2 straight starts (June 18 and 24) without surrendering a run for the first time since September 16-30, 1993 with Pittsburgh, when he fired consecutive complete-game shutouts...
*Worked 7.0 innings of 7-hit shutout ball June 18 vs. Pittsburgh, leaving a 0-0 game that the Sox ultimately lost 2-0...6 days later at Philadelphia, fired 8.0 innings of 2-hit shutout ball in an 8-0 victory...
*From June 12-July 5, went 4-0 with a 1.70 ERA (7 ER/37.0 IP)in 5 starts, allowing 2 runs or less in 4 of the 5...
*Allowed one unearned run in 7.1 innings in a 4-1 win July 27 at Tampa Bay...
*Went 8.0 innings, 9.0 innings, 8.0 innings and 9.0 innings in 4 straight starts August 31-September 16...
*September 11 at New York, fired an 8.0-inning complete game in a 1-0 loss to Randy Johnson...
*The lone run Wake allowed came on a first-inning homer by Jason Giambi.

IN THE POSTSEASON:
*Started Game 3 of Boston's American League Division Series against the White Sox, and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits in 5.1 innings en route to a 5-3 loss that gave Chicago a 3-game series sweep...
*Paul Konerko hit a 2-run homer with no outs in the 6th that snapped a 2-2 tie...
*After getting Carl Everett to ground out, Wake gave way to Chad Bradford in relief.

2004 Career Highlights

SUMMARY:
*The knucklerballer finished his 10th season in Boston 12-10 with a 4.87 ERA in 32 appearances (30 starts), the 2nd year in arrow he's made at least 30 starts...
*His 12 wins were his most since 1998 and gave him 11 or more wine for a 3rd straight season...
*Held opponents to a .264 average...
*The Sox were 16-14 in his 30 starts with wins in 9 of his last 13...Boston averaged 5.8 runs per game in his starts (173 runs in 30 starts)...
14 of his starts were quality starts.

MY ONE AND ONLY:
*Threw all but 2.1 of his 188.1 innings to Doug Mirabelli...
*Jason Varitek caught the other 2.1 innings...
*A season ago, Mirabelli caught all but 2.0 of Wake's 202.1 innings.

TOUGH TO HIT:
*Limited opponents to a .264 (197-for- 746) batting average...
*Lefties hit just .225 (78-for-347) with 10 homers, and righties batted .298 (199-for-399) with 19 long balls...
*Opponents hit just .232 (29-for-125) with 2 homers in Wake's first inning of work and just .224 (19-for-85) with runners in scoring position and 2 outs...
*Foes hit .188 (65-for- 346) with 116 K's with 2 strikes.

TOP DOWN, BOTTOM UP:
*The top 5 men in opposing lineups hit .235 (103-for-439) with 15 homers, while batters 6-9 combined to hit .306 (94-307) with 14 long balls.

MAKE 'EM EARN IT:
*Allowed 19 unearned runs, tied with Bronson Arroyo and Kansas City's Brian Anderson for 3rd-most in the major leagues...
*In all of baseball, only teammate Derek Lowe (28) and Arizona's Brandon Webb (28) allowed more.

FEELING RELIEVED:
*Made a pair of relief appearances, fanning 2 in 2.0 innings of 2-hit shutout ball April 29 vs. Tampa Bay and giving up 2 unearned runs on 2 hits in one inning June 9 vs. San Diego.

ROBERTO CLEMENTE MAN OF THE YEAR:
*Was named the Red Sox recipient of the 2004 Roberto Clemente Award presented by John Hancock...
*The honor was Wakefield's 6th (1998, 2000-2003), his 5th in a row...
* He is one of the 30 nominees for the national 2004 Roberto Clemente Award, the winner of which will be announced at the World Series...
* The Roberto Clemente Award, presented annually by John Hancock as part of its official sponsorship of Major League Baseball, recognizes those players who best exemplify the game of baseball through sportsmanship, community involvement and positive contributions to their teams.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
*Worked 6.0 or more innings in 21 of his 30 starts, 7.0 or more in 11...
*Completed 8.0 innings 3 times: May 7 at Kansas City, August 18 vs. Toronto and August 29 vs. Detroit, winning the last 2 of those starts...
*Threw 2,993 pitches, an average of 15.9 per inning...fanned 5 or more in 8 starts, including a season-high 7 K's August 29 vs. Detroit and September 20 vs. Baltimore...
*Opponents were 33-41 in stolen base tries...induced 11 double-play ground balls...
*Tied for 2nd in the league with 16 hit batsmen...
*Was 4-0 with a 3.04 ERA (9 ER/26.2 IP) in 4 starts against Toronto and 8-10 with a 5.18 ERA (93 ER/161.2 IP) in 28 games (26 starts) against all other foes...
*Finished 6-6 with a 4.99 ERA (63 ER/113.2 IP) in 19 games (17 starts) at Fenway Park...
*Was 6- 4 with a 4.70 ERA (39 ER/74.2 IP) in 13 road starts...
*Went 4-0 with a 3.16 ERA (9 ER/ 25.2 IP) in 4 starts in domed stadiums...
*Allowed a .237 average (23-for-97) and 2 homers inside.

MORE 2004 HIGHLIGHTS:
*Earned his first win in his 2nd start April 16 vs. New York, limiting the Yanks to 2 runs (one earned) on 4 hits in 7.0 strong innings in the 6-2 win...
*Threw a season-high 116 pitches June 4 at Kansas City...
*Did not allow an earned run in consecutive starts June 30 at New York (6.1 IP) and July 6 vs. Oakland (7.0 IP of 3-hit shutout ball)...
*After winning 6 games through the end of July, went 5-1 with a 5.03 ERA (22 ER/ 39.1 IP) in 6 August starts...
*Scattered 8 hits in 7.0 scoreless innings July 22 vs. Baltimore...that start began a 7-start stretch in which he earned half of his season's wins between July 22 and August 29...
*Went 6-1 with a 4.27 ERA (22 ER/46.1 IP) during the run...
*In his 6 starts after that, went 1-3 with a 7.24 ERA (26 ER/32.1 IP), not winning again until his final start, October 1 at Baltimore, when he limited the O's to 2 runs on 6 hits over 6.0 innings...
*Won 3 straight starts on 2 occasions: July 22-August 8 and August 18-29.

IN THE POSTSEASON:
*Was 1-0 with a 9.82 ERA (12 ER/11.0 IP) in 4 games (one start)...
*Did not pitch in the 3-game sweep of Anaheim in the ALDS...
*Made 3 relief appearances in the ALCS vs. New York, going 1-0 with an 8.59 ERA (7 ER/7.1 IP)...
*In one of the key efforts of the series, saved the Sox pen with 3.1 innings of relief in the 19-8 Game 3 loss...
*In the process, sacrificed his scheduled Game 4 start...
*Earned the Game 5 win with 3.0 innings of one-hit shutout relief...Walked one and struck out four in the 14-inning, 5:49 marathon...
*Started Game 1 of the World Series at Fenway and did not figure in the decision, allowing 5 runs on 3 hits and 5 walks in 3.2 innings...
*Struck out a pair.

 

All information compiled from the official Red Sox website.