Heading into the final month of the 2012 MLB regular season, the Mariners wanted to present some

interesting facts about American League Cy Young candidate Felix Hernandez...

2012 Season Is 13-5 with an American League leading 2.43 ERA in 27 starts this seasonleads the AL in shutouts (5) and innings pitched (196.2), 2nd in complete games (5), 3rd in strikeouts (184), By the Numbers 3rd in opponent avg (.218), T3rd in quality starts (19), T6th in wins (13) and 10th with 8.42 K/9.0 IP. Domination Over his last 14 starts is 9-0 with a 1.40 ERA (17 ER, 109.0 IP), 5 shutouts, 100 Major League leading ERA strikeouts (8.3 K/9.0 IP) and a .183 opponent batting average (70x383) only 2 HR allowedtied for longest win streak of his career. Shutouts in his last 12 starts Perfect Game Threw the 23rd Perfect Game in MLB history Aug. 15 vs. Tampa Bay in a 1-0 victoryit was the 7th Perfect Game in MLB history to be decided in a 1-0 contest, and first in the Consecutive wins since June 23 AL since 1984struck out 12 batters, 4th-most in a PG. Shutouts Leads the Majors with 5 shutouts, all coming over his last 12 starts (6/28 vs. BOS, 7/14 Major League leading 11 starts vs. TEX, 8/4 at NYY, 8/15 vs. TB, 8/27 at MIN)is the first pitcher since Randy Johnson in 1998 to allowing 1 or fewer R in 8.0+ IP record 5+ shutouts in 12-start spanhas set a Mariners club record for a single seasonjoins Bert Blyleven (1989), Roger Clemens (1992) and David Wells (1998) as the only AL pitchers with 5 23rd Perfect Game in MLB shutouts in a season over the last 24 seasons (since 1989). history thrown 8/15 vs. TB Awesome August Went 4-0 with a 1.08 ERA (5 ER, 41.2 IP) and 3 shutouts in five August startsall three shutouts were by 1-0 score, becoming the third pitcher in Major League history with Felix is just 26 years old, and three 1-0 shutout in a calendar month: Carl Hubbell (July 1933) and Dick Rudolph (August 1916). has 98 wins and 232 career starts under his belt Since the Break Is 7-0 with an American League leading 1.23 ERA in 9 starts since the All-Star break (4 shutouts)selected to his third All-Star game, but did not pitch. Strikeouts to rank 3rd in AL No Margin for Error Recorded four 1-0 shutouts this seasonis just the third pitcher during the divisional era (since 1969) to have four wins with the score 1-0 in a single season (all CG shutouts), joining Hall of Famers Fergie Jenkins (1974) and Bert Blyleven (1976)Don Drysdale and Bob Gibson also had four 1-0 shutouts in 1968 (record is 5, last: Dean Chance in 1964). Going Deep Has 16 starts where he has pitched 7.0 or more innings with 1 or fewer runs allowed, leading the Majors, and already setting a club record (he had 15 in 2010 Cy Young season)next closest AL pitcher is David Price with 11 such starts. Felix Quality Start Recorded 11 starts where he has allowed 1 or fewer runs in 8.0 or more innings pitchednearly double any other pitcher in the Majors this season; R.A. Dickey & Bartolo Colon both have 6 such startsFelix had 13 such starts during his Cy Young season in 2010. Giving the Bullpen Rest Pitched at least 7.0 innings in a Major League-high 20 games (David Price is 2nd with 19). Stingy Allowed 2 or fewer runs in an American League leading 19 games (David Price is 2nd with 18). Nice Turnaround In 14 starts since his last loss (June 12 at San Diego) has improved from 4-5, 3.70 ERA to 13-5, 2.43 ERAduring Felixs 14-start run the Mariners are 35-29 (.547). Run Support Has the 4th-lowest run support average in the American League at 3.84. Something For the Effort In 9 no-decisions has a 2.57 ERA (18 ER, 63.0 IP) with a 2.14 run support average three no-decisions allowing 1 or fewer runs in 8.0 or more innings, tied for most by a pitcher in a single season over the last 15 seasons. Sabermetrics Among AL starters, ranks 1st in WPA (5.2), 1st in +WPA (16.34), 1st in FIP (2.82), 1st in Adjusted Pitching Wins (3.5), 1st in opponent OPS (.579), 1st in Adjusted ERA+ (154), T2nd in WAR for pitchers (5.2), 2nd in WHIP (1.03) and 5th in xFIP (3.28) and WAR for all players (5.3). Stats courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com & Fangraphs.com. Adding Them Together Over the last four seasons (since 2009), combined to go 59-36 with a 2.66 ERA and 855 strikeouts in 128 startsover this span leads the Majors in ERA, innings pitched (918.2) and quality starts (100), and ranks 3rd in strikeouts.

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2012 Game-by-Game
Date 3/28 4/7 4/13 4/19 4/25 4/30 5/5 5/11 5/16 5/21 5/26 6/1 6/12 6/17 6/23 6/28 7/3 7/8 7/14 7/19 7/24 7/29 8/4 8/10 8/15 8/21 8/27 Opp @OAK* @OAK OAK CLE @DET @TB MIN @NYY @CLE TEX LAA @CWS SD SF @SD BOS BAL @OAK TEX @KC NYY KC @NYY @LAA TB CLE @MIN DEC -W(1-0) L(1-1) -W(2-1) -W(3-1) L(3-2) L(3-3) W(4-3) L(4-4) -L(4-5) -W(5-5) W(6-5) --W(7-5) W(8-5) W(9-5) -W(10-5) -W(11-5) W(12-5) W(13-5) 13-5 ERA 1.12 4.40 3.80 2.76 2.48 2.23 1.89 2.29 3.02 2.80 3.17 3.42 3.70 3.52 3.36 3.09 3.26 3.13 2.92 2.82 2.80 2.79 2.63 2.74 2.60 2.54 2.43 2.43 IP 8.0 6.1 7.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 6.2 3.2 8.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 9.0 5.1 7.2 9.0 8.0 7.1 7.0 9.0 7.0 9.0 7.2 9.0 196.2 H 5 8 7 5 4 5 1 11 10 6 10 5 9 6 6 5 8 6 3 8 4 5 2 5 0 7 5 156 R 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 4 8 1 5 4 5 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 56 ER 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 4 6 1 5 4 5 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 53 BB 0 1 3 1 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 46 SO 6 7 6 12 2 9 9 7 3 7 7 6 3 7 10 13 8 6 12 3 4 6 6 3 12 5 5 184 HR 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 HBP 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 #P/K 104/66 102/64 107/69 126/75 92/53 106/71 107/71 101/65 103/60 111/72 99/64 85/49 92/56 113/79 94/64 128/84 90/62 114/67 107/74 89/65 117/72 101/64 101/69 104/65 113/77 105/70 100/69 RESULT W, 3-1 W, 8-7 L, 0-4 L, 1-2 W, 9-1 L, 2-3 W, 7-0 L, 2-6 L, 3-9 W, 6-1 L, 3-5 L, 4-7 L, 4-5 W, 2-1 W, 5-1 W, 1-0 L, 4-5 L, 1-2 W, 7-0 W, 6-1 W, 4-2 W, 7-6 W, 1-0 L, 5-6 W, 1-0 W, 5-1 W, 1-0 OPP. McCarthy Colon Colon Tomlin Wilk Hellickson Marquis Kuroda Jimenez Darvish Williams Peavy Richard Bumgarner Marquis Morales Chen Colon Darvish Smith Garcia Smith Kuroda Santana Hellickson Hernandez Hendriks

* Game Played in Tokyo, Japan Last 14 GS -- 9-0, 1.40 ERA, 109.0 IP, 100 K, .183 OPP AVG, 4 ShO