Highest amount of pitches in a complete game

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Recently i played a game in my franchise and threw an 2 hit 19 strike out performance with Stephen Strasburg. i never really paid attention to the pitch count until the 9th inning because Strasburg still had some energy left in the tank to go through the 9th inning. when i finally looked at the pitch count with two outs in the 9th i was shocked to see 133 the highest amount of pitches i have ever thrown with a starter. With that being said whats the most amount of pitches you have ever thrown with a starting pitcher

[HustlinOwl]

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was he available his next scheduled start?

[cardsleadtheway]

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I have never come close to that, but I had C.C. Sabathia throw a complete game against me with a pitch count around 146 or 147. The funny thing is he still had a little energy left in the tank. I am pretty certain that pitch count and energy have less to do with each other than the type of pitches, the power of those pitches, and whether from the stretch or not.

[Polo Bandit]

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Edwin Jackson went somewhere around 130 on me in a 2-hitter. He had like 6 walks and several long at-bats.

[caseyj622]

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what rosters are you using? did you change any of strasburgs pitches/ratings? I'd like to know because I can't get that many k's with strasburg...average 5-6 per game usually...If you could tell me..that would be great, thanks.

[Konsonum]

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Highest amount of pitches was 155 for me. Of course, that was by the CPU. I think that he was used in his next start, just that they had a lot of relievers that game.

[Doormat]

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Around 126 with Javier V.

[24]

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was he available his next scheduled start?

Yes he was. i had an off day in between series so he ended up with 6 days of rest which did the trick. if it was the normal 5 days though i probably would have skipped him.

what rosters are you using? did you change any of strasburgs pitches/ratings? I'd like to know because I can't get that many k's with strasburg...average 5-6 per game usually...If you could tell me..that would be great, thanks.

I am using the Re-Rated OS rosters but you must realize i am in the year 2014 in my franchise young players are alot better than thy started out. and it's not so much the rosters as it is what pitches you throw. it is very possible to do that with any pitcher you just have to mix your pitches well and hit your spots. most of the time i was striking out batters with Strasburg's slider and change up. Towards the end of the game i mixed in a few mid 90's fastball's to throw the CPU's timing off again. also never use Max velocity all the itme you will just find yourself with a really tired pitcher by the 6th inning.

[cardsleadtheway]

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I am using the Re-Rated OS rosters but you must realize i am in the year 2014 in my franchise young players are alot better than thy started out. and it's not so much the rosters as it is what pitches you throw. it is very possible to do that with any pitcher you just have to mix your pitches well and hit your spots. most of the time i was striking out batters with Strasburg's slider and change up. Towards the end of the game i mixed in a few mid 90's fastball's to throw the CPU's timing off again. also never use Max velocity all the itme you will just find yourself with a really tired pitcher by the 6th inning.

I disagree with you here. The K/9 rating is key to striking out a lot of players. I just had a game where Gio Gonzalez struck out 9 in 6 innings, but at least 4 of those were fastballs right down the middle that I missed the meter on. If that were one of my other pitchers, they would have been taken deep. Gio's K/9 is nearly maxed out. His BB/9 is very low, hence the only 6 innings pitched part. That is the one thing I don't like about the hitter/batter interface. Good pitchers are already good, no need to make them great by tinkering with the physics to match the ratings. I would rather see great pitchers painting the corners and having awesome break than to have a crushed meatball go 300 feet because the pitcher had a high HR/9 rating.

[emath]

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I disagree with you here. The K/9 rating is key to striking out a lot of players. I just had a game where Gio Gonzalez struck out 9 in 6 innings, but at least 4 of those were fastballs right down the middle that I missed the meter on. If that were one of my other pitchers, they would have been taken deep. Gio's K/9 is nearly maxed out. His BB/9 is very low, hence the only 6 innings pitched part. That is the one thing I don't like about the hitter/batter interface. Good pitchers are already good, no need to make them great by tinkering with the physics to match the ratings. I would rather see great pitchers painting the corners and having awesome break than to have a crushed meatball go 300 feet because the pitcher had a high HR/9 rating.

I have to disagree with you. Most of my strike outs came with Ted Lilly, before the Cubs traded him away (I try to keep my rosters up to date). Without looking, I don't know his k/9 rating, but I highly doubt it is better than Dempster or Zambrano. Striking out 10 with Lilly was a breeze for me, but if I got 5 or 6 with my other starters it was amazing. I am thinking it is pitch selection, and location.

To me, the k/9 rating is more for simulation then anything... At least in my experience.

Oh, and back on topic, I threw 137 pitches with one of my guys in a classic roster I am working on. I can't remember for sure who it was. Either Mordecai Brown, or Fergie Jenkins. Either way, they have much higher ratings when it comes to stamina because of the amount of innings they threw back then... So it wasn't like I was using some current guy that barely hits 200 innings in real life.

[Zumi]

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Just threw a complete game with Doc Halladay - 152 pitches. 2 hitter vs the Cardinals.

[Pielet]

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poopydude = Dusty Baker

blowing those young arms out one pitch at a time over 120!

[countryboy]

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threw a complete game shutout with Lester and tossed 128 pitches.

Just went 6 innings with Buerhle and he threw 108 pitches.

I love this game.

[Cod]

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I threw 122 pitches with Cliff Lee in a complete game 5-hitter.

[NAFBUC]

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129

CPU with Lee, complete game. I was pitching with Sabathia who threw 111 pitches in 8 innings.