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2013 TIGERS
• Suffered the loss in six straight decisions May 29-August 3 to establish a career-long losing streak.
• Compiled a 2-3 record and 3.13 ERA (31.2IP/11ER) in five starts during May.
• Optioned to Triple A Toledo by the Tigers on June 20 -- started four games with the Mud Hens before he was recalled
by the Tigers for the remainder of the season on July 17.
• Equaled a career high with eight strikeouts on July 29 at Tampa Bay.
• Matched a career best with a five-game winning streak August 24-September 26 -- compiled a 2.98 ERA (42.1IP/14ER)
over the course of the six-start stretch.
• Finished 7-5 with a 4.30 ERA (92.0IP/44ER) in 15 starts at home...posted a 3-7 record and 5.73 ERA (70.2IP/45ER) in
12 starts on the road.
• Compiled a 4-7 record and 6.14 ERA (70.1IP/48ER) in 13 starts prior to the all-star break...went 6-5 with a 4.00 ERA
(92.1IP/41ER) in 14 starts following the all-star break.
Topped all American League rookies with 14 wins in his first season at the major league level with the Tigers in 2009.
• His 14 wins mark the most in Tigers history by a pitcher age 20-or-younger -- surpassed Dave Rozema, who won 11
games for the Tigers in 1977 before celebrating his 21st birthday on August 5.
• According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became just the fourth pitcher age 20-or-younger since 1970 with 14-or-more
wins in a season -- he joined Cincinnati’s Don Gullett in 1971 (16 wins), Minnesota’s Bert Blyleven in 1971 (16 wins)
and New York’s Dwight Gooden in both 1984 (17 wins) and 1985 (24 wins).
• Selected to Baseball America’s All-Rookie Team following the season.
• Tabbed the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association Tigers Rookie of the Year.
• Made his major league debut on April 9 at Toronto, taking the loss after allowing four runs in five innings of work --
opposed Ricky Romero in his debut and, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marked the first time since Major
League Baseball’s Draft began in 1965 that two first-round selections making their major league debut squared off
against each other...Porcello became the first Tigers starting pitcher to make his major league debut against another
pitcher making his debut since Nate Cornejo did so at Texas on August 8, 2001 against Joaquin Benoit...at 20 years,
three months and 13 days old, he became the youngest Tigers pitcher to start a game in his major league debut for the
club since Bruce Robbins was 19 years old in his debut on July 28, 1979.
• Earned his first major league win on April 19 at Seattle, limiting the Mariners to one run over seven innings of work --
at 20 years, three months and 23 days old, he became the youngest Tigers pitcher to record a victory since Bruce
Robbins earned the win on August 28, 1979 at 19 years, 11 months and 28 days old.
• Became the youngest Tigers pitcher to start a game at Comerica Park at 20 years, four months and two days old, doing
so on April 29 versus the New York Yankees -- became the third-youngest pitcher to start a game at Comerica Park,
behind Seattle’s Felix Hernandez at 19 years, three months and 26 days old on August 4, 2005 and Los Angeles’
Clayton Kershaw at 20 years, two months and 27 days old on June 15, 2008.
• Posted a five-game winning streak May 5-27, the longest winning streak by a Tigers pitcher age 20-or-younger since
at least 1954 -- marked the longest winning streak by a Tigers rookie pitcher since Armando Galarraga also won five
straight decisions July 23-August 19, 2008...became the fourth pitcher age 20-or-younger since at least 1954 to record
a streak of five-or-more victories in a single season, joining Fernando Valenzuela (eight, April 9-May 14, 1981), Dwight
Gooden (seven on two occasions, August 11-September 12, 1984 and July 9-August 10, 1985) and Wally Bunker (six,
May 5-June 1, 1964).
• Won seven of his nine starts May 5-June 18 -- according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first major league
pitcher under 21 to win seven of nine starts since Dwight Gooden did so in 1985...prior to Porcello, the last American
League pitcher to do so was Jim Palmer in 1966.
• Compiled a 5-0 record and 1.50 ERA (30.0IP/5ER) over a five-start stretch May 5-27 -- according to the Elias Sports
Bureau, he is the second-youngest pitcher in major league history to post a 5-0 record with an ERA of 1.50-or-lower
over any five-start stretch...only Dwight Gooden, who went 5-0 with a 1.43 ERA over a five-start stretch at age 19 in
1984, was younger than Porcello.
• According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the sixth pitcher since 1900 to win four straight starts while allowing
one-or-fewer runs in a single season prior to turning 21 years old as he did so over a four-start stretch May 5-22 --
joined Christy Mathewson (six straight in 1901 at age 20), Chief Bender (four straight in 1903 at age 19), Walter
Johnson (five straight in 1908 at age 20), Fernando Valenzuela (seven straight in 1981 at age 20) and Kerry Wood (four
straight in 1998 at age 20) in accomplishing the feat.
• Selected the American League’s Rookie of the Month for May -- finished 5-0 with a 1.50 ERA (30.0IP/5ER) in five starts
during the month...topped all league pitchers with a 1.50 ERA during May, while he tied for the lead with five wins...
became second Tigers pitcher to ever win the award, joining Justin Verlander, who won the award in May of 2006.
• Collected two hits and two RBI as he earned the win on June 12 at Pittsburgh -- according to the Elias Sports Bureau,
he became the first Tigers pitcher to earn the win in a game in which he collected two hits and two RBI since Woodie
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2013 DETROIT TIGERS INFORMATION GUIDE