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Shane Bieber completed one of the best games in franchise history on Sunday afternoon, striking out 15 in a complete game shutout of the Baltimore Orioles.

Here are some of the best notes on his performance:

  • Bieber generated a Game Score of 92, tied for the third highest in Jacobs Field history. Corey Kluber holds the record (score of 98) in his 18-K game against the Cardinals in 2015. Ervin Santana’s no-hitter (94) comes in second. Bieber’s game is tied with a Justin Verlander two-hit shutout in 2009 and a Cory Lidle one-hitter in 2002.

  • In the Baseball-Reference era, which includes almost all games dating back to 1908, Bieber is just the seventh AL pitcher with 15 strikeouts and zero walks in a shutout.

Results
Player Date Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R BB SO Pit
Erik Bedard2007-07-07BALTEXW 3-0SHO, W 9.020015109
Pedro Martinez2000-07-23BOSCHWW 1-0SHO, W 9.060015131
Pedro Martinez2000-05-12BOSBALW 9-0SHO, W 9.020015113
Roger Clemens1998-08-25TORKCRW 3-0SHO, W 9.030018130
Roger Clemens1996-09-18BOSDETW 4-0SHO, W 9.050020151
Luis Tiant1968-07-03CLEMINW 1-0SHO(10), W10.060019
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  • 10 of Bieber’s strikeouts were recorded on whiffs, nine of which were on pitches out of the strike zone.
  • Bieber’s 15 strikeouts are also the second most in Jacobs Field history, behind Kluber’s 18-K game. Kluber, Bauer, Carrasco (all three during the 2017 season) and Pedro Martinez (1999) were previously tied for second place with 14-K games.

  • Bieber recorded 27 swings-and-misses in total, the highest mark by a pitcher this season, Blake Snell, Jacob deGrom and Matthew Boyd previously had games of 26. The last Indians pitcher to record more whiffs in a game was Carlos Carrasco during his near no-hitter in 2016 against the Rays (30 whiffs).

  • In the Baseball-Reference era, Bieber is also the 13th player under the age of 24 with a 13-K game:
Results
Rk Player Age Date Tm Opp IP H R SO
1Dwight Gooden19.3011984-09-12NYMPIT 9.05016
2Dwight Gooden20.2771985-08-20NYMSFG 9.07016
3Kerry Wood20.3241998-05-06CHCHOU 9.01020
4Jorge Rubio21.1621966-10-02CALCLE 9.05015
5Ramon Martinez22.0741990-06-04LADATL 9.03018
6Don Wilson22.1261967-06-18HOUATL 9.00015
7Art Mahaffey22.3231961-04-23 (2)PHICHC 9.04017
8Dean Chance23.0011964-06-02LAABOS 9.02015
9Nolan Ryan23.0771970-04-18NYMPHI 9.01015
10Karl Spooner23.0911954-09-22BRONYG 9.03015
11Fernando Valenzuela23.2041984-05-23LADPHI 9.03015
12Vince Velasquez23.3122016-04-14PHISDP 9.03016
13Shane Bieber23.3532019-05-19CLEBAL 9.05015
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Generated 5/20/2019.

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