Revisiting The Single Worst Start in MLB History

I watched the game where Carlos Rodon gave up 8 earned runs without recording an out and thought, this has to be the worst start of all time. 😕🤷‍♂️

I have a contender for worst start. When playing for the Tigers, Dontrelle Willis once gave up 5 runs without allowing a hit in a game against the Red Sox. He issued 7 walks and several wild pitches. He may have had the yips, but that’s still impressively bad.

I remember watching this game live and thinking “What the heck is he doing??” Glad we got the first round draft pick though.

As a Phillies fan, that's a lot of names in the lineup I haven't heard anything of in a while... glad Nola is still kicking

What this video doesn't describe is that Jeremy Guthrie at this point of time was a 38 year old journeyman pitcher whose best years were long behind him and had just endured the worst season of his career in 2015, and bounced around in 3 different organizations in 2016 in attempts to get one more shot at MLB action. Context is important.

Also to make it even worse, April 8th is his birthday.

I was here for this game good times

You could've mentioned that it was his birthday that day as well.

We really need an LVP Award to honor these kind of performances

Playoff kershaw numbers right there 💀

I attended a game in 2012 that he threw 8 shutout innings in. Then later that season watched a game on TV when he threw 7 shutout innings. Win some, lose some.

I immediately saw the thumbnail and knew exactly what game. I was there as a Nats fan. Not a fun experience.

April? APRIL? It's one thing when its July and your team is 20 games out. Or you burned your relievers in two extra inning games in a row... but letting a starter just eat this much s#!t in April is not a great organizational look.

this start was on guthries birthday

Well, he did earn $44M and win a World Series game, so there's some solace.

It couldnt have happened to a worse pitcher!!! I couldnt stand Guthrie. He was one of those losers eho advocated for netting all the way down the foul line. Good riddance, Mormon loser

How'd your final year go? 135 era. You mean era+? Nope.

Whats your one wish?
"To pitch in MLB"
Wish granted, but theres a small catch...

OUCH!!! 😖 That's all I can say.

Rick Ankiel says hello

That Phillies team was gross

Everyone saying 'I have a contender,' I don't think any of those also happened to occur on the pitchers birthday

Two things. 1) That 2017 Phillies lineup was BAD, and 2) it was his birthday. Baseball gods really gave Guthrie the ultimate middle finger that night

I think we know who the lone downvoter is.

Nationals Jeremy Guthrie and Phillies Howie Kendrick. Weird time in baseball

Love your videos but I wish your voiceover volume was louder.

Roel Ramirez cardinals 2020, home runs to first four batters he faced

As a Phillies fan I remember this well

I remember this, it was Jeremy’s birthday too.

I was stuck in Seattle when I saw the Yanks play em w a name I’ll never forget pitching: Ian Snell. CC started for NY. (2009?)

Seattle’d fried their whole pen in a double header so this poor slob Snell was left out there to the wolves. I think he gave up 14 runs (maybe 15).

Alls I knows is I’ve never felt worse for any pitcher during a game. The guy woulda rather stuck his head in an oven than stay out there watching his ERA scrape the surface of the moon. 😮‍💨😣🤦‍♂️

Stephen Natz also had a terrible start vs the Phillies in 2018 or 2019.

Somehow I don't remember this as a hardcore Nats fan. I DO remember a classic a couple year in which AJ Cole, a guy who bore a striking resemblance to someone I was beefing with at the time, in his MLB debut for us gave up 9 runs in 2 innings only for the nats to rally back by the end and win 13-12. Truly one of the most satisfying games I've ever watched.

Idk Blair Henley was pretty bad, RA Dickey had a couple too earlier in his career.

I attended this game and was just stunned by how unbelievable the scoring was that first inning. The irony being that the Nats were a way better than the Phillies at the time

Watched this game as it happened. My Phillies were absolute trash that year but this game early in the season gave me a bit of false hope

I was there!! My 2nd ever phillies game!

Writing is rewriting.

Look up Claudio Vargas. Lasted only 1.1 innings, gave up double figures.

What's also amazing about that one inning is that that Phillies team really sucked (except for Aaron Nola, of course). They were like a Triple A team. 🤣

Did you film this in a library? Why the fuck is the volume so low lol

nice thumbnail, might wanna fix that

Amazing you can give up a 12-run first inning in modern MLB and not even give up a homer.

even if a pitcher was trying to pitch badly, its really hard to give up 10 runs in an inning. You could throw 85 mph fastballs down the middle on every pitch and you're almost guaranteed to get 3 sharply hit balls straight at fielders before 10 runs score

Damn, that's a terrible inning even in a Little League game.

That's on the Manager. He should have had relievers up as soon as the 3rd or 4th run was scored.

The worst start belongs to the Chicago White Sox.

I was at this game!

2 points. 1st, the stat line 2/3INN 6H 10ER 10R 4BB 0K is a game score of 16. Terrible but I've seen box scores of under 10 and even sub 0 game scores. 2nd, it's cool how Phillies got all those runs and not one single home run.

Haha, wow

Hunter brown vs royals still gives me nightmares