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October 1, 1982 - 🚨 With a 4-hit shutout, Dave Stieb ends 1982 in style, with his 7th best career start on our #StiebBest37 list. He locks down AL leads in several categories: IP (288.1), CG (19) and shutouts (5); each remaining a #BlueJays record. Read on... 🧵 🚨

3/3: Papers describe Manny Lee and Ernie Whitt crumpling to the field in dismay. Our #StiebBest37 list ranks this the third-best start of Dave Stieb's career. But by measure of pain? Oh, where do you begin? Stieb's line: 9IP 1H 0R 0ER 2BB 8K; GSc 91, RE24 4.49

September 16, 1982 (1/3) - Before the game Dave Stieb tells Reggie Jackson - merely his baseball hero from adolescence - he’s never struck him out. “Don’t worry. Maybe today.” Stieb whiffs @mroctober twice during an 11-inning masterpiece ranked #2 on our #StiebBest37 list.

3/3: We rank this #5 on our #StiebBest37 list. For emotional impact, it's peerless. Also included here: excerpts from Sports Illustrated and the Jays' 25th anniversary book. Stieb's line: 9IP 0H 0R 0ER 4BB 9K; GSc 92, RE24 4.31, WPA .554, No-hitter - that's right: NO-HITTER.

2/3: Arguably the biggest game of his career to this point, this ranks #6 on our analytics-driven #StiebBest37 list. In his least charitable ballpark - the #Orioles' Memorial Stadium - Stieb's outstanding. But Toronto's shackled too, a 10th-inning homer the only support.

3/3: SIU's Itchy Jones and Mark Newman still figure warmly in Stieb's thoughts, as the rookie explains to the Evansville Sunday Courier [see article]. The #WhiteSox game's a gem, ultimately ranking 32nd on our #StiebBest37. Stieb's line: 9IP 4H 0R 0ER 3BB 5K, GSc 81, RE24 4.72

August 10, 1982 (1/3) - "It was one of those games you dream about." Dave Stieb's first two-hitter - a game ranked 12th on our #StiebBest37 list - heralds a 1982 finishing kick wherein 11 of his last 12 starts are either complete games or at least nine innings (1.95 ERA, 106IP).

August 9, 1983 (1/2) - Dave Stieb’s three-hit shutout in the Bronx halts a six-game Jays skid; although Toronto’s fifth in the East, it’s only a 2 1/2-game deficit. In 2023, we ranked this 36th on our #StiebBest37 list. Stieb’s line: 9IP 3H 0R 0ER 2BB 1K; GSc 80, RE24 4.34

We laboured over its ranking on our #StiebBest37 list. It’s not a shutout, it’s not a one-hitter. As you noted, he comes close to punting it away. His stuff was electric that night, there’s no doubt about that. Go find clip #3, Ryan. He even gets a mound visit from Gaston!

2/2: Stieb’s the runaway AL ERA leader (1.95 ERA after 22 starts), but he’s vexed by his 10-6 record (“my won-lost has never indicated how I pitch…I’ll be real disappointed if I don’t [win 20]”). A #StiebBest37 start. Stieb’s line: 9IP 7H 0R 0ER 1BB 3K; GSc 75, RE24 4.78

3/3: On the baseball side of the ledger... Well, the Jays are improving, which despite seething over salary issues pleases the ultra-competitive Stieb. This is a perennially contending Royals team Stieb's shut out twice in 10 days. We ranked this 14th on our #StiebBest37 list.

2/2: KC's manager Dick Howser's effusive: "He was overpowering tonight. I've seen him pitch well before, but that was as good as I've seen him." Hal McRae's impressed: "He's got better stuff than a lot of guys who just get you out." We rank this 15th on the #StiebBest37 list.

1/3: October 1, 1982 - "He's arrived." - Buck Martinez. With a four-hit shutout, Dave Stieb ends 1982 in style - this ranks seventh-best on our #StiebBest37 list - locking down AL leads in several categories: IP (288.1), CG (19) and shutouts (5). Each remains a #BlueJays record.

1/3: September 16, 1982 - Before the game Dave Stieb tells Reggie Jackson - merely his baseball hero from adolescence - he’s never struck him out. “Don’t worry. Maybe today.” Stieb whiffs @mroctober twice during an 11-inning masterpiece we’ve ranked #2 on our #StiebBest37 list.

2/3: Arguably the biggest game of his career to this point, this ranks #6 on our analytics-driven #StiebBest37 list. In his least charitable ballpark - the #Orioles' Memorial Stadium - Stieb's outstanding. But Toronto's shackled too, a 10th-inning homer the only support.

3/3: SIU's Itchy Jones and Mark Newman still figure warmly in Stieb's thoughts, as the rookie explains to the Evansville Sunday Courier (see article). The #WhiteSox game's a gem, ultimately ranking 32nd on our #StiebBest37. Stieb's line: 9IP 4H 0R 0ER 3BB 5K, GSc 81, RE24 4.72

1/3: August 10, 1982 - "It was one of those games you dream about." Dave Stieb's first two-hitter - a game we rank 12th on our #StiebBest37 list - heralds a 1982 finishing kick wherein 11 of his last 12 starts are either complete games or at least nine innings (1.95 ERA, 106IP).

2/2: Stieb’s the runaway AL ERA leader (1.95 ERA after 22 starts), but he’s vexed by his 10-6 record (“my won-lost has never indicated how I pitch…I’ll be real disappointed if I don’t [win 20]”). A #StiebBest37 start. Stieb’s line: 9IP 7H 0R 0ER 1BB 3K; GSc 75, RE24 4.78

2/2: KC's manager Dick Howser's effusive: "He was overpowering tonight. I've seen him pitch well before, but that was as good as I've seen him." Hal McRae's impressed: "He's got better stuff than a lot of guys who just get you out." We rank this #15 on the #StiebBest37 list.

2/2: We rank this #21 on the #StiebBest37 list. The gangbusters affirmation of 1979's early promise startles the media into action: Stieb wins AL Player of the Week now, and April 1980 Pitcher of the Month next week. Globe's Allen Abel's piece on a confident Stieb is amusing.

3/3: SIU's Itchy Jones and Mark Newman still figure warmly in Stieb's thoughts, as the rookie explains to the Evansville Sunday Courier (see article). The #WhiteSox game's a gem, ultimately ranking 32nd on our #StiebBest37. Stieb's line: 9IP 4H 0R 0ER 3BB 5K, GSc 81, RE24 4.72

2/3: Arguably the biggest game of his career to this point, this ranks #6 on our analytics-driven #StiebBest37 list. In his least charitable ballpark - the #Orioles' Memorial Stadium - Stieb's outstanding. But Toronto's shackled too, a 10th-inning homer the only support.

2/2: We rank this #21 on the #StiebBest37 list. The gangbusters affirmation of 1979's early promise startles the media into action: Stieb wins AL Player of the Week now, and April 1980 Pitcher of the Month next week. Globe's Allen Abel's piece on a confident Stieb is amusing.

1/3: October 1, 1982 - "He's arrived." - Buck Martinez. With a four-hit shutout, Dave Stieb ends 1982 in style - this ranks seventh-best on our #StiebBest37 list - locking down AL leads in several categories: IP (288.1), CG (19) and shutouts (5). Each remains a #BlueJays record.

2/2: KC's manager Dick Howser's effusive: "He was overpowering tonight. I've seen him pitch well before, but that was as good as I've seen him." Hal McRae's impressed: "He's got better stuff than a lot of guys who just get you out." We rank this 15th on the #StiebBest37 list.

3/3: On the baseball side of the ledger... Well, the Jays are improving, which despite seething over salary issues pleases the ultra-competitive Stieb. This is a perennially contending Royals team Stieb's shut out twice in 10 days. We ranked this 14th on our #StiebBest37 list.

3/3: We rank this #5 on our #StiebBest37 list. For emotional impact, it's peerless. Also included here: excerpts from Sports Illustrated and the Jays' 25th anniversary book. Stieb's line: 9IP 0H 0R 0ER 4BB 9K; GSc 92, RE24 4.31, WPA .554, No-hitter - that's right: NO-HITTER.

2/2: Stieb’s the runaway AL ERA leader (1.95 ERA after 22 starts), but he’s vexed by his 10-6 record (“my won-lost has never indicated how I pitch…I’ll be real disappointed if I don’t [win 20]”). A #StiebBest37 start. Stieb’s line: 9IP 7H 0R 0ER 1BB 3K; GSc 75, RE24 4.78

1/3: August 10, 1982 - "It was one of those games you dream about." Dave Stieb's first two-hitter - a game we rank 12th on our #StiebBest37 list - heralds a 1982 finishing kick wherein 11 of his last 12 starts are either complete games or at least nine innings (1.95 ERA, 106IP).

August 9, 1983 (1/2) - Dave Stieb’s three-hit shutout in the Bronx halts a six-game Jays skid; although Toronto’s fifth in the East, it’s only a 2 1/2-game deficit. In 2023, we ranked this 36th on our #StiebBest37 list. Stieb’s line: 9IP 3H 0R 0ER 2BB 1K; GSc 80, RE24 4.34

3/3: Papers describe Manny Lee and Ernie Whitt crumpling to the field in dismay. Our #StiebBest37 list ranks this the third-best start of Dave Stieb's career. But by measure of pain? Oh, where do you begin? Stieb's line: 9IP 1H 0R 0ER 2BB 8K; GSc 91, RE24 4.49

October 1, 1982 - 🚨 With a 4-hit shutout, Dave Stieb ends 1982 in style, with his 7th best career start on our #StiebBest37 list. He locks down AL leads in several categories: IP (288.1), CG (19) and shutouts (5); each remaining a #BlueJays record. Read on... 🧵 🚨

September 16, 1982 (1/3) - Before the game Dave Stieb tells Reggie Jackson - merely his baseball hero from adolescence - he’s never struck him out. “Don’t worry. Maybe today.” Stieb whiffs @mroctober twice during an 11-inning masterpiece ranked #2 on our #StiebBest37 list.