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Heading into the final month of the 2012 MLB regular season, the Mariners wanted to present

some interesting facts about American League Cy Young candidateFelix Hernandez...

2012 Season Is 13-5 with an American League leading 2.43 ERA in 27 starts this seasonleads theAL in shutouts (5) and innings pitched (196.2), 2nd in complete games (5), 3rd in strikeouts (184),

3rd in opponent avg (.218), T3rd in quality starts (19), T6th in wins (13) and 10th with 8.42 K/9.0 IP.

Domination Over his last 14 starts is 9-0 with a 1.40 ERA (17 ER, 109.0 IP), 5 shutouts, 100strikeouts (8.3 K/9.0 IP) and a .183 opponent batting average (70x383) only 2 HR allowedtied for

longest win streak of his career. Perfect Game Threw the 23rd Perfect Game in MLB history Aug. 15 vs. Tampa Bay in a 1-0

victoryit was the 7th Perfect Game in MLB history to be decided in a 1-0 contest, and first in the

AL since 1984struck out 12 batters, 4th-most in a PG.

Shutouts Leads the Majors with 5 shutouts, all coming over his last 12 starts (6/28 vs. BOS,7/14vs. TEX,8/4 at NYY,8/15 vs. TB,8/27 at MIN)is the first pitcher since Randy Johnson in 1998 torecord 5+ shutouts in 12-start spanhas set a Mariners club record for a single seasonjoins BertBlyleven (1989), Roger Clemens (1992) and David Wells (1998) as the only AL pitchers with 5shutouts in a season over the last 24 seasons (since 1989).

Awesome August Went 4-0 with a 1.08 ERA (5 ER, 41.2 IP) and 3 shutouts in five Auguststartsall three shutouts were by 1-0 score, becoming the third pitcher in Major League history withthree 1-0 shutout in a calendar month: Carl Hubbell (July 1933) and Dick Rudolph (August 1916).

Since the Break Is 7-0 with an American League leading 1.23 ERA in 9 starts since the All-Starbreak (4 shutouts)selected to his third All-Star game, but did not pitch.

No Margin for Error Recorded four 1-0 shutouts this seasonis just the third pitcher during thedivisional era (since 1969) to have four wins with the score 1-0 in a single season (all CG shutouts),

joining Hall of Famers Fergie Jenkins (1974) and Bert Blyleven (1976)Don Drysdale and Bob Gibson also had four 1-0 shutouts in 1968

(record is 5, last: Dean Chance in 1964).

Going Deep Has 16 starts where he has pitched7.0 or more innings with 1 or fewer runs allowed, leading the Majors, and already setting aclub record (he had 15 in 2010 Cy Young season)next closest AL pitcher is David Price with 11 such starts.

Felix Quality Start Recorded11 starts where he has allowed 1 or fewer runs in 8.0 or more innings pitchednearly double any other pitcherin the Majors this season; R.A. Dickey & Bartolo Colon both have 6 such startsFelix had 13 such starts during his Cy Young season in 2010.

Giving the Bullpen Rest Pitched at least 7.0 innings in aMajor League-high 20 games(David Price is 2nd with 19). Stingy Allowed2 or fewer runs in an American League leading 19 games(David Price is 2nd with 18). Nice Turnaround In 14 starts since his last loss (June 12 at San Diego) has improved from 4-5, 3.70 ERA to 13-5, 2.43 ERAduring Felixs

14-start run the Mariners are 35-29 (.547).

Run Support Has the 4th-lowest run support average in the American League at 3.84. Something For the Effort In9 no-decisions has a 2.57 ERA (18 ER, 63.0 IP) with a 2.14 run support average three no-decisions allowing

1 or fewer runs in 8.0 or more innings, tied for most by a pitcher in a single season over the last 15 seasons.

Sabermetrics Among AL starters, ranks 1st in WPA (5.2), 1st in +WPA (16.34), 1st in FIP (2.82), 1st in Adjusted Pitching Wins (3.5), 1st inopponent OPS (.579), 1st in Adjusted ERA+ (154), T2nd in WAR for pitchers (5.2), 2nd in WHIP (1.03) and 5th in xFIP (3.28) and WAR forall players (5.3). Stats courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com & Fangraphs.com.

Adding Them Together Over the last four seasons (since 2009), combined to go 59-36 with a 2.66 ERA and 855 strikeouts in 128startsover this span leads the Majors in ERA, innings pitched (918.2) and quality starts (100), and ranks 3rd in strikeouts.

2012 Game-by-Game

Date Opp DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP #P/K RESULT OPP.3/28 @OAK* -- 1.12 8.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 2 104/66 W, 3-1 McCarthy

4/7 @OAK W(1-0) 4.40 6.1 8 6 6 1 7 1 1 102/64 W, 8-7 Colon

4/13 OAK L(1-1) 3.80 7.0 7 2 2 3 6 0 0 107/69 L, 0-4 Colon

4/19 CLE -- 2.76 8.0 5 0 0 1 12 0 0 126/75 L, 1-2 Tomlin

4/25 @DET W(2-1) 2.48 7.0 4 1 1 3 2 1 0 92/53 W, 9-1 Wilk

4/30 @TB -- 2.23 8.0 5 1 1 4 9 0 0 106/71 L, 2-3 Hellickson

5/5 MIN W(3-1) 1.89 8.0 1 0 0 2 9 0 0 107/71 W, 7-0 Marquis

5/11 @NYY L(3-2) 2.29 6.2 11 4 4 2 7 1 0 101/65 L, 2-6 Kuroda5/16 @CLE L(3-3) 3.02 3.2 10 8 6 3 3 0 1 103/60 L, 3-9 Jimenez

5/21 TEX W(4-3) 2.80 8.0 6 1 1 2 7 1 0 111/72 W, 6-1 Darvish

5/26 LAA L(4-4) 3.17 6.0 10 5 5 1 7 2 1 99/64 L, 3-5 Williams

6/1 @CWS -- 3.42 5.0 5 4 4 4 6 3 1 85/49 L, 4-7 Peavy

6/12 SD L(4-5) 3.70 6.0 9 5 5 3 3 0 1 92/56 L, 4-5 Richard

6/17 SF -- 3.52 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 0 113/79 W, 2-1 Bumgarner

6/23 @SD W(5-5) 3.36 7.0 6 1 1 1 10 0 0 94/64 W, 5-1 Marquis

6/28 BOS W(6-5) 3.09 9.0 5 0 0 1 13 0 0 128/84 W, 1-0 Morales

7/3 BAL -- 3.26 5.1 8 4 4 0 8 0 0 90/62 L, 4-5 Chen

7/8 @OAK -- 3.13 7.2 6 1 1 3 6 0 0 114/67 L, 1-2 Colon

7/14 TEX W(7-5) 2.92 9.0 3 0 0 0 12 0 0 107/74 W, 7-0 Darvish

7/19 @KC W(8-5) 2.82 8.0 8 1 1 1 3 0 0 89/65 W, 6-1 Smith

7/24 NYY W(9-5) 2.80 7.1 4 2 2 3 4 1 3 117/72 W, 4-2 Garcia

7/29 KC -- 2.79 7.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 0 101/64 W, 7-6 Smith

8/4 @NYY W(10-5) 2.63 9.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 101/69 W, 1-0 Kuroda

8/10 @LAA -- 2.74 7.0 5 5 4 1 3 1 0 104/65 L, 5-6 Santana

8/15 TB W(11-5) 2.60 9.0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 113/77 W, 1-0 Hellickson8/21 CLE W(12-5) 2.54 7.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 105/70 W, 5-1 Hernandez

8/27 @MIN W(13-5) 2.43 9.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 1 100/69 W, 1-0 Hendriks

13-5 2.43 196.2 156 56 53 46 184 11 11* Game Played in Tokyo, Japan

Last 14 GS -- 9-0, 1.40 ERA, 109.0 IP, 100 K, .183 OPP AVG, 4 ShO

By the Numbers

2.43 Major League leading ERA

5 Shutouts in his last 12 starts

9 Consecutive wins since June 23

11 Major League leading 11 startsallowing 1 or fewer R in 8.0+ IP

23 23rd Perfect Game in MLBhistory thrown 8/15 vs. TB

26 Felix is just 26 years old, andhas 98 wins and 232 careerstarts under his belt

184 Strikeouts to rank 3rd in AL

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