Gonzalez had debuted the year before, but his 2004 season was epic, and I imagine he wouldn’t have got 10 starts on a team which didn’t lose 111 games. Only five pitchers in NL history have made double-digit starts and allowed more earned runs than they had innings pitched. Gonzalez had 48 in 46.1 innings for a 9.32 ERA. Bruney managed to rack up his deficit in about the same innings, and was even D-backs closer for a while, notching 12 saves, until a Hudson-esque meltdown. In the month beginning July 20, he allowed 17 earned runs in just 9.
A history of Arizona Diamondbacks rookies, Part 2: The players
