Do you know what pitcher has started the most games for the Minnesota Twins and hasn’t completed a single one of his starts?
The Minnesota Twins franchise leader in starts without a single complete game on his resume is Mike Pelfrey but Pelfrey does have a couple of complete games with the New York Mets. Ironically former Senators and Twins pitcher Jim Kaat holds the Washington Senators franchise record for most starts with 11 and zero complete games and he did that between 1959-1960. Oddly enough three of the ten pitchers on the list below pitched for the Twins in 2016.
Twins leaders in starts with zero complete games
| Rk | Player | GS ? | G | GF | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Pelfrey | 64 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .289 | 0 | 341.0 | 197 | 4.94 | 1513 |
| 2 | Boof Bonser | 60 | 96 | 9 | 18 | 25 | .419 | 0 | 391.2 | 317 | 5.12 | 1723 |
| 3 | Kevin Correia | 54 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 26 | .350 | 0 | 314.2 | 162 | 4.49 | 1364 |
| 4 | Pat Mahomes | 51 | 114 | 26 | 18 | 28 | .391 | 3 | 366.2 | 217 | 5.82 | 1635 |
| 5 | Willie Banks | 45 | 52 | 5 | 16 | 17 | .485 | 0 | 259.2 | 191 | 4.61 | 1163 |
| 6 | Glen Perkins | 44 | 401 | 225 | 35 | 25 | .583 | 120 | 618.2 | 502 | 3.83 | 2601 |
| 7 | Sam Deduno | 41 | 63 | 8 | 16 | 18 | .471 | 0 | 279.0 | 198 | 4.26 | 1216 |
| 8 | Tommy Milone | 40 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 11 | .522 | 1 | 219.2 | 154 | 4.79 | 968 |
| 9 | Mike Trombley | 36 | 365 | 132 | 30 | 34 | .469 | 34 | 645.2 | 528 | 4.53 | 2815 |
| 10 | Tyler Duffey | 36 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 13 | .519 | 0 | 191.0 | 167 | 5.42 | 838 |
The MLB record holder in this category is still active and he is Bud Norris (a free agent I believe) with 185 starts and zero complete games in the books between 2009-2016 while pitching for five different teams.
The MLB leader by the way, in complete games is Cy Young with 749 and Bert Blyleven leads the Twins in complete games with 141 which comes out to 41% of his starts.