Marcum's final numbers were not exactly what the Mets hoped for when they took a chance on him this past offseason. After combining to go 54-32 with a 3.67 ERA over his last five seasons, including a 7-4 mark and 3.70 ERA last year when he was a member of the Brewers, Marcum was 1-10 with a 5.29 ERA for the Mets.
That 1-10 mark puts Marcum in a rare club, one that he never expected to join. Marcum is just the fourth pitcher in Mets history to finish a season with 10 or more losses while winning exactly once.
In 1962, Bob L. Miller lost his first 12 decisions before winning his final start. His 1-12 record was almost duplicated three years later by Tom Parsons, who went 1-10 for the Mets in 1965. Nearly three decades passed before the Mets had another pitcher with double-digit losses and a single win. In 1993, Anthony Young lost his first 13 decisions of the season, just one year after losing his final 14 decisions. Young finally earned a win on July 28, 1993, when a walk-off victory saved him from what would have become his 28th consecutive loss. Young's sole victory was followed by three more defeats, giving him the worst one-win season in Mets history, at 1-16.
Bob L. Miller (1962): 1-12
Tom Parsons (1965): 1-10
Anthony Young (1993): 1-16
Shaun Marcum (2013): 1-10
By suffering a season-ending injury, Shaun Marcum's 1-10 record in 2013 is now etched in stone. He has joined Miller, Parsons and Young to become one-win wonders. The quartet have the only one-win, double-digit loss seasons in franchise history, with Marcum becoming only the second pitcher in nearly half a century to accomplish the feat.
Losing and the Mets have gone hand-in-hand for most of the franchise's existence. Even pitchers who won with great frequency before coming to New York aren't immune to the losing bug. Just ask Shaun Marcum.
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