Some Felix Hernandez numbers to chew on

It's going to be interesting where Felix Hernandez falls in the American League Cy Young Award line, considering he has posted some worthy numbers across the board but, thanks in large part to lousy run support, remains stuck with a 10-10 record.

Thanks to Jeff Evans of the Mariners' baseball information department, the club today produced some interesting highlights to Hernandez's season. Here they are:

He's 10-10 this season with a 2.38 ERA (56 ER, 211.1 IP), 200 strikeouts and 26 quality starts in 29 total starts.

Over his last 5 starts, he's 3-1 with a 0.24 ERA (1 ER, 37.0 IP).

Hernandez leads the AL with 11 starts when he has allowed one or fewer runs in at least 7.0 innings. He has lasted at least 8.0 innings in 12 starts.

Hernandez leads the AL with 211.1 innings pitched. The next closest pitcher is C.C. Sabathia at 194.2.

Hernandez ranks first in innings pitched (211.1), tied for first in strikeouts (200), first in quality starts (26), first in starts (29), second in ERA (2.38), tied for third in complete games (3), tied for third in shutouts (1), fourth in opponent GIDP (22), fifth in opponent batting average (.222), sixth in strikeouts per nine innings (8.52) and eighth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.39).

Among AL starters, he ranks first in WAR for pitchers (5.1), first in Adjusted Pitching Wins (3.8), second in Adjusted ERA+ (169), third in FIP (3.00), third in xFIP (3.26), fourth in opponent OPS (.604), fourth in WHIP (1.10) and sixth in GB/FB ratio (1.78).

In 19 starts in which he did not record a victory (10 losses and nine no-decisions), Hernandez compiled a 3.36 ERA (48 ER, 182.2 IP). In his nine no-decisions he compiled a 1.92 ERA (14 ER, 65.2 IP).

In 10 losses, he has received seven total runs of support (runs scored when he is in the game). The Mariners have scored one or fewer runs in nine of 29 starts and two or fewer runs 13 times He has the third-lowest run support average in the AL this season (3.32).

Hernandez has a string of 16 consecutive quality starts (7-5, 1.44) and has recorded a quality start (at least six inning, allowing three or fewer earned runs) in 39 of his past 42 starts, including a club-record streak of 18 straight quality starts from Aug. 1, 2009 to April 26, 2010.

Hernandez has a single-season club record with 20 consecutive starts (May 23-current) pitching into at least the seventh inning. During that stretch, he is 8-7 with a 1.81 ERA (31 ER, 154.1 IP) with 148 strikeouts.

He recorded his 1,000th career strikeout Aug. 25 at Boston. At 24 years and 139 days, Hernandez became the fourth-youngest pitcher in major league history to reach that mark, behind Bob Feller (22), Bert Blyleven (23) and Dwight Gooden (23).

Hernandez has recorded 200 strikeouts for the second consecutive season, making him one of three Mariners to record multiple 200-strikeout seasons (Randy Johnson had seven and Mark Langston four).

He went 3-2 with an AL-leading 0.82 ERA in six August starts, leading the AL with 51 strikeouts in those starts. It was the second-lowest ERA by a Mariners pitcher in any month, behind Mark Langston's 0.50 in Sept., 1988).

Hernandez went 3-0 with a 0.35 ERA (1 ER, 26.0 IP) in three starts against the New York Yankees (best record in baseball). He pitched a two-hit shutout on June 30, becoming the first pitcher to throw a shutout at new Yankee Stadium.

Over past two seasons, Hernandez has combined to go 29-15 with a 2.44 ERA (122 ER, 450.0 IP) and 417 strikeouts. He leads the majors with 55 quality starts since the start of 2009.

He finished second in the AL Cy Young award race in 2009 behind the Royals Zack Greinke. Hernandez went 19-5 with a 2.49 ERA (66 ER, 238.2 IP) and became the second pitcher in club history to post a season of 200.0 innings, 200 strikeouts, 15 wins and a sub-3.00 ERA. Randy Johnson accomplished it in 1995 and 1997.