Jonathan Sanchez is first pitcher since 1999 to win with 6+ walks and 3+ wild pitches

Jonathan Sanchez’s career-long control problems continued yesterday, as he walked six and uncorked three wild pitches in six innings, but the Giants left-hander also struck out six and held the Brewers to one run on five hits for his seventh victory.
Sanchez improved to 7-6 with a 3.15 ERA on the year and also became the first pitcher since Darren Dreifort in 1999 to win a game in which he had six or more walks and three or more wild pitches.
Prior to Sanchez only 12 pitchers had successfully walked that tightrope during the past 50 seasons:

Jonathan Sanchez      2010
Darren Dreifort       1999
Juan Guzman           1994
Bobby Witt            1986
Rick Sutcliffe        1986
Joe Niekro            1985
Mike Moore            1983
Don Robinson          1982
Rick Sawyer           1976
Bart Johnson          1971
Jim Palmer            1969
Tony Cloninger        1966
Sam McDowell          1964

Sam McDowell is the only left-hander on that list, which means Sanchez is the first southpaw with six-plus walks and three-plus wild pitches in a win since way back in 1964.
Despite a .240 opponents’ batting average and 461 strikeouts in 452 career innings as a starter Sanchez is just 25-34 with a 4.54 ERA thanks largely to 227 walks. In other words, he definitely belongs on that list.