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Month of the Pitcher
Posted: May 3 07, 4:50 pm
by TheoSqua
So far this season there are 46 pitchers with at least 27 IP and an ERA below 3.50.
Last season there was 10.
There are 23 pitchers quilifying for the ERA title that have ERAs under the 2.77 that led the league last year including seven with ERAs under 2.00.
Posted: May 3 07, 4:51 pm
by ZigZagCardsFan
Guess they really did stop juicing the baseballs.
Posted: May 3 07, 5:03 pm
by cabby7588
26 of those 27 are probably former Cardinals.
Re: Month of the Pitcher
Posted: May 3 07, 5:51 pm
by Asmodai
TheoSqua wrote:So far this season there are 46 pitchers with at least 27 IP and an ERA below 3.50.
Last season there was 10.
There are 23 pitchers quilifying for the ERA title that have ERAs under the 2.77 that led the league last year including seven with ERAs under 2.00.
April 2006: 30 of 90 (33.3%)
May 2006: 36 of 110 (32.7%)
June 2006: 37 of 110 (33.6%)
July 2006: 20 of 87 (22.9%)
August 2006: 38 of 110 (34.5%)
September 2006: 47 of 102 (46.1%)
April 2007: 43 of 91 (47.3%)
Below 3.50
Obviously run scoring was down in the month, we know that. Still, in any give month you'd seem to expect about a third of the pitchers in the league to have an ERA under 3.50 that pitched 27 innings.
Posted: May 3 07, 5:56 pm
by DynamicDynamite
cabby7588 wrote:26 of those 27 are probably former Cardinals.
or at least have been a lefty no one knows out of Pittsburgh
Posted: May 4 07, 7:02 am
by Leeyat
ZigZagCardsFan wrote:Guess they really did stop juicing the baseballs.
Posted: May 4 07, 7:21 am
by Popeye_Card
Keep in mind that it was super-cold around much of the nation for a good chunk of April. In such conditions, the advantage is normally on the pitcher's side.
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Posted: May 4 07, 7:51 am
by mcgee51taguchi99
cabby7588 wrote:26 of those 27 are probably former Cardinals.
Drop that number down just a little . . . some are in the AL and others in the NL haven't pitched against us yet.