Some '09 Stats Fun

Hey Everyone, it's a feature!

I've decided to take a look at some 2009 pitching stats. Nothing too complicated, no WAR or FIP numbers, but some hopefully decent things to think about heading into the new season.

The Best K/BB ratio on the team was headed by 3 relievers: Hoffman, DiFelice, and Coffey (in that order), all of whom came in over 3. The next best guy was (in a limited role) actually Chris Narveson at 2.88. The best of full time starters was perennial leader Dave Bush, at 2.41 Randy Wolf came in at 2.76, up from his career average of 2.29.

The only person on the team (Axford and Swindle don't count) who stuck out more than a batter per inning was Gallardo, who K's almost 10 per 9 innings.

The best ground ball pitchers on the team were Todd Coffey, and then Jeff Suppan, Manny Parra, and Braden Looper. Todd and Soup were near had close to twice as many grounders as fly ball outs, and Manny and Looper were closer to one and a half. On the same note both DiFelice and Narveson had twice as many fly outs as ground outs, with Hoffman and Stetter not too far behind them.

Little less relevant perhaps but still interesting is the wild pitch category. Suppan, though he only throws about 45mph led the team with an even dozen, next was Yo' with that biting curve, followed by... Julio Lugo? Yea, and he only face a whopping 25 batters...

Gallardo had 19 bases stolen against him, and only two runners were thrown out with him on the mound, high leg kick I guess. Best in that category were Suppan and Looper, who allowed only 6 and 5 SBs respectively. Both also had 3 caught stealings. Also, they were the only starters last year who managed any pick offs (2 and 3). Just for comparison and fun, Chris Capuano in his career of 124 games allowed only 13 stolen bases, had 13 men caught, and picked off 28 (roughly 1 in every 5 starts, including 12 in one season, though he did also have 4 balks that year).


Well that's it for now. Have fun, enjoy the game on MLB Network tonight. Brew Up!