Posts Tagged ‘Tim Lincecum’

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Future HOFers

by Josh Robbins on March 7th, 2011 at 12:16 am
Posted In: History, Josh Robbins

During the past two years, MLB has seen a quartet of legendary hurlers retire.  Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Tom Glavine, and Trevor Hoffman personified pitching greatness throughout their Hall Of Fame caliber careers. However, which current pitchers are most likely to gain enshrinement into Cooperstown? There are five pitchers that quickly come to mind: Mariano […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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MLB ERA at 19-year Low

by Josh Robbins on April 25th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Posted In: Arizona Diamondbacks, History, Josh Robbins, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates

The Major League Baseball season is only 12.5% (1/8, about 20 games) old but it is not too early to uncover pitching trends. The average MLB team is currently registering a 3.96 ERA including the ridiculous 2.46 ERA of the Oakland Athletics.  The Arizona Diamondbacks 5.16 ERA is currently the highest. Amazingly, 1992 was the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Double Shutout for New York Teams

by C. Sven Jenkins on May 5th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Posted In: Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Sven Jenkins

WFAN’s Steve Somers played “The Sound of Silence” over his nightly monologue, sarcastically celebrating a night of offensive ineptitude in New York. On Wednesday night the Mets and Yankees combined for zero runs, 10 hits, and a full game worth of strikeouts, 27. The Yankees were put down by eight dominant innings from Max Scherzer. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Five Month Cy Young Awards

by C. Sven Jenkins on September 1st, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Posted In: Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics, San Francisco Giants, Sven Jenkins, Tampa Bay Rays

As the pitching in Major League Baseball continues to improve, or the hitting continues to decline, a number of pitchers have put together fantastic seasons so far in 2011. In the National League, I’m looking at a four man race between Clayton Kershaw, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Cole Hamels for the Cy Young Award. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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F12 Top12 Last12

by Josh Robbins on April 17th, 2012 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Factor12, History, Josh Robbins, Sabermetrics

Over the last twelve MLB seasons, there have been some legendary pitching performances.   The Factor12 Rating is able to quantify each successful season or failure.  Where does your favorite pitcher rate against the competition? Since 2000, there have been 7569 pitching seasons. Of these occurrences, only 12 times has a pitcher recorded an F12 Rating […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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