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July 19, 2005
Fun Tables and Graphs Make Ranger Pitching Slightly More Palatable
Texas waived Ryan Drese on June 8th. Chris Young pitched respectably in a loss to the Phillies that evening, but ever since, the Ranger rotation has floundered:
Game Set |
RA |
ERA |
Innings / Start |
Hits / 9 IP |
2B / 9 IP |
HR / 9 IP |
BB / 9 IP |
SO / 9 IP |
Avg. Game Score |
1-57 |
4.42 |
4.14 |
6.1 |
9.5 |
2.1 |
0.7 |
2.8 |
5.1 |
50 |
58-92 |
6.91 |
6.44 |
4.9 |
11.3 |
2.6 |
1.6 |
2.9 |
5.4 |
40 |
The home run rate is particularly unsettling. For two months, Texas pitchers displayed an astonishing facility for keeping the ball in the park. Lately, every fly ball seems to catch that center-field jet stream to Green Hill.
Keeping Drese might not have helped; after all, his Ranger ERA of 6.46 is actually higher than the rotation’s ERA since his departure. On the other hand, replacements John Wasdin and C.J. Wilson have fared even worse on the whole, with Wasdin’s out-of-body experience on June 28th (eight innings, one run) providing a memorable exception.
Posted by Lucas at July 19, 2005 12:46 AM