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September 25, 2006
Minor League Review, Part 4: Bakersfield Blaze Pitchers
About the league and park: Click here. Very short version: The California League favors hitters, but the park slightly favors pitchers.
About the pitchers: 20% of the team's runs (1.14 per game!) were unearned. In Eric Hurley's case, 25%. In Daniel Herrera's, 50%. ERA is of limited usefulness but does a reasonable job of describing a pitcher's performance at higher levels. In the lower minors, not so much.
Between Bakersfield and Frisco, Hurley excelled at everything but keeping the ball in the park. He allowed sixteen homers in 138 innings between the Cali and Texas Leagues, about 25% more than the league-average rate. Should Hurley spend much time in Oklahoma City next year, keep in mind that Bricktown Ballpark ferociously supresses home runs. Any improvement by Hurley in that regard must be taken in context.
Yes, Jesse Ingram really did strike out over 40% of the batters he faced. Ingram, Hurley, and Kometani graduated to Frisco during the season. Herrera converted to starter in August and increased his strikeout rate. 2004 third-rounder Michael Schlact can't legally order a beer until December, but that's not his only problem: he struck out only five batters per nine innings during 2005-2006.
Player | G |
GS |
IP |
RA |
RA+ |
ERA |
ERA+ |
WHIP |
WHIP+ |
HRrate |
HRrate+ |
BBrate |
BBrate+ |
SOrate |
SOrate+ |
Daniel Herrera |
14 |
5 |
53.3 |
2.70 |
198 |
1.35 |
336 |
0.96 |
153 |
0.0% |
inf. |
5.8% |
157 |
29.3% |
152 |
Jesse Ingram |
27 |
0 |
59.3 |
3.03 |
176 |
2.43 |
187 |
0.94 |
156 |
1.3% |
155 |
9.7% |
94 |
41.8% |
217 |
Matt Farnum |
30 |
0 |
50.0 |
3.78 |
141 |
3.42 |
133 |
1.40 |
105 |
1.4% |
146 |
8.9% |
102 |
25.3% |
131 |
Kea Kometani |
10 |
10 |
60.0 |
4.05 |
132 |
3.30 |
138 |
1.37 |
107 |
1.2% |
174 |
5.1% |
177 |
22.0% |
114 |
Douglas Mathis |
26 |
25 |
150.7 |
4.54 |
118 |
4.18 |
109 |
1.37 |
107 |
2.2% |
94 |
7.3% |
124 |
16.9% |
88 |
Eric Hurley |
18 |
18 |
100.7 |
5.36 |
100 |
4.11 |
110 |
1.23 |
119 |
2.9% |
71 |
7.7% |
118 |
25.5% |
132 |
John Bannister |
18 |
18 |
96.7 |
6.42 |
83 |
5.87 |
77 |
1.68 |
87 |
2.0% |
102 |
11.8% |
77 |
24.3% |
126 |
Edwin Vera |
35 |
11 |
93.3 |
6.46 |
83 |
5.21 |
87 |
1.85 |
79 |
1.4% |
152 |
15.1% |
60 |
20.9% |
108 |
Jon Wilson |
31 |
0 |
53.7 |
6.54 |
82 |
4.53 |
100 |
1.77 |
83 |
1.6% |
131 |
9.0% |
101 |
14.5% |
75 |
John Lujan |
38 |
0 |
69.0 |
6.65 |
80 |
5.74 |
79 |
1.71 |
86 |
2.5% |
81 |
13.6% |
67 |
18.3% |
95 |
Michael Schlact |
26 |
26 |
138.3 |
7.29 |
73 |
5.99 |
76 |
1.73 |
85 |
2.4% |
87 |
9.6% |
95 |
12.7% |
66 |
Broc Coffman |
19 |
18 |
83.3 |
9.18 |
58 |
7.24 |
63 |
1.80 |
82 |
2.8% |
73 |
10.2% |
89 |
17.2% |
89 |
TEAM TOTALS |
140 |
140 |
1,241.7 |
5.97 |
90 |
4.83 |
94 |
1.53 |
96 |
2.2% |
94 |
9.7% |
93 |
20.6% |
107 |
Park-Adjusted League Average | - |
- |
- |
5.34 |
- |
4.54 |
- |
1.47 |
- |
2.1% |
- |
9.1% |
- |
19.3% |
- |
About the stats: See the top of this post for explanations and caveats.
Posted by Lucas at September 25, 2006 07:58 PM