{"id":23749,"date":"2013-04-09T06:47:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T13:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seamheads.com\/?p=23749"},"modified":"2013-04-09T06:47:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T13:47:45","slug":"are-1800s-innings-pitched-totals-valid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/09\/are-1800s-innings-pitched-totals-valid\/","title":{"rendered":"Are 1800s Innings Pitched Totals Valid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Should the enormous innings pitched totals of hurlers in the nineteenth century be adjusted based on the distance thrown?<\/p>\n<p>In order to compare eras, let&#8217;s take a closer look at the progression of distances from the pitching &#8220;box&#8221; to home plate since 1876.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1876-1880: 45 feet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1881-1892: 50 feet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1893-2013: 60 feet 6 in<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/60ft6in.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/200px-Jim_Devlin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Jim Devlin\" src=\"http:\/\/60ft6in.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/200px-Jim_Devlin-184x275.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1876, Jim Devlin of the Louisville Grays led the National League with an astonishing 622 innings pitched.&#160; However, the distance between the box and home plate was 29.4 percent closer than the current distance.<\/p>\n<p>A modern day pitcher delivering a 90 mph fastball takes roughly .458 seconds to reach home plate.&#160; The equivalent reaction time for a batter in 1876 of a ball hurled from 45 feet is .3407 seconds.&#160; However, pitchers were strictly prohibited from throwing overhand until 1884 limiting the speed of the pitch.&#160; The seismic change in distances is equivalent of a Little League pitcher (46 feet) moving to a MLB field (60 ft 6 in) from ages 12 to 13.<\/p>\n<p>It was common for pitchers in the nineteenth century to complete 60-75 games per season and compile multiple campaigns of 500+ innings.&#160; According to baseballreference.com,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leaders\/IP_season.shtml\">&#160;the top 85 innings pitched seasons of all-time occurred between 1876-1892<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The most famous of these hurlers is&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/60ft6in.com\/2012\/05\/14\/old-hoss\/\">Charles &#8220;Old Hoss&#8221; Radbourn<\/a>.&#160; In 1884, the Providence Grays right-hander tossed 678.67 IP working from a distance of 50 feet to home plate.&#160; In essence, Radbourn and his contemporaries released the ball 19 percent closer than present day pitchers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/60ft6in.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/images.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Justin Verlander\" src=\"http:\/\/60ft6in.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/images-275x142.jpeg\" width=\"275\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Justin Verlander<\/p>\n<p>The modern day workhorse, Justin Verlander, has led MLB three times in innings pitched&#160;since 2009.&#160; However, the Detroit &#160;Tigers ace routinely compiles&#160;<i>only&#160;<\/i>220-250 innings pitched per season.&#160; The advent of pitch counts, five-man rotations, and monitoring starting pitchers workload has led to the dramatic reduction of innings pitched numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the shortened pitching distances greatly altered the seasonal innings pitched totals from 1876-1892. &#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/60ft6in.com\/2013\/03\/27\/we-declare-peace-on-war\/\">PEACE<\/a>&#160;adjusts for innings pitched totals prior to 1893 to neutralize the eras based on throwing from 60 feet 6 inches from home plate. &#160;Consequently, it is imperative to remember the context and conditions in which a starting pitcher competed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should the enormous innings pitched totals of hurlers in the nineteenth century be adjusted based on the distance thrown? 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