{"id":6382,"date":"2010-07-06T13:40:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T20:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2010-07-06T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T20:40:37","slug":"it%e2%80%99s-not-just-a-year-for-the-pitchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/06\/it%e2%80%99s-not-just-a-year-for-the-pitchers\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Not Just a Year for the Pitchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot has been written this year about the resurgence in domination by pitchers.  It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true that it has been a good year for pitchers but hitters have not completely disappeared although it may seem that way when a player like Omar Infante is selected for the All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, only 5 players batted over .300 with 30 home runs and 100 RBIs.  At the midway point of the season this year, eight players are on target for these numbers and several others are very close.<\/p>\n<pre><strong>On-Target <\/strong>                  BAVG-HR-RBI\r\n\r\n---------------------      --------------------\r\n\r\nMiguel Cabrera              .339-20-69\r\n\r\nJosh Hamilton               .339-20-61\r\n\r\nAlbert Pujols               .305-20-60\r\n\r\nJoey Votto                  .312-19-57     Not yet selected for All-Star Game.\r\n\r\nVladimir Guerrero           .330-18-70\r\n\r\nJustin Morneau              .344-17-55\r\n\r\nScott Rolen                 .302-17-56\r\n\r\nRobinson Cano               .343-16-55<\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n<strong>Close<\/strong>\r\n\r\n--------------------\r\n\r\nPaul Konerko                .296-20-57\r\n\r\nKevin Youkilis              .299-17-54\r\n\r\nDavid Wright                .315-14-64<\/pre>\n<p>In addition, several players are having surprisingly strong seasons with an OPS (On-base percentage plus Slugging Average) more than 100 points above their career average.<\/p>\n<pre>Player                  Career OPS        2010 OPS      Difference\r\n\r\n------------------    --------------   --------------  -------------\r\n\r\nMiguel Olivo               .716             .901           .185\r\n\r\nNelson Cruz                .825             .989           .164\r\n\r\nJose Bautista              .752             .892           .140\r\n\r\nAdrian Beltre              .786             .926           .140\r\n\r\nRafael Furcal              .762             .888           .126\r\n\r\nAndres Torres              .731             .845           .114\r\n\r\nCorey Hart                 .811             .922           .111\r\n\r\nJohn Buck                  .717             .820           .103<\/pre>\n<p>With the resurgence in pitching, some noteworthy numbers are also being recorded by pitchers.  Typically, one or two pitchers might record 20 wins, 200 strikeouts and an ERA under 3.00 in a season.  Last year, no pitchers achieved all three of these targets and the only pitcher to do it in the last four years is Roy Halladay in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Three pitchers are on target to reach these numbers this year and three others are close.  The last time that more than 2 pitchers reached all three was 1974 when 4 pitchers did it (Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan and Andy Messersmith).<\/p>\n<pre><strong>On Target<\/strong>\r\n\r\n--------------\r\n\r\nPitcher                    ERA-W-Strikeouts\r\n\r\n-----------            ------------------------\r\n\r\nUbaldo Jimenez             2.27-14-107\r\n\r\nAdam Wainwright            2.24-12-123\r\n\r\nJon Lester                 2.76-10-118\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre><strong>Close<\/strong>\r\n\r\n---------------\r\n\r\nDavid Price                 2.42-11-90\r\n\r\nRoy Halladay                2.42- 9-112\r\n\r\nMat Latos                   2.82- 9-91<\/pre>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how many of these players can maintain their high level of performance for the full season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot has been written this year about the resurgence in domination by pitchers. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true that it has been a good year for pitchers but hitters have not completely disappeared although it may seem that way when a player like Omar Infante is selected for the All-Star Game. 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