Quality stuff
One of the statistics I keep throughout the season is quality starts. If a starting pitcher goes six innings and gives up three earned runs or less, he gets a quality start. This, however, is not an official Frontier League statistic.
Here are the quality starts for each team this season:
53 - Traverse City
49 - Kalamazoo
44 - Gateway
44 - Southern Illinois
42 - Rockford
42 - Windy City
40 - Florence
37 - Midwest
34 - Washington
33 - River City
28 - Evansville
27 - Chillicothe
Washington had 38 quality starts last year and 44 in 2006. The 53 quality starts by Traverse City is the most in the league since I've been keeping the statistics.
Here are the quality starts for each team this season:
53 - Traverse City
49 - Kalamazoo
44 - Gateway
44 - Southern Illinois
42 - Rockford
42 - Windy City
40 - Florence
37 - Midwest
34 - Washington
33 - River City
28 - Evansville
27 - Chillicothe
Washington had 38 quality starts last year and 44 in 2006. The 53 quality starts by Traverse City is the most in the league since I've been keeping the statistics.
posted by Chris Dugan at
3:15 PM
4 Comments:
Chris,with Washington's 34 quality starts, could you supply a breakdown among the Washington starters and what % of their starts were quality?
Overall 34 out of 96 starts is 35% of quality starts. I have a feeling it might be a surprise between pitchers.
Thanks
llib:
Ask and you shall receive. Here are the percentages of quality starts by pitcher:
Schellinger - 56.3%
Dunn - 42.9%
Groh - 42.9%
Ledbetter - 38.1%
Hollenbeck - 33.3%
Eisenberg - 20%
Dempsey, Stidfole and Wladyka each made at least one start but did not register a quality start. Schellinger had the most quality starts with 9, followed by Ledbetter with 8.
While "quality starts" is ONE statistical measure, it is only that. It is supposed to indicate how often a pitcher has given his team the best opportunity to win.
There are teams that 3 ER over 6 innings is too many to overcome, yet it is a quality start.
There are teams that can handle 4 or more ER over 6 innings without thinking about it.
Here's another number, over the long-haul, that is, albeit, ONE statistical measurement: How many times does the team win when so&so starts?
Would I like to see more quality starts from a team that was supposed to have the starting pitching as a tremendous strength? Absolutely.
Is, failure to reach that measure, an indictment of simply the starter? NO.
Take a look at the Ledbetter & Hollenbeck's numbers. Too many homeruns allowed. But why? They are veteran pitchers with a mindset of "I'm going to take care of this. We've struggled, we're in a jam. And I'm getting out of it."
Lack of confidence in your bullpen leads, sometimes, to losing a statistical quality start. Overconfidence in your own stuff leads, sometimes, to losing a statistical quality start.
Unfortunately, most importantly, both of those situations lead, often, to not only losing a statistical quality start, but more importantly, the game itself.
That happened far too often in the 2008 season.
Are we really still talking about the bullpen.....?
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