Quality stuff v.2010
At the all-star break, Washington was dead last in the league in quality starts – at least 6 innings pitched and no more than 3 earned runs allowed - with only 12. Billy Muldowney, Jeff Sonnenberg and Justin Edwards helped the Wild Things climb out of the basement in that statistic over the second half of the season.
Normal, which finished in fourth place in the West Division and was eight games under .500, led the league in quality starts with 60. I've only been tracking quality starts since 2006, but Normal's total is the most in that span, topping Rockford's 56 in 2006.
Quality starts
60 - Normal
53 - Windy City
49 - Lake Erie
45 - Oakland County
45 - Southern Illinois
44 - Gateway
44 - Traverse City
43 - River City
35 - Washington
34 - Evansville
31 - Kalamazoo
30 - Florence
Normal, which finished in fourth place in the West Division and was eight games under .500, led the league in quality starts with 60. I've only been tracking quality starts since 2006, but Normal's total is the most in that span, topping Rockford's 56 in 2006.
Quality starts
60 - Normal
53 - Windy City
49 - Lake Erie
45 - Oakland County
45 - Southern Illinois
44 - Gateway
44 - Traverse City
43 - River City
35 - Washington
34 - Evansville
31 - Kalamazoo
30 - Florence
Labels: Quality starts
posted by Chris Dugan at
2:15 PM
4 Comments:
Quality Starts, obviously, aren't a "be all, end all" stat. Look at the list:
60 - Normal DID NOT QUALIFY
53 - Windy City lost in semifinals
49 - Lake Erie DNQ
45 - Oakland County DNQ
45 - Southern Illinois lost in semifinals
44 - Gateway DNQ
44 - Traverse City FINALS
43 - River City FINALS
35 - Washington DNQ
34 - Evansville DNQ
31 - Kalamazoo DNQ
30 - Florence DNQ
Teams 2, 5, 7 & 8 made the playoffs, 7 & 8 are in the League Championship Series.
Now, let's look at Team Batting:
.277 Windy City lost in semis
.275 Gateway DNQ
.272 River City FINALS
.268 Southern Illinois lost in semis
.264 Florence DNQ
.257 Normal DNQ
.253 Traverse City FINALS
.250 Oakland County DNQ
.248 Washington DNQ
.243 Evansville DNQ
.242 Kalamazoo DNQ
.229 Lake Erie DNQ
Teams 1, 3, 4 & 6 made the playoffs, 3 & 6 are in the League Championship Series.
This is a hitters' league, regardless of how many "quality starts" teams put up.
Correction--top hitting teams making playoffs are:
1, 3, 4, & 7. 3 & 7 to Finals.
On the other side of that argument, Bob, is the team ERAs in the league:
3.50 - Southern Illinois WON WEST
3.56 - Lake Erie DNQ
3.56 - Traverse City FINALS
3.63 - Windy City WON EAST
3.65 - River City FINALS
3.87 - Oakland County DNQ
4.02 - Gateway DNQ
4.10 - Normal DNQ
4.71 - Washington DNQ
4.87 - Evansville DNQ
5.01 - Florence DNQ
5.58 - Kalamazoo DNQ
Teams 1, 3, 4 & 5 made the playoffs and team 6 led East for all but about two weeks of the season. The Frontier League might be a hitters league (not this year, though) but baseball always comes down to pitching.
Chris Dugan > Bob Gregg
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