Some funny facts from 2006

[Jehrico]

Looking at some stats lines put a few funny things into perspective for me...

 

Maddux was one win away from being tied for the league lead in wins.

 

Zambrano tied for the league lead in wins. He allowed the most walks in all of baseball :shock: He also allowed the second fewest hits per 9 innings in baseball. :D

 

Pierre was the hardest guy in all of baseball to strike out. He was also one of only two players not to miss a game at all last year (Francouer was the other). He also lead the NL in singles, but still had 30 singles less than Ichiro (156 to 186). He also made the most outs in all of baseball with 532. At least you can't say it was from a lack of contact...

 

No 20 game winners in either league.

 

Chuck James had the highest winning percentage in the NL (who the heck is Chuck James?)

 

Solomon Torres appeared in 94 games...and we thought Dusty was bad...

 

The Cubs didn't have anyone finish in the top 10 of the NL in losses (don't know how that happened)

 

Just a few odd facts I hadn't seen yet. Anyone got any others?

[PrimeTime]

Looking at some stats lines put a few funny things into perspective for me...

 

Maddux was one win away from being tied for the league lead in wins.

 

Zambrano tied for the league lead in wins. He allowed the most walks in all of baseball :shock: He also allowed the second fewest hits per 9 innings in baseball. :D

 

Pierre was the hardest guy in all of baseball to strike out. He was also one of only two players not to miss a game at all last year (Francouer was the other). He also lead the NL in singles, but still had 30 singles less than Ichiro (156 to 186). He also made the most outs in all of baseball with 532. At least you can't say it was from a lack of contact...

 

No 20 game winners in either league.

 

Chuck James had the highest winning percentage in the NL (who the heck is Chuck James?)

 

Solomon Torres appeared in 94 games...and we thought Dusty was bad...

 

The Cubs didn't have anyone finish in the top 10 of the NL in losses (don't know how that happened)

 

Just a few odd facts I hadn't seen yet. Anyone got any others?

 

 

Interesting...Pierre hardest guy to strike out in the majors is hard to believe..But he only fanned 38 times..He dosent know how to work the count but he does always make contact.Unfortuantley, they are all slap grounders to second base.Just thinking, compare the strikeout rate of Pierre to Soriano, 38 to 160..Wow that is a big difference,but your getting wayy more production in RBI's and HR's with Soriano in the leadoff spot

[BigbadB]

There is never a reason for the opposing pitcher to waste so many pitches attempting to strike out Juan Pierre. He will rarely hurt you with a bat, so you're better off throwing fastballs right down broadway and let him bounce out to the 2b.

[USSoccer]

There is never a reason for the opposing pitcher to waste so many pitches attempting to strike out Juan Pierre. He will rarely hurt you with a bat, so you're better off throwing fastballs right down broadway and let him bounce out to the 2b.

 

Exactly. There's no risk of him driving the ball, so why waste pitches? Additionally, he'll chase the wasted pitches and drive those into the ground.

[Balsa]

Chuck James had the highest winning percentage in the NL (who the heck is Chuck James?)

An Atlanta pitcher that saved my fantasy team. Rook they brought up, could be a sleeper next year.

 

The Cubs didn't have anyone finish in the top 10 of the NL in losses (don't know how that happened)

Most of the time, they probably didn't get a decision due to lack of innings pitched, plus most were brought up mid season. Marshall went down due to injury.

[Balsa]

Oh, and if Maddux had remained on the Cubs, he would have been in the top 5 in losses.

[badger1679666666]

Most of the time, they probably didn't get a decision due to lack of innings pitched, plus most were brought up mid season. Marshall went down due to injury.

 

For your first point, it doesn't matter how many innings were pitched. If they got pulled after 3 innings and were losing it's still a loss. You need to pitch 5 for a win, but there's no minimum for a loss.

 

Unless I'm understanding your point incorrectly.

[Guest]

Most of the time, they probably didn't get a decision due to lack of innings pitched, plus most were brought up mid season. Marshall went down due to injury.

 

For your first point, it doesn't matter how many innings were pitched. If they got pulled after 3 innings and were losing it's still a loss. You need to pitch 5 for a win, but there's no minimum for a loss.

 

Unless I'm understanding your point incorrectly.

 

you have obviously forgotten how the mighty cubs offense routinely bailed them out.

[nilodnayr]

There is never a reason for the opposing pitcher to waste so many pitches attempting to strike out Juan Pierre. He will rarely hurt you with a bat, so you're better off throwing fastballs right down broadway and let him bounce out to the 2b.

 

Exactly. There's no risk of him driving the ball, so why waste pitches? Additionally, he'll chase the wasted pitches and drive those into the ground.

 

As a leadoff hitter with over 250 PA only Randy Winn edged him out for least amount of p/pa (by .01).

[nilodnayr]

 

An Atlanta pitcher that saved my fantasy team. Rook they brought up, could be a sleeper next year.

 

 

Hes one of the best (if not the best) Braves pitching prospects. Hes pretty interesting...a huge flyball pitcher with a really good K rate. Hes been uber studly in the minors, but thats due to a low HR rate that last year showed was not sustainable in the majors. It also was due to crazy low hit rates. Hes not going to be able to keep those up, but he should be well below league average in H/9 and BABIP given all the fly balls.

[Balsa]

Most of the time, they probably didn't get a decision due to lack of innings pitched, plus most were brought up mid season. Marshall went down due to injury.

 

For your first point, it doesn't matter how many innings were pitched. If they got pulled after 3 innings and were losing it's still a loss. You need to pitch 5 for a win, but there's no minimum for a loss.

 

Unless I'm understanding your point incorrectly.

Nope you've nailed me. For some reason I thought you had to pitch 3 innings to qualify for a loss.

[texascub]

Just a few odd facts I hadn't seen yet. Anyone got any others?

 

Odd Fact: Commo guys have too much time on their hands :lol:

[Wilmo]

Something I noticed recently that I thought was kind of odd. (I don't know if odd is the correct term, maybe bizarre, or better yet whacked)

 

In 2006 the Cubs finished with 66 wins (yes we ALL know this). With 66 wins they finished 17.5 games out of first place.

 

In 2004 the Cubs won 89 games. They finished 16 games out of first.

 

89 Victories in 2006 would have won the division by 6 games.

 

Baseball is a funny game. :?