Sunday, January 13, 2013

Great Bulls Pitchers: Guest Post

Chris D has again come through with a fascinating bunch of data on Bulls pitching to go with an earlier post of mine. Here 'tis ...

Season Stats

ERA (50 IP)
1) Matt Moore (1.37 / 2011)
2) Todd Williams (1.55 / 2003)
3) Joe Bateman (1.66 / 2010)
4) Rob Delaney (1.86 / 2011) --- This one seems to be missing from your list
5) Alex Cobb (1.87 / 2011) --- This one is also missing

WHIP (50 IP)
1) Winston Abreu (0.77 / 2009)
2) Jeremy Hellickson (0.80 / 2009)
3) Lance Carter (0.93 / 2002)
4) Matt Moore (0.97 / 2011)
5) Alan Newman (0.98 / 1999)

Career stats

Wins
1) Mickey Callaway (34)
2) Mitch Talbot (30)
3) Jason Standridge (25)
4) Jeff Niemann (22)
5) Travis Harper (21)

Losses
1) Jason Standridge (27)
2) Jim Magrane (23)
3) Mitch Talbot (22)
4) Dan Wheeler (21)
5) Doug Waechter (19)

Saves
1) Lee Gardner (77)
2) Winston Abreu (38)
3) Dale Thayer (29)
4) Eddie Gaillard (26)
4) Billy Taylor (26)
4) Dane De La Rosa (26)

Games
1) Lee Gardner (227) -- Holy cow!
2) Dale Thayer (157)
3) Cedrick Bowers (125)
4) Joe Bateman (113)
5) Dane De La Rosa (106)

Games Started
1) Jason Standridge (79)
2) Mitch Talbot (67)
3) Mickey Callaway (64)
4) Jim Magrane (54)
5) Jeff Niemann (53)

Games Finished
1) Lee Gardner (155)
2) Dale Thayer (85)
3) Winston Abreu (69)
4) Victor Zambrano (60)
5) Dane De La Rosa (56)

Innings
1) Jason Standridge (454.2)
2) Mitch Talbot (376.1)
3) Mickey Callaway (375.1)
4) Jim Magrane (361)
5) Dan Wheeler (298)

ERA (100 innings)
1) Winston Abreu (2.12)
2) Jeremy Hellickson (2.47)
3) Seth McClung (2.52)
4) Jason Cromer (2.59)
5) Joe Bateman (2.59)

Strikeouts
1) Mitch Talbot (305)
2) Jason Standridge (272)
3) Jeff Niemann (263)
4) Alexander Torres (247)
5) Cedrick Bowers (246)

WHIP (100 innings)
1) Winston Abreu (0.89)
2) Carlos Reyes (1.04)
3) Lance Carter (1.05)
4) Jeremy Hellickson (1.05)
5) Luis de los Santos (1.14)

Batters Faced
1) Jason Standridge (1970)
2) Mickey Callaway (1633)
3) Mitch Talbot (1618)
4) Jim Magrane (1611)
5) Dan Wheeler (1321)

And then just for fun...

HBP
1) Mitch Talbot (23)
2) Travis Harper (22)
3) Chris Seddon (18)
4) Delvin James (17)
4) Jason Standridge (17)
4) John Webb (17)

IBB
1) Lee Gardner (8)
2) Maximo Nunez (7)
3) Tony Fiore (6)
4) Billy Taylor (5)
4) Joe Bateman (5)

Balks
1) Ramon Tatis (10)
2) Chris Seddon (5)
2) Heath Phillips (5)
4) Mickey Callaway (4)
4) Mitch Talbot (4)
4) Alexander Torres (4)

For the Moonlight Graham, fewest BF -- Mike Wlodarcyzk with 6 in 2009

Comments
It's tough for me to pick "best" pitchers as a lot of them are memorable, but if I had to rank them, I think I'd do this:

Starters
#1 - Talbot
#2 - Standridge
#3 - Hellickson (he was REALLY dominant for his short time)

Relievers
#1 - Gardner (I sort of forgot how good he was, but he was a big reason the Bulls won back to back)
#2 - Abreu
#3 - Bateman

Callaway shows up a lot in these lists, but I didn't see him pitch that I can recall, but a 1998-2000 era fan would probably remember him based on the numbers above.

Search on a player's name at Baseball-Reference.com for major and minor league careers of all of these players.

3 comments:

  1. Conspicuous by his absence is David Price. His performance wasn't good while with us, but I know he was working on stuff.

    Dave

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  2. The absence of ballplayers like David Price (and Evan Longoria) is something of a theme of this series. The question we are trying to get at is not who are the great ballplayers who have worn a Bulls uniform, but who are the great Durham Bulls? Price only pitched 52 innings over two seasons with the Bulls and wasn't particularly helpful in winning games (ERA 4+). Is he a terrific ballplayer? Of course he is.

    Over at http://bit.ly/UjG5ci, Eric Bracke has made up a list of great ballplayers who have come through Durham. He's got David Price, Evan Longoria, James Shields, and several others on his list. Worth a look.

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  3. Yeah Chris Wise is spot on here. The wonder players tended to be with the Bulls for short periods or not be terribly good while there. Obviously if you're picking the best pitcher to go through Durham in the AAA era, it'd have to be Price, but this is a Bulls fan blog, not a Rays fan blog.

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