Rotation “Anchors” In The Stein Era
Posted by Steve L. on January 2nd, 2009 · Comments (3)
Ah, the stuff that nightmares are made from…
Here’s a fun little list for today, via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Pitching Season Finder. It’s the 25 worst “ERA+” postings by Yankees pitchers in the “Steinbrenner Era” (meaning 1973 to date) where the pitcher made at least 8 starts in season.
Cnt Player ERA+ GS Year Age Tm +----+-----------------+----+---+----+---+---+ 1 Ian Kennedy 53 9 2008 23 NYY 2 Ed Figueroa 56 9 1980 31 NYY 3 Jeff Johnson 59 8 1992 25 NYY 4 Shane Rawley 61 10 1984 28 NYY 5 Hideki Irabu 63 9 1997 28 NYY 6 Tim Leary 64 18 1991 32 NYY 7 Shawn Chacon 65 11 2006 28 NYY 8 Kevin Brown 65 13 2005 40 NYY 9 Philip Hughes 65 8 2008 22 NYY 10 Doyle Alexander 65 11 1982 31 NYY 11 Wade Taylor 66 22 1991 25 NYY 12 Tommy John 66 10 1989 46 NYY 13 Steve Trout 67 9 1987 29 NYY 14 Ken Holtzman 68 11 1977 31 NYY 15 Dave LaPoint 69 20 1989 29 NYY 16 Sterling Hitchcoc 69 9 2001 30 NYY 17 Richard Dotson 69 9 1989 30 NYY 18 Jaret Wright 70 13 2005 29 NYY 19 Jeff Johnson 70 23 1991 24 NYY 20 David Cone 70 29 2000 37 NYY 21 Chuck Cary 70 9 1991 31 NYY 22 Marty Bystrom 71 8 1985 26 NYY 23 Tim Leary 71 15 1992 33 NYY 24 Terry Mulholland 71 19 1994 31 NYY 25 Kei Igawa 72 12 2007 27 NYY
Man, 1991 was an ugly year. And, 24% of the “top” 25 have come since 2005. No shock there, huh?
And, 24% of the “top” 25 have come since 2005.
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Kinda wonder why you went with a percentage instead of a number…
Anyway,
Ian Kennedy: Still figures into the Yankees plan
Shawn Chacon: Injured in 2006, unsustainable peripherals in 2005.
Kevin Brown: Injured in 2005
Philip Hughes: still figures in the Yanks plans
Jaret Wright: Injured (shocker, I know!) in 2005
Kei Igawa: Profiled as a back of a rotation starter, he probably wishes he were injured
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I’ll never forget how great a move it was to get Tim Leary from the Reds. In his best season for the Yanks, the guy lost 19 games.