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Via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Pitching Game Finder – A.L. leaders, by team, for most “Quality Starts” made before the All-Star break this season:
Tm Year Games Link to Individual Games +---+----+-----+-------------------------+ TOR 2009 51 Ind. Games MIN 2009 46 Ind. Games KCR 2009 46 Ind. Games BOS 2009 46 Ind. Games CHW 2009 44 Ind. Games SEA 2009 43 Ind. Games DET 2009 43 Ind. Games LAA 2009 42 Ind. Games OAK 2009 41 Ind. Games TEX 2009 40 Ind. Games TBR 2009 39 Ind. Games NYY 2009 38 Ind. Games CLE 2009 37 Ind. Games BAL 2009 31 Ind. Games Games found: 587.
So, the Yankees are 12th in the league (out of 14 teams) in terms of “Quality Starts” made in the first half of this season?
Wow. That’s brutal.
Here’s how the Yankees individual “Quality Starts” shake out:
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ A.J. Burnett 2009 11 Ind. Games C.C. Sabathia 2009 9 Ind. Games Andy Pettitte 2009 8 Ind. Games Joba Chamberlain 2009 8 Ind. Games Philip Hughes 2009 2 Ind. Games Games found: 38.
Pretty interesting to see Chamberlain and Pettitte with almost as many “Quality Starts” as Sabathia, huh? So, where would the Yankees starting rotation be without A.J. Burnett, so far, this year? The answer: In deep trouble.
Go figure.
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July 16th, 2009 at 9:15 am
“burnit” has been the anchor lately, just as he was at the beginning of the year before he hit that rough patch…The difference between CC and Andy and Joba is that when CC throws a “quality” start it usually means 7+ innings and 2 or fewer runs
July 17th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
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