Did He Leave His Career At The Old Park?
Posted by Steve L. on July 17th, 2009 · Comments (4)
HOME Year G PA HR SO/BB BA OBP SLG GDP BAbip 2005 10 270 5 1.47 .250 .302 .351 12 .260 2006 17 475 5 1.41 .253 .298 .339 20 .267 2007 16 443 6 2.00 .235 .293 .348 19 .262 2008 8 213 3 1.13 .241 .324 .337 2 .263 2009 5 93 5 2.60 .379 .413 .678 4 .406 ROAD Year G PA HR SO/BB BA OBP SLG GDP BAbip 2005 8 216 4 1.47 .264 .326 .394 5 .276 2006 17 425 7 1.52 .304 .344 .415 13 .322 2007 14 380 3 1.52 .300 .360 .391 13 .336 2008 7 189 1 2.33 .259 .312 .333 10 .301 2009 7 113 2 1.14 .351 .441 .521 1 .403
Here’s a test for you. The above numbers belong to a current Yankees pitcher – they are his home and road splits since 2005. Can you guess who the pitcher is? Further, what do these numbers tell you?
For me, the key stats here are BA and SLG allowed – both in terms of the home/road splits, year by year, and the home lines between 2009 and those seasons before it.
To me, this says this pitcher really misses the old Yankee Stadium. And, I wonder, now that it’s gone, will this pitcher ever be an effective hurler again, overall, numbers-wise, without having that park to help offset the numbers that he usually posts on the road. (And, it gets worse, now, because the new Yankee Stadium is a homer haven.)
FWIW his last game before he got hurt, he looked like the CMW of old to me…
The numbers tell me that Chien-Ming Wang was injured/not completely rehabbed at the start of the season, as he got belted everywhere, but especially in the new Stadium.
FWIW his last game before he got hurt, he looked like the CMW of old to me…
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Agreed, I was sitting in the bleachers that game and he looked just like the old Wang. Velocity, sink, low pitch count, i believe he already had two dp grounders. Too bad
The BABIP is way too high at home and on the road also…if healthy that should come down.