• Best Of The Yankees Young Guns

    Posted by on October 29th, 2010 · Comments (3)

    How many Yankees pitchers have thrown 300+ innings while they were 25-years old, or younger, and had an ERA+ of 100+ over those innings? Here’s the list:

    Rk Player ERA+ IP From To Age G GS GF W L W-L% SV BB SO ERA HR BF
    1 Marius Russo 141 305.1 1939 1940 24-25 51 35 7 22 11 .667 3 96 142 2.95 23 1248
    2 Andy Pettitte 132 636.1 1995 1997 23-25 101 95 2 51 24 .680 0 200 442 3.58 45 2660
    3 Lefty Gomez 125 1084.2 1930 1934 21-25 165 126 24 89 36 .712 8 420 669 3.23 70 4604
    4 Dave Righetti 123 619.0 1979 1984 20-25 146 76 56 38 29 .567 32 260 524 3.14 31 2593
    5 Jim Bouton 120 653.2 1962 1964 23-25 114 83 17 46 27 .630 3 206 344 3.03 59 2650
    6 Waite Hoyt 119 1276.0 1921 1925 21-25 209 153 44 84 61 .579 14 377 414 3.46 47 5473
    7 Bob Shawkey 118 362.1 1915 1916 24-25 69 36 30 28 21 .571 8 116 153 2.46 6 1395
    8 Joba Chamberlain 116 353.1 2007 2010 21-24 166 43 26 18 13 .581 4 143 362 3.77 33 1522
    9 Mel Stottlemyre 111 893.0 1964 1967 22-25 123 120 2 56 47 .544 1 293 501 2.99 59 3683
    10 Steve Kline 110 633.0 1970 1973 22-25 93 90 1 38 35 .521 0 136 207 2.94 45 2584
    11 Stan Bahnsen 108 743.2 1966 1970 21-25 117 105 8 41 40 .506 2 240 424 3.03 68 3093
    12 Doc Medich 108 514.2 1972 1974 23-25 73 71 2 33 24 .579 0 167 299 3.34 44 2168
    13 Hank Thormahlen 108 452.2 1917 1920 20-23 76 53 12 28 18 .609 2 160 124 3.06 16 1853
    14 Tom Morgan 107 433.1 1951 1955 21-25 115 46 38 32 15 .681 15 133 143 3.36 30 1807
    15 Ralph Terry 106 516.1 1956 1961 20-25 100 71 12 31 21 .596 1 143 248 3.45 44 2114
    16 Johnny Broaca 106 378.1 1934 1935 24-25 55 51 2 27 16 .628 0 144 152 3.85 25 1665
    17 Bill Stafford 105 730.0 1960 1965 20-25 163 96 30 43 35 .551 9 249 408 3.48 75 3049
    18 Al Downing 105 841.2 1961 1966 20-25 132 120 10 48 39 .552 2 396 732 3.33 64 3545
    19 Phil Hughes 104 369.0 2007 2010 21-24 103 57 6 31 18 .633 3 130 323 4.20 44 1544
    20 Bob Turley 101 378.2 1955 1956 24-25 63 55 5 25 17 .595 2 280 301 3.76 29 1696
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
    Generated 10/29/2010.

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    It will be interesting to see where Phil Hughes ranks on this list, if he stays on it at all, after next season.

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    Comments on Best Of The Yankees Young Guns

    1. redbug
      October 29th, 2010 | 5:51 pm

      WOW, look at Joba up there on the list.

      And Andy Pettitte. Remind me why George never liked him?
    2. Raf
      October 29th, 2010 | 11:48 pm

      Looks like it just doesn’t happen that often in the Yankees organization, developing pitchers that throw 300+ league average innings.
    3. Corey Italiano
      October 30th, 2010 | 10:18 am

      redbug wrote:

      WOW, look at Joba up there on the list.

      THAT’s how good he was. People forget easily, but he still has the potential to be a pretty good asset. The offseason is crucial for him.

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