And, The 2010 A.L. Cy Young Award Goes To…
Posted by Steve L. on November 17th, 2010 · Comments (4)
…well, how can it not be “King Felix”?
See the numbers:
Pitcher RSAA IP N_W N_L BR/9 IP vs Lge Avg 1 Felix Hernandez 41 249.2 18 7 2.63 2 C.C. Sabathia 35 237.2 18 10 1.46 3 Jon Lester 25 208 18 10 1.19 4 David Price 23 208.2 16 9 1.48 5 C.J. Wilson 22 204 14 9 0.79 6 Jered Weaver 21 224.1 15 10 2.77 7 Cliff Lee 20 212.1 13 8 3.37 T8 Gio Gonzalez 18 200.2 14 10 0.46 T8 Justin Verlander 18 224.1 16 11 1.73 10 John Danks 17 213 15 11 1.33
Source: Complete Baseball Encyclopedia
But, if it goes to CC Sabathia, it’s not as huge a crime as if the award went to…say…A.J. Burnett…
Are the RSAA numbers park adjusted? Hernandez pitches in a much lower run environment than Sabathia.
RSAA is park adjusted.
What was it Teixeira recently said about sabermetrics?
Advanced stat’s are fine but the one’s most of us look at tell the story too. From LoHud:
The Mariners’ run support for Hernandez was 2.4 per game. Seattle scored two or fewer runs in 15 of his starts. He was 2-10 with a 2.84 ERA in those games. In his nine no decisions, Hernandez pitched to a 1.92 ERA. Let’s not forget he also led the league in innings and ERA and finished second in strikeouts.