• Yankees Starting Staffs Since 1973 – Most “Non-Quality” Starts

    Posted by on March 25th, 2011 · Comments (3)

    Here, I’m looking at how many times, each season, a Yankees starter had a game with IP<=5 and and ER>=4 since 1973:

    Rk Tm Year #Matching  
    1 NYY 1996 43 Ind. Games
    2 NYY 1991 43 Ind. Games
    3 NYY 1989 35 Ind. Games
    4 NYY 2000 35 Ind. Games
    5 NYY 1987 35 Ind. Games
    6 NYY 2008 34 Ind. Games
    7 NYY 2007 33 Ind. Games
    8 NYY 1982 33 Ind. Games
    9 NYY 2010 31 Ind. Games
    10 NYY 1995 31 Ind. Games
    11 NYY 2001 31 Ind. Games
    12 NYY 1988 31 Ind. Games
    13 NYY 2006 30 Ind. Games
    14 NYY 1980 29 Ind. Games
    15 NYY 1993 29 Ind. Games
    16 NYY 2005 28 Ind. Games
    17 NYY 1986 28 Ind. Games
    18 NYY 2004 28 Ind. Games
    19 NYY 1999 27 Ind. Games
    20 NYY 1984 26 Ind. Games
    21 NYY 1990 26 Ind. Games
    22 NYY 1992 26 Ind. Games
    23 NYY 1983 25 Ind. Games
    24 NYY 1974 25 Ind. Games
    25 NYY 1985 25 Ind. Games
    26 NYY 2009 25 Ind. Games
    27 NYY 1997 24 Ind. Games
    28 NYY 1978 23 Ind. Games
    29 NYY 2003 21 Ind. Games
    30 NYY 1973 20 Ind. Games
    31 NYY 2002 20 Ind. Games
    32 NYY 1977 20 Ind. Games
    33 NYY 1998 19 Ind. Games
    34 NYY 1979 18 Ind. Games
    35 NYY 1994 15 Ind. Games
    36 NYY 1975 15 Ind. Games
    37 NYY 1981 14 Ind. Games
    38 NYY 1976 14 Ind. Games
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
    Generated 3/25/2011.

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    Thank goodness for that bullpen in 1996, eh?  Well, that and Pettitte and Cone.  And, I wonder where 2011 will fall on this list?  I’m thinking it cracks the top ten, for sure.

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    Comments on Yankees Starting Staffs Since 1973 – Most “Non-Quality” Starts

    1. MJ Recanati
      March 25th, 2011 | 1:09 pm

      Steve Lombardi wrote:

      Thank goodness for that bullpen in 1996, eh? Well, that and Pettitte and Cone. And, I wonder where 2011 will fall on this list? I’m thinking it cracks the top ten, for sure.

      If you look at the top-10 of this perhaps dubious list, you’ll find five playoff teams, including two WS champions and a team that made the ALCS.

      I’d rather not be on this list than be on it but, as we can see, it doesn’t preclude success or foreshadow failure.
    2. Steve Lombardi
      March 25th, 2011 | 1:39 pm

      Those two World Series champions got a lot of favorable breaks in those WS. The 1996 WS was full of crazy things that went the Yankees way. The one in 2000 didn’t have as many, but, it had some key things swing the Yankees way.

      In any event, yes, getting 30-some really crappy starts a season is not a lock for meaning a bad season. The key is what you did in those games. Did the bats or bullpen bail you out? I would bet that was the case in those seasons where the Yanks still did well. But, in seasons where the team sucked, I get most of those 30-something games ended up in losses.
    3. Raf
      March 25th, 2011 | 2:54 pm

      Steve Lombardi wrote:

      Those two World Series champions got a lot of favorable breaks in those WS. The 1996 WS was full of crazy things that went the Yankees way. The one in 2000 didn’t have as many, but, it had some key things swing the Yankees way.

      Tis the nature of the postseason, where random bounces, errors, missed calls, etc will influence a game and or a series.

      But, in seasons where the team sucked, I get most of those 30-something games ended up in losses.

      To that note, I guess there were 5 years (1982, 1989-92) where the team finished below .500

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