WasWatching.com » Stat Of The Day Blog http://waswatching.com Holy Cow! We never take cannoli from a huckleberry. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:57:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://waswatching.com http://waswatching.com/wp-content/plugins/maxblogpress-favicon/icons/WWfavicon.ico WasWatching.com It’s Time For Yankees Fans To Stop Saying “Count The Rings!” http://waswatching.com/2011/10/29/its-time-for-yankees-fans-to-stop-saying-count-the-rings/ http://waswatching.com/2011/10/29/its-time-for-yankees-fans-to-stop-saying-count-the-rings/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:20:09 +0000 Steve L. http://waswatching.com/?p=33772 Unless they were born before 1945 or something like that.

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]]> http://waswatching.com/2011/10/20/wild-cc/feed/ 4 Gimmie Sevens! http://waswatching.com/2011/10/15/gimmie-sevens/ http://waswatching.com/2011/10/15/gimmie-sevens/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:50:10 +0000 Steve L. http://waswatching.com/?p=33662 I would be nice for the Brewers and Tigers to win at least one more game in their LCS…and set the stage for two Game Sevens, no?

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]]> http://waswatching.com/2011/10/15/gimmie-sevens/feed/ 3 Hey, Something Else A-Rod & Alfonso Soriano Have In Common http://waswatching.com/2011/10/07/hey-something-else-a-rod-alfonso-soriano-have-in-common/ http://waswatching.com/2011/10/07/hey-something-else-a-rod-alfonso-soriano-have-in-common/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:14:35 +0000 Steve L. http://waswatching.com/?p=33563 At least Sori’s came in a win.

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]]> http://waswatching.com/2011/09/09/schoolboy/feed/ 0 A.J. Burnett Set A Major League Record Today http://waswatching.com/2011/09/07/a-j-burnett-set-a-major-league-record-today/ http://waswatching.com/2011/09/07/a-j-burnett-set-a-major-league-record-today/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:43:35 +0000 Steve L. http://waswatching.com/?p=33141 Betcha he makes someone’s heart sing.

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]]> http://waswatching.com/2011/09/07/a-j-burnett-set-a-major-league-record-today/feed/ 2 Welcome To The Club, Ivan Nova http://waswatching.com/2011/09/03/welcome-to-the-club-ivan-nova/ http://waswatching.com/2011/09/03/welcome-to-the-club-ivan-nova/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:16:52 +0000 Steve L. http://waswatching.com/?p=33090 What club?   This one.

In case you’re interested, here are the Yankees, all-time, to win 15+ games in a season during their 1st or 2nd year in the big leagues:

Rk Player W Year Age Tm G GS L W-L% SV IP ERA ERA+
1 Russ Ford 26 1910 27 NYY 36 33 6 .813 1 299.2 1.65 160
2 Andy Pettitte 21 1996 24 NYY 35 34 8 .724 0 221.0 3.87 129
3 Jim Bouton 21 1963 24 NYY 40 30 7 .750 1 249.1 2.53 140
4 Lefty Gomez 21 1931 22 NYY 40 26 9 .700 3 243.0 2.67 150
5 Mel Stottlemyre 20 1965 23 NYY 37 37 9 .690 0 291.0 2.63 129
6 Bob Grim 20 1954 24 NYY 37 20 6 .769 0 199.0 3.26 107
7 Chien-Ming Wang 19 2006 26 NYY 34 33 6 .760 1 218.0 3.63 125
8 Wilcy Moore 19 1927 30 NYY 50 12 7 .731 13 213.0 2.28 171
9 Johnny Kucks 18 1956 22 NYY 34 31 9 .667 0 224.1 3.85 101
10 Whitey Ford 18 1953 24 NYY 32 30 6 .750 0 207.0 3.00 124
11 Jack Quinn 18 1910 26 NYY 35 31 12 .600 0 235.2 2.37 112
12 Orlando Hernandez 17 1999 33 NYY 33 33 9 .654 0 214.1 4.12 115
13 Stan Bahnsen 17 1968 23 NYY 37 34 12 .586 0 267.1 2.05 140
14 Johnny Allen 17 1932 27 NYY 33 21 4 .810 4 192.0 3.70 111
15 Tom Sturdivant 16 1956 26 NYY 32 17 8 .667 5 158.1 3.30 118
16 Ivan Nova 15 2011 24 NYY 24 23 4 .789 0 138.2 3.89 111
17 Hank Borowy 15 1942 26 NYY 25 21 4 .789 1 178.1 2.52 137
18 Johnny Broaca 15 1935 25 NYY 29 27 7 .682 0 201.0 3.58 113
19 Johnny Allen 15 1933 28 NYY 25 24 7 .682 1 184.2 4.39 89
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