Who’s Got the Hot Hand So Far?
By Peter Schiller on Apr 11, 2008 with Comments 0
I thought I’d give the starting pitchers a little more than a week before I decided to see who’s gotten off to the best start.
By looking at Wins (W), K’s, Innings Pitched (IP), ERA & WHIP; my choice for hottest pitcher thus far would have to go to Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka with 2 wins in three starts, an ERA under 1.50, a WHIP under 1.00 and almost double the K’s than anyone else with 2 wins up to this point. By the way, he also has the most innings pitched by all 2 game winners up through 4/10/08.
Other honorable mentions go to the following usual suspects: SD’s Jake Peavey with WHIP/ERA of 0.56, D’Back’s Brandon Webb and the Yankee’s Chien-Ming Wang. Some not-so usual suspects are the D’Back’s Micah Owings, TB’s Edwin Jackson who’s WHIP & ERA are both under 1.00 and KC’s Brian Bannister, to name only a few.
| PLAYER | TEAM | IP | K | W | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | Bos | 18.1 | 22 | 2 | 1.47 | 0.93 |
| Micah Owings | Ari | 13.2 | 13 | 2 | 2.63 | 0.88 |
| Jake Peavy | SD | 16.0 | 12 | 2 | 0.56 | 0.56 |
| Brandon Webb | Ari | 13.0 | 11 | 2 | 2.08 | 1.00 |
| Edwin Jackson | TB | 14.0 | 10 | 2 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
| Brian Bannister | KC | 12.0 | 10 | 2 | 1.50 | 0.92 |
| Scott Baker | Min | 11.2 | 9 | 2 | 4.63 | 1.11 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | NYY | 13.0 | 8 | 2 | 1.38 | 1.08 |
| Mark Hendrickson | Fla | 17.1 | 8 | 2 | 4.15 | 1.21 |
| Braden Looper | StL | 11.2 | 7 | 2 | 3.09 | 1.03 |
| Zack Greinke | KC | 15.0 | 5 | 2 | 0.60 | 1.07 |
| Jon Lieber | ChC | 9.1 | 4 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.07 |
| Livan Hernandez | Min | 14.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.86 | 1.00 |
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