As of right now at the All Star break there are 15 pitchers in the MLB with 10+ wins, lead by Beckett and Sabathia with 12 each. Does this sound like a lot of pitchers to have this many wins to anyone else or is it just me?
2007-07-09 08:17:51 · 4 answers · asked by creggz12 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
If that many win 20 games by the end of the season, that will be a lot for these days. 20 game winners are becoming rather rare due to fewer starts and few complete games.
Just a note of interest, when St. Louis played Detroit in the World Series in the sixtees, both Denny McClain for Detroit, and Bob Gibson for St. Louis had 28 complete games each. These days, 28 might be the total for both leagues combined. As you all know, McClain won 31 games that year.
2007-07-09 08:26:52 · answer #1 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. If you look at the ten game winners, it's more about the offensive support behind them, not the pitcher's performances. Just think of it this way, if Roger Clemens had gotten more than 1 1/2 runs per game support the last two years in Houston, he would have won the Cy Young hands down. This is not an opinion, but a fact reiterated over and over by the experts. I will say this though, if we see the same scenario but with 20 game winners at the end of the year, then I would say it's crazy.
2007-07-09 15:26:11 · answer #2 · answered by big mal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the last few years, no, but in the 90's and before, 20 game winners were the norm.
it just means that pitchers have been getting decisions more this year, either with more consistant bull pens or pitching more innings.
2007-07-09 15:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by Jim Shorts 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I think it's about right, but I would like to see more complete games.
2007-07-09 15:23:02 · answer #4 · answered by bucsfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋