Three-Year Stats (2001-03)

            G   IP     H    ER   BB   K    W   L  ERA   AVG  OBP  SLG

Pedro      77  502.2  375  127  112  608  41  11  2.27 .204 .260 .303

Schilling  95  684.0  599  233  104  803  53  22  3.07 .233 .262 .376

Lowe      132  514.2  485  200  149  319  43  25  3.50 .249 .309 .358

Wakefield 125  534.1  470  216  195  451  31  17  3.64 .235 .311 .368

Mussina        659.0  602       130  591          3.52 .243 .281 .381

Pettitte       543.2  595       123  441          3.82 .275 .314 .391

Weaver         588.1  639       163  377          4.41 .276 .328 .421

Leiber         373.1  379        53  235          3.76 .263 .286 .405

Contreras       71.0   52        30   72          3.30 .202 .297 .300

I included Pettitte because I think that New York will resign him, especially now that Schilling is in Boston.

Ranking by 2001-03 Opponents' OPS

Pedro     .563

Schilling .638

Mussina   .662

Lowe      .667

Wakefield .679

Leiber    .693

Pettitte  .705

Weaver    .749

Contreras's big-league career is only 71 innings so far, so I left him off this list (if you're wondering, his OPS against last year was .597). Everyone else has pitched more than 370 innings over the last 3 seasons. Boston pitchers claim 4 of the top 5 spots.

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