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September 22, 2010

G152: Red Sox 6, Orioles 1 

Orioles - 000 100 000 - 1  6  0
Red Sox - 000 312 00x - 6 10  1
Lackey: 7-5-1-0-4, 111.

Ortiz: Three-run homer (#31); 4 RBI.
Example
Kevin Millwood/ John Lackey
Kalish, CF
Drew, RF
Martinez, C
Ortiz, DH
Beltre, 3B
Lowell, 1B
Hall, 2B
Reddick, LF
Navarro, SS
Millwood has a shitty 3-15 record, but as we can see, he is not that much worse than Lackey, who is 12-11.
           IP     H    R   BB   K    ERA   W- L
Millwood  178.2  214  110  61  120  5.14   3-15
Lackey    194.1  219  108  68  137  4.63  12-11
   
           BABIP   AVG/ OBP/ SLG   RS/G   W- L
Millwood   .324   .297/.356/.468   5.03   3-15
Lackey     .329   .286/.349/.437   3.69  12-11
RS/G is run support.

Lackey: 5+ runs in 16 of 30 starts; 2 runs or fewer in 7 starts
Millwood: 5+ runs in 9 of 29 starts; 2 runs or fewer in 11 starts

Lackey's home/road splits offer a clearer example of why W-L should be avoided when looking at any pitcher's stats. (I wonder when, if ever, awarding W and L to pitchers will be scrapped.)
          IP    H   R  BB   K   ERA   WHIP  W-L
Home   101.1  118  59  30  76  4.71  1.461  9-5
Road    93.0  101  49  38  61  4.55  1.495  3-6
Also at 7 PM: Rays/Yankees.
Example
September 22:

1925 - Brooklyn's Burleigh Grimes accounts for seven outs in only three plate appearances, hitting into two double plays and one triple play.

1936 - The Tigers sweep the Browns 12-0 and 14-0, the biggest double shutout in MLB history.

1968 - Minnesota's Cesar Tovar plays one inning at each position. At that time, Bert Campaneris (Oakland's shortstop in this game) was the only other player to have done it (September 8, 1965).
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35 comments:

  1. laura kSeptember 22, 2010 at 12:51 PM

    Burleigh Grimes

    An excellent name, right out of a children's book or a detective novel.

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  2. timSeptember 22, 2010 at 1:08 PM

    Drunk on all-inclusive booze and in Panama, next to a boozed-out steph.

    Fuck this shit, red sox - win 'em all from here on out!

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  3. timSeptember 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    Time to go listen to the second half of "Let it Bleed" whilst enjoying a "cerveza" on the patio! On such a stones kick since that movie.

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  4. mattymattySeptember 22, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    I'd be all for awarding a win to a pitcher if he pitches nine innings, allows zero runs, and hits a home run. Short of that, its a team stat.

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  5. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 3:28 PM

    Fielding Independent Pitching (ERA-type # which removes any advantage or disadvantage a pitcher might have because of who is playing behind him):

    Lackey: 3.84
    Millwood: 4.91

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  6. timSeptember 22, 2010 at 3:36 PM

    Great nap there.

    Still seeking the next Mariano Rivera for Boston, down here in Panama. Its a business trip...

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  7. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    NESN interview with Lackey has him saying his changeup has been (yup!) the best of his career!

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  8. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 4:08 PM

    well, good. nesn tonight, then i can choose nesn over yes at work for the next two weekends.

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  9. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 4:19 PM

    FKR - 1
    MFY -

    ...

    Yep, Don shocked at Millwood's W-L record!

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  10. AmySeptember 22, 2010 at 4:49 PM

    Hello to whoever is here. We just got back from NY where we went to a funeral for my son in law's grandmother. She was 101 and lived a long and happy life. Still sad, nevertheless.

    Anyway, I have missed so much baseball these past few weeks. I can't believe the season is just about over.

    Too much to do to thread tonight, but wanted to check in and say hello.

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  11. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 4:56 PM

    NESN Daily's 12,967th commercial for itself (can't settle on one, I guess):

    "We even read the blogs!"

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  12. ZenslingerSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:00 PM

    Sounds like fun, Tim.

    I believe Lackey isn't downright awful, just medium-bad with a dollop of unlucky. I believe he can still make good on his contract.

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  13. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    BEDAZZLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  14. KathrynSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:19 PM

    PAPI!!!

    P.S. I hate Lackey:)

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  15. ZenslingerSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:24 PM

    Downright Fatherly.

    A drug dealer called me Papi on the sidewalk as I did my morning commute through the Tenderloin of San Francisco.

    Not Big Papi, mind you. Just Papi.

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  16. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    FKR - 100
    MFY - 00

    rain delay in bot 3rd

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  17. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    Well, looky here! Lacky's winning a game. Of course it IS the Orioles. I mean anybody could beat the Orioles, right? I mean, it's not like anybody would even think about losing 2 in a row to them, ya know?
    Oh.....wait a minute......

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  18. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:28 PM

    oh it is very early in this game, not quite yet lackey-implosion time.

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  19. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:37 PM

    Well, the Red dick dong will help a little

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  20. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    Damn, gotta go out for a minute.
    brb

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  21. AmySeptember 22, 2010 at 5:46 PM

    LOL, SoSock! OK, back to the task at hand.

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  22. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 5:49 PM

    all right. lackey thru 6.

    so, tito:

    HAVE THAT PEN READY!!!

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  23. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:07 PM

    jeemer was up ... still is, bard too

    leadoff double

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  24. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    Lacky made it thru 7, eh?
    Not bad. Of course, it IS the O's. And.....oh nevermind

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  25. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:41 PM

    So who gets the call?

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  26. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    Bot it is

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  27. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:46 PM

    bot in his usual 10 pitches per batter mode?

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  28. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:48 PM

    ESPN has switched to this game. Yay!

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  29. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:52 PM

    So I got up from my desk to go watch THAT?

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  30. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:52 PM

    throw away the mask!

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  31. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:52 PM

    Jeez. Throw down the mask and use both hands, dammit!

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  32. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:53 PM

    This water should already be dirty

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  33. allanSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:55 PM

    The water is Muddy!!!

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  34. SoSockSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    "Papelbon ends up striking out the side"

    Not in my book.
    I think of striking out the side as an all-K OTT

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  35. laura kSeptember 23, 2010 at 11:12 AM

    "Papelbon ends up striking out the side"

    Not in my book.
    I think of striking out the side as an all-K OTT

    How quickly they forget. Once upon a time, this was an ongoing JoS joke. After a pitcher allowed 5 runs but got all the outs on Ks, we'd say "so-and-so strikes out the side". :)

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