Pitching just wasn't there. The $30 million dollar man couldn't get past the 6th and this year's Hawkins (i.e. Vizcaino) made a come back awfully tough. Offensive is still trying to find its stroke. Hawpe looked good.
Stat of the Week
I will go easy with the first one...ERA
Earned Run Average: Number of earned runs allowed divided by innings pitched multiplied by nine.
So who is the single season and career Rox leaders for ERA?
Season | ERA | Year | Career | ERA | IP |
Kennedy | 3.66 | 2004 | Cook | 4.47 | 719 |
Jennings | 3.78 | 2006 | Reynoso | 4.65 | 503 |
Reynoso | 4.00 | 1993 | Francis | 4.68 | 636 |
Cook | 4.12 | 2007 | Jennings | 4.74 | 941 |
Francis | 4.16 | 2006 | Thomson | 5.01 | 611 |
And to extend the ERA there is such a thing as ERA+ which compares a pitcher to the league average and then normalizes things based on pitching park factors (i.e. Coors Field versus Dodger Stadium). The formula is:
ERA+ = 100*((leagueERA*(Park Factors/100))/ERA)
Basically if you are above 100 you were better than average and below 100 then you weren't so good. Best Rox ERA+ for a single season? That would be 2004 Kennedy campaign which was at 134. That means he was 34% better than the league. Best career would go to Reynoso and Cook who have a career ERA+ of 109. So maybe Cook was worth this summer's pay check?
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