Friday, August 28, 2009

Checking The Numbers: Whiffing The Pitcher, Part One

Cliff Lee has performed at an incredibly high level since joining the Phillies rotation last month, compiling a minuscule 0.68 ERA in 40 frames, effectively making phans phorget that they were ever engaged in the Roy Halladay sweepstakes. Lee’s junior circuit strikeout rates were generally of the good but not great variety, somewhere in the range of 6.1 and 6.8 per nine innings, yet his 39 whiffs while wearing red pinstripes has resulted in a fantastic rate.

Baseball Prospectus

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