Showing posts with label wins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wins. Show all posts

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Yet another reason why the win is the dumbest stat in baseball

Take a look at these two pitching lines from last night's game versus the A's.

PitcherIPH RERBBSOHR
Liriano75112100
Burnett.1000000

Guess who got credit for the win?

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

I like pitchers with a 7.00 ERA, seriously

Twins general manager Bill Smith, on Livan Hernandez, who improved to 10-6 with a 5.29 earned-run average with Saturday's victory over Texas:

"I'll take the (10) wins. Who do you want, a guy who's 10-15 with a 2.80 ERA or a guy who's 16-8 with a 7.00 ERA? I'll take the 16-8."