Chris “LoJack” Carpenter
Posted by Raphy on January 23, 2009
The PI says that SB% is accurate back to 1956. Since then no right handed pitcher has pitched more than 1000 innings and allowed a lower percentage of successful base stealers than Chris Carpenter.
Here are the top 20:
Cnt Player **SB%** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS Pk ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+--- 1 Chris Carpenter 0.38 1537.1 1997 2008 22-33 250 232 25 12 6 100 70 .588 0 1576 768 697 468 1171 4.08 112 174 6518 13 57 2 44 TOR-STL .266 .325 .417 .742 92 44 34 321 25 154 36 58 2 2 Rick Langford 0.39 1491 1976 1986 24-34 260 196 85 10 24 73 106 .408 0 1570 745 664 416 671 4.01 95 160 6328 29 18 4 38 PIT-OAK .271 .319 .404 .723 103 46 52 234 30 111 47 73 10 3 Jim Perry 0.39 3285.2 1959 1975 23-39 630 447 109 32 64 215 174 .553 10 3127 1407 1258 998 1576 3.45 106 308 13732 93 80 3 55 CLE-TOT-MIN-DET-CLE .252 .309 .372 .681 94 134 105 416 77 245 80 126 20 4 Bob Buhl 0.40 2120.2 1956 1967 27-38 358 310 90 15 19 138 106 .566 2 2028 964 847 858 1011 3.59 101 211 9026 47 31 6 60 MLN-TOT-CHC-PHI .254 .326 .383 .709 98 80 56 271 66 176 58 86 8 5 Al Worthington 0.43 1126.2 1956 1969 27-40 572 51 6 1 309 71 72 .497 110 1006 484 423 458 774 3.38 108 99 4788 61 25 2 42 NYG-SFG-TOT-CIN-MIN .240 .315 .352 .667 87 67 43 143 15 64 34 46 1 6 Dave Rozema 0.44 1106 1977 1986 20-29 248 132 36 7 61 60 53 .531 17 1125 490 426 258 448 3.47 117 113 4600 42 29 6 23 DET-TEX .266 .310 .391 .701 90 50 32 152 20 107 42 53 2 7 Al McBean 0.45 1072.1 1961 1970 23-32 409 76 22 5 186 67 50 .573 63 1058 430 373 365 575 3.13 110 63 4518 56 30 6 35 PIT-TOT .262 .326 .354 .680 93 52 27 115 33 143 23 28 6 8 Steve Blass 0.46 1597.1 1964 1974 22-32 282 231 57 16 14 103 76 .575 2 1558 739 644 597 896 3.63 95 128 6780 49 38 4 56 PIT .258 .327 .371 .698 102 68 31 210 46 155 37 44 19 9 Paul Foytack 0.46 1438.2 1956 1964 25-33 284 192 63 7 45 86 86 .500 7 1318 716 648 617 782 4.05 99 171 6128 32 14 8 30 DET-TOT-LAA .244 .321 .388 .709 95 60 39 204 31 115 34 40 9 10 Kirk McCaskill 0.47 1729 1985 1996 24-35 380 242 30 11 55 106 108 .495 7 1748 876 791 665 1003 4.12 99 154 7405 35 34 9 72 CAL-CHW .264 .332 .389 .721 99 40 45 280 44 176 66 73 21 11 Stan Bahnsen 0.47 2529 1966 1982 21-37 574 327 73 16 90 146 149 .495 20 2440 1127 1013 924 1359 3.60 97 223 10701 59 34 3 89 NYY-CHW-TOT-OAK-MON-TOT .255 .321 .379 .700 104 105 69 386 67 199 121 134 9 12 Roy Face 0.47 1130.1 1956 1969 28-41 765 4 0 0 540 93 80 .538 188 1074 443 394 292 737 3.14 117 112 4643 102 12 1 26 PIT-TOT-MON .254 .302 .372 .674 80 82 38 110 26 90 20 23 10 13 Carlos Zambrano 0.48 1382 2001 2008 20-27 231 210 8 3 4 96 61 .611 0 1158 591 534 620 1172 3.48 128 116 5860 30 72 4 42 CHC .228 .319 .352 .671 77 62 23 232 25 124 35 38 10 14 Bob Turley 0.48 1151 1956 1963 25-32 228 160 48 17 33 68 50 .576 11 970 525 486 663 804 3.80 95 113 4987 17 40 2 25 NYY-TOT .231 .338 .368 .706 102 40 38 184 27 90 38 42 4 15 Jack Fisher 0.49 1975.2 1959 1969 20-30 400 265 62 9 65 86 139 .382 9 2061 1024 891 605 1017 4.06 88 193 8452 39 52 4 56 BAL-SFG-NYM-CHW-CIN .269 .325 .401 .726 111 82 42 334 50 177 58 60 12 16 Mudcat Grant 0.50 2441.2 1958 1971 22-35 571 293 89 18 160 145 119 .549 53 2292 1105 985 849 1267 3.63 100 292 10293 59 33 3 60 CLE-TOT-MIN-LAD .248 .311 .391 .702 100 96 64 336 57 210 64 65 7 17 Ron Kline 0.50 1862.2 1956 1970 24-38 673 173 42 7 321 108 124 .466 106 1878 858 755 612 914 3.65 104 202 7889 113 22 2 53 PIT-STL-TOT-DET-WSA-MIN-PIT-TOT-ATL .265 .323 .403 .726 99 103 54 265 57 155 55 56 5 18 Tom Sturdivant 0.50 1068.2 1956 1964 26-34 302 100 22 7 87 58 48 .547 17 981 497 449 407 656 3.78 101 101 4511 36 32 3 38 NYY-TOT-BOS-PIT .246 .318 .378 .696 94 56 41 167 27 79 41 41 1 19 Jon Garland 0.51 1625.1 2000 2008 20-28 278 255 9 6 9 106 89 .544 1 1719 885 807 532 851 4.47 103 205 6945 20 47 0 34 CHW-LAA .274 .333 .436 .769 98 43 55 339 31 190 47 46 7 20 Lynn McGlothen 0.51 1497.2 1972 1982 22-32 318 201 41 13 37 86 93 .480 2 1553 735 663 572 939 3.98 94 127 6469 63 25 3 27 BOS-STL-SFG-TOT-CHC-NYY .270 .336 .400 .736 108 74 47 270 49 111 78 76 1
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Great stat! Great pitchers not only don't let runners on, they make sure they get tied down to the bag. But I think Whitey Ford might be even more impressive. True, they didn't run much in his era, but he's the only pitcher in the Retrosheet era with less than 1 SB allowed per 100 IP. His CS% is excellent, with 33 caught for the 21 stolen, and 44 pickoffs! He picked off more than twice as many guys who stole successfully on him, and nearly as many as ran on him total. I believe he is the only player (and definitely the only one with more than 1,000 IP) to have more than twice as many pickoffs as stolen bases allowed. Kudos, though, also go to Buehrle, Mulholland and Knowles for their numbers. And Kenny Rogers and Brian Anderson deserve some credit, too.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I didn't know that about Ford, thanks. Of course, he and all those other guys you mentioned are LHP.
People (Yankee broadcasters) always make a huge deal about Pettitte, but he's actually not that hard to run on. Yes, he has a lot of pickoffs, but those he doesn't pick off are much more successful stealing against him than against Buehrle, Rogers, and some other contemporary southpaws.
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