Chris Young (SAN) and Chris Young (ARI)
Posted by Andy on August 3, 2007
Let's dole out some love for the two young players named Chris Young.
First, best WHIP so far in 2007 for starting pitchers, minimum of 5 starts:
Cnt Player **WHIP** GS Year Age Tm Lg G CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Pit Str +----+-----------------+---------+--+----+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ 1 Chris Young 0.986 20 2007 28 SDP NL 20 0 0 0 9 3 .750 0 118.2 78 30 24 39 114 1.82 224 4 473 424 15 4 0 4 2 3 3 28 0 2 3 3 .184 .257 .267 .524 46 1941 1266 2 Johan Santana 1.014 22 2007 28 MIN AL 22 1 1 0 11 8 .579 0 148 115 52 48 35 156 2.92 150 23 586 542 22 2 0 3 4 2 7 4 4 3 1 5 .212 .263 .387 .650 71 2213 1482 3 Danny Haren 1.058 23 2007 26 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 13 3 .813 0 155 124 51 42 40 121 2.44 178 12 628 578 26 3 1 3 1 6 6 15 5 0 0 8 .215 .266 .332 .598 61 2443 1534 4 Shawn Hill 1.060 8 2007 26 WSN NL 8 0 0 0 3 3 .500 0 50 37 18 15 16 33 2.70 157 2 204 181 8 2 1 5 2 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 .204 .287 .304 .591 62 731 432 5 Jake Peavy 1.069 22 2007 26 SDP NL 22 0 0 0 11 5 .688 0 145 114 39 37 41 154 2.30 177 4 583 528 19 3 2 6 5 3 13 11 2 1 0 3 .216 .279 .286 .565 58 2341 1521 6 Yovani Gallardo 1.079 6 2007 21 MIL NL 9 0 0 1 3 1 .750 0 46.1 34 15 14 16 40 2.72 159 1 185 167 12 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 .204 .272 .305 .577 56 722 456 7 Jeremy Guthrie 1.085 18 2007 28 BAL AL 24 0 0 3 7 3 .700 0 130 107 47 43 34 91 2.98 149 14 517 473 25 1 1 3 2 5 17 2 3 0 1 5 .226 .280 .372 .652 72 1903 1205 8 Javier Vazquez 1.086 21 2007 30 CHW AL 21 2 0 0 8 6 .571 0 143.2 122 60 58 34 132 3.63 125 19 575 530 28 2 1 3 3 5 9 5 1 0 0 4 .230 .278 .398 .676 74 2254 1457 9 Erik Bedard 1.090 23 2007 28 BAL AL 23 1 1 0 11 4 .733 0 147.2 113 52 50 48 181 3.05 145 17 596 540 20 1 0 4 2 2 10 3 2 0 0 2 .209 .278 .344 .622 65 2383 1519 10 Orlando Hernandez 1.093 17 2007 41 NYM NL 17 0 0 0 7 4 .636 0 104.1 73 38 35 41 85 3.02 138 13 421 368 12 2 2 3 6 3 8 14 3 1 0 2 .198 .282 .348 .630 72 1711 1030
Young is the only one under 1.000 (not that the other guys on this list are shabby.)
Since 2000, a pitcher has made as many as 5 starts in a season and finished with a WHIP under 1.000 just 19 times. (And, mind you, 5 starts is not a very high barrier!) The full list is here, with Pedro doing it 4 times, Johan Santana 3 times, and a bunch of other guys once each.
And now, here's a search across 2006 and 2007, for players in their first or second year, who have at least 20 total HR and 10 total SB across those two seasons:
Cnt Player **HR** SB From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 Ian Kinsler 28 22 2006 2007 24-25 197 797 697 118 187 41 1 90 76 1 111 6 8 10 18 4 .268 .341 .451 .792 *4 TEX 2 Nick Markakis 27 15 2006 2007 22-23 254 1011 911 132 264 54 4 127 84 7 147 5 4 7 31 2 .290 .351 .447 .798 *9/78 BAL 3 Russell Martin 22 28 2006 2007 23-24 224 895 790 124 229 51 6 133 89 9 117 7 1 8 30 8 .290 .364 .453 .817 *2/D LAD 4 Chris Young 21 18 2006 2007 22-23 127 477 437 65 106 22 2 50 28 0 89 6 1 5 3 2 .243 .294 .446 .740 *8 ARI 5 Ryan Zimmerman 20 11 2006 2006 21-21 157 682 614 84 176 47 3 110 61 7 120 2 1 4 15 8 .287 .351 .471 .822 *5 WSN
For sure you've heard of all of these guys, except perhaps Chris Young of the Diamondbacks.
Now if one of these guys gets traded to the other's team, they could become the first teammates with the same name since...anybody?....anybody? Javier Lopez (C) and Ja