Piniero’s walks
Posted by Andy on April 24, 2010
Joel Piniero has significantly cut down his walk rate in the last several seasons, including a league-low 1.1 BB per 9 innings pitched last season.
Check out the most starts, 2009-10, with at least 7 IP and zero walks:
| Rk | Player | #Matching | W | L | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roy Halladay | 12 | Ind. Games | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.91 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 99.0 | 94 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 81 | 0.95 |
| 2 | Joel Pineiro | 10 | Ind. Games | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.67 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.1 | 62 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0.82 |
| 3 | Carl Pavano | 9 | Ind. Games | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0.90 |
| 4 | Cliff Lee | 8 | Ind. Games | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.41 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0.83 |
| 5 | Dan Haren | 7 | Ind. Games | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.77 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0.73 |
| 6 | Zack Greinke | 7 | Ind. Games | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0.75 |
| 7 | CC Sabathia | 6 | Ind. Games | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.2 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0.96 |
| 8 | Cole Hamels | 6 | Ind. Games | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.91 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0.77 |
| 9 | Mark Buehrle | 6 | Ind. Games | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0.89 |
Not a surprising list, except maybe for #3!! Pavano has always had a very low walk rate but I forget how effective he was last year in terms of lasting 7+ innings in lots of games.