Who are these pitchers?
Posted by Andy on June 13, 2010
Pitcher A:
G: 6
Starts: 6
IP: 30.0
Hits: 37
BB: 17
SO: 27
ER: 27
ERA: 8.10
Record: 1-4
Pitcher B:
G: 6
Starts: 5
IP: 33.0
Hits: 20
BB: 10
SO: 31
ER: 11
ERA: 3.00
Record: 5-1
Click through for the answers.
Both are Javy Vazquez of the Yankees. Pitcher A covers his first 6 appearances of the year while Pitcher B covers his 6 most recent appearances of the year.
The Yankees are the only team with 5 pitchers having at least 6 wins, and the 5 pitchers are their entire starting staff:
| Rk | Year | Lg | Tm | #Matching | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | AL | New York Yankees | 5 | A.J. Burnett / Phil Hughes / Andy Pettitte / CC Sabathia / Javier Vazquez |
| 2 | 2010 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 4 | Nick Blackburn / Francisco Liriano / Carl Pavano / Kevin Slowey |
| 3 | 2010 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 3 | Tommy Hanson / Tim Hudson / Derek Lowe |
| 4 | 2010 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3 | Clay Buchholz / John Lackey / Jon Lester |
| 5 | 2010 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | Chris Carpenter / Jaime Garcia / Adam Wainwright |
| 6 | 2010 | AL | Tampa Bay Rays | 3 | Matt Garza / Jeff Niemann / David Price |
| 7 | 2010 | AL | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 2 | Scott Kazmir / Ervin Santana |
| 8 | 2010 | NL | Florida Marlins | 2 | Josh Johnson / Anibal Sanchez |
| 9 | 2010 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | Chad Billingsley / Clayton Kershaw |
| 10 | 2010 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | Roy Halladay / Jamie Moyer |
| 11 | 2010 | NL | San Diego Padres | 2 | Jon Garland / Mat Latos |
| 12 | 2010 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 2 | Tim Lincecum / Barry Zito |
| 13 | 2010 | NL | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 | Dan Haren |
| 14 | 2010 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 1 | Carlos Silva |
| 15 | 2010 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1 | Freddy Garcia |
| 16 | 2010 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | Johnny Cueto |
| 17 | 2010 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1 | Mitch Talbot |
| 18 | 2010 | NL | Colorado Rockies | 1 | Ubaldo Jimenez |
| 19 | 2010 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1 | Justin Verlander |
| 20 | 2010 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1 | Brian Bannister |
| 21 | 2010 | NL | Milwaukee Brewers | 1 | Yovani Gallardo |
| 22 | 2010 | NL | New York Mets | 1 | Mike Pelfrey |
| 23 | 2010 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 1 | Gio Gonzalez |
| 24 | 2010 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 1 | Brett Cecil |
| 25 | 2010 | NL | Washington Nationals | 1 | Tyler Clippard |
That's a good sign for the defending champs going forward.
Thanks to The LoHud Yankees Blog for pointing out these facts about Vazquez and the Yankees.
June 13th, 2010 at 10:44 am
If we are talking about American League pitchers, I'll take the Rays. They have allowed only 230 runs, while the Yankees have allowed 247 runs. If Wade Davis struggles, they can call up Jeremy Hellickson. If Hellickson was in the Yankees system, the hype machine would be running on all cylinders, a la Joba Chamberlain a few years back.
June 13th, 2010 at 11:27 am
If in the NL, I would go with the Redlegs. That One-and Fout record smacks of Aaron Harang and his luck to me, white Cueto and Arroyo have both been pretty sharp this year. Let's go with Harang and Cueto.
June 14th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Nice. I guessed it had to be the same guy, but couldn't figure out who'd gone to the pen and back out again so quickly.