Horses in White Sox
Posted by Raphy on August 26, 2008
The Chicago White Sox currently lead the majors with 4 pitchers who have thrown 150 innings or more. The team is continuing a run of getting the most out of their starters that began 3 years ago. In 2007 they led the majors with 3 pitchers who pitched at least 200 innings. They also led in 2006 and 2005 with 4 in each of those years.
Here are the teams with the most 150 IP pitchers this season:
Year Lg Team Number Players Matching ----+--+---------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------- 2008 AL Chicago White Sox 4 Mark Buehrle / Javier Vazquez / John Danks / Gavin Floyd 2008 AL Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3 Ervin Santana / Jon Garland / Joe Saunders 2008 NL Chicago Cubs 3 Ryan Dempster / Ted Lilly / Carlos Zambrano 2008 NL Cincinnati Reds 3 Johnny Cueto / Edinson Volquez / Bronson Arroyo 2008 AL Detroit Tigers 3 Kenny Rogers / Justin Verlander / Nate Robertson 2008 NL Los Angeles Dodgers 3 Chad Billingsley / Derek Lowe / Hiroki Kuroda 2008 NL New York Mets 3 Oliver Perez / Johan Santana / Mike Pelfrey 2008 AL Tampa Bay Rays 3 Andy Sonnanstine / James Shields / Matt Garza 2008 NL Arizona Diamondbacks 2 Brandon Webb / Danny Haren 2008 AL Baltimore Orioles 2 Jeremy Guthrie / Daniel Cabrera 2008 NL Colorado Rockies 2 Ubaldo Jimenez / Aaron Cook 2008 NL Florida Marlins 2 Ricky Nolasco / Scott Olsen 2008 NL Houston Astros 2 Brandon Backe / Roy Oswalt 2008 AL Kansas City Royals 2 Gil Meche / Zack Greinke 2008 AL New York Yankees 2 Mike Mussina / Andy Pettitte 2008 NL Philadelphia Phillies 2 Cole Hamels / Jamie Moyer 2008 NL Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Zach Duke / Paul Maholm 2008 NL San Francisco Giants 2 Matt Cain / Tim Lincecum 2008 NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 Kyle Lohse / Braden Looper 2008 AL Toronto Blue Jays 2 A.J. Burnett / Roy Halladay 2008 NL Atlanta Braves 1 Jair Jurrjens 2008 AL Boston Red Sox 1 Jon Lester 2008 AL Cleveland Indians 1 Cliff Lee 2008 NL Milwaukee Brewers 1 Ben Sheets 2008 AL Minnesota Twins 1 Nick Blackburn 2008 NL San Diego Padres 1 Greg Maddux 2008 AL Seattle Mariners 1 Felix Hernandez 2008 NL Washington Nationals 1 Tim Redding
August 27th, 2008 at 12:24 am
To put this in a little perspective, the 1905 Braves had three pitchers who put in over 330 innings each.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:16 am
There have been about 25 teams with two pitchers with at least 400 IP, all in the 1880s and '90s. One of those teams had two pitchers with at least 500 IP, the '86 Giants led by Tim Keefe and Mickey Welch. They pitched all but 27 of the team's IP that season. From 1885-1889, Keefe and Welch combined for 324 wins for New York.
There were about a dozen teams with three pitchers with at least 300 IP, the last the '06 iteration of Gerry's Braves.
About a dozen teams with four pitchers with at least 250 IP, most in the nineteen-aughts, the last in 1943.
22 teams with five pitchers with at least 200 IP. Most were in the deadball era, a few straggled into the '20s. The last was the notorious 1980 Athletics.
About 30 teams had six pitchers who qualified for the ERA title (1 IP per team game). Most were from the deadball era through the '20s, the last was the '50 Cardinals.
The 2002 Padres had the most pitchers with at least one game -- 37.
August 27th, 2008 at 11:11 am
You must have run this list early on the 26th. Jered Weaver hit 154.0 IP on 8-25-08 so the Angels should also have 4 pitchers on the list.