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Here are the WAR/1000 batters only in pitchers' first 12 seasons, an attempt to include their primes. This is not a perfect measure obviously and it hurts guys like Halladay (this includes none of his Phily years) and Randy Johnson (only includes one of his AZ years) 7.784 Pedro Martinez 6.482 Roger Clemens 6.450 Tom Seaver 6.190 Walter Johnson 5.950 Johan Santana 5.949 Lefty Grove 5.883 Bob Gibson 5.878 Greg Maddux 5.739 Sandy Koufax 5.621 Roy Halladay 5.554 Pete Alexander 5.512 Mike Mussina 5.414 Bret Saberhagen 5.411 Cy Young 5.398 David Cone 5.348 Christy Mathewson 5.304 Kevin Appier 5.234 Randy Johnson 5.210 Roy Oswalt 5.109 Bert Blyleven 5.093 Juan Marichal 5.079 Dazzy Vance 5.063 Fergie Jenkins 5.036 Warren Spahn 5.026 Bob Feller 5.006 Kid Nichols 4.983 CC Sabathia 4.973 Carl Hubbell 4.879 Ed Walsh 4.855 Gaylord Perry 4.851 Tim Hudson 4.829 Rick Reuschel 4.767 Phil Niekro 4.712 Dave Stieb 4.710 Robin Roberts 4.695 Hal Newhouser 4.660 Don Drysdale 4.660 Mordecai Brown 4.568 Dwight Gooden 4.566 Luis Tiant 4.517 Mark Buehrle 4.445 Jim Bunning 4.429 Billy Pierce 4.400 Stan Coveleski 4.371 Rube Waddell 4.333 Jim Palmer 4.309 Eddie Plank 4.234 Steve Carlton 4.214 Urban Shocker 4.180 Whitey Ford 4.111 Mark Langston 4.098 Larry Jackson 4.018 Steve Rogers 3.816 Frank Viola 3.800 Joe McGinnity 3.737 Vic Willis 3.674 Clark Griffith 3.586 Don Sutton -
Remember WAR is a counting stat, the older guys threw many more innings and were able to accumulate more WAR. Here are the leaders in WAR/1000 batters faced, min 54.5 WAR (Sandy Koufax) 6.66 Pedro Martinez 6.34 Roger Clemens 5.92 Roy Halladay 5.91 Lefty Grove 5.74 Sandy Koufax 5.46 Walter Johnson 5.44 Tom Seaver 5.38 Randy Johnson 5.33 Bob Gibson 5.25 Bret Saberhagen 5.25 Curt Schilling 5.13 Mike Mussina 5.02 Pete Alexander 4.97 Cy Young 4.80 Ed Walsh 4.79 Kevin Brown 4.74 Greg Maddux 4.72 Christy Mathewson 4.72 David Cone 4.66 Don Drysdale 4.56 Dazzy Vance 4.52 Mordecai Brown 4.50 Juan Marichal 4.48 John Smoltz 4.45 Rick Reuschel 4.45 Hal Newhouser 4.42 Fergie Jenkins 4.40 Bert Blyleven 4.39 Gaylord Perry 4.35 Carl Hubbell 4.33 Warren Spahn 4.29 Eddie Plank 4.27 Phil Niekro 4.24 Whitey Ford 4.22 Robin Roberts 4.18 Luis Tiant 4.09 Larry Jackson 4.08 Bob Feller 4.03 Chuck Finley 3.94 Jim Palmer 3.89 Steve Carlton 3.85 Jim Bunning 3.76 Nolan Ryan 3.68 Jerry Koosman 3.60 Tom Glavine 3.52 Vic Willis 3.30 Ted Lyons 3.27 Don Sutton 3.23 Red Faber 3.12 Frank Tanana 3.00 Tommy John WAR isn't the only thing to consider, I would list my top 5 as Pedro Martinez Walter Johnson Lefty Grove Bob Gibson Roger Clemens
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Horrible from Aoki, works a 3-1 count and then chases 2 fastballs clearly out of the zone
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nice job getting out of it by Dillard, why didnt he just pitch like that to Ellis? Kottaras is out of the game so its not looking good
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If Dillard goes 2-0 just IBB Kemp
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get Dillard out of there, you cant walk Ellis in front of Kemp with 2 outs
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3-1 just throw the ball right down the middle to Dee Gordon, come on
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If it comes to it please do not let Parra face Kemp
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1-2 count, Morgan should go
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You only have to deal with this problem if you tie the game in the 9th which was a long shot. Anyone can play SS for a few innings. I much prefer this to the Ken Macha method of assuming your catcher will get injured every game of the season. In this game Macha actually used Randy Wolf to pinch hit with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th, tie game 1 out with the backup catcher still on the bench.
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I really like the move to use Kottaras, you should always do what you think gives you the best chance to tie the game there and worry about the defense when you have to. They could have moved Gamel to SS with Ish at 1B, not a big deal for a few innings. I would have no problem with Prince Fielder playing SS for a few innings if it meant pinch hitting for Izturis in that situation.
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Right now they have it scored as a single + a throwing error which got the runner to second. I don't think that is how it should be ruled but that error did not cost them an out the way it is scored now, so the runs are earned.
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His only value is inning eating when the game is already lost, we could probably find someone to do that for league minimum, Ill do it for free. I'm just glad Roenicke refuses to manage his bullpen or he might bring in Parra to face lefties in high leverage situations.
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He was running towards the cutoff position from the CF throw (Morgan cant even throw the ball to the mound anyways), he thought it was a sure hit up the middle, it was really a great play from Gonzo
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http://i.imgur.com/5Ea3R.gif Nice, maybe we should get a Chico's Bail Bonds racing sausage. I guess Yo and Greinke will swap great and terrible outings all season
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Parra is in, game is now officially over
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Bad news bears, wow. every day you watch baseball you'll see something you've never seen before
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Greinke hung one and he inside-outed in down the line
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Harry, I took care of it
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Everyone was talking about the first ever Wrigley sweep too much and we jinxed this game before it started. I expect about 3 line drive outs today and 2 HRs brought back by the wind
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Im pretty sure the CF on my softball team has a better arm than Morgan
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Clevenger is really good at swinging late and getting doubles down the LF line
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Greinke with a chance to break out the brooms, very nice
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Axford is a beast, twice just reared back and threw heaters right past the hitter
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1-1 pitch was a fastball right down the middle, Johnson could not catch up. That would have been funny, Axford could have gotten a strikeout unassisted.
