Comments on: Graphing the recent decade-leading pitchers http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/22/graphing-the-recent-decade-leading-pitchers/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:06:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: stealofhome http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/22/graphing-the-recent-decade-leading-pitchers/comment-page-1/#comment-100265 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:42:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=32645#comment-100265 I’m assuming this comment was directed at me.

Yes, I know all of those things. Pitcher wins is a useless statistic. I wish they were never a thing. I was just trying to argue the counterpoint.

]]> By: Detroit Michael http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/22/graphing-the-recent-decade-leading-pitchers/comment-page-1/#comment-100244 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:59:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=32645#comment-100244 The problem is that wins are obviously essential to teams. However, “wins” as a pitching statistic is only mildly helpful at measuring a pitcher’s performance because it also is influenced by offensive support, bullpen performance, defensive performance, occasionally scoring decisions, and various luck or random elements.

]]> By: stealofhome http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/22/graphing-the-recent-decade-leading-pitchers/comment-page-1/#comment-100229 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:35:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=32645#comment-100229 Just playing devil’s advocate here, but wouldn’t this strengthen his argument? The argument is essentially “Jack Morris was the super-dominant pitcher of his time and he knew how to win like no other pitcher knew how to win in the history of baseball.” I think that’s the argument at least. There’s something about “feelings” in there too, whatever those are.

Anyway, Jack Morris lead the league in wins at a time when pitcher wins were universally down. He could win even when no one else could.

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