Well done, Repoz.

By the way, the reason we're using ERA, rather than all runs including unearned ones, to figure PRV is that all runs created as a batter are earned. If you're safe on an error, you're credited with making an out in your batting stats.

I'd definitely be for giving the pitcher 1/3 of an inning for each ROE.

Pitchers hitting is one of my favorite parts of the game. I love of when a guy who is assumed to be an automatic out gets a hit.

Quite surprised that Dontrelle Willis is so far down the list

*** love IT when ****

Win Shares for pitchers also takes into account a pitcher's hitting, as well as his pitching and fielding. I trust it more as a total measure of a pitcher's performance than PRV. And for what it's worth, Win Shares gives Carlos Zambrano even more credit than PRV does.

PRV
1. Carpenter, St.L. 2.79
2. Webb, Ari. 2.92
3. Oswalt, Hou. 3.03
4. Johnson, Fla. 3.16
5. Arroyo, Cin. 3.17
6. Zambrano, Chi. 3.35
7. Schmidt, S.F. 3.37
8. Jennings, Col. 3.41
9. Capuano, Mil. 3.44
10. Lowe, L.A. 3.58

Pitchers Win Shares

1. Webb, Ari. 18.1
2. Carpenter, St.L. 17.9
3. Zambrano, Chi. 16.5
3. Oswalt, Hou. 16.5
5. Arroyo, Cin. 15.0
6. Capuano, Mil. 15.3
7. Schmidt, S.F. 14.4
8. Smoltz, Atl. 13.7
9. Harang, Cin. 12.5
10. Francis, Col. 12.0
10. Jennings, Col. 12.0

Where’s Carl Monday when you need him?

Staking out Ohio libraries and computer labs?

And for what it's worth, Win Shares gives Carlos Zambrano even more credit than PRV does.

And it's either boosting Webb or dissing Carpenter relative to PRV.

I love of when a guy who is assumed to be an automatic out gets a hit.

Are you a Cub fan?

Win Shares for pitchers also takes into account a pitcher's hitting, as well as his pitching and fielding.

I think that Win Shares has a fundamental flaw when it comes to pitchers' hitting, though. Win Shares doesn't use positional adjustments on offense--it instead gives more fielding shares to players at more difficult positions. But pitchers don't get fielding Win Shares. Look at Carlos Zambrano's numbers from 2005--according to THT, he had -0.1 batting Win Shares, even though, by my calculations, he was worth about nine runs more than the average pitcher on offense. That's just not right.

Look out Cleveland.