Pitchers' Hitting and Fielding
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Pitchers' Hitting and Fielding |
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Pitcher's hitting has long gone ignored. It disappeared from Macmillan's encyclopedia after one wonderful edition and it is has never been included (except in special cases) in either Neft and Cohen's encyclopedia or Total Baseball. Years ago, I wrote a note to the editors of TB asking them to include at least a summary of how a team's pitchers hit. My argument was that this could probably account for a swing of quite a few runs (at least in leagues not using the DH) over the course of a season, a strength or weakness that would not otherwise be apparent to someone looking at a team's statistical record. I suggested other things as well, and although they were gracious enough to thank me in their Second Edition, they decided not to include that information. Well, this omission is at last being addressed. The Bill James Electronic Encyclopedia has complete hitting data on all pitchers, as does the on-line information available from the Total Baseball website. So now that this information is available, was I right? How much difference is there between how each team's pitchers hit? Here's the data for 1996: Team AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg OPS RC RC/9 ATL N 339 67 13 1 3 21 100 0 0 47 3 1 .198 .513 22.2 2.2 CHI N 325 48 12 1 3 16 123 0 0 32 0 3 .148 .413 13.8 1.3 CIN N 322 45 5 0 2 12 118 0 0 36 0 0 .140 .345 9.6 .9 HOU N 331 56 10 0 2 12 116 1 0 47 1 1 .169 .418 14.4 1.4 LA N 350 38 5 0 0 8 140 0 0 51 2 1 .109 .253 5.6 .5 MON N 310 36 3 1 0 23 138 1 0 52 2 1 .116 .311 7.3 .7 NY N 326 36 7 0 3 11 128 0 0 40 3 1 .110 .300 7.3 .7 PHI N 326 48 6 0 1 11 125 1 0 34 1 1 .147 .352 10.1 1.0 PIT N 328 51 10 0 1 9 111 1 1 45 1 0 .155 .373 11.4 1.1 STL N 338 58 13 0 1 18 140 1 2 46 2 1 .172 .433 15.9 1.5 SD N 342 46 13 0 2 7 123 0 0 42 1 0 .135 .341 9.8 .9 SF N 368 56 8 0 0 16 139 0 0 37 1 1 .152 .363 12.1 1.0 COL N 325 59 10 1 2 24 134 0 0 37 0 0 .182 .475 18.3 1.9 FLA N 357 47 4 0 2 13 151 0 0 19 0 1 .132 .324 9.4 .8 Most of these columns should be familiar. "BP" is hit-by-pitch. "OPS" is on-base Pct. plus slugging average. "RC" is runs created. I used a relatively non-technical formula for this: (total bases)(hits + walks + hit-by-pitch)
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at-bats + walks + hit-by-pitch + sacrifice-flies
"RC/9" is runs created per 9 innings. So a team comprised entirely of members of Atlanta Braves pitchers might be expected to score about 2.2 runs a game. This may not seem like much, but it's nearly four times as many runs as a team of Dodger pitchers would've come up with. Perhaps this isn't terribly significant; the difference between the best and worst hitting staff is less than 17 runs created, but I suppose that every 17 runs count. The title for the worst hitting pitching staff of the 20th century probably goes to one of these three teams: Year Team AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg OPS RC RC/9 1965 DET A 402 32 2 1 0 21 180 0 0 33 2 0 .080 .214 4.5 0.3 1976 SD N 340 27 0 2 0 23 99 0 0 49 1 0 .079 .229 4.3 0.4 1968 CAL A 352 33 5 0 0 8 165 1 1 34 0 3 .094 .229 4.6 0.4 The staffs with the most strikeouts: Year Team AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg Slg OBP OPS RC RC/9 1968 NY N 437 52 6 0 2 13 236 2 0 18 1 0 .119 .146 .144 .291 9.2 0.6 1969 NY N 421 46 6 0 1 13 214 1 1 25 2 4 .109 .131 .143 .274 7.9 0.6 1970 BAL A 461 54 8 1 4 28 210 0 0 29 0 0 .117 .165 .168 .333 12.7 0.8 1970 KC A 394 50 10 0 1 27 201 0 0 31 1 1 .127 .160 .184 .344 11.6 0.9 1986 HOU N 378 36 4 1 0 12 198 1 1 33 0 0 .095 .111 .123 .234 5.2 0.4 1967 STL N 439 62 5 1 0 22 190 0 0 26 0 1 .141 .157 .184 .341 12.7 0.9 1964 NY A 455 67 8 1 0 21 190 0 0 32 0 3 .147 .169 .190 .359 14.6 1.0 1966 CAL A 361 36 6 1 1 18 190 1 1 25 1 1 .100 .130 .144 .275 6.8 0.6 1967 CHI N 433 66 11 3 0 15 189 1 0 44 3 0 .152 .192 .180 .371 14.9 1.1 1961 CHI N 392 52 9 1 9 28 188 0 0 22 0 2 .133 .230 .194 .424 17.5 1.4 Determining the best hitting staff is more difficult. The best hitting pitchers often played other positions and pinch-hit. For the purposes of this post, whenever I ran into a pitcher who also played more than a game or two somewhere else, I simply scaled down his offensive totals by multiplying them by the fraction of his total defensive games in which he pitched. For example, if a player hit 29 home runs during a year in which he pitched 17 games and played outfield and first base in 116 others, I calculated his home run total as: 29 * ( 17 / 133 ) or 4. This method only gives us a rough estimate of their hitting performance in the games where they pitched, but here's what it produces as the top hitting pitching staffs of the 20th century (based upon runs created per 9 innings): Year Team AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg OPS RC RC/9 1915 BOS A 455 113 27 4 6 49 113 1 1 29 0 2 .248 .689 53.8 4.2 1921 NY A 493 136 13 4 4 16 80 0 0 31 0 3 .276 .646 51.2 3.9 1901 CHI A 465 115 13 6 6 47 12 15 0 2 .247 .659 50.4 3.9 1918 BOS A 396 98 13 7 2 47 68 2 0 11 0 2 .247 .661 43.3 3.9 1926 CIN N 507 133 16 10 0 33 59 0 0 36 0 3 .262 .645 52.6 3.8 The 1915 Red Sox had seven pitchers with at least 25 at-bats. Only one (Ernie Shore) hit lower than .237. The best hitters on the staff were Babe Ruth, Rube Foster and Smokey Joe Wood. Three years later, two of these guys would tie for third in the AL RBI race. The best hitting staffs of each of the last five decades: Year Team AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg OPS RC RC/9 1950 NY A 439 94 14 5 3 47 71 1 0 32 0 4 .214 .585 37.6 2.9 1961 STL N 442 99 19 3 1 19 103 0 0 23 3 2 .224 .545 32.7 2.6 1974 PIT N 438 96 14 4 2 36 136 0 0 23 2 2 .219 .563 34.8 2.7 1982 PIT N 404 90 15 1 5 15 113 0 0 29 3 1 .223 .553 30.6 2.6 1996 ATL N 339 67 13 1 3 21 100 0 0 47 3 1 .198 .513 22.2 2.2 The staffs with the most runs created: Year Team AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg Slg OBP OPS RC RC/9 1915 BOS A 455 113 27 4 6 49 113 1 1 29 0 2 .248 .365 .324 .689 53.8 4.2 1925 CLE A 547 137 19 6 5 28 100 2 1 22 0 5 .250 .335 .293 .628 53.6 3.5 1926 CIN N 507 133 16 10 0 33 59 0 0 36 0 3 .262 .333 .311 .645 52.6 3.8 1921 NY A 493 136 13 4 4 16 80 0 0 31 0 3 .276 .343 .303 .646 51.2 3.9 1901 CHI A 465 115 13 6 6 47 12 0 15 0 2 .247 .340 .319 .659 50.4 3.9 1927 CIN N 512 132 13 9 1 24 57 0 0 28 0 2 .258 .324 .294 .618 48.8 3.5 1920 WAS A 489 117 23 7 3 36 128 1 1 19 0 3 .239 .333 .295 .629 48.2 3.5 1922 NY A 508 126 21 6 3 18 86 1 1 22 0 6 .248 .331 .282 .613 47.4 3.3 1911 DET A 520 117 21 7 3 42 3 0 11 0 1 .225 .310 .284 .594 45.8 3.1 1931 CLE A 496 109 20 7 9 29 111 0 0 16 0 2 .220 .343 .266 .608 45.2 3.2 Here are the pitchers with the highest OPS in a season. I included only those players who would qualify for the ERA title under the modern definition (an inning pitched or more per game) and who had at least 25 plate appearances (sorry Roger Clemens). Now, I'm not claiming that these are necessarily the best hitting pitchers of all-time (for one thing, their stats are not adjusted for their era or ballpark), but they're close. Year Team Name AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Avg OPS 1925 WAS A Walter Johnson 97 12 42 6 1 2 20 3 6 .433 1.033 1955 BRO N Don Newcombe 117 18 42 9 1 7 23 6 18 .359 1.028 1923 NY N Jack Bentley 89 9 38 6 2 1 14 3 4 .427 1.019 1930 NY A Red Ruffing 99 15 37 6 2 4 21 7 7 .374 1.011 1887 STL a Bob Caruthers 364 102 130 23 11 8 73 66 .357 1.010 1931 CLE A Wes Ferrell 116 24 37 6 1 9 30 10 21 .319 .994 1947 CLE A Bob Lemon 56 11 18 4 3 2 5 6 9 .321 .994 1886 STL a Bob Caruthers 317 91 106 21 14 4 61 64 .334 .974 1918 BOS A Babe Ruth 317 50 95 26 11 11 66 57 58 .300 .965 1935 BOS A Wes Ferrell 150 25 52 5 1 7 32 21 16 .347 .960 And here's a list of the pitchers since 1901 who were better hitters (based upon their OPS) than any of the regular position players on their team: Year Team Name AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Avg OPS 1901 BOS N Kid Nichols 163 16 46 8 7 4 28 8 .282 .807 1901 CHI A Clark Griffith 89 21 27 3 1 2 14 23 .303 .873 1902 STL N Mike O'Neill 135 21 43 5 3 2 15 2 .319 .778 1903 WAS A Al Orth 162 19 49 9 7 0 11 4 .302 .768 1904 DET A George Mullin 155 14 45 10 2 0 8 10 .290 .718 1907 NY A Al Orth 105 11 34 6 0 1 13 4 .324 .764 1910 NY N Doc Crandall 73 10 25 2 4 1 13 5 7 .342 .905 1914 STL F Doc Crandall 278 40 86 16 5 2 41 58 32 .309 .853 1915 BOS A Babe Ruth 92 16 29 10 1 4 21 9 23 .315 .952 1917 BOS A Babe Ruth 123 14 40 6 3 2 12 12 18 .325 .857 1918 BOS A Babe Ruth 317 50 95 26 11 11 66 57 58 .300 .965 1920 BOS N Hugh McQuillan 74 8 19 4 4 1 8 3 23 .257 .745 1921 BRO N Dutch Ruether 97 12 34 5 2 2 13 4 9 .351 .881 1923 NY N Jack Bentley 89 9 38 6 2 1 14 3 4 .427 1.019 1925 WAS A Walter Johnson 97 12 42 6 1 2 20 3 6 .433 1.033 1927 BOS A Danny MacFayden 46 3 13 1 1 1 6 5 14 .283 .778 1928 BOS A Red Ruffing 121 12 38 13 1 2 19 3 12 .314 .818 1931 CLE A Wes Ferrell 116 24 37 6 1 9 30 10 21 .319 .994 1935 BOS A Wes Ferrell 150 25 52 5 1 7 32 21 16 .347 .960 1942 BOS N Jim Tobin 114 14 28 2 0 6 15 16 23 .246 .765 1943 PHI N Schoolboy Rowe 120 14 36 7 0 4 18 15 21 .300 .841 1947 CLE A Bob Lemon 56 11 18 4 3 2 5 6 9 .321 .994 1948 PHI A Carl Scheib 104 14 31 8 3 2 21 8 17 .298 .839 1949 CLE A Bob Lemon 108 17 29 6 2 7 19 10 20 .269 .886 1951 STL A Ned Garver 95 8 29 6 1 1 9 9 9 .305 .786 1953 PIT N Johnny Lindell 91 11 26 6 1 4 15 16 15 .286 .909 1958 LA N Don Drysdale 66 9 15 1 1 7 12 3 25 .227 .852 1965 LA N Don Drysdale 130 18 39 4 1 7 19 5 34 .300 .839 How has the development of relief pitching affected the number of pitchers' plate appearances? Here are the plate appearances per 9 innings for pitchers since 1940: Year NL AL Year NL AL Year NL AL
1940 3.26 3.38 1950 3.18 3.34 1960 2.93 2.89
1941 3.21 3.39 1951 3.03 3.27 1961 2.93 2.98
1942 3.22 3.38 1952 3.01 3.23 1962 2.91 2.88
1943 3.25 3.29 1953 3.09 3.19 1963 2.83 2.84
1944 3.20 3.40 1954 3.03 3.12 1964 2.83 2.86
1945 3.27 3.40 1955 2.97 3.15 1965 2.82 2.71
1946 3.04 3.25 1956 2.89 3.14 1966 2.81 2.72
1947 3.16 3.25 1957 2.90 3.09 1967 2.82 2.67
1948 3.12 3.32 1958 2.91 2.97 1968 2.84 2.71
1949 3.12 3.32 1959 2.98 2.96 1969 2.86 2.79
Year NL AL Year NL AL Year NL AL
1970 2.88 2.81 1980 2.63 0.00 1990 2.48 0.00
1971 2.82 2.84 1981 2.51 0.00 1991 2.42 0.00
1972 2.82 2.80 1982 2.64 0.00 1992 2.44 0.00
1973 2.80 0.01 1983 2.64 0.00 1993 2.47 0.00
1974 2.78 0.01 1984 2.60 0.00 1994 2.47 0.00
1975 2.79 0.01 1985 2.55 0.00 1995 2.42 0.00
1976 2.69 0.01 1986 2.55 0.00 1996 2.43 0.00
1977 2.65 0.00 1987 2.55 0.00 1997 2.32 0.00
1978 2.69 0.00 1988 2.54 0.00
1979 2.67 0.00 1989 2.52 0.00
Has pitchers' hitting suffered since the minor leagues and that other major league adopted the DH? To look at this, I compared the NL pitchers' hitting for the five years prior to the DH (1968-72) to their hitting from 1993-97. Here's what I found: Year AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg Slg OBP OPS RC/9 1968 4131 553 68 6 21 156 1612 4 3 314 13 15 .134 .168 .168 .336 .9 1969 4902 681 74 12 34 231 1975 8 5 362 17 17 .139 .180 .180 .360 1.0 1970 4901 717 95 15 34 259 1852 8 7 371 29 16 .146 .193 .191 .383 1.2 1971 4859 738 86 9 31 220 1736 8 0 358 18 15 .152 .192 .190 .383 1.2 1972 4668 686 75 14 25 203 1730 1 3 374 12 14 .147 .185 .184 .369 1.1 Year AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg Slg OBP OPS RC/9 1993 4764 721 96 7 17 169 1574 6 6 598 16 14 .151 .185 .182 .367 1.1 1994 3381 522 82 8 7 117 1185 2 4 423 11 12 .154 .190 .185 .374 1.1 1995 4123 612 107 7 20 181 1574 7 3 527 18 14 .148 .192 .186 .378 1.1 1996 4687 691 119 4 22 201 1786 5 3 565 17 12 .147 .189 .184 .372 1.1 1997 4476 626 105 7 16 191 1798 9 5 517 12 16 .140 .177 .177 .355 1.0 Despite the fact that pitchers hit more home runs in the old days, their averages are just about the same. Of course, I'd guess that offense in general was higher in the latter period which might mask any slight effects. Still, it doesn't seem as if the use of the DH throughout most of organized baseball has hurt NL pitchers' hitting much, if at all. Here's how the AL pitchers hit during inter-league play in 1997: Year AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg Slg OBP OPS RC/9 1997 221 24 5 1 1 6 93 0 0 18 0 2 .109 .154 .140 .294 0.7 4.8 Which is much worse (although the sample size is small) than their counterparts in the NL. And since we're on the subject, here's how AL pitchers hit from the advent of the DH until the start of interleague play: Year AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS SH SF BP Avg Slg OBP OPS RC RC/9 1973 9 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 0 .222 .444 .273 .717 1.1 3.7 1974 10 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.4 1.4 1975 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1976 21 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .048 .048 .048 .095 0.0 0.1 1977 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1978 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1979 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1980 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1981 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0.0 0.0 1982 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1983 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1984 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1985 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .200 .200 0.0 0.0 1986 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 2.2 1987 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1988 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1989 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1990 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1991 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 1.000 .500 1.500 1.0 27.0 1992 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1993 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 2.2 1994 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1995 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1996 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.0 13.5 The most active pitcher at the plate was Ken Brett of the 1976 White Sox, who went 1-12. The only other pitcher with more than two at-bats during this time was Frank MacCormack of the 1976 Tigers, who went 0-3 with 2 strikeouts. Players doing something other than making outs during these years: Year Team Name AB R H 2B 3B HRRBI BB K SH SF BP 1973 OAK A Ken Holtzman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1973 OAK A Catfish Hunter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1973 OAK A Darold Knowles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1973 MIL A Ed Rodriguez 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1974 TEX A Fergie Jenkins 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1974 MIL A Tom Murphy 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1976 CHI A Ken Brett 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1979 MIL A Bill Travers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1983 MIL A Jamie Easterly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1985 CHI A Dan Spillner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1986 BOS A Tim Lollar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1988 NY A Rick Rhoden 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1991 DET A Bill Gullickson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1991 TEX A Mike Jeffcoat 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1993 MIL A Matt Maysey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1996 BOS A Roger Clemens 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1996 CAL A Ryan Hancock 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Rhoden got his sacrifice fly as a designated hitter in 1988.
Another facet of a team's performance even less visible than their pitchers' hitting is their fielding. Here are the staff fielding statistics for each team in 1996:
Team PO A ER DP FA Range Team PO A ER DP FA Range
ATL N 110 269 15 17 .962 2.32 BAL A 101 198 9 20 .971 1.83
CHI N 112 182 13 10 .958 1.82 BOS A 79 193 16 21 .944 1.68
CIN N 92 171 14 12 .949 1.64 CAL A 87 200 12 13 .960 1.79
HOU N 109 188 13 13 .958 1.85 CHI A 103 192 15 24 .952 1.82
LA N 98 214 11 16 .966 1.91 CLE A 113 217 11 13 .968 2.04
MON N 83 225 12 14 .962 1.92 DET A 90 196 12 18 .960 1.80
NY N 79 169 19 12 .929 1.55 KC A 111 198 9 19 .972 1.92
PHI N 74 166 13 12 .949 1.52 MIL A 102 174 16 13 .945 1.72
PIT N 97 207 15 17 .953 1.88 MIN A 129 153 6 14 .979 1.76
STL N 57 184 17 10 .934 1.49 NY A 70 242 12 13 .963 1.95
SD N 120 214 13 10 .963 2.02 OAK A 96 179 9 20 .968 1.70
SF N 82 187 8 10 .971 1.68 SEA A 75 183 18 19 .935 1.62
COL N 95 254 22 16 .941 2.21 TEX A 82 174 8 13 .970 1.59
FLA N 105 197 13 16 .959 1.88 TOR A 79 167 12 22 .953 1.53
94 202 14 13 .955 1.84 94 190 12 17 .959 1.77
So in 1996 the Braves not only had the best hitting pitchers in baseball, they had the top fielding staff as well. They had 83 more successful chances than an average NL team. My guess is that these extra chances are primarily due to the type of pitching staff they had and Greg Maddux, who with a range of 3.97 accounted for 50 of these extra chances all by himself. Usually when you start looking at fielding percentages of 20th century teams, the lowest ones come from the first decades while the highest date from the last few. This is not so much the case when looking at the pitcher's fielding. Here are teams with the lowest fielding percentage this century: Year Team PO A ER DP FA Range 1901 CIN N 50 330 46 14 .892 2.70 1974 PHI N 64 171 27 8 .897 1.46 1903 BOS N 54 318 42 9 .899 2.72 1901 BAL A 39 292 37 8 .899 2.57 1914 CLE A 38 354 44 15 .899 2.54 1989 HOU N 97 201 31 13 .906 1.81 1909 BOS N 78 388 48 11 .907 3.06 1915 PHI A 48 403 45 12 .909 3.01 1909 CIN N 35 345 38 9 .909 2.43 1976 SF N 105 225 33 11 .909 2.03 1990 SEA A 105 175 28 11 .909 1.75 While seven of these eleven teams come from the 1901-1915 period, the other four come since 1974. The teams with the highest percentage: Year Team PO A ER DP FA Range 1933 BOS N 53 388 5 18 .989 2.83 1948 STL N 46 284 4 13 .988 2.17 1964 CHI A 74 232 4 15 .987 1.88 1958 CHI A 71 219 4 20 .986 1.88 1938 NY A 83 307 6 30 .985 2.54 1950 PHI N 82 244 5 24 .985 2.09 1953 CLE A 87 246 5 32 .985 2.18 1955 BOS A 93 243 5 22 .985 2.18 1924 BOS N 70 356 7 19 .984 2.78 1940 NY N 49 314 6 18 .984 2.40 1985 PIT N 90 221 5 10 .984 1.94 1992 STL N 79 221 5 16 .984 1.82 Only one of the top eight (and three of the top twelve) have come since expansion. Complete team pitcher hitting data. Tom Ruane |
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