Inside the Numbers: Pineda's potential
January, 13, 2012
Jan 13
10:11
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By
Andrew Marchand | ESPNNewYork.com
Our invaluable info people, Mark Simon and Katie Sharp, were kind enough to pass along some insight. I have highlighted the best stuff.
* For Michael Pineda, 2011 was tale of two halves. He was great in the first, not so much in the second.
* He was 8-6 with a 3.03 ERA in the first half. In the second, he was 1-4 with a 5.12.
* He was great at Safeco (5-4, 2.92 ERA) , not so great on the road (4-6, 4.40).
* He strikes out a lot of guys, finishing seventh in all of baseball with 9.1 K's per nine innings.
* He throws really, really hard. His fastball averaged 94.5 mph, which was fifth-highest in the game.
* Righties can't hit the guy, as he they had a major league worst .184 average against him.
* Lastly, this is a great list. Here are the most strikeouts in their Age 22 season or younger in the Divisional Era (since 1969):
1984 Dwight Gooden (276)
1998 Kerry Wood (233)
1969 Tom Griffen (200)
1986 Bobby Witt (174)
2011 Michael Pineda (173)
* For Michael Pineda, 2011 was tale of two halves. He was great in the first, not so much in the second.
* He was 8-6 with a 3.03 ERA in the first half. In the second, he was 1-4 with a 5.12.
* He was great at Safeco (5-4, 2.92 ERA) , not so great on the road (4-6, 4.40).
* He strikes out a lot of guys, finishing seventh in all of baseball with 9.1 K's per nine innings.
* He throws really, really hard. His fastball averaged 94.5 mph, which was fifth-highest in the game.
* Righties can't hit the guy, as he they had a major league worst .184 average against him.
* Lastly, this is a great list. Here are the most strikeouts in their Age 22 season or younger in the Divisional Era (since 1969):
1984 Dwight Gooden (276)
1998 Kerry Wood (233)
1969 Tom Griffen (200)
1986 Bobby Witt (174)
2011 Michael Pineda (173)
Andrew Marchand
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| NYY | 24-21 | 14-11 | 10-10 | W3 | |
| OAK | 22-24 | 10-13 | 12-11 | L3 |
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| NYY | 24-21 | 14-11 | 10-10 | W3 | |
| OAK | 22-24 | 10-13 | 12-11 | L3 |
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
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| NYY | 24-21 | 14-11 | 10-10 | W3 | |
| LAA | 22-25 | 11-10 | 11-15 | W4 |
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| BA | D. Jeter | .339 | ||||||||||
| HR | C. Granderson | 14 | ||||||||||
| RBI | N. Swisher | 29 | ||||||||||
| R | C. Granderson | 30 | ||||||||||
| OPS | C. Granderson | .912 | ||||||||||
| ERA | C. Sabathia | 3.78 | ||||||||||
| SO | C. Sabathia | 65 | ||||||||||
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