Comments on: Chris “LoJack” Carpenter http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1022 This and that about baseball stats. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: St Louis Cardinals versus the stolen base | Pitchers Hit Eighth :: A St Louis Cardinals blog http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1022/comment-page-1#comment-5999 St Louis Cardinals versus the stolen base | Pitchers Hit Eighth :: A St Louis Cardinals blog Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:11:02 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=1022#comment-5999 [...] on by my own look at one of Baseball Reference’s Stat of the Day posts - and the response it drew from Matthew Leach on Twitter: @fungoes @PitchersHit8th FWIW, in [...] [...] on by my own look at one of Baseball Reference’s Stat of the Day posts - and the response it drew from Matthew Leach on Twitter: @fungoes @PitchersHit8th FWIW, in [...]

]]> By: Chris Carpenter prevents thievery | Pitchers Hit Eighth :: A St Louis Cardinals blog http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1022/comment-page-1#comment-5949 Chris Carpenter prevents thievery | Pitchers Hit Eighth :: A St Louis Cardinals blog Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:35:43 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=1022#comment-5949 [...] This past Friday, the topic was Chris Carpenter and his ability to prevent runners from stealing bases. [...] [...] This past Friday, the topic was Chris Carpenter and his ability to prevent runners from stealing bases. [...]

]]> By: JohnnyTwisto http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1022/comment-page-1#comment-5910 JohnnyTwisto Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:17:04 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=1022#comment-5910 I didn't know that about Ford, thanks. Of course, he and all those other guys you mentioned are LHP. People (Yankee broadcasters) always make a huge deal about Pettitte, but he's actually not that hard to run on. Yes, he has a lot of pickoffs, but those he doesn't pick off are much more successful stealing against him than against Buehrle, Rogers, and some other contemporary southpaws. I didn't know that about Ford, thanks. Of course, he and all those other guys you mentioned are LHP.

People (Yankee broadcasters) always make a huge deal about Pettitte, but he's actually not that hard to run on. Yes, he has a lot of pickoffs, but those he doesn't pick off are much more successful stealing against him than against Buehrle, Rogers, and some other contemporary southpaws.

]]> By: TheGoof http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/1022/comment-page-1#comment-5907 TheGoof Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:43:33 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=1022#comment-5907 Great stat! Great pitchers not only don't let runners on, they make sure they get tied down to the bag. But I think Whitey Ford might be even more impressive. True, they didn't run much in his era, but he's the only pitcher in the Retrosheet era with less than 1 SB allowed per 100 IP. His CS% is excellent, with 33 caught for the 21 stolen, and 44 pickoffs! He picked off more than twice as many guys who stole successfully on him, and nearly as many as ran on him total. I believe he is the only player (and definitely the only one with more than 1,000 IP) to have more than twice as many pickoffs as stolen bases allowed. Kudos, though, also go to Buehrle, Mulholland and Knowles for their numbers. And Kenny Rogers and Brian Anderson deserve some credit, too. Great stat! Great pitchers not only don't let runners on, they make sure they get tied down to the bag. But I think Whitey Ford might be even more impressive. True, they didn't run much in his era, but he's the only pitcher in the Retrosheet era with less than 1 SB allowed per 100 IP. His CS% is excellent, with 33 caught for the 21 stolen, and 44 pickoffs! He picked off more than twice as many guys who stole successfully on him, and nearly as many as ran on him total. I believe he is the only player (and definitely the only one with more than 1,000 IP) to have more than twice as many pickoffs as stolen bases allowed. Kudos, though, also go to Buehrle, Mulholland and Knowles for their numbers. And Kenny Rogers and Brian Anderson deserve some credit, too.

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