Comments on: Josh Beckett & Phil Hughes – Out Of The Gate http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/229 This and that about baseball stats. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:56:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/229/comment-page-1#comment-453 Andy Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:09:08 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/229#comment-453 Hughes has a remarkably high ERA for an OPS against of just .680. I just did a Pitching Season Finder for the last 10 years, starters qualifeid for the ERA title, ranked by lowest OPS against: http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/dGGH An OPS against of .680 would put Hughes at about the 150th best season in the last 10 years (meaning that only about 15 pitcher per year do better.) Of all the guys ahead of him, only Matt Clement in 2003 had an ERA above 4.00. Most of the ERAs were in the low 3's or 2's, like Beckett's. Nice find, Steve. Hughes has a remarkably high ERA for an OPS against of just .680.

I just did a Pitching Season Finder for the last 10 years, starters qualifeid for the ERA title, ranked by lowest OPS against:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/dGGH

An OPS against of .680 would put Hughes at about the 150th best season in the last 10 years (meaning that only about 15 pitcher per year do better.) Of all the guys ahead of him, only Matt Clement in 2003 had an ERA above 4.00. Most of the ERAs were in the low 3's or 2's, like Beckett's.

Nice find, Steve.

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