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ShareThisJ.C. Romero
They said it couldn't be done, but he's doing it. He's repeating the season he had last year, with a ridiculously low hit rate, a ridiculously high walk rate, but an excellent ERA.
Here are all the guys from the last 20 years with at least 30 IP in a season, including more than 6 walks per 9 innings and fewer than 7 hits per 9 innings:
From To Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons +-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+ J.C. Romero 2007 2008 31-32 2 Ind. Seasons Matt Mantei 1999 2000 25-26 2 Ind. Seasons Randy Johnson 1991 1992 27-28 2 Ind. Seasons Dennis Sarfate 2008 2008 27-27 1 Ind. Seasons Derrick Turnbow 2007 2007 29-29 1 Ind. Seasons George Sherrill 2006 2006 29-29 1 Ind. Seasons Brian Bruney 2004 2004 22-22 1 Ind. Seasons Kelly Wunsch 2003 2003 30-30 1 Ind. Seasons Luis Pineda 2002 2002 27-27 1 Ind. Seasons Jeff Nelson 2001 2001 34-34 1 Ind. Seasons Juan Moreno 2001 2001 26-26 1 Ind. Seasons Jeff Wallace 1999 1999 23-23 1 Ind. Seasons Armando Benitez 1995 1995 22-22 1 Ind. Seasons Pedro Martinez 1994 1994 25-25 1 Ind. Seasons Storm Davis 1994 1994 32-32 1 Ind. Seasons John Briscoe 1994 1994 26-26 1 Ind. Seasons Mark Acre 1994 1994 25-25 1 Ind. Seasons Jeff Schwarz 1993 1993 29-29 1 Ind. Seasons Mitch Williams 1991 1991 26-26 1 Ind. Seasons Bryan Harvey 1989 1989 26-26 1 Ind. Seasons
The only guys to do it twice are Romero this year (so far) and last, Matt Mantei, and Randy Johnson before he became so nasty. Check out the ERA+ though. In Johnson's two years it was 103 and 105. In Mantei's it was 162 and 105. In Romero's, it's been 243 and (so far this year) 265. That kind of an ERA+ for a guy with such a high walk rate is ridiculous.
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 am and is filed under Season Finders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Romero has 4 Blown saves already. He has allowed 8 IR of 24 to score.
If you look at enough ERA's you will occasionally find some that actually misrepresent a pitchers value.
His 4.15 ERA since the beginning of 2006, far more accurately shows what a mediocre pitcher he really is.