Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Wow Yu

I saw this on Twitter yesterday and was really wowed by it:

I know lots of people shrug aside second half stats - as do I - but Yu Darvish’s 118 strikeouts vs 7 walks is the best strikeout to walk ratio a starting pitcher has had (75+ IP) in a second half in the history of baseball.

The history of baseball.

I knew that Yu had a great second half, but really, wow, only seven walks in 118 innings.  Best in the history of baseball.  Amazing.

To give you a visual, I've got 118 Yu's followed by 7





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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 27, 2019 at 5:34 PM

    That stat stunned me too. I thought he had been kind of a bust in Chicago. Guess I haven't been paying attention!

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  2. P-town TomNovember 27, 2019 at 10:24 PM

    I'd still like to see him pitch to contact more and get into and out of the 7th inning on a more consistent basis. But, 118 to 7 is VERY impressive.

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  3. Jim from DowningtownNovember 28, 2019 at 5:31 AM

    From 1965 to 1971, Dick Hall's unintentional walks per season were 4, 4, 4, 2, 3, 4, and 2.


    https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/halldi01.shtml

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  4. FujiNovember 28, 2019 at 10:11 AM

    Wow. Glad to see Yu has got his groove back.

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