tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post6264145710640808891..comments2007-08-31T13:09:34.622-04:00dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-81633190386355882412007-08-31T13:09:00.000-04:002007-08-31T13:09:00.000-04:00Also, a few people have written in to suggest that perhaps it was Leiter, and not Kay, who made the original comment about High School ERA and so forth. Either way, someone in that booth that night was a dummy.Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-53371493906575247722007-08-31T12:20:00.000-04:002007-08-31T12:20:00.000-04:00Stefano chips in:<BR/><BR/><B>Wanted to chime in to report that not only is the comment about Wang's ERA pitching from the stretch vs. windup completely idiotic, it's also wrong. According to CBS's stats page for Wang:<BR/><BR/>(http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/players/player/splits/2007/382868), <BR/><BR/>his ERA with runners on base is 8.32, so not anywhere close to 16.00. In fact, Wang might actually be a better pitcher from the stretch than from the windup: with runners on base, Wang has a 1.22 WHIP and has given up only 2 HR in 70 1/3 IP, while with the bases empty, he has a 1.36 WHIP with 5 HR allowed in 89 IP.<BR/> <BR/>I also was curious about whether that statistical disparity (ERA with runners on base vs. not) was typical, and it turns out that it isn't. Johan Santana, for example, has a 5.35 ERA with runners on base vs. 1.57 w/ bases empty. Why the difference between Santana and Wang? Is Santana a better "stretch" pitcher and a worse "windup" pitcher? Of course not. The simple answer is that Wang doesn't give up the long ball -- only 7 (I believe he has the best HRA/IP ratio among AL starters). Santana does (27, most in the AL). </B>Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.com