Backwards night at the park not a big hit with the Phils
Everything was a little upside down last night in Houston. Former Astro Roy Oswalt pitched for the Phillies with former Astro Hunter Pence playing right field. Former Phil Brett Myers started for the...
View ArticlePhils not much for fan appreciation night, but definitely appreciating the...
Hope those folks have a computer or double-checked their work or something. The Phillies are 98-58 on the year after losing 6-1 to the Washington Nationals last night. The Nats sweep the four-game...
View ArticleNot-so-easy 101
The Phils got number 101 last night, tying the ’76 and ’77 teams for wins in a season. They will look to set the franchise record tonight as the Braves try desperately to beat them and get into the...
View ArticleGoliath looking a little peaked after David knocks in four runs in his last...
The Phillies are built to win with dominant starting pitching, but for the second game in the four they’ve played this post-season they didn’t get it last night. Oswalt allowed five runs in six innings...
View ArticleUnderflyin’ Hawaiian?
The total number of bases stolen by the Phillies was down in 2011 compared to recent years. In my previous post, I suggested that a big part of the dropoff has to do with the number of bases that are...
View ArticleCan’t we do both?
The past few posts have looked at a couple of areas where John Mayberry has been outstanding over the past two seasons — since he’s joined the Phils, Mayberry has hit home runs at a very high rate and...
View ArticleNothing to see here
Cole Hamels made 31 starts last year in which he threw 213 innings, or 6.87 innings per start. Rotation-mates Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee each went more than seven innings a start — 7.30 innings per...
View ArticleIt’s almost enough to make you feel nostalgic for Mike Zagurski
Almost. The combined WAR for Phillie pitchers as calculated by Baseball-Reference was 10.8 in 2012, way down from the NL-leading WARs the team posted in 2011 and 2010. The Phillies had a long, long way...
View ArticleSandy, the pitching angels have lost their desire for us
Bruce Springsteen. Sort of. The table below shows, for each of the past five years, the four pitchers who have gotten the most starts for the Phillies that season and their WAR for the year as...
View ArticleThe votes aren’t all counted yet, but I think we can agree that Adam Eaton...
Here’s the Baseball-Reference calculated combined WAR for pitchers who have made at least ten starts for the team over the past five seasons: Pitcher GS # Relief appearances WAR WAR/GS Halladay 90 0...
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