Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Report Cards for the team
Ok, the season is over, we lost again in pitiful fashion in the post season, with a team that just didn't bother to show up the last series of the season. Now it's time for the obligatory season ending grades to the team, and notice the word season ending grades, not post season that is a different story.
Starting pitching, a lot was made about how the cardinals didn't have that great of pitching both going into the season and then in the post season, well here is (with creative editing) how our top three pitchers did this year.
Pitcher a 21-5, 2.83 ERA,
Pitcher b 16-5, 2.95 ERA(morris 1st half, mulder 2nd half)
Pitcher c 15-9, 3.40 ERA (Marquis 1st half, Suppan 2nd half)
we had basically two aces all season long, just that they changed names around the half, and we had a solid number two(similar argument) so basically our rotation consisted of two aces, a number two...and not such great guys
pitcher d 14-15, 4.30 ERA(Marquis 2nd, Suppan 1st)
pitcher E 14-13, 4.76 ERA(Morris 2nd, Mulder 1st)
still, league average era was 4.22 which makes pitcher D at worse a number three while pitcher E is a borderline 4. Overall our rotation was very good, although not as good as having the best ERA in baseball would indicate, because our pitching coach intimidated the official scorers this year and they started ruling anything and everything an error. Leading the team to the best ERA in the Majors even though as a team, with a very good defense, being second in runs allowed.
Starting pitching, a lot was made about how the cardinals didn't have that great of pitching both going into the season and then in the post season, well here is (with creative editing) how our top three pitchers did this year.
Pitcher a 21-5, 2.83 ERA,
Pitcher b 16-5, 2.95 ERA(morris 1st half, mulder 2nd half)
Pitcher c 15-9, 3.40 ERA (Marquis 1st half, Suppan 2nd half)
we had basically two aces all season long, just that they changed names around the half, and we had a solid number two(similar argument) so basically our rotation consisted of two aces, a number two...and not such great guys
pitcher d 14-15, 4.30 ERA(Marquis 2nd, Suppan 1st)
pitcher E 14-13, 4.76 ERA(Morris 2nd, Mulder 1st)
still, league average era was 4.22 which makes pitcher D at worse a number three while pitcher E is a borderline 4. Overall our rotation was very good, although not as good as having the best ERA in baseball would indicate, because our pitching coach intimidated the official scorers this year and they started ruling anything and everything an error. Leading the team to the best ERA in the Majors even though as a team, with a very good defense, being second in runs allowed.
