Sports: A Game Of Inches

We are four humble men who love sports, but hate sports commentary. Peter Gammons is our hero and John Madden is our enemy. If you were to ask us our purpose, our answer would be simple: "We are forever locked in Mortal Kombat for the souls of sports fans everywhere. Statistics are our science and 'the immeasurable character of men' is the obsolete religion of blind faith. Our job is to prove that God doesn't exist and that athletes are merely cold, metal machines with no hearts or souls."

Just How Good Is Javier Vazquez?

His 3.48 career K/BB rate is top five since 1900 (and top 10 all time) amongst pitchers with 2000+ IP to their name. That trails only Curt Schilling (4.38), Pedro Martinez (4.15), Jon Lieber (3.68) and Mike Mussina (3.58), surpassing future hall of famers Greg Maddux (3.37), Roy Halladay (3.29) and Randy Johnson (3.26) as well as current HOFers Fergie Jenkins (3.2), and Dennis Eckersley (3.25). Interestingly enough, of the top 13 K/BB pitchers all time with 2000+ IP, only 1800s pitcher John Ward is in the Hall of Fame right now.

1 comments:

Cubsfan4evr said...: I am surprised. I always have liked him and thought he was underrated, but didn't think he was that good.; February 12, 2010 at 5:30 PM