Tigers Pitching Stats

There is an informative article on the Detroit Tigers pitching at

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/SPORTS0104/805120356/1004/SPORTS

Here are some scary statistics... I find quality starts to be most disturbing...


Justin Verlander
2008
W-L IP H ER BB K ERA
1-6 49 51 35 21 30 6.43

2007
4-1 49 44 15 16 36 2.76

2006
5-3 51 46 18 14 27 3.18

Jeremy Bonderman
2008
W-L IP H ER BB K ERA
2-4 45 46 24 29 25 4.80

2007
3-0 53 52 21 12 46 3.57

2006
4-2 53 42 22 13 47 3.74

Nate Robertson
2008
W-L IP H ER BB K ERA
1-4 40.2 52 30 11 31 6.64

2007
3-3 49.2 56 20 12 26 3.62

2006
4-2 46.1 45 18 17 29 3.50

Kenny Rogers
2008
W-L IP H ER BB K ERA
3-3 43.1 53 28 21 22 5.82

2007
3-2 44 45 22 14 25 4.50

2006
6-2 52 47 19 13 27 3.23


The Tigers are last in the majors in ERA and quality starts (three earned runs or fewer over six innings). The best and worst in both categories (not including Sunday's games):


Earned-run average
1. Oakland 3.25
2. Atlanta 3.54
3. Arizona 3.61
4. Cleveland 3.62
5. White Sox 3.66

26. Milwaukee 4.64
27. Colorado 4.66
28. Washington 4.69
29. Pittsburgh 4.98
30. Detroit 5.09

Quality starts
1. Arizona 23
2. Cleveland 22
3. San Diego 22
4. Boston 21
5. White Sox 21

26. Florida 14
27. Pittsburgh 13
28. Colorado 13
29. Dodgers 12
30. Detroit 9