Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 25, 2007
The Wang Stuff

Chien-Ming Wang struck out six batters in eight innings tonight, earning his fifteenth win as the Yankees defeated the Tigers 7-2. The six strikeouts brought his season total to 81, a career high. In 2006, he struck out 76 in 218 innings. This year, he passed that mark in just 159 1/3. He's increased his K per 9 from 3.1 to 4.6. That latter number is just above what's considered acceptable for a successful pitcher, and it's good to see Wang depending less on the Yankees defense.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:58 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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All for nought. Redsox are going to win the division and Mariners are going to win the wild card.

Posted by: emains at August 25, 2007 11:20 PM

You wrote:

> He's increased his K per 9 from 3.1 to 4.6. That latter number is just above what's considered acceptable for a successful pitcher...

Not necessarily. Wang may be one of those rare pitchers whose success is not as dependent on K/9 as others. His BABIP (batting average on balls in play) may turn out consistently lower on average than other pitchers due to exceptional control. Add in low HR allowed, and there is the potential for consistent success despite mediocre strikeout totals.

Posted by: Leonard at August 26, 2007 01:09 AM
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