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Baseball Musings
September 02, 2007
Cy Peavy

Jake Peavy cemented the case for winning the NL Cy Young award last night.


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30 June 2007: San Diego Padres #44 Jake Peavy during a major league baseball game between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles California, showing his concentration as he delivers a pitch.

Photo: Dustin Snipes/Icon Smi


Peavy uses that concentration to hit his spots, earning him the lowest ERA in the majors among ERA qualifiers. On top of that, his strikeout, walk and home run rates rank near the top of the leader boards as well. For the John Kruk types, he leads the NL in wins as well, and is tied for the major league lead in that category as well. He's even playing for a team likely to make the playoffs! With his seven scoreless innings against the Dodgers last night, Peavy is tied with teammate Chris Young for most short shutouts:

Most Short Shutouts, 2007
PitcherShort Shutouts
Jake Peavy8
Chris Young8
Brandon Webb7
Erik Bedard6
Brad Penny6
Tim Hudson6
Orlando Hernandez5
Tim Wakefield5
Shaun Marcum5
Felix Hernandez4
Barry Zito4
Johan Santana4
John Smoltz4
Justin Verlander4

VORP lists him as fourteen runs better than any other pitcher in the majors. That's quite a lead. And for those who wish to argue that PETCO Park helps him, his road numbers argue otherwise. His road ERA is one run better than anyone else in the majors. If PETCO was truly helping him this season, he'd by challenging Bob Gibson's 1.12 ERA from 1968.

Jake's pitched an impressive season so far in 2007. A few more good starts and the highest pitching honor in the game is his.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:12 AM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
Comments

One of the other impressive things about Peavy this year is that he's gone at least 5 innings in all 28 of his starts.

Posted by: Geoff Young at September 2, 2007 11:34 AM
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