June 22, 2008
At the Top, Temporarily
Justin Duchscherer in action against the Marlins.
Photo: Icon SMI
Justin Duchscherer picked up the win against the Marlins today, allowing just one run in 7 2/3 innings. That brought his ERA down to 1.99. More importantly, going deep in the game raised his innings total to 77, two more than games played by Oakland. That puts Justin in the lead for the AL ERA title, at least until the A's get to 78 games.
The majors requires one inning for each scheduled game in a season to qualify for the ERA title. In a typical year, that's 162 innings. So pitchers who have at least as many innings as team games play qualify during the season. He's now nearly 1/2 run better than Cliff Lee, and should now start getting Cy Young consideration.
There's not much Justin doesn't do well. His strikeouts aren't terribly high, but his walks, and home runs allowed are very low. On top of that, he's only allowing a .208 BA. He remains undefeated at home, going 6-0 with a 1.52 ERA.
Posted by David Pinto at
09:21 PM
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