As promised in my other two postings, here is a comparison of the Bucs (50-98) vs. Reds (84-65) SP.
First traditional stats:
| Stat | Pirates | Reds |
| Games | 145 | 149 |
| Innings Pitched | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| Hits Allowed Per 9 | 11.0 | 9.1 |
| Runs Allowed Per 9 | 6.0 | 4.4 |
| ER Per 9 | 5.5 | 4.1 |
| BB Per 9 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| SO Per 9 | 5.6 | 6.6 |
| HR Per 9 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| ERA Per 9 | 5.46 | 4.13 |
Note that the stats are adjusted to be per 9 innings (except for Games and Innings Pitched). Also Bucs have 4 less games due to the Jakubauskas and Ohlendorf injury starts plus the Reds have played 1 more game.
Comparison based on my HQS/QS/Avg/Poor/BlowUp:
| Start Type | Pirates | Reds | Pirates | Reds |
| HQS | 28 | 50 | 19% | 34% |
| QS | 34 | 29 | 23% | 19% |
| Avg | 23 | 24 | 16% | 16% |
| Poor | 7 | 10 | 5% | 7% |
| BlowUp | 53 | 36 | 37% | 24% |
| Total | 145 | 149 | 100% | 100% |
Below the jump is the comparison of the two SP staffs.
Some observations:
- Reds SP averaged a half inning more per start, 2 hits less (per 9 innings), 1 KO more, and 1.3 ER (per 9 innings) less.
- The Reds overall Sp allowed 1.6 runs per 9 innings less that the Bucs!
- Reds have 31% Poor/Blowup to the Pirates 42%
- Reds have 53% HQS/QS to the Pirates 43%
- The Reds defense added .3 runs per 9 innings while the Bucs added .5 runs.
Aside from the 1.6 runs per game less, on the surface, the Reds SP dpes not look that much better than the Bucs, but the Bucs trail the Reds by 33.5 games! The table below may give a clue:
| Bucs | Reds | |
| Start Type | W% | W% |
| HQS | 54% | 58% |
| QS | 32% | 62% |
| Avg | 0% | 21% |
| Poor | 14% | 10% |
| BlowUp | 4% | 3% |
| Totals | 20% | 36% |
The Reds starters got wins in 62% of their QS and 21% of their average starts. The difference is probably the Bucs poor offense.
Comments?
Bucs:
| Pitcher | Starts | HQS | QS | Avg | Poor | BlowUp |
| Maholm | 30 | 13% | 30% | 20% | 13% | 23% |
| Duke | 26 | 19% | 27% | 4% | 4% | 46% |
| Ohlendorf | 19 | 32% | 26% | 16% | 0% | 26% |
| Karstens | 19 | 11% | 42% | 11% | 0% | 37% |
| Morton | 14 | 0% | 21% | 29% | 0% | 50% |
| Burres | 10 | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 40% |
| Lincoln | 9 | 11% | 0% | 33% | 0% | 56% |
| McCutchen, D | 8 | 25% | 0% | 13% | 25% | 38% |
| McDonald, J | 9 | 44% | 11% | 11% | 0% | 33% |
| Eveland | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 145 | 19% | 23% | 16% | 5% | 37% |
Reds:
| Pitcher | Starts | HQS | QS | Avg | Poor | BlowUp |
| Arroyo | 30 | 30% | 33% | 7% | 3% | 27% |
| Cueto | 29 | 45% | 14% | 14% | 3% | 24% |
| Leake | 22 | 45% | 14% | 18% | 5% | 18% |
| Harang | 19 | 11% | 32% | 26% | 11% | 21% |
| Bailey, H | 16 | 19% | 13% | 6% | 19% | 38% |
| Wood, T | 14 | 36% | 14% | 29% | 14% | 7% |
| Volquez | 10 | 50% | 0% | 10% | 0% | 40% |
| LeCure | 6 | 17% | 17% | 33% | 0% | 33% |
| Maloney | 2 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Dempster | 1 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 149 | 34% | 19% | 16% | 7% | 24% |
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