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K/9 IP quiz.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:01 AM

Which right handed starting pitcher has the highest Met career rate for most strikeouts per nine innings (200 min. IP)? Which left handed starting pitcher has the highest Met career rate for most strikeouts per nine innings (200 min. IP)? A "Starting pitcher" is defined as one who has appeared in more games as a starter than as a reliever. All strikeouts for a pitcher thus defined as a starting pitcher were considered, including their strikeouts as a reliever.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2010 09:01 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Gooden and Leiter These guesses are too obvious and therefore likely to be wrong.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 08 2010 09:04 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Nolan Ryan, perhaps? I'll guess Nolan and Sid Fernandez.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:07 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Gooden and Leiter These guesses are too obvious and therefore likely to be wrong. High Fives for you all around. Leiter and Doc are both 5th place (Lefty and Righty respectively, duh) alltime Mets k/9 IP

Ashie62 Jul 08 2010 09:07 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Gooden and Cone

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 08 2010 09:07 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz. Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 08 2010 09:08 AM

Seaver and Sid. OE: Though Cone's a great guess.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:08 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Nolan Ryan, perhaps? I'll guess Nolan and Sid Fernandez. Double Deuces for Grimm. Ryan and Sid are the runner ups on the lefty righty lists.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:08 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz. Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 08 2010 09:12 AM

Ashie62 wrote: Gooden and Cone Which one? They're both rightys. Only of those could possibly be right.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 08 2010 09:09 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Wait, doy-- Koos.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:10 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Seaver and Sid. Seaver is 7th among righthanders.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:11 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Wait, doy-- Koos. Nope.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:11 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Seaver and Sid. OE: Though Cone's a great guess. Is Coney a guess or a comment?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2010 09:13 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Matlack and Cone

Edgy DC Jul 08 2010 09:14 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Pedro and Johan.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:15 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Matlack and Cone Cone is a winner. Matlack isn't. Cone 8.72 k/9 IP Ryan 8.70 K/9 IP. Nobody guessed third or fourth place among rightys.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:17 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Edgy DC wrote: Pedro and Johan. Pedro is third among rightys. Johan is fourth among leftys. Who's 4th among rightys? Rightys 1 Cone 2 Ryan 3 Pedro 4 ?????? 5 Doc Leftys 1 ???????? 2 Sid 3 ?????? 4Johan 5 Leiter

Ceetar Jul 08 2010 09:18 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Lefty: Perez.

Edgy DC Jul 08 2010 09:18 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

I'd like to pause and point out that somebody used the term "doy" in this thread.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:19 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz. Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 08 2010 09:24 AM

Ceetar wrote: Lefty: Perez. A winner here. Ollie Perez has the highest all time K/9 IP rate among Met lefty starters.

MFS62 Jul 08 2010 09:20 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Lefty - Randy Myers. Later

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:21 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

To round out the top five, we're missing 4Righty and 3Lefty. Hint, these two pitchers are not obvious. I'll post the top 5 five lists in a few minutes.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 08 2010 09:23 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

My two guesses for the non-obviouses: Craig Swan and Frank Viola.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2010 09:24 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Non-obvious #4 righty: Bruce Berenyi

MFS62 Jul 08 2010 09:24 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Lefty: Perez. A winner here. Ollie Perez has the highest all time K/9 IP rate among Met lefties. Nope, The question didn't say starters. It said minimum of 200 IP Perez 8.6 Myers (240 IP) 9.9 Later

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:25 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

MFS62 wrote: Lefty: Perez. A winner here. Ollie Perez has the highest all time K/9 IP rate among Met lefties. Nope, not with the minimum of 200 IP Perez 8.6 Myers (240 IP) 9.9 Later Myers relief appearances 185 Myers starts 0

Edgy DC Jul 08 2010 09:27 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

NORH: El Duque.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:27 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

MFS62 wrote: Nope, The question didn't say starters. It said minimum of 200 IP Later I thought it said both.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:29 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Edgy DC wrote: NORH: El Duque. El Duque is the 4th righty. Cone 8.72 Ryan 8.70 Pedro 8.58 El Duque 8.17 Doc 7.78

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2010 09:30 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: MFS62 wrote: Nope, The question didn't say starters. It said minimum of 200 IP Later I thought it said both. Yeah, it's probably too much work to check.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 08 2010 09:32 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

It very clearly said starters.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:35 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Last call for the 3rd lefty. I'll post the answer in two minutes.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 08 2010 09:38 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Pete Falcone? Mickey Lolich?

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:39 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

The third lefty is Glendon Rusch: the fifth starter on the last Mets team to win the pennant.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 08 2010 09:39 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Lolich is a good guess. I'll say Ray Sadecki so as not to steal yer thundah.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 09:40 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Lolich is a good guess. I'll say Ray Sadecki so as not to steal yer thundah. The third lefty is Glendon Rusch: the fifth starter on the last Mets team to win the pennant.

MFS62 Jul 08 2010 09:47 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It very clearly said starters. Yep. My bad. Later

batmagadanleadoff Jul 08 2010 10:01 AM Re: K/9 IP quiz.

Two footnotes to this quiz: 1 -- Hisanori Takashi's K/9IP rate would place him second among lefties. He hasn't pitched enough innings or started enough games to qualify, but I mention this because Tak is a current Met and could theoretically qualify inthe future. 2 --- Ryan might very well have the highest K/9IP rate for striking out batters as a starter. As mentioned, I included all of Ryan's Met K's. Eliminating Ryan's reliever K's might also lower his rate: relief pitchers strike out batters at a higher rate because they don't have to pace themselves for a larger workload.