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This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this does not happen, the official scorer awards ...
If, after blowing the save, the pitcher's team regains the lead, the pitcher may also be credited with the win. The blown save is not an officially recognized statistic by Major League Baseball, but is recognised by the Rolaids Relief Man Award, which charges two
For pitchers, wins, ERA, and strikeouts are the most often-cited statistics, and a pitcher leading his league in these statistics may also be referred to as a "triple crown" winner. General managers and baseball scouts have long used the major statistics, among other factors and opinions, to understand player value.
No-hitter; Ryan's seventh and final no-hitter, a Major League Baseball record. Kerry Wood: Chicago Cubs: Houston Astros: May 6, 1998: W 2–0: 105 1 0 20 Highest Game Score in a 9-inning game. Tied for the Major League Baseball record for most strikeouts in a 9-inning game. Curt Schilling: Arizona Diamondbacks: Milwaukee Brewers: April 7, 2002 ...
In baseball, a quality start (QS) is a statistic for a starting pitcher defined as a game in which the pitcher completes at least six innings and permits no more than three earned runs. The quality start was developed by sportswriter John Lowe in 1985 while writing for The Philadelphia Inquirer . [ 1 ]
The lowest career ERA is 1.82, set by Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh. In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and ...
Statcast is an automated tool developed to analyze player movements and athletic abilities in Major League Baseball (MLB). [1] Statcast was introduced to all thirty MLB stadiums in 2015. The Statcast brand is also licensed to ESPN, which uses it to brand alternate statistical simulcasts of the network's games on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), .300 is considered an average BABIP. [2] Various factors can impact BABIP, such as a player's home ballpark; [3] for batters, being speedy enough to reach base on infield hits; [3] or, for pitchers, the quality of their team's defense. [4]