DENVER -- The best one-season pitching performance in Rockies history, right-hander Ubaldo Jiménez’s 2010, was a stroke of magic that he never repeated. But don’t call it a fluke. Jiménez was a highly coveted signee out of the Dominican Republic. The
Below is a look at the five greatest individual pitching seasons the franchise has seen: 1. Dwight Gooden, 1985Key stats: 24-4, 1.53 ERA, 276 2/3 IP, 268 strikeouts, 229 ERA+ Unquestionably, Tom Seaver is the greatest Mets pitcher of all time. But the greatest season by a Mets pitc...
Martinez finally started to fall from his perch in 2003, but he left a collection of the greatest performances of all-time in his wake. Taking a cue from stories where we ranked all-time Elo seasons in other sports, we rated the greatest pitching seasons4 according to Pitcher Score by ble...
Over his career, Young helped lead the Boston Red Sox to the 1903 World Series Championships. In addition, Young finished his career with three no-hitters and one perfect game while taking home the 1901 pitching triple crown while leading all pitchers in wins, strikeouts, and ERA. 8. Randy...
Bobby Jackson brought excitement, energy, and grit to the Kings as their sixth man during their most successful seasons. His fearlessness when attacking the basket, combined with his pesky defense, made him a valuable weapon off the bench. Jackson's knack for providing a spark when ...
Putting aside the later, weaker seasons — and how it originally all ended before Dexter: New Blood (which wasn’t fully the writers’ fault) — Showtime’s Dexter was crazed pulpy awesomeness when it was firing on all cylinders. Told through the blood-craving eyes of a serial killer who...
“true” rates of pitchers across the years. By use of our model, we are able to judge the magnitude of a great strikeout season. A z-score statistic is used to rank the greatest strikeout seasons of baseball history and this ranking is contrasted with other traditional ways of ranking ...
Known as "Moose," Mike Mussina dazzled Orioles fans with his remarkable pitching acumen and pinpoint control during his 10 seasons in Baltimore. His cerebral approach to the game and seemingly endless arsenal of pitches made him a nightmare for opposing hitters, allowing Mussi...
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, at least compared to the all-max effort we see from so many pitchers these days. Unique deliveries are also rare these days, and Soroka's is different enough that he's going to be one of those guys with whom you catch a glance of his windup and immediately know who is pitching....