This week in the 90s Pitchers vs Hitter League-the wrap up

Just waiting on fatdaddy then we're full.

I received a number of requests to share the results of the league with the broader community. I'll try to post an update each Saturday of some key outcomes.

We are 12 games into the season so the only direct pitchers versus hitters games thus far have been from the Central division. There have been 18 games between the pitching centric teams and the hitting centric teams--the results thus far are...

Hitters: 10 wins versus pitching centric teams
Pitchers: 8 wins versus the hitting centric team


The Beaver Pelts--owned by Fench33--a hitting team---has raced out to an 11-1 start to lead the east. They are averaging almost 7 runs a game-allowing just over 4. In the pitching centric west division, SPhillips' RI Aces are 9-3--they are allowing under 3 runs a game thus far. In the Central--the mixed division, Burley Norseman's hitting team--the Rocky Mountain Rejects are 8-4--they are averaging 6.5 runs in Coors Field.

A few surprising (at least to me) things

Pat Rapp tossed a shutout for the hitting centric team playing in Coors Field.
Barry Bonds is hitting .235 in Coors with an OBP of just over .300
Which pitchers have the most wins? Why that would be Pat Rapp (Rocky Mountain Rejects) and Rick Sutcliffe from the Heavy Hitters-owned by Juiced JC --each with 3 wins--David Cone for the pitching centric team of the Houston Pudge Rockets owned by The BC Manager also has 3 wins.

Hitting highlights

Tony Gwynn--a teammate of Barry--leads the league in hitting--he's at .467
Frank Thomas from the hitting team Rakuten Monkey's owned by Budabear 78, leads the league with 7 home runs
Mark McGwire from the Beaver Pelts leads the league in runs batted in with 16--he already has 18 walks. Teammate Gary Shefield leads the league with an OPS of 1.362.

Pitching highlights

ERA leaders are Dennis Martinez who hasn't given up a run in 13 innings while hurling for the Be Kind to Others-a central division team owned by NewCar13.
Kevin Brown from the RI Aces has an ERA of 1.00
Jamie Navarro from the hitting centric Beaver Pelts has an ERA of 1.23

From a pitching standpoint, Woody Williams (along with Navarro) have been outstanding. I was most psyched that I managed to draft Gott, because of the eligible pitchers, he has four good cards. Of course, it looks like I got his one bad one.

Weekly update:

During the week, the Hitting teams took the lead in the season series----the Hitting centric teams are 41-31 against the pitching centric teams.

Division leaders: East: Hitters--the Fench33 led Beaver Pelts are 22-11
Central: Mixed division---Burley Norseman's Rocky Mountain Rejects are 21-12
West--Pitching Centric: SPhillips' RI Aces are 19-14

The Rocky Mountain Rejects have a team average of .326 and are averaging 7.3 runs per game--Tony Gwynn leads the league hitting .434
Be Kind 2 Others-owned by NewCar13-has the lowest team ERA---3.40----both Dennis Martinez and Jose Rijo has 5 wins which lead the league.
Mark McGwire of the Beaver Pelts leads the league with 21 home runs and 44 runs batted in.

On the pitching front, Dennis Martinez (1.89) and Jose Rijo (1.93) both have ERAs under 2. More surprisingly, Mark Petkovsek of the Cabrarea24 owned Hitting/Pitch 90 Challenge team is third with an ERA of 2.23.

Thank you for the weekly updates to us curious ones who wonder which type team will prevail. This being mystery, everyone could have the same teams again and the results completEly different, but this is a great Concept!

sog

Pedro No hitter: https://365.strat-o-matic.com/game/448545/172

Update 3:

There have been 58 series between the hitting centric and pitching centric teams--that's 174 games.

The hitting squads are 104-70 versus pitching centric teams for a win percentage of just under 60%.

High priced hitting talent who were cut by their owners after underperformance:

Larry Walker 5 At bats--no hits--injury reveal worst year
Rickey Henderson 61 ABs--.115
Sammy Sosa 59 AB--.186
John Olerud 85 AB--.259
Raul Mondesi 125 AB---.224

High priced pitching talent who were shown the door

Jimmy Key 0-4 ERA of 6.66
Orel Hershiser 0-2 8.31
Frank Viola 1-1 6.14
Dave Steib 0-3 7.85
Zane Smith 0-1 11.11

East--hitting centric division:

Turnover at the top---the Heavy Hitters owned by Juiced JC have taken over in first place with a record of 32-22 and a run differential of +78

Central: Mixed division--2 hitters 2 pitching centric teams

Rocky Mountain Rejects (Hitting) led by Burley Norseman continues to lead the division with a record of 33-21--best in the league. Run differential is +94--also best in the league

West: Pitching Central teams

Houston Pudge Rockets with The BC Manager making all of the decisions has taken over as the division leader with a record of 28-26. The Rockers have a run differential of zero.

Wild Card: The Hitting/Pitching Challenge (East-Hitting) squad of Cabrera24 and Be Kind 2 Others (Pitching-Central) owned by NewCar13 are tied for the wild card spot with a record of 30-24. The Beaver Pelts of Fench33 (Hitting-East) are one game behind.

Hitting highlights: Tony Gwynn (Rocky Mountain) leads the league hitting .416. David Justice has an on-base percentage of .497.
Mark McGwire continues to set the pace for home runs--he has 29 for the Beaver Pelts.
Barry Bonds (Rocky Mountain) leads the league in runs batted with 59 and runs scored (65)

On the pitching side--Dennis Martinez is the leagues first and only pitcher with 10 wins for Be Kind 2 Others.
Pedro Martinez of the Atlanta Skinwalkers (FatDaddy054) has 8 wins and an ERA of 2.63 and a WHIP of .95

However, the most surprising names have each won 8 games for the Heavy Hitters---Pedro Astacio (ERA 4.70) and Todd Stottlemyre (1.84!!!) each are an amazing 8-1 records.

Greg Maddux for Be Kind 2 Others has tossed two shutouts and has a WHIP of .99



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Update 4

The basics:

76 seres/228 games have been played--we are approaching the half way point of the season---each team has played 75 games.

Hitting centric versus pitching centric--Hitters are 135-93 versus pitchers----a winning percentage of about 59%

Division leaders:
Remain the same---East/Hitters: Juiced JC's team sets the pace at 44-31--run differential +75---on pace to score 1,045--average per game 6.45--Juiced has a 2 game lead over Cabrera24's Hitting/Pitching Challenge team

Central--Mixed division---Burley Norseman continues to set the pace with a 49-26 record-best in the league--and a run differential of +141---Burley's team is on pace to score 1,157 runs--an average of 7.14/game. Burley has a 6 game lead.

West--Pitching centric: The BC Manager continues to lead the division with a record of 40-35--good for 6 game lead. BC has a run differential of +3----his pitching squad is on pace to allow just 644 runs--an average of allowing just 3.97 runs per game.

Wild cards: Newcar13s' Be Kind 2 Others leads with a record of 43-32 (+29)--good for a one game lead over Cabreas24 Hitting/Pitching Challenge (+50)...

Leaders: Home Runs--Mark McGwire--Beaver Pelts--hitters-East leads the league with 38 home runs.
Batting Average--Tony Gwynn-Burley's Rocky Mountain Rejects-- leads with .391----surprisingly, Garrett Anderson is second at .363.
On base percentage--David Justice of the Rakuten--(Budabear78-central-hitters) leads with a .450
Runs batted in: Barry Bonds--Rocky Mountain leads with 79 RBI--teammate Jason Giambi is second with 75

Pitching: Dennis Martinez (12-4--2.24) and teammate Greg Maddux (9-4 2.37) of Be Kind 2 Others set the pace with Pedro Martinez of FatDaddys054 club is 9-5 with a 2.61. Wally Whitehurst (Hitting/Pitching Challenge==Hitters) has posted a 6-2 record with a 2.72 era.

On the other side---Randy Johnson of JJB92's Blueprint for Armageddon won his first 3 games. Randy--not on his worst year based on injury reveal---and has then gone 1-11--his record now stands at 4-11 with an ERA of 3.90.

Jeff Reardon of the Falcon29's Smashmouth Hogs leads the league with 17 saves and a whip of .64/era of .57.

Update for week 5....sorry about the delay. Was out of town and the internet service was pretty much non-existent.

The hitting centric teams continue to lead the pitching centric teams--they lead the season series 169-137, a winning percentage of about 55%. This is down from last weeks results---the pitching centric teams had a good week.

Division leaders---no changes in the top--the East (Hitters) continues to be lead by Juiced JC----Juiced's Heavy Hitter offense is being paced by Manny Ramirez (.352/42/98--Slugging of .760)--more surprisingly, pitchers Pedro Astacio is 13-3--despite an ERA of 5.50 while Todd Stottlemyre is an impressive 15-3 with an ERA of 3.74.

The Central--with 2 hitting and 2 pitching team---continues to be lead by Burley Norseman's Rocky Mountain Rejects. Tony Gwynn leads the league with a .388 batting average---Jason Giambi has an OBP of .422. Burley's club is averaging just under 7 runs a game at 6.89.

The West is lead by BC Manager's Houston Pudge Rockets. BC's team features Roger Clemens who is....5-17. Curt Schilling was acquired via waivers and has an ERA of.....7.15. Ramon Martinez is 13-3 and Bryan Harvey and Tom Henke have 27 saves between them.

Three teams are within 3 games of the wild card--Newcar13s' Be Kind 2 Others--a pitching centric team in the Central leads the wild card race by 1 game.

Week 6 update:

Season series:
Hitting Centric: 197 victories vs pitching centric
Pitching Centric: 168 victories vs hitting centric

Hitting win percentage: 53.9% (it's getting closer....)

Division leaders--no changes at the top but the hitting centric East now has 3 teams within 1 game of the lead.

East: Juiced JC's Heavy Hitters now hold a 1 game lead of both Cabreras 24's Hit/Pitch Challenge and Fench33's Beaver Pelts. The Heavy Hitters are lead by Manny Ramirez (,338/.437/.711) Albert Belle (.316/.409/.649) and Andres Galarraga (.340/.372/.544) and Todd Stottlemyre who has a record of 16-4 and an ERA of 3.84.

Central: Mixed----Burley Norseman's Rocky Mountain Rejects continues to dominate the league with a record of 74-43--he holds a 12 game lead in the Central. The Rejects have a run differential of +183 and are lead by Barry Bonds (.300/.403/.662), Jason Giambi (.334/.417/.617) and Tony Gwynn (.387/.436/.565). They are averaging 6.89 runs per game.

West: BC Manager's Houston Pudge Rockets holds a 6 game lead over SPhillips' RI Aces. The Rockets are lead by Ramon Martinez (14-4--WHIP 1.28) and are getting good contributions from Chan Ho Park (9-3/3.41 ERA) and Steve Avery (8-4-3.55). If the two aces of the team--Roger Clemens (6-18--ERA 3.90, WHIP 1.24) and Curt Schilling (1-2, ERA 7.16/1.55) return to form, the Rockets could see additional improvement.

The Wild Card is lead by Newcar13's Be Kind 2 Others---they hold a 2 game lead over the Rakuten Monkeys led by Budabear78-Central-Hitting and the Beaver Pelts (East-Hitting) and Hit/Pitch Challenge (East-Hitting).

Other interesting stats:

Mark McGwire (Beaver Pelts) continues to lead the league with 49 home runs
Jon Nunnally (RI Aces) is 7th in OPS--1.031---better than Albert Belle and Ken Griffey Jr.

Greg Maddux, Dennis Martinez and Joey Hamilton of Be Kind 2 Others all have ERA's under 3.
Pedro Martinez, Hideo Nomo and Kevin Appier are 1,2 and 4th in strikeouts--all pitch for the Fatdaddy054 Atlanta Skinwalkers--that club is tied for 3rd in the west 9 games behind the leader.