What's exceptional about Ed Whitson Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 ?
Seasons:
walks a lot; brief appearances; season
In 1979, only Ed Whitson of the Pittsburgh Pirates had both as few innings pitched (57.7) and as many walks per nine innings (5.6).
closest were Ed Glynn of the New York Mets (60.0, 6.0), Wayne Twitchell of the New York Mets (63.7, 7.8), Al Hrabosky of the Kansas City Royals (65.0, 5.7), and Don Stanhouse of the Baltimore Orioles (72.7, 6.3), ending with John Fulgham of the St. Louis Cardinals (146.0, 1.6).
closest were Ed Glynn of the New York Mets (60.0, 6.0), Wayne Twitchell of the New York Mets (63.7, 7.8), Al Hrabosky of the Kansas City Royals (65.0, 5.7), and Don Stanhouse of the Baltimore Orioles (72.7, 6.3), ending with John Fulgham of the St. Louis Cardinals (146.0, 1.6).
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Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Strikeouts, walks, hits and homers per nine innings, and innings per game, are counted only if at least 50 innings were pitched during the season for the specified team. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Ed Whitson of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates threw right-handed, played for the World Series winner, played in Three Rivers Stadium, and was born in Tennessee.
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- achievement score (-0.2 see References)
- assists (6)
- complete games (0)
- double plays (1)
- games finished (4)
- games played (19)
- games started (7)
- innings pitched (57.7)
- putouts (2)
- saves (1)
- shutouts (0)
- strikeouts (31)
- strikeouts per nine innings (4.8)
- wins (2)
- balks (1)
- earned run average (4.37)
- earned runs (28)
- errors (0)
- hit by pitch (1)
- hits (53)
- hits per nine innings (8.3)
- homers given up (6)
- homers per nine innings (.9)
- intentional walks (3)
- losses (3)
- runs allowed (36)
- walks (36)
- walks per nine innings (5.6)
- wild pitches (2)
- age (24 yrs)
- batters faced (263)
- height (6'3")
- innings pitched per game (3.0)
- weight (195 lbs)
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