What's exceptional about Ed Whitson San Francisco Giants 1979 ?
Seasons:
workhorse; few homers; losing team; season
Ed Whitson of the San Francisco Giants gave up the fewest homers per nine innings (.4) of the 35 pitchers in 1979 with at least 5.6 innings pitched per game and who played on a losing team.
after himself of the San Francisco Giants (.400, 5.6), closest were Burt Hooton of the Los Angeles Dodgers (.500, 7.3), Gaylord Perry of the San Diego Padres (.500, 7.3), Randy Jones of the San Diego Padres (.600, 6.7), and Rick Reuschel of the Chicago Cubs (.600, 6.6), ending with John Henry Johnson of the Oakland Athletics (1.4, 6.0).
after himself of the San Francisco Giants (.400, 5.6), closest were Burt Hooton of the Los Angeles Dodgers (.500, 7.3), Gaylord Perry of the San Diego Padres (.500, 7.3), Randy Jones of the San Diego Padres (.600, 6.7), and Rick Reuschel of the Chicago Cubs (.600, 6.6), ending with John Henry Johnson of the Oakland Athletics (1.4, 6.0).
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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/
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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/
Ed Whitson of the 1979 San Francisco Giants threw right-handed, played on a losing team, played in Candlestick Park, and was born in Tennessee.
Sources
- achievement score (-0.6 see References)
- assists (15)
- complete games (2)
- double plays (1)
- games finished (1)
- games played (18)
- games started (17)
- innings pitched (100.3)
- putouts (2)
- saves (0)
- shutouts (0)
- strikeouts (62)
- strikeouts per nine innings (5.6)
- winning percentage (38.5%)
- wins (5)
- balks (1)
- earned run average (3.95)
- earned runs (44)
- errors (2)
- hit by pitch (4)
- hits (98)
- hits per nine innings (8.8)
- homers given up (5)
- homers per nine innings (.4)
- intentional walks (6)
- losses (8)
- runs allowed (47)
- walks (39)
- walks per nine innings (3.5)
- wild pitches (3)
- age (24 yrs)
- batters faced (439)
- height (6'3")
- innings pitched per game (5.6)
- weight (195 lbs)
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