Final 1998 Support-Neutral W/L Report

by Michael Wolverton


The Support-Neutral statistics evaluate starting pitchers by measuring the probability that each outing will lead to the starter getting a win (SNW), the starter getting a loss (SNL), and the starter's team winning (SNVA), given league average support from the offense and the bullpen. More information can be found in a short summary of the stats, or in a long detailed article.

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(Numbers through end of 1998 regular season)

Top 30 ML Starters (ranked by SNWs over a .425 pitcher):
Pitcher       Team    SNW   SNL  SNPct   W  L    RA     APW   SNVA  SNWAR
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Maddux,G       ATL   18.7   7.7  .710   18  9   2.69   5.37   5.37   7.52
Glavine,T      ATL   17.6   6.8  .722   20  6   2.63   5.05   5.12   7.24
Clemens,R      TOR   17.5   7.6  .697   20  6   2.99   4.92   4.86   6.85
Martinez,P     BOS   16.9   8.3  .670   19  7   3.16   4.58   3.99   6.18
Brown,K        SDP   17.5   9.1  .657   18  7   2.71   4.32   3.88   6.18
Rogers,Ken     OAK   16.6   8.5  .662   16  8   3.62   3.79   3.83   5.95
Leiter,A       NYM   14.4   5.5  .722   17  6   2.56   4.27   4.16   5.92
Schilling,C    PHI   17.6  10.1  .634   15 14   3.38   3.99   3.45   5.80
Johnson,R      S/H   16.7  10.1  .624   19 11   3.76   2.84   3.08   5.32
Moyer,J        SEA   16.1   9.5  .627   15  9   3.80   3.04   3.08   5.18
Harnisch,P     CIN   14.3   7.6  .653   13  7   3.40   3.08   3.11   4.99
Arrojo,R       TAM   14.5   8.2  .638   14 12   3.74   3.06   3.06   4.83
Wells,D        NYY   14.1   8.6  .622   18  4   3.61   2.92   2.77   4.47
Cone,D         NYY   13.9   8.5  .620   20  7   3.86   2.29   2.55   4.36
Colon,B        CLE   13.7   8.6  .614   14  9   4.01   2.51   2.62   4.23
Reed,R         NYM   13.9   8.9  .610   16 11   3.56   2.37   2.35   4.22
Smoltz,J       ATL   11.8   6.3  .653   17  3   3.11   2.81   2.60   4.14
Cordova,F      PIT   14.4   9.8  .596   13 14   3.72   2.40   2.29   4.13
Daal,O         ARI   10.9   5.2  .677    8 10   3.38   2.25   2.66   4.07
Hernandez,O    NYY   10.8   5.1  .680   12  4   3.38   2.27   2.72   4.04
Wood,K         CHC   12.0   6.9  .636   13  6   3.73   1.92   2.42   3.97
Mussina,M      BAL   13.1   8.6  .603   13 10   3.71   2.58   2.17   3.86
Moehler,B      DET   14.0  10.1  .580   14 13   4.19   2.02   1.99   3.74
Finley,C       ANA   14.1  10.4  .575   11  9   3.91   2.44   1.92   3.69
Neagle,D       ATL   13.3   9.6  .581   15 11   3.93   1.62   1.62   3.59
Thompson,J     DET   14.1  10.6  .570   11 15   4.62   1.01   1.64   3.58
Ashby,A        SDP   13.8  10.5  .567   17  9   3.57   1.56   1.51   3.47
Reynolds,S     HOU   14.0  11.3  .554   19  8   3.82   1.72   1.24   3.25
Irabu,H        NYY   11.9   8.8  .577   13  9   4.05   1.53   1.43   3.13
Erickson,S     BAL   15.1  13.1  .536   16 13   4.48   1.08   0.93   3.13

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Bottom 10 ML Starters (ranked by SNWs over a .425 pitcher):
Pitcher       Team    SNW   SNL  SNPct   W  L    RA     APW   SNVA  SNWAR
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Dickson,J      ANA    3.6   9.8  .267    7 10   7.73  -3.00  -2.96  -2.11
Vazquez,J      MON    7.3  14.4  .334    5 15   6.30  -4.13  -3.50  -1.97
Castillo,F     DET    3.5   9.4  .274    3  9   8.61  -3.42  -2.82  -1.95
Larkin,A       FLA    2.8   8.0  .262    3  8   9.08  -3.75  -2.52  -1.77
Witt,B         T/S    3.6   9.0  .286    6  8   8.06  -2.88  -2.61  -1.76
Navarro,J      CHW    7.0  13.0  .349    8 15   6.91  -3.16  -2.85  -1.51
Drabek,D       BAL    4.7   9.6  .328    6 11   7.37  -2.70  -2.25  -1.39
Cloude,K       SEA    7.4  12.9  .363    8 10   6.72  -2.74  -2.56  -1.26
Watson,A       ANA    2.8   6.8  .295    5  7   7.57  -1.99  -1.92  -1.25
Haney,C        KCR    2.3   5.7  .284    4  6   7.92  -1.70  -1.62  -1.13

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Luckiest 10 ML Starters (ranked by (W - E(W)) + (E(L) - L)):
Pitcher       Team    E(W)  E(L)    W  L   Diff.
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Helling,R      TEX   13.2  10.8    20  7   10.6
Wakefield,T    BOS   11.4  11.9    17  8    9.5
Tapani,K       CHC   12.7  12.0    19  9    9.3
Smoltz,J       ATL   11.6   6.3    17  3    8.7
Wells,D        NYY   14.1   8.6    18  4    8.5
Reynolds,S     HOU   13.9  11.3    19  8    8.4
Rueter,K       SFG   10.2  11.4    16  9    8.1
Millwood,K     ATL   10.8   9.7    17  8    7.9
Cone,D         NYY   13.8   8.5    20  7    7.7
Baldwin,J      CHW    7.7   8.2    13  6    7.5

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Unluckiest 10 ML Starters (ranked by (W - E(W)) + (E(L) - L)):
Pitcher       Team    E(W)  E(L)    W  L   Diff.
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Saunders,T     TAM   11.6   8.9     6 15  -11.7
Blair,W        A/N    7.6  10.1     5 16   -8.5
Alvarez,W      TAM    8.8   9.0     6 14   -7.8
Daal,O         ARI   10.8   5.2     8 10   -7.6
Thompson,J     DET   13.9  10.6    11 15   -7.3
Thomson,J      COL   10.6   7.9     7 11   -6.8
Schilling,C    PHI   17.6  10.1    15 14   -6.4
Guzman,J       T/B   12.1  11.8    10 16   -6.2
Bohanon,B      N/L    7.6   4.8     5  8   -5.8
Lieber,J       PIT    9.9  10.2     8 14   -5.7

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20 ML Starters most hurt by their relievers (ranked by Bullpen Support):
Pitcher       Team   IR  E(IR)    RA/A  E(RA)/A  SNVA_n  SNVA     BSup
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Clark,M        CHC   18  11.6     4.81   4.54    -0.53   0.21    -0.74
Burkett,J      TEX   23  18.1     5.63   5.42    -1.38  -0.72    -0.66
Aybar,M        STL   12   7.4     7.15   6.53    -1.48  -0.89    -0.59
Vazquez,J      MON   13   7.4     7.01   6.68    -4.09  -3.50    -0.59
Thompson,J     DET   11   7.0     4.51   4.35     1.05   1.64    -0.59
Ortiz,R        SFG    8   3.2     6.22   5.63    -1.56  -1.06    -0.50
Gardner,M      SFG    9   5.5     4.71   4.55     0.04   0.49    -0.44
Drabek,D       BAL   13   9.0     7.46   7.10    -2.66  -2.25    -0.41
Sanchez,J      FLA   13   9.5     5.46   5.26    -0.99  -0.59    -0.40
Park,C         LAD   11   7.5     4.54   4.38     0.16   0.54    -0.38
Dreifort,D     LAD    8   4.8     4.99   4.80    -1.05  -0.70    -0.36
Larkin,A       FLA    8   5.0     9.62   9.22    -2.86  -2.52    -0.34
Politte,C      STL    7   3.7     8.09   7.25    -1.20  -0.90    -0.30
Oquist,M       OAK   11   8.6     6.19   6.06    -1.77  -1.47    -0.30
Blair,W        A/N    7   4.1     5.19   5.03    -1.42  -1.13    -0.29
Castillo,F     DET   14  10.9     8.41   8.11    -3.11  -2.82    -0.28
Hamilton,J     SDP   10   7.9     5.24   5.14    -1.70  -1.43    -0.28
Serafini,D     MIN    4   1.9     6.55   6.13    -0.78  -0.50    -0.28
Carpenter,C    TOR    6   4.8     5.34   5.26    -0.59  -0.32    -0.27
Jones,BM       COL   13  11.6     4.57   4.49    -0.23   0.04    -0.27

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20 ML Starters most helped by their relievers (ranked by Bullpen Support):
Pitcher       Team   IR  E(IR)    RA/A  E(RA)/A  SNVA_n  SNVA     BSup
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Stottlemyre,T  S/T    1   5.7     4.39   4.58     0.77   0.30     0.47
Swift,B        SEA    3   7.8     6.03   6.34    -1.60  -2.03     0.43
Martinez,P     BOS    1   5.4     3.11   3.27     4.42   3.99     0.43
Alvarez,W      TAM    6  12.0     4.65   5.01     0.40  -0.02     0.43
Irabu,H        NYY    3   8.4     4.09   4.38     1.83   1.43     0.41
Burba,D        CLE    2   6.6     4.22   4.42     1.58   1.23     0.35
Cordova,F      PIT    4   7.8     3.72   3.87     2.62   2.29     0.34
Erickson,S     BAL    5   8.2     4.53   4.64     1.25   0.93     0.32
Fassero,J      SEA    1   5.0     4.51   4.67     0.65   0.33     0.32
Springer,D     TAM    5   9.0     6.23   6.59    -1.54  -1.83     0.29
Parris,S       CIN    0   3.3     4.13   4.44     0.43   0.14     0.29
Helling,R      TEX    7  10.5     4.22   4.35     1.52   1.24     0.29
Hanson,E       TOR    1   4.3     5.96   6.61    -0.48  -0.75     0.26
Trachsel,S     CHC    5   7.5     4.56   4.66     0.84   0.58     0.26
Johns,D        BAL    2   5.0     4.55   5.10     0.26  -0.00     0.26
Lima,J         HOU    2   4.5     4.06   4.16     1.28   1.03     0.26
Hitchcock,S    SDP    2   5.1     4.72   4.91     0.14  -0.11     0.25
Escobar,K      TOR    0   2.8     2.85   3.21     1.63   1.38     0.25
Meadows,B      FLA    4   7.1     5.80   5.97    -1.74  -1.97     0.23
Hampton,M      HOU    5   8.1     4.12   4.25     1.14   0.92     0.22

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Flakiest 10 ML Starters (ranked by variance of SNVA):
(20 starts minimum)
Pitcher       Team    APW   SNVA   SNVA Var.
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Sele,A         TEX   0.83   1.24    0.086
Johnson,R      S/H   2.84   3.08    0.086
Sirotka,M      CHW  -1.92  -1.82    0.077
Hernandez,O    NYY   2.27   2.72    0.077
Irabu,H        NYY   1.53   1.43    0.076
Radke,B        MIN   0.62   0.74    0.076
Rosado,J       KCR  -0.52  -0.31    0.075
Thomson,J      COL   1.28   1.38    0.073
Alvarez,W      TAM   0.43  -0.02    0.073
Erickson,S     BAL   1.08   0.93    0.073

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Steadiest 10 ML Starters (ranked by variance of SNVA):
(20 starts minimum)
Pitcher       Team    APW   SNVA   SNVA Var.
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Hawkins,L      MIN  -2.23  -2.54    0.031
Leiter,A       NYM   4.27   4.16    0.034
Gooden,D       CLE   1.72   1.71    0.034
Jones,BM       COL  -0.06   0.04    0.034
Peters,C       PIT   0.83   0.66    0.034
Vazquez,J      MON  -4.13  -3.50    0.035
Woodall,B      MIL  -1.09  -0.87    0.035
Pavano,C       MON  -0.52  -0.79    0.038
Blair,W        A/N  -0.82  -1.13    0.039
Harnisch,P     CIN   3.08   3.11    0.039

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Team Totals (teams ranked by SNW-SNL):
Team     SNW    SNL   SNPct.  E(W)    W    L    RA   AdjRA   SNVA
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ATL     75.3   43.5    .634   74.7   90   40   3.40   3.46  14.94
NYY     69.6   49.6    .584   69.3   86   39   4.10   4.13   9.59
NYM     64.7   48.5    .572   63.1   62   48   3.91   4.03   7.47
HOU     64.0   51.8    .553   62.7   76   39   3.89   4.09   5.57
TOR     63.9   55.2    .536   63.4   67   51   4.60   4.56   3.98
CLE     60.7   52.0    .538   59.4   66   51   4.84   4.59   4.24
BOS     57.9   52.0    .527   56.1   64   50   4.71   4.64   2.66
LAD     60.7   55.9    .521   58.8   58   56   4.19   4.62   2.11
CHC     59.6   55.5    .518   58.1   67   48   4.78   4.71   2.09
SDP     59.0   56.1    .512   57.3   67   45   4.01   4.48   1.00
TAM     56.3   53.5    .513   53.8   39   79   4.96   4.70   1.32
PIT     58.2   56.1    .509   56.2   53   68   4.59   4.58   0.88
CIN     54.2   56.5    .490   52.1   52   60   4.87   4.82  -1.11
BAL     55.2   59.0    .483   52.7   56   64   5.16   5.22  -1.77
STL     54.1   58.4    .481   52.1   58   57   4.91   5.11  -2.56
OAK     54.6   60.0    .477   53.2   52   60   5.48   5.25  -2.58
SEA     55.4   61.0    .476   53.9   60   56   5.29   5.18  -2.85
ARI     54.9   60.7    .475   52.9   46   75   5.02   5.00  -2.79
PHI     55.3   61.8    .472   54.4   50   60   5.06   5.02  -3.44
COL     54.3   61.0    .471   52.7   51   69   6.01   4.86  -3.08
ANA     53.0   60.6    .467   51.3   60   53   5.23   5.23  -3.45
KCR     53.0   61.0    .465   52.1   55   71   5.68   5.35  -4.10
SFG     52.5   61.0    .463   50.6   59   51   5.03   5.26  -4.21
MIN     51.7   60.2    .462   49.4   46   67   5.29   5.37  -4.11
DET     52.0   61.3    .459   49.5   45   78   5.74   5.61  -4.42
TEX     53.3   64.1    .454   51.6   68   57   5.94   5.52  -4.98
MIL     49.4   60.9    .448   46.9   45   64   5.46   5.40  -5.74
MON     45.9   64.8    .415   43.4   42   69   5.11   5.68  -9.29
CHW     47.0   66.5    .414   44.9   60   60   5.92   5.89  -9.40
FLA     42.9   72.5    .372   40.1   37   72   6.01   6.37 -14.37
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ML    1688.5 1741.0    .492 1636.7 1737 1757   4.95   4.95 -28.41

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Team Luck Totals
(teams ranked by ((SNW - E(W)) + (E(L) - SNL)):
Team    E(W)    E(L)    W    L    Diff
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NYY     69.3   49.6    86   39   27.4
HOU     62.7   51.8    76   39   26.2
TEX     51.6   64.1    68   57   23.6
CHW     44.9   66.5    60   60   21.6
SDP     57.3   56.1    67   45   20.9
ATL     74.7   43.5    90   40   18.9
SFG     50.6   61.0    59   51   18.3
CHC     58.1   55.5    67   48   16.4
ANA     51.3   60.6    60   53   16.3
SEA     53.9   61.0    60   56   11.0
BOS     56.1   52.0    64   50    9.9
TOR     63.4   55.2    67   51    7.8
CLE     59.4   52.0    66   51    7.6
STL     52.1   58.4    58   57    7.3
NYM     63.1   48.5    62   48   -0.6
LAD     58.8   55.9    58   56   -0.9
OAK     53.2   60.0    52   60   -1.2
BAL     52.7   59.0    56   64   -1.7
PHI     54.4   61.8    50   60   -2.6
FLA     40.1   72.5    37   72   -2.7
CIN     52.1   56.5    52   60   -3.7
MIL     46.9   60.9    45   64   -5.0
MON     43.4   64.8    42   69   -5.7
KCR     52.1   61.0    55   71   -7.1
COL     52.7   61.0    51   69   -9.7
MIN     49.4   60.2    46   67  -10.3
PIT     56.2   56.1    53   68  -15.1
ARI     52.9   60.7    46   75  -21.1
DET     49.5   61.3    45   78  -21.2
TAM     53.8   53.5    39   79  -40.3
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ML    1636.7 1741.0  1737 1757   84.3

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Team Bullpen Support Totals
(teams ranked by Bullpen Support of starting pitchers):
Team      IR   E(IR)   RA/A  E(RA)/A  SNVA_n  SNVA    BSup
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BOS       25   34.2    4.64   4.72     3.34   2.66    0.68
TAM       41   51.1    4.70   4.79     1.92   1.32    0.60
PIT       30   39.0    4.58   4.66     1.48   0.88    0.60
CHW       34   43.4    5.89   5.98    -8.88  -9.40    0.53
ATL       14   20.1    3.46   3.51    15.36  14.94    0.42
SDP       22   25.6    4.48   4.52     1.42   1.00    0.42
HOU       21   28.6    4.09   4.16     5.98   5.57    0.41
CIN       36   45.5    4.82   4.91    -0.69  -1.11    0.41
ANA       41   48.9    5.23   5.30    -3.13  -3.45    0.32
TOR       25   30.8    4.56   4.61     4.24   3.98    0.26
SEA       32   35.1    5.18   5.21    -2.60  -2.85    0.25
CLE       39   43.8    4.59   4.63     4.47   4.24    0.23
KCR       40   40.0    5.35   5.35    -4.14  -4.10   -0.03
PHI       24   25.1    5.02   5.03    -3.48  -3.44   -0.04
NYY       32   32.4    4.13   4.14     9.41   9.59   -0.17
MIL       45   43.2    5.40   5.38    -5.92  -5.74   -0.19
OAK       47   46.6    5.25   5.25    -2.83  -2.58   -0.25
MIN       43   43.6    5.37   5.37    -4.43  -4.11   -0.31
BAL       48   40.6    5.22   5.15    -2.19  -1.77   -0.42
ARI       33   32.0    5.00   4.99    -3.24  -2.79   -0.44
STL       36   33.3    5.11   5.08    -3.08  -2.56   -0.53
TEX       69   69.2    5.52   5.53    -5.51  -4.98   -0.53
COL       53   51.6    4.86   4.85    -3.61  -3.08   -0.53
FLA       46   41.9    6.37   6.32   -14.98 -14.37   -0.61
MON       36   31.3    5.68   5.63   -10.04  -9.29   -0.76
CHC       52   43.3    4.71   4.63     1.17   2.09   -0.93
NYM       41   31.2    4.03   3.95     6.49   7.47   -0.98
SFG       49   41.3    5.26   5.19    -5.34  -4.21   -1.12
DET       65   53.3    5.61   5.50    -5.82  -4.42   -1.39
LAD       45   30.2    4.62   4.48     0.70   2.11   -1.41
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ML      1164 1176.4    4.95   4.95   -33.91 -28.41   -5.51

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Team-by-team stats:
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS          Park Effect: +0.9%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
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Adamson,J     5   23.0  21  0.6  2.6  .191  0  3  8.22 -0.86 -0.95  -0.77
Anderson,B   32  208.0 109 11.8 11.5  .507 12 13  4.72  0.06  0.14   1.91
Benes,An     34  231.3 111 14.0 11.8  .543 14 13  4.32  1.06  1.04   3.05
Blair,W      23  146.7  91  6.5  9.9  .397  4 15  5.58 -1.34 -1.58  -0.46
Chouinard,B   2    6.0   4  0.4  0.4  .464  0  0  6.00 -0.08 -0.04   0.03
Daal,O       23  152.0  57 10.9  5.2  .677  8 10  3.38  2.25  2.66   4.07
Sodowsky,C    6   28.7  24  1.1  2.7  .286  1  2  7.53 -0.87 -0.78  -0.53
Suppan,J     13   66.0  55  2.8  6.6  .295  1  7  7.50 -1.97 -1.89  -1.22
Telemaco,A   18  104.3  58  5.4  6.7  .446  5  9  5.00 -0.29 -0.55   0.26
Wolcott,B     6   33.0  27  1.4  3.2  .305  1  3  7.36 -0.94 -0.84  -0.56
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TOTALS      162  999.0 557 54.9 60.7  .475 46 75  5.02 -2.98 -2.79   5.79


ATLANTA BRAVES                Park Effect: -3.4%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
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Chen,B        4   20.3   9  1.3  1.3  .510  2  0  3.98  0.15  0.05   0.22
Glavine,T    33  229.3  67 17.6  6.8  .722 20  6  2.63  5.05  5.12   7.24
Maddux,G     34  251.0  75 18.7  7.7  .710 18  9  2.69  5.37  5.37   7.52
Martinez,D    5   26.3  20  1.6  2.2  .416  1  3  6.84 -0.63 -0.30  -0.03
Millwood,K   29  171.7  86 10.9  9.7  .529 17  8  4.51  0.25  0.47   2.13
Neagle,D     31  208.3  91 13.3  9.6  .581 15 11  3.93  1.62  1.62   3.59
Smoltz,J     26  167.7  58 11.8  6.3  .653 17  3  3.11  2.81  2.60   4.14
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS      162 1074.7 406 75.3 43.5  .634 90 40  3.40 14.61 14.94  24.79


CHICAGO CUBS                  Park Effect: +3.2%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clark,M      33  213.7 116 12.0 11.6  .508  9 14  4.89 -0.21  0.21   1.97
Gonzalez,J   20  110.0  72  5.6  7.9  .415  7  6  5.89 -1.30 -0.98  -0.14
Morgan,M      5   22.7  21  0.9  2.3  .281  0  1  8.34 -0.86 -0.73  -0.47
Mulholland,T  6   39.7  11  2.9  1.2  .706  3  0  2.50  0.98  0.74   1.14
Tapani,K     34  218.0 118 12.8 12.0  .516 19  9  4.87 -0.18  0.32   2.25
Trachsel,S   33  208.0 107 12.1 11.1  .520 15  8  4.63  0.37  0.58   2.21
Wengert,D     6   28.3  21  1.3  2.4  .357  1  4  6.67 -0.57 -0.46  -0.26
Wood,K       26  166.7  69 12.0  6.9  .636 13  6  3.73  1.92  2.42   3.97
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS      163 1007.0 535 59.6 55.5  .518 67 48  4.78  0.16  2.09  10.67


CINCINNATI REDS               Park Effect: +2.0%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bere,J        7   39.7  17  3.2  2.0  .615  3  2  3.86  0.39  0.53   0.99
Cooke,S       1    6.0   1  0.5  0.1  .893  1  0  1.50  0.21  0.23   0.28
Harnisch,P   32  209.0  79 14.3  7.6  .653 13  7  3.40  3.08  3.11   4.99
Hutton,M      2    2.3   7  0.1  0.9  .079  0  1 27.00 -0.56 -0.41  -0.35
Klingenbeck,  4   22.7  17  0.7  2.0  .260  1  3  6.75 -0.48 -0.54  -0.44
Krivda,R      1    4.0   7  0.0  0.8  .024  0  1 15.75 -0.47 -0.36  -0.32
Parris,S     16   95.0  44  5.5  5.2  .514  6  5  4.17  0.62  0.14   0.96
Priest,E      2    6.0   8  0.1  1.2  .069  0  1 12.00 -0.47 -0.50  -0.46
Remlinger,M  28  155.7  91  8.2 10.2  .447  7 15  5.26 -0.83 -0.75   0.41
Reyes,D       7   37.0  19  2.1  2.3  .479  3  1  4.62  0.06 -0.08   0.24
Tomko,B      34  210.7 111 12.4 12.3  .501 13 12  4.74  0.06 -0.03   1.89
Weathers,D    9   49.7  35  2.3  3.9  .367  2  4  6.34 -0.84 -0.78  -0.36
White,G       3   15.3  12  0.8  1.2  .390  0  2  7.04 -0.38 -0.22  -0.07
Winchester,S 16   79.0  56  4.0  6.8  .369  3  6  6.38 -1.37 -1.45  -0.60
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS      162  932.0 504 54.2 56.5  .490 52 60  4.87 -0.99 -1.11   7.16


COLORADO ROCKIES              Park Effect: +38.2%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Astacio,P    34  208.0 159  9.8 14.8  .398 13 14  6.88 -2.64 -2.28  -0.66
Brownson,M    2   13.3   7  1.0  0.7  .567  1  0  4.73  0.12  0.14   0.24
Dejean,M      1    3.0   1  0.3  0.1  .779  0  0  3.00  0.08  0.10   0.12
Jones,BM     20  121.0  76  6.7  6.7  .500  7  8  5.65 -0.06  0.04   1.00
Kile,D       35  228.3 140 13.8 12.5  .525 13 17  5.52  0.20  0.57   2.61
Ritz,K        2    9.0  11  0.1  1.3  .092  0  2 11.00 -0.48 -0.57  -0.48
Saipe,M       2   10.0  12  0.4  1.1  .264  0  1 10.80 -0.52 -0.33  -0.24
Thompson,M    6   23.3  22  0.9  2.3  .280  1  2  8.49 -0.67 -0.65  -0.46
Thomson,J    26  161.0  86 10.9  7.9  .580  7 11  4.81  1.28  1.38   2.90
Wright,Jam   34  206.3 143 10.5 13.6  .436  9 14  6.24 -1.30 -1.48   0.27
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS      162  983.3 657 54.3 61.0  .471 51 69  6.01 -3.99 -3.08   5.31


FLORIDA MARLINS               Park Effect: -11.9%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dempster,R   11   48.7  38  2.0  5.0  .289  1  5  7.03 -1.40 -1.40  -0.96
Fontenot,J    8   42.7  34  1.4  4.2  .245  0  7  7.17 -1.30 -1.37  -1.01
Hammond,C     3   13.7  11  0.5  1.4  .276  0  2  7.24 -0.43 -0.40  -0.28
Heredia,F     2    9.7  12  0.1  1.5  .050  0  2 11.17 -0.73 -0.65  -0.58
Hernandez,L  33  234.3 133 10.7 15.0  .415 11 11  5.11 -1.73 -2.23  -0.26
Larkin,A     14   72.3  73  2.8  8.0  .262  3  8  9.08 -3.75 -2.52  -1.77
Ludwick,E     6   22.3  17  0.9  2.4  .281  1  3  6.85 -0.60 -0.61  -0.48
Meadows,B    31  174.3 106  9.0 13.0  .409 11 13  5.47 -2.00 -1.97  -0.36
Medina,R     12   67.3  50  2.8  5.5  .341  2  6  6.68 -1.68 -1.29  -0.69
Ojala,K      13   73.0  48  3.2  5.9  .352  1  7  5.92 -1.20 -1.34  -0.67
Sanchez,J    29  166.0  95  9.4 10.5  .471  7  8  5.15 -1.31 -0.59   0.91
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TOTALS      162  924.3 617 42.9 72.5  .372 37 72  6.01-16.13-14.37  -6.16


HOUSTON ASTROS                Park Effect: -10.4%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bergman,S    27  168.0  80  9.5  9.3  .505 12  8  4.29  0.37  0.14   1.50
Elarton,S     2   12.3   9  0.6  0.7  .468  0  0  6.57 -0.29 -0.05   0.05
Halama,J      6   32.3  21  1.5  2.5  .364  1  1  5.85 -0.49 -0.53  -0.24
Hampton,M    32  211.7  92 12.8 10.5  .548 11  7  3.91  1.34  0.92   2.87
Johnson,R    11   84.3  12  7.6  1.1  .875 10  1  1.28  3.01  3.10   3.93
Lima,J       33  233.3 100 13.3 11.0  .546 16  8  3.86  1.62  1.03   2.94
Miller,Trev   1    4.0   2  0.2  0.3  .384  0  0  4.50 -0.00 -0.03  -0.02
Reynolds,S   35  233.3  99 14.0 11.3  .554 19  8  3.82  1.72  1.24   3.25
Schourek,P   15   80.0  43  4.7  5.2  .477  7  6  4.84 -0.32 -0.26   0.51
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TOTALS      162 1059.3 458 64.0 51.8  .553 76 39  3.89  6.96  5.57  14.78


LOS ANGELES DODGERS           Park Effect: -20.3%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bohanon,B    14   97.3  35  6.3  4.0  .611  4  7  3.24  1.13  1.08   1.92
Dreifort,D   26  165.0  83  8.6 10.2  .459  8 12  4.53 -0.52 -0.70   0.64
Martinez,R   15  101.7  42  5.8  4.8  .549  7  3  3.72  0.62  0.47   1.32
Mlicki,D     20  124.3  64  6.7  7.7  .464  7  3  4.63 -0.54 -0.52   0.57
Nomo,H       12   67.3  39  3.8  4.6  .455  2  7  5.21 -0.74 -0.44   0.26
Park,C       34  220.7 101 12.8 11.7  .523 15  9  4.12  0.34  0.54   2.38
Perez,C      11   77.7  30  5.7  3.1  .649  4  4  3.48  0.69  1.31   1.95
Reyes,D       3   15.3  10  0.9  0.7  .579  0  2  5.87 -0.28  0.10   0.24
Valdes,I     27  174.0  82 10.1  9.2  .523 11  9  4.24  0.02  0.27   1.89
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS      162 1043.3 486 60.7 55.9  .521 58 56  4.19  0.72  2.11  11.17


MILWAUKEE BREWERS             Park Effect: +2.2%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eldred,C     23  133.0  82  6.4  9.2  .410  4  8  5.55 -1.11 -1.38  -0.24
Juden,J      24  138.3  91  7.2 10.1  .417  7 11  5.92 -1.71 -1.38  -0.14
Karl,S       33  192.3 104 10.9 11.2  .492 10 11  4.87 -0.19 -0.30   1.47
Mercedes,J    5   27.7  21  1.6  2.0  .433  2  2  6.83 -0.61 -0.27   0.03
Patrick,B     3   20.0  11  0.9  1.1  .453  1  1  4.95 -0.04 -0.06   0.06
Pulsipher,B  10   56.0  30  3.4  3.5  .493  3  4  4.82 -0.03 -0.07   0.47
Roque,R       9   48.0  28  2.4  3.2  .427  4  2  5.25 -0.25 -0.35   0.01
Wagner,P      9   50.0  44  1.8  4.5  .292  1  5  7.92 -1.70 -1.29  -0.84
Woodall,B    20  118.3  74  5.9  7.6  .440  5  8  5.63 -1.09 -0.87   0.21
Woodard,S    26  151.0  82  8.9  8.5  .511  8 12  4.89 -0.19  0.23   1.50
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS      162  934.7 567 49.4 60.9  .448 45 64  5.46 -6.93 -5.74   2.52


MONTREAL EXPOS                Park Effect: -22.3%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Batista,M    13   71.3  26  4.7  3.1  .604  2  2  3.28  0.76  0.74   1.38
Boskie,S      5   17.7  21  0.7  3.1  .175  1  3 10.70 -1.32 -1.14  -0.94
Hermanson,D  30  184.0  80 10.9 10.0  .522 14 11  3.91  0.62  0.42   2.03
Johnson,M     2    7.3  12  0.1  1.5  .056  0  2 14.73 -0.89 -0.68  -0.57
Moore,T      11   56.0  33  2.6  4.5  .370  2  5  5.30 -0.71 -0.85  -0.39
Pavano,C     23  132.7  67  6.9  8.4  .451  6  8  4.55 -0.52 -0.79   0.39
Perez,C      23  163.3  79  7.9  9.6  .452  7 10  4.35 -0.28 -0.82   0.47
Powell,J      6   24.0  24  1.2  3.0  .288  1  5  9.00 -1.32 -0.91  -0.57
Thurman,M    13   66.0  38  3.1  5.1  .376  4  5  5.18 -0.74 -1.01  -0.41
Valdes,M      4   13.0  15  0.6  2.2  .223  0  3 10.38 -0.92 -0.75  -0.56
Vazquez,J    32  171.3 120  7.3 14.4  .334  5 15  6.30 -4.13 -3.50  -1.97
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TOTALS      162  906.7 515 45.9 64.8  .415 42 69  5.11 -9.44 -9.29  -1.14


NEW YORK METS                 Park Effect: -6.5%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Blair,W       2   14.3   2  1.2  0.2  .832  1  1  1.26  0.52  0.45   0.57
Bohanon,B     4   21.0   7  1.5  0.8  .660  1  1  3.00  0.36  0.29   0.54
Jones,B      30  195.3  94 10.6 10.6  .501  9  9  4.33  0.52  0.03   1.61
Leiter,A     28  193.0  55 14.4  5.5  .722 17  6  2.56  4.27  4.16   5.92
Mlicki,D     10   57.0  38  2.6  4.5  .365  1  4  6.00 -0.90 -0.88  -0.42
Nomo,H       16   85.7  49  5.1  5.4  .485  4  5  5.15 -0.54 -0.11   0.63
Pulsipher,B   1    4.0   5  0.1  0.6  .101  0  0 11.25 -0.29 -0.27  -0.22
Reed,R       31  212.3  84 13.9  8.9  .610 16 11  3.56  2.37  2.35   4.22
Reynoso,A    11   68.3  31  5.0  3.1  .612  7  3  4.08  0.37  0.78   1.51
Yoshii,M     29  171.7  79 10.4  8.8  .542  6  8  4.14  0.81  0.69   2.23
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS      162 1022.7 444 64.7 48.5  .572 62 48  3.91  7.49  7.47  16.60


PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES         Park Effect: +1.6%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beech,M      21  117.0  78  5.7  8.8  .391  3  9  6.00 -1.57 -1.46  -0.49
Byrd,P        8   55.0  16  4.2  1.6  .719  5  2  2.62  1.27  1.30   1.72
Grace,M      15   82.7  58  3.5  6.8  .337  4  7  6.31 -1.39 -1.59  -0.91
Green,T      27  159.3  97  8.0 10.8  .425  6 11  5.48 -1.24 -1.55  -0.01
Loewer,C     21  122.7  86  5.8  9.1  .388  7  8  6.31 -2.06 -1.64  -0.56
Portugal,M   26  166.3  88  9.6  9.6  .500 10  5  4.76 -0.00 -0.13   1.44
Ryan,K        1    3.0   1  0.2  0.1  .611  0  0  3.00  0.06  0.06   0.06
Schilling,C  35  268.7 101 17.6 10.1  .634 15 14  3.38  3.99  3.45   5.80
Stephenson,G  6   23.0  24  0.8  3.0  .206  0  2  9.39 -1.15 -1.03  -0.83
Welch,M       2    6.3  16  0.0  1.7  .007  0  2 22.74 -1.23 -0.84  -0.73
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TOTALS      162 1004.0 565 55.3 61.8  .472 50 60  5.06 -3.32 -3.44   5.49


PITTSBURGH PIRATES            Park Effect: +0.4%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cordova,F    33  220.0  91 14.4  9.8  .596 13 14  3.72  2.40  2.29   4.13
Dessens,E     5   26.7  20  1.3  2.2  .361  0  4  6.75 -0.58 -0.42  -0.23
Lawrence,S    3   13.3  11  0.5  1.4  .256  1  1  7.43 -0.39 -0.47  -0.32
Lieber,J     28  170.7  93 10.0 10.2  .494  8 14  4.90 -0.32 -0.20   1.39
Loaiza,E     14   78.3  45  4.2  5.5  .429  4  5  5.17 -0.37 -0.63   0.04
Peters,C     21  124.7  57  7.4  6.1  .548  8  8  4.11  0.83  0.66   1.65
Schmidt,J    33  214.3 106 12.0 11.4  .514 11 14  4.45  0.65  0.25   2.08
Silva,J      18  100.3  55  6.4  6.2  .507  6  7  4.93 -0.22 -0.07   1.03
VanPoppel,T   7   37.0  26  1.7  3.1  .359  1  1  6.32 -0.64 -0.64  -0.32
Williams,M    1    5.0   1  0.4  0.1  .766  1  0  1.80  0.16  0.11   0.18
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TOTALS      163  990.3 505 58.2 56.1  .509 53 68  4.59  1.52  0.88   9.66


ST. LOUIS CARDINALS           Park Effect: -7.9%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Acevedo,J     9   50.0  14  3.9  1.6  .702  4  1  2.52  1.12  0.96   1.52
Aybar,M      14   69.3  53  3.6  5.4  .402  5  6  6.88 -1.80 -0.89  -0.21
Bottenfield, 17   99.3  51  5.2  6.1  .458  3  4  4.62 -0.09 -0.46   0.37
Busby,M       2   10.7   6  0.5  0.7  .422  1  1  5.06 -0.06 -0.10  -0.00
Jimenez,J     3   18.3   8  1.0  0.9  .546  3  0  3.93  0.12  0.10   0.23
Lowe,S        1    1.7   5  0.0  0.8  .007  0  1 27.00 -0.41 -0.38  -0.34
Mercker,K    29  160.7  96  8.4 11.0  .432 11 10  5.38 -1.49 -1.35   0.13
Morris,M     17  113.7  37  8.2  3.8  .683  7  5  2.93  2.02  2.08   3.08
Oliver,D     10   57.0  31  3.1  3.7  .461  4  4  4.89 -0.22 -0.28   0.24
Osborne,D    14   83.7  42  4.9  5.2  .487  5  4  4.52  0.02 -0.10   0.62
Petkovsek,M  10   48.3  34  3.6  4.1  .464  3  4  6.33 -0.96 -0.35   0.30
Politte,C     8   37.0  32  1.7  3.5  .329  2  3  7.78 -1.33 -0.90  -0.51
Raggio,B      1    0.7   7  0.0  0.9  .000  0  1 94.50 -0.66 -0.45  -0.39
Stottlemyre, 23  161.3  74  9.1  8.2  .528  9  9  4.13  0.73  0.34   1.78
Witt,B        5   24.3  21  0.9  2.5  .272  1  4  7.77 -0.87 -0.79  -0.52
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TOTALS      163  936.0 511 54.1 58.4  .481 58 57  4.91 -3.87 -2.56   6.31


SAN DIEGO PADRES              Park Effect: -23.9%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ashby,A      33  226.7  90 13.8 10.5  .567 17  9  3.57  1.56  1.51   3.47
Boehringer,B  1    4.0   5  0.0  0.7  .059  0  1 11.25 -0.33 -0.34  -0.28
Brown,K      35  256.0  77 17.5  9.1  .657 18  7  2.71  4.32  3.88   6.18
Clement,M     2   11.7   5  0.5  0.8  .357  1  0  3.86  0.04 -0.13  -0.09
Hamilton,J   34  217.3 113 10.8 13.6  .443 13 13  4.68 -1.28 -1.43   0.44
Hitchcock,S  27  166.3  78  9.2  9.3  .497  9  7  4.22 -0.10 -0.11   1.33
Langston,M   16   78.3  53  3.4  6.9  .331  4  6  6.09 -1.74 -1.70  -0.97
Smith,P       8   39.7  22  2.1  2.9  .415  3  2  4.99 -0.38 -0.46  -0.05
Spencer,S     5   28.7  16  1.3  2.1  .392  1  0  5.02 -0.28 -0.33  -0.11
Wall,D        1    5.0   1  0.3  0.1  .695  1  0  1.80  0.14  0.11   0.13
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TOTALS      162 1033.7 460 59.0 56.1  .512 67 45  4.01  1.96  1.00  10.04


SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS          Park Effect: -9.3%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Darwin,D     25  138.0  89  6.6 10.9  .378  8 10  5.80 -1.99 -1.97  -0.82
Estes,S      25  149.3  89  8.0 10.0  .444  7 12  5.36 -1.42 -0.93   0.35
Gardner,M    33  212.0 106 12.9 11.5  .529 13  6  4.50  0.02  0.49   2.54
Hershiser,O  34  202.0 105 11.2 11.8  .486 11 10  4.68 -0.38 -0.29   1.41
Ortiz,R      13   75.7  50  3.0  5.4  .360  4  4  5.95 -1.21 -1.06  -0.55
Rueter,K     33  187.7 100 10.8 11.4  .487 16  9  4.80 -0.60 -0.45   1.37
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TOTALS      163  964.7 539 52.5 61.0  .463 59 51  5.03 -5.59 -4.21   4.29


ANAHEIM ANGELS                Park Effect: 0.0%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dickson,J    18  101.3  87  3.6  9.8  .267  7 10  7.73 -3.00 -2.96  -2.11
Finley,C     34  223.3  97 14.1 10.4  .575 11  9  3.91  2.44  1.92   3.69
Hill,K       19  103.0  60  6.5  6.7  .494  9  6  5.24 -0.33  0.07   0.91
Juden,J       6   35.3  29  1.2  3.1  .286  1  3  7.39 -0.92 -0.95  -0.60
Mcdowell,J   14   76.0  45  4.2  5.3  .444  5  3  5.33 -0.31 -0.48   0.18
Olivares,O   26  160.0  86  9.6  8.7  .524  7  9  4.84  0.17  0.39   1.81
Sparks,S     20  121.7  60  7.3  6.6  .528  9  4  4.44  0.65  0.36   1.42
Washburn,J   11   68.3  34  3.7  3.4  .519  6  2  4.48  0.33  0.11   0.66
Watson,A     14   71.3  60  2.8  6.8  .295  5  7  7.57 -1.99 -1.92  -1.25
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TOTALS      162  960.3 558 53.0 60.6  .467 60 53  5.23 -2.97 -3.45   4.72


BALTIMORE ORIOLES             Park Effect: -2.4%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coppinger,R   1    5.0   4  0.1  0.5  .184  0  0  7.20 -0.12 -0.17  -0.15
Drabek,D     21  101.3  83  4.7  9.6  .328  6 11  7.37 -2.70 -2.25  -1.39
Erickson,S   36  251.3 125 15.1 13.1  .536 16 13  4.48  1.08  0.93   3.13
Fussell,C     2    6.7   7  0.3  0.9  .269  0  1  9.45 -0.33 -0.25  -0.19
Guzman,J     11   66.0  34  4.1  3.6  .534  4  4  4.64  0.17  0.22   0.84
Johns,D      10   50.0  25  3.1  3.1  .497  2  2  4.50  0.20 -0.00   0.45
Kamieniecki, 11   50.7  40  2.8  4.4  .389  2  6  7.11 -1.20 -0.82  -0.26
Key,J        11   65.0  33  4.5  2.9  .608  4  3  4.57  0.21  0.69   1.37
Lewis,R       1    4.3   7  0.0  0.8  .025  0  0 14.54 -0.45 -0.36  -0.32
Munoz,B       1    3.0   5  0.0  0.7  .026  0  0 15.00 -0.32 -0.31  -0.29
Mussina,M    29  206.3  85 13.1  8.6  .603 13 10  3.71  2.58  2.17   3.86
Ponson,S     20  113.0  68  6.0  7.0  .463  8  8  5.42 -0.65 -0.44   0.50
Rodriguez,N   4   15.3  13  0.9  1.6  .352  1  3  7.63 -0.45 -0.32  -0.18
Smith,P       4   18.0  19  0.4  2.2  .143  0  3  9.50 -0.89 -0.86  -0.73
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TOTALS      162  956.0 548 55.2 59.0  .483 56 64  5.16 -2.87 -1.77   6.65


BOSTON RED SOX                Park Effect: +3.3%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avery,S      23  117.0  67  7.4  7.3  .503 10  7  5.15 -0.16  0.09   1.15
Checo,R       2    7.7   8  0.2  1.0  .169  0  2  9.39 -0.35 -0.32  -0.31
Cho,J         4   18.7  17  0.7  2.0  .258  0  3  8.20 -0.62 -0.61  -0.45
Henry,B       2    9.0   4  0.5  0.5  .486  0  0  4.00  0.10  0.03   0.06
Lowe,D       10   48.0  35  2.4  4.1  .368  0  7  6.56 -0.78 -0.85  -0.37
Martinez,P   33  233.7  82 16.9  8.3  .670 19  7  3.16  4.58  3.99   6.18
Rose,B        8   37.7  32  1.6  3.6  .310  1  4  7.65 -1.04 -0.94  -0.60
Saberhagen,B 31  175.0  82 11.7  8.5  .580 15  8  4.22  1.48  1.43   3.13
Schourek,P    8   41.3  20  2.7  2.2  .553  1  2  4.35  0.29  0.25   0.62
Wakefield,T  33  210.0 118 11.5 11.9  .491 17  8  5.06 -0.08 -0.16   1.55
Wasdin,J      8   39.7  26  2.3  2.6  .467  1  2  5.90 -0.37 -0.25   0.21
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TOTALS      162  937.7 491 57.9 52.0  .527 64 50  4.71  3.05  2.66  11.18


CHICAGO WHITE SOX             Park Effect: +1.2%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
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Abbott,J      5   31.7  16  1.8  1.5  .555  5  0  4.55  0.14  0.15   0.43
Baldwin,J    24  137.3  77  8.0  8.2  .495 13  6  5.05 -0.11 -0.07   1.13
Bere,J       15   76.7  60  3.2  6.6  .327  3  7  7.04 -1.68 -1.63  -0.96
Castillo,C    2    9.7   7  0.4  0.9  .318  1  1  6.52 -0.16 -0.19  -0.14
Eyre,S       17   87.0  65  3.7  7.7  .326  2  7  6.72 -1.62 -1.86  -1.12
Fordham,T     5   17.3  12  0.8  1.7  .319  0  2  6.23 -0.23 -0.35  -0.27
Navarro,J    27  153.7 118  7.0 13.0  .349  8 15  6.91 -3.16 -2.85  -1.51
Parque,J     21  113.0  72  5.6  8.2  .405  7  5  5.73 -0.92 -1.25  -0.27
Sirotka,M    33  211.7 137 10.8 14.4  .429 14 15  5.83 -1.92 -1.82   0.09
Snyder,J     14   84.7  43  5.6  4.4  .562  7  2  4.57  0.36  0.47   1.36
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TOTALS      163  922.7 607 47.0 66.5  .414 60 60  5.92 -9.29 -9.40  -1.25


CLEVELAND INDIANS             Park Effect: +10.5%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
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Burba,D      31  200.0  99 12.1  9.5  .560 14 10  4.46  1.55  1.23   2.90
Colon,B      31  204.0  91 13.7  8.6  .614 14  9  4.01  2.51  2.62   4.23
Gooden,D     23  134.0  59  9.1  5.6  .618  8  6  3.96  1.72  1.71   2.84
Jacome,J      1    5.0   8  0.0  0.9  .026  0  1 14.40 -0.48 -0.42  -0.35
Karsay,S      1    6.7   2  0.5  0.1  .757  0  1  2.70  0.17  0.18   0.20
Krivda,R      1    5.0   2  0.3  0.2  .536  0  0  3.60  0.08  0.04   0.06
Nagy,C       33  210.3 139 11.1 13.0  .461 15 10  5.95 -1.62 -1.05   0.86
Ogea,C        9   47.7  32  2.4  3.5  .405  3  4  6.04 -0.41 -0.55  -0.12
Wright,Jar   32  192.7 109 11.5 10.5  .522 12 10  5.09  0.22  0.47   2.14
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TOTALS      162 1005.3 541 60.7 52.0  .538 66 51  4.84  3.75  4.24  12.76


DETROIT TIGERS                Park Effect: +4.7%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Castillo,F   19   92.0  88  3.5  9.4  .274  3  9  8.61 -3.42 -2.82  -1.95
Florie,B     16   92.0  56  5.2  5.5  .486  5  8  5.48 -0.41 -0.17   0.66
Greisinger,S 21  130.0  79  6.7  7.9  .459  6  9  5.47 -0.56 -0.59   0.50
Harriger,D    2   10.0  10  0.3  1.1  .195  0  2  9.00 -0.41 -0.34  -0.30
Keagle,G      7   35.3  23  1.5  2.6  .364  0  5  5.86 -0.30 -0.45  -0.25
Moehler,B    33  221.3 103 14.0 10.1  .580 14 13  4.19  2.02  1.99   3.74
Powell,B     16   82.7  67  3.8  6.9  .352  3  8  7.29 -1.94 -1.52  -0.78
Sager,A       3   11.0  13  0.4  1.6  .193  1  1 10.64 -0.64 -0.62  -0.47
Sanders,S     2    8.7  19  0.0  1.7  .025  0  2 19.73 -1.33 -0.82  -0.69
Thompson,J   34  222.0 114 14.1 10.6  .570 11 15  4.62  1.01  1.64   3.58
Worrell,T     9   47.7  36  2.4  3.8  .392  2  6  6.80 -0.87 -0.73  -0.21
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TOTALS      162  952.7 608 52.0 61.3  .459 45 78  5.74 -6.86 -4.42   3.83


KANSAS CITY ROYALS            Park Effect: +11.8%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appier,K      3   15.0  13  0.4  1.4  .227  1  2  7.80 -0.40 -0.46  -0.36
Barber,B      8   42.0  28  2.7  3.0  .470  2  4  6.00 -0.33 -0.19   0.26
Belcher,T    34  234.0 127 14.1 11.9  .543 14 14  4.88  0.85  0.81   3.07
Haney,C      12   61.3  54  2.3  5.7  .284  4  6  7.92 -1.70 -1.62  -1.13
Pichardo,H   18  102.7  57  5.9  5.5  .518  7  5  5.00  0.25  0.10   1.06
Pittsley,J    2    8.3   6  0.7  0.8  .456  1  1  6.48 -0.11 -0.10   0.04
Rapp,P       32  188.3 117 10.2 11.6  .467 12 13  5.59 -0.69 -0.62   0.92
Rosado,J     25  152.0  94  8.8  9.5  .481  8 10  5.57 -0.52 -0.31   1.01
Rusch,G      24  141.0 101  7.0 10.6  .399  6 15  6.45 -1.76 -1.69  -0.46
Suppan,J      1    6.0   0  0.7  0.0 1.000  0  0  0.00  0.32  0.34   0.40
Walker,J      2   10.3  10  0.4  1.1  .263  0  1  8.71 -0.37 -0.37  -0.23
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TOTALS      161  961.0 607 53.0 61.0  .465 55 71  5.68 -4.43 -4.10   4.58


MINNESOTA TWINS               Park Effect: -3.0%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hawkins,L    33  190.3 126  8.4 13.9  .377  7 14  5.96 -2.23 -2.54  -1.08
Milton,E     32  172.3 112  9.3 12.2  .432  8 14  5.85 -1.82 -1.47   0.14
Morgan,M     17   95.0  41  6.3  4.4  .587  4  2  3.88  0.99  0.94   1.72
Radke,B      32  213.7 109 13.0 11.4  .532 12 14  4.59  0.62  0.74   2.61
Rodriguez,Fr 11   60.3  45  2.9  5.2  .355  4  6  6.71 -1.19 -1.12  -0.57
Sampson,B     2   13.0   3  1.1  0.3  .783  1  0  2.08  0.39  0.37   0.50
Serafini,D    9   46.0  33  2.3  3.4  .400  3  4  6.46 -0.78 -0.50  -0.14
Tewksbury,B  25  147.3  82  8.4  9.1  .480  7 13  5.01 -0.23 -0.49   0.95
Trombley,M    1    4.7   3  0.2  0.3  .432  0  0  5.79 -0.05 -0.04   0.00
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TOTALS      162  942.7 554 51.7 60.2  .462 46 67  5.29 -4.30 -4.11   4.15


NEW YORK YANKEES              Park Effect: -1.9%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bradley,R     1    5.0   6  0.1  0.7  .085  0  1 10.80 -0.31 -0.28  -0.25
Bruske,J      1    5.0   1  0.4  0.1  .822  1  0  1.80  0.16  0.16   0.20
Buddie,M      2   10.3  11  0.3  1.1  .192  0  1  9.58 -0.52 -0.44  -0.32
Cone,D       31  207.7  89 13.9  8.5  .620 20  7  3.86  2.29  2.55   4.36
Hernandez,O  21  141.0  53 10.8  5.1  .680 12  4  3.38  2.27  2.72   4.04
Irabu,H      28  171.0  77 11.9  8.8  .577 13  9  4.05  1.53  1.43   3.13
Jerzembeck,M  2    5.3   9  0.0  1.3  .036  0  1 15.19 -0.59 -0.55  -0.52
Mendoza,R    14   88.3  41  5.6  4.2  .572  6  1  4.18  0.67  0.70   1.45
Pettitte,A   32  213.3 110 12.6 11.4  .525 16 11  4.64  0.57  0.52   2.39
Wells,D      30  214.3  86 14.1  8.6  .622 18  4  3.61  2.92  2.77   4.47
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TOTALS      162 1061.3 483 69.6 49.6  .584 86 39  4.10  8.99  9.59  18.94


OAKLAND ATHLETICS             Park Effect: +8.4%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
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Candiotti,T  33  201.0 124 10.5 12.7  .453 11 16  5.55 -0.84 -1.02   0.64
Haynes,J     33  194.3 124 10.2 12.9  .441 11  9  5.74 -1.19 -1.31   0.37
Heredia,G     6   40.0  14  2.8  1.2  .703  2  3  3.15  0.83  0.84   1.10
Oquist,M     29  170.0 122  8.5 11.5  .425  7 11  6.46 -2.31 -1.47   0.01
Prieto,A      2    8.3  11  0.1  1.4  .043  0  1 11.88 -0.58 -0.63  -0.56
Rogers,Ken   34  238.7  96 16.6  8.5  .662 16  8  3.62  3.79  3.83   5.95
Stein,B      20  109.0  86  5.4  9.0  .373  5  8  7.10 -2.21 -1.82  -0.75
Telgheder,D   2    9.3   7  0.3  0.8  .317  0  1  6.75 -0.16 -0.19  -0.12
Witasick,J    3   15.7  17  0.3  2.0  .114  0  3  9.77 -0.75 -0.81  -0.70
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TOTALS      162  986.3 601 54.6 60.0  .477 52 60  5.48 -3.41 -2.58   5.94


SEATTLE MARINERS              Park Effect: +4.0%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
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Abbott,P      4   24.7  11  1.4  1.1  .559  3  1  4.01  0.27  0.15   0.34
Bullinger,J   1    3.3  10  0.0  0.9  .001  0  1 27.00 -0.77 -0.46  -0.40
Cloude,K     30  155.3 116  7.4 12.9  .363  8 10  6.72 -2.74 -2.56  -1.26
Fassero,J    32  224.7 115 12.8 11.7  .522 13 12  4.61  1.02  0.33   2.37
Johnson,R    23  160.0  90  9.1  9.0  .502  9 10  5.06 -0.04 -0.02   1.40
Moyer,J      34  234.3  99 16.1  9.5  .627 15  9  3.80  3.04  3.08   5.18
Spoljaric,P   6   26.7  28  1.0  3.0  .259  1  3  9.45 -1.23 -0.84  -0.67
Suzuki,M      5   24.7  19  1.2  2.2  .351  1  2  6.93 -0.49 -0.50  -0.25
Swift,B      26  140.3  96  6.4 10.6  .378 10  8  6.16 -1.65 -2.03  -0.80
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TOTALS      161  994.0 584 55.4 61.0  .476 60 56  5.29 -2.59 -2.85   5.93


TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS          Park Effect: +10.8%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
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Alvarez,W    25  142.7  78  8.9  9.0  .499  6 14  4.92  0.43 -0.02   1.32
Arrojo,R     32  202.0  84 14.5  8.2  .638 14 12  3.74  3.06  3.06   4.83
Eiland,D      1    2.7   6  0.0  0.6  .053  0  1 20.25 -0.41 -0.28  -0.24
Gorecki,R     3   16.7   9  1.1  0.9  .535  1  2  4.86  0.06  0.03   0.22
Johnson,J    13   60.0  38  3.7  4.2  .471  2  5  5.70 -0.30 -0.18   0.36
Rekar,B      15   85.7  56  4.2  5.6  .432  2  8  5.88 -0.59 -0.65   0.07
Ruebel,M      1    4.3   4  0.1  0.6  .138  0  1  8.31 -0.14 -0.24  -0.19
Santana,J    19  116.7  64  6.9  6.1  .531  4  6  4.94  0.33  0.51   1.38
Saunders,T   31  192.3  95 12.0  8.9  .573  6 15  4.45  1.52  1.33   3.11
Springer,D   17   93.0  68  3.8  7.6  .333  3 11  6.58 -1.31 -1.83  -1.05
Wade,T        2   10.7   6  0.5  0.6  .446  1  1  5.06  0.02 -0.09   0.02
White,R       3   14.3  11  0.5  1.3  .301  0  3  6.91 -0.25 -0.33  -0.22
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TOTALS      162  941.0 519 56.3 53.5  .513 39 79  4.96  2.41  1.32   9.62


TEXAS RANGERS                 Park Effect: +13.9%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
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Burkett,J    32  195.0 131 10.8 12.5  .464  9 13  6.05 -1.51 -0.72   0.90
Gunderson,E   1    1.7   4  0.1  0.3  .160  0  1 21.60 -0.28 -0.13  -0.11
Helling,R    33  216.3 109 13.3 10.8  .553 20  7  4.53  1.67  1.24   3.07
Johnson,Jo    1    4.3   4  0.1  0.5  .155  0  0  8.31 -0.13 -0.22  -0.17
Loaiza,E     14   79.3  57  4.1  6.1  .400  3  6  6.47 -0.96 -0.95  -0.25
Oliver,D     19  103.3  84  4.4  8.6  .340  6  7  7.32 -2.15 -2.08  -1.11
Perisho,M     2    5.0  17  0.0  1.7  .003  0  2 30.60 -1.30 -0.83  -0.73
Sele,A       33  212.7 116 13.7 11.3  .547 19 11  4.91  0.83  1.24   3.04
Stottlemyre, 10   60.3  33  3.4  3.6  .484  5  4  4.92  0.23 -0.04   0.41
VanPoppel,T   4   19.3  20  0.7  2.0  .260  1  2  9.31 -0.80 -0.67  -0.46
Witt,B       13   68.3  62  2.7  6.5  .291  5  4  8.17 -2.01 -1.82  -1.24
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TOTALS      162  965.7 637 53.3 64.1  .454 68 57  5.94 -6.40 -4.98   3.36


TORONTO BLUE JAYS             Park Effect: +1.5%
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Pitcher      GS    IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carpenter,C  24  152.3  91  8.4  9.2  .478 11  7  5.38 -0.64 -0.32   0.93
Clemens,R    33  234.7  78 17.5  7.6  .697 20  6  2.99  4.92  4.86   6.85
Escobar,K    10   69.0  22  5.1  2.0  .712  6  2  2.87  1.54  1.38   2.04
Guzman,J     22  145.0  83  8.0  8.2  .493  6 12  5.15 -0.27 -0.15   1.10
Halladay,R    2   14.0   4  1.1  0.3  .788  1  0  2.57  0.36  0.39   0.53
Hanson,E      8   45.0  30  2.0  3.5  .357  0  2  6.00 -0.49 -0.75  -0.37
Hentgen,P    29  177.7 109  9.4 11.7  .445 12 11  5.52 -1.02 -1.25   0.42
Stieb,D       3   15.7  14  0.4  1.6  .208  1  2  8.04 -0.51 -0.57  -0.43
Williams,W   32  209.7 112 12.0 11.0  .521 10  9  4.81  0.37  0.38   2.22
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TOTALS      163 1063.0 543 63.9 55.2  .536 67 51  4.60  4.25  3.98  13.28


Multi-team pitcher totals:
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Pitcher   Teams GS   IP    R  SNW  SNL  SNPct W  L   RA    APW  SNVA  SNWAR
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Bere,J      C/C 22 116.3  77  6.4  8.6  .427  6  9  5.96 -1.30 -1.10   0.02
Blair,W     A/N 25 161.0  93  7.7 10.1  .431  5 16  5.20 -0.82 -1.13   0.11
Bohanon,B   N/L 18 118.3  42  7.8  4.8  .620  5  8  3.19  1.50  1.36   2.46
Guzman,J    T/B 33 211.0 117 12.1 11.8  .506 10 16  4.99 -0.10  0.07   1.94
Johnson,R   S/H 34 244.3 102 16.7 10.1  .624 19 11  3.76  2.84  3.08   5.32
Juden,J     M/C 30 173.7 120  8.5 13.2  .391  8 14  6.22 -2.63 -2.33  -0.74
Krivda,R    C/C  2   9.0   9  0.3  1.0  .222  0  1  9.00 -0.38 -0.32  -0.27
Loaiza,E    P/T 28 157.7 102  8.2 11.6  .414  7 11  5.82 -1.35 -1.58  -0.21
Mlicki,D    N/L 30 181.3 102  9.2 12.2  .432  8  7  5.06 -1.45 -1.40   0.14
Morgan,M    M/C 22 117.7  62  7.2  6.7  .515  4  3  4.74  0.14  0.21   1.26
Nomo,H      L/N 28 153.0  88  9.0 10.0  .472  6 12  5.18 -1.28 -0.55   0.89
Oliver,D    T/S 29 160.3 115  7.6 12.3  .381 10 11  6.46 -2.43 -2.35  -0.87
Perez,C     M/L 34 241.0 109 13.6 12.6  .517 11 14  4.07  0.42  0.49   2.42
Pulsipher,B N/M 11  60.0  35  3.4  4.1  .458  3  4  5.25 -0.32 -0.35   0.25
Reyes,D     L/C 10  52.3  29  3.0  3.0  .505  3  3  4.99 -0.21  0.02   0.48
Schourek,P  H/B 23 121.3  63  7.4  7.3  .502  8  8  4.67 -0.01 -0.01   1.13
Smith,P     S/B 12  57.7  41  2.4  5.1  .322  3  5  6.40 -1.31 -1.32  -0.78
Stottlemyre,S/T 33 221.7 107 12.6 11.8  .515 14 13  4.34  0.95  0.30   2.19
Suppan,J    A/K 14  72.0  55  3.5  6.6  .344  1  7  6.88 -1.62 -1.55  -0.82
VanPoppel,T T/P 11  56.3  46  2.4  5.1  .322  2  3  7.35 -1.45 -1.30  -0.77
Witt,B      T/S 18  92.7  83  3.6  9.0  .286  6  8  8.06 -2.88 -2.61  -1.76


MAJOR LEAGUE Totals:
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 GS      IP      R    SNW    E(W)   SNL   SNPct   W    L    RA     APW   SNVA
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4864  29465.3 16207 1688.5 1636.7 1741.0  .492  1737 1757  4.95 -38.85 -28.41



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Definition of terms:
SNW = Support-Neutral Wins -- the pitcher's expected number of wins,
   assuming he had league-average support.
SNL = Support-Neutral Losses -- same as SNW except for losses.
SNVA = Support-Neutral Value Added -- the expected number of games the
   pitcher would be worth to an average team in the standings, over
   what a league-average pitcher would be worth.

The above three stats are calculated for each start, using innings
pitched and runs allowed plus the league's single-inning scoring
distribution, combined with simple probability theory.  They are
park-adjusted.


SNWAR -- "Support-Neutral Wins Above Replacement-level": the number
   of SNWs a pitcher has above what a .425 pitcher would get in the
   same number of (Support-Neutral) decisions.
SNPct -- SNW / (SNW+SNL)
W, L -- The pitcher's actual wins and losses
RA -- runs allowed per 9 innings
APW = Adjusted Pitcher Wins -- Thorn and Palmer's method for calculating
   a starter's value in wins.  Included for comparison with SNVA.  APW
   values here calculated using runs instead of earned runs.
E(W) = Expected Wins -- for each game, 0 if the pitcher pitched fewer
   than 5 innings, and SNW otherwise.  (This is *true* expected wins)
E(L) = Expected Losses -- same as SNL

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