Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Re: Walt Terrell Message-ID: <460@fisher.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 08:18:59 EST Article-I.D.: fisher.460 Posted: Thu Jan 3 08:18:59 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Jan-85 04:01:31 EST References: <1034@aecom.UUCP> <457@fisher.UUCP> <1058@aecom.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 14 A .500 pitcher is not mediocre, but rather solid major league material. Moreover, Terrell's 3.5 ERA indicates that his pitching is good enough for a winning record almost any year (the Mets were the least productive NL team in 1983 and just failed to produce runs for Terrell in 1984). Finally, whatever "mind" play is important to pitchers, it comes from within, not from gurus in the bullpen. To summarize, anyone who judges pitching performance based upon won-loss records is just ASKING for trouble. Almost any other statistic (e.g. ERA, innings pitched, or some intelligent composite such as earned runs prevented) is better than which depends more on the other eight players than on the pitcher himself. David Rubin