Last night, I broke down the position players of new 2009 APBA baseball set number-wise. Tonight, it’s the pitchers’ turn. A little more difficult what without all the fun hit numbers and all but I still did all right.
| # of pitchers in the 2009 APBA set | 442 |
Let’s start off with a simple breakdown of the graded pitchers.
| # of C starters (MG 5-9) | 99 |
| # of B starters (MG 10-14) | 61 |
| # of A starters (MG 15-19) | 6 |
| # of C relievers | 86 |
| # of B relievers | 67 |
| # of A relievers | 33 |
| # of A&C (MG 20-24) | 10 |
Some of those grades overlap since they belong to split grade pitchers. Speaking of…
| # of split grade pitchers (MG) | 36 |
| # of split grade pitchers (basic) | 20 |
Who were the best graded pitchers? Those in the know already dug this info up by now.
| Highest Graded Starters | ||
| Chris Carpenter | StL | 18 |
| Zack Greinke | KC | 18 |
| Felix Hernandez | Sea | 18 |
| Highest Graded Relievers | ||
| Phil Hughes | NYY | 24 |
| Mike Adams | SD | 24 |
| Scott Eyre | Phi | 24 |
Let’s take a look at the strikeout and control ratings.
| # of pitchers with XY rating | 25 |
| # of pitchers with X rating | 34 |
| # of pitchers with Y rating | 143 |
| # of pitchers with W rating | 51 |
| # of pitchers with Z rating | 130 |
I was a bit surprised at the number of XY pitchers to be quite honest.
And a little bit of fun…
| # of D pitchers with X or XY rating | 4 |
| # of A or B pitchers with no Strikeout ratings | 4 |
| # of B or better pitchers with an L or M rating | 1 (Tyler Clippard) |
| # of D pitchers with an H rating | 1 (Ross Detwiler) |
I’ve listed the best pitcher grades already (kudos to Rob Moore for picking Hughes as a rookie, btw) but I haven’t gotten to the worst. A little bit of morbid fun on my part. There are tons of Grade 1 pitchers out there but if I had to pick the absolute worst, it would have to be a tie between Dontrelle Willis and Rich Hill. Both are Grade 1 starters with a W rating. From the bullpen, there is Logan Kensing and Josh Wilson who are also 1s with a W and have an M homerun rating to go with it.
Neat articles each year. I was wondering if you could provide me with the BBW pitching grades (including X,Y,Z’s) for the following:
2009 Sabathia
2010 Sabathia
2009 Wainwright
2010 Wainwright
Thank you for any help you can provide.