John Briggs of the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association writes:
I’ve been doing the pitcher splits for innings as starter & reliever for many many years.
I used to do it for the APBA Journal for their last ten years or so and I still do it for our league (RCMBA) and several others who contact me annually.
This is this years version for 2011 MLB season.
It’s in an Excel format with two tabs… one by team and the other by player.
Check out John’s spreadsheet here.
For those of us, who wish to be as accurate as possible in replays, this will come in handy.
Looking at the spreadsheet, I notice that John has highlighted in red all the non-pitchers who have taken their turn on the mound in 2011. To me, that’s interesting. Is it me or has that phenomenon increased in recent years? Since John has been doing this for a while, perhaps he can tell us.
thanks John!
Actually it’s been around the same number for the last four or five years. Not quite so much in the prior years. Maybe just three or four guys a year.
thanks from the lame duck baseball association!
Does anyone know if these splits are available for older seasons? I am looking for 1903 data in particular. Thanks.
–Bob
Hi Bob,
I usually go to Baseball Reference for stuff like this. Unfortunately for game by game stats, the further you go back, the sketchier the stats get. I don’t think you can get IP by starts and relief appearances as far back as 1903 at B-R.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1903.shtml
Maybe some of the other deadball players have ideas.