Once again, there are a few numbers that jumped out at me.
- The 2005 starting rotation was quite something with 94 wins from the top four starters.
- The Avengers clearly don't count on a single closer to finish games, with 38 as the season save record.
- How did Roger Clemens have a 1.91 ERA on a title-winning team yet still win fewer than 19 games?
- It's going to take some effort to dethrone Jose Lima's 2001 as the worst season by an Avenger starter. He holds the record for losses, hits, runs, earned runs and home runs allowed.
Wins | Losses | Saves | |||||||||||
1 | Johnson, Randy | 2005 | 25 | 1 | Lima, Jose | 2001 | 25 | 1 | Gagne, Eric | 2005 | 38 | ||
1 | Schmidt, Jason | 2005 | 25 | 2 | Armas, Tony | 2002 | 19 | 2 | Feliz, Neftali | 2011 | 31 | ||
3 | Webb, Brandon | 2005 | 24 | 3 | Haren, Dan | 2011 | 18 | 3 | Isringhausen, Jason | 2006 | 24 | ||
4 | Sabathia, CC | 2012 | 23 | 4 | Gardner, Mark | 1999 | 17 | 4 | Otsuka, Akinori | 2007 | 21 | ||
5 | Martinez, Pedro | 2004 | 21 | 4 | Belcher, Tim | 2000 | 17 | 5 | Gagne, Eric | 2004 | 20 | ||
5 | Fister, Doug | 2012 | 21 | 4 | Fassero, Jeff | 2000 | 17 | 6 | Feliz, Neftali | 2012 | 16 | ||
7 | Johnson, Randy | 2006 | 20 | 7 | Clark, Mark | 1999 | 16 | 7 | Beck, Rod | 2000 | 14 | ||
7 | Martinez, Pedro | 2005 | 20 | 7 | Parris, Steve | 2001 | 16 | 8 | Benoit, Joaquin | 2008 | 12 | ||
7 | Nomo, Hideo | 2004 | 20 | 7 | Porcello, Rick | 2011 | 16 | 9 | Spradlin, Jerry | 2001 | 11 | ||
10 | Schmidt, Jason | 2004 | 19 | 7 | Perez, Carlos | 2001 | 16 | 9 | Santos, Sergio | 2012 | 11 | ||
7 | Ponson, Sidney | 2009 | 16 | ||||||||||
ERA | WHIP | K/BB | |||||||||||
1 | Clemens, Roger | 2006 | 1.91 | 1 | Johnson, Randy | 2005 | 0.87 | 1 | Johnson, Randy | 2005 | 6.21 | ||
2 | Johnson, Randy | 2005 | 2.51 | 2 | Clemens, Roger | 2006 | 0.95 | 2 | Johnson, Randy | 2006 | 4.51 | ||
3 | Schmidt, Jason | 2004 | 2.69 | 3 | Martinez, Pedro | 2006 | 0.98 | 3 | Martinez, Pedro | 2006 | 4.36 | ||
4 | Sabathia, CC | 2012 | 2.91 | 4 | Johnson, Randy | 2006 | 1.02 | 4 | Schmidt, Jason | 2004 | 4.04 | ||
5 | Martinez, Pedro | 2004 | 3.00 | 5 | Schmidt, Jason | 2004 | 1.03 | 5 | Haren, Dan | 2012 | 3.97 | ||
6 | Johnson, Randy | 2006 | 3.03 | 6 | Martinez, Pedro | 2004 | 1.04 | 6 | Martinez, Pedro | 2005 | 3.81 | ||
7 | Martinez, Pedro | 2006 | 3.05 | 7 | Schmidt, Jason | 2005 | 1.10 | 7 | Martinez, Pedro | 2004 | 3.70 | ||
8 | Webb, Brandon | 2004 | 3.09 | 8 | Fister, Doug | 2012 | 1.11 | 8 | Sabathia, CC | 2012 | 3.60 | ||
9 | Webb, Brandon | 2005 | 3.22 | 9 | Webb, Brandon | 2004 | 1.13 | 9 | Clark, Mark | 1999 | 3.46 | ||
10 | Jennings, Jason | 2007 | 3.28 | 10 | Lohse, Kyle | 2012 | 1.15 | 10 | Haren, Dan | 2011 | 3.32 | ||
11 | Martinez, Pedro | 2005 | 3.28 | 11 | Martinez, Pedro | 2005 | 1.16 | 11 | Fister, Doug | 2012 | 3.22 | ||
Games | Games Started | Complete Games | |||||||||||
1 | Gagne, Eric | 2005 | 64 | 1 | Sabathia, CC | 2012 | 36 | 1 | Johnson, Randy | 2005 | 10 | ||
2 | Isringhausen, Jason | 2007 | 62 | 1 | Haren, Dan | 2011 | 36 | 1 | Snell, Ian | 2008 | 10 | ||
3 | Kline, Steve | 2007 | 61 | 3 | Schmidt, Jason | 2005 | 35 | 3 | Wells, David | 1999 | 8 | ||
4 | Otsuka, Akinori | 2007 | 58 | 3 | Johnson, Randy | 2005 | 35 | 4 | Schmidt, Jason | 2005 | 7 | ||
5 | Otsuka, Akinori | 2005 | 54 | 3 | Martinez, Pedro | 2005 | 35 | 4 | Johnson, Randy | 2006 | 7 | ||
6 | Fassero, Jeff | 2001 | 53 | 6 | Webb, Brandon | 2005 | 34 | 6 | Webb, Brandon | 2005 | 6 | ||
7 | Isringhausen, Jason | 2006 | 52 | 6 | Fister, Doug | 2012 | 34 | 6 | Nomo, Hideo | 2004 | 6 | ||
7 | Benoit, Joaquin | 2007 | 52 | 6 | Johnson, Randy | 2006 | 34 | 6 | Schmidt, Jason | 2004 | 6 | ||
7 | Spradlin, Jerry | 2001 | 52 | 6 | Martinez, Pedro | 2006 | 34 | 6 | Armas, Tony | 2002 | 6 | ||
10 | Gagne, Eric | 2004 | 50 | 10 | Snell, Ian | 2007 | 33 | 6 | Parris, Steve | 2001 | 6 | ||
10 | Santos, Sergio | 2012 | 50 | 10 | Gardner, Mark | 1999 | 33 | 6 | Haren, Dan | 2012 | 6 | ||
Shutouts | Innings Pitched | Hits | |||||||||||
1 | Snell, Ian | 2008 | 3 | 1 | Johnson, Randy | 2005 | 255 | 1 | Lima, Jose | 2001 | 318 | ||
1 | Johnson, Randy | 2006 | 3 | 2 | Sabathia, CC | 2012 | 244 | 2 | Sabathia, CC | 2012 | 249 | ||
1 | Webb, Brandon | 2005 | 3 | 3 | Haren, Dan | 2011 | 241 | 3 | Haren, Dan | 2011 | 239 | ||
1 | Lohse, Kyle | 2012 | 3 | 4 | Schmidt, Jason | 2005 | 234 | 4 | Parris, Steve | 2001 | 233 | ||
5 | Johnson, Randy | 2005 | 2 | 5 | Martinez, Pedro | 2005 | 228 | 5 | Armas, Tony | 2002 | 227 | ||
5 | Wells, David | 1999 | 2 | 6 | Johnson, Randy | 2006 | 226 | 6 | Clark, Mark | 1999 | 226 | ||
5 | Nomo, Hideo | 2004 | 2 | 6 | Fister, Doug | 2012 | 226 | 7 | Batista, Miguel | 2008 | 217 | ||
5 | Gardner, Mark | 1999 | 2 | 8 | Martinez, Pedro | 2006 | 222 | 7 | Fassero, Jeff | 2000 | 217 | ||
5 | Clemens, Roger | 2006 | 2 | 9 | Jennings, Jason | 2007 | 219 | 9 | Snell, Ian | 2007 | 213 | ||
5 | Batista, Miguel | 2008 | 2 | 10 | Clemens, Roger | 2006 | 217 | 9 | Perez, Carlos | 2001 | 213 | ||
5 | Cordova, Francisco | 1999 | 2 | ||||||||||
Runs | Earned Runs | Home Runs | |||||||||||
1 | Lima, Jose | 2001 | 199 | 1 | Lima, Jose | 2001 | 179 | 1 | Lima, Jose | 2001 | 48 | ||
2 | Fassero, Jeff | 2000 | 165 | 2 | Fassero, Jeff | 2000 | 137 | 2 | Fassero, Jeff | 2000 | 36 | ||
3 | Armas, Tony | 2002 | 146 | 3 | Armas, Tony | 2002 | 128 | 3 | Parris, Steve | 2001 | 34 | ||
4 | Parris, Steve | 2001 | 136 | 4 | Parris, Steve | 2001 | 126 | 4 | Blair, Willie | 2000 | 29 | ||
5 | Gardner, Mark | 1999 | 128 | 5 | Gardner, Mark | 1999 | 119 | 5 | Ogea, Chad | 2000 | 28 | ||
6 | Haren, Dan | 2011 | 121 | 6 | Haren, Dan | 2011 | 117 | 5 | Johnson, Randy | 2005 | 28 | ||
7 | Sparks, Steve | 2000 | 119 | 7 | Perez, Carlos | 2001 | 108 | 7 | Gardner, Mark | 1999 | 27 | ||
8 | Perez, Carlos | 2001 | 118 | 7 | Blair, Willie | 2000 | 108 | 7 | Perez, Carlos | 2001 | 27 | ||
9 | Clark, Mark | 1999 | 117 | 9 | Sparks, Steve | 2000 | 107 | 9 | Schmidt, Jason | 2005 | 25 | ||
9 | Blair, Willie | 2000 | 117 | 10 | Clark, Mark | 1999 | 104 | 9 | Haren, Dan | 2012 | 25 |