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Pitching — KCA 2008

Raw WAR Reconciled WAR
Pitcher Games IP GS Runs XR Def Support Runs/W Role Adj LG Adj Runs+ Lev Index Runs+ Lev WAM W L WAR VS
Zack Greinke 32 202.3 9.2 87 108 -3 9.5 0.1 0.1 28 1.0 28 2.9 7.5 1.7 4.8 22
Gil Meche 34 210.3 9.6 98 115 -2 9.8 0.1 0.1 23 1.0 23 2.3 7.1 2.5 4.3 21
Joakim Soria 63 67.3 4.4 13 36 4 9.9 -0.4 0.1 17 1.9 24 2.4 4.6 -0.2 3.3 14
Ramon Ramirez 71 71.7 3.9 23 39 1 10.1 -0.4 0.1 12 1.4 14 1.4 3.3 0.5 2.2 10
Kyle Davies 21 113.0 5.2 57 61 -1 10.0 0.1 0.1 7 1.0 7 0.7 3.3 1.9 1.8 10
Ron Mahay 57 64.7 3.4 27 35 1 10.1 -0.4 0.1 5 1.3 6 0.6 2.3 1.1 1.3 7
Leo Nunez 45 48.3 2.2 19 27 0 10.3 -0.4 0.1 6 1.1 6 0.6 1.7 0.5 1.0 5
Brandon Duckworth 7 38.0 1.7 20 21 0 10.2 0.1 0.1 2 1.0 2 0.2 1.1 0.7 0.6 3
Horacio Ramirez 15 24.3 1.1 9 13 1 10.0 -0.4 0.1 3 1.0 3 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.5 2
Rob Tejeda 25 39.3 1.6 17 22 2 10.4 -0.4 0.1 2 0.8 2 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.5 3
John Bale 13 26.7 1.2 13 14 -1 9.8 -0.4 0.1 1 1.0 1 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.3 2
Carlos Rosa 2 3.3 0.3 1 2 0 10.7 -0.4 0.1 1 3.2 2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 1
Luke Hochevar 22 129.0 5.9 84 69 -1 10.6 0.1 0.1 -11 1.0 -11 -1.0 1.9 3.9 0.2 6
Yasuhiko Yabuta 31 37.7 1.2 21 21 0 10.4 -0.4 0.1 -1 0.4 -1 -0.1 0.5 0.7 0.1 2
Brian Bannister 32 182.7 8.3 127 101 -3 10.9 0.1 0.1 -20 1.0 -20 -1.8 2.4 6.0 0.0 7
Neal Musser 1 1.0 0.0 0 1 0 15.7 -0.4 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
Tony Pena 1 1.0 0.0 0 1 0 15.7 -0.4 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
Devon Lowery 5 4.3 0.1 5 2 0 9.6 -0.4 0.1 -3 0.1 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 0
Kip Wells 10 10.3 0.4 10 6 0 11.0 -0.4 0.1 -4 0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.1 0.5 -0.2 0
Josh Newman 4 7.0 0.2 9 4 -1 11.4 -0.4 0.1 -5 0.1 -3 -0.3 -0.2 0.4 -0.2 -1
Jeff Fulchino 12 14.0 0.4 15 7 -2 10.0 -0.4 0.1 -6 0.4 -4 -0.4 -0.2 0.6 -0.3 -1
Hideo Nomo 3 4.3 0.2 9 2 -1 10.7 -0.4 0.1 -6 0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.4 0.6 -0.4 -1
Brett Tomko 16 60.7 2.8 49 34 -3 11.0 -0.1 0.1 -12 1.0 -12 -1.1 0.3 2.5 -0.5 1
Joel Peralta 40 52.7 2.0 37 29 1 10.5 -0.4 0.1 -11 0.6 -9 -0.9 0.1 1.9 -0.5 0
Jimmy Gobble 39 31.7 1.0 31 17 -1 10.4 -0.4 0.1 -14 0.4 -10 -1.0 -0.5 1.5 -0.8 -2
Totals 601 1,445.6 66.3 781 787 -9 10.7 -0.3 0.1 14 0.9 38 4.3 37.5 28.9 18.2 111

Glossary

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Stat description
GamesGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
Def SupportDefensive runs support
Runs/WRuns per win
Role AdjStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LG AdjLeague adjustment
Runs+Runs above average
Lev IndexLeverage index
Runs+ LevLeverage adjusted runs above average
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares

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