By now we don't even have many forum posts about how hard it is or isn't to win with a "modern" pitching staff. Both the fact that a 3-man deadball era rotation is most likely dominant AND the fact that a well--constructed modern staff can do well (if in the right park, and despite the price constraints on a four- man staff) have been demonstrated over and over again.
I wanted to see if I could win with a four-man rotation of all post-2000 season. So far the results are mixed: the team is now 39-37, in second place 3 games back. The bullpen with one exception has not worked very well. The rotation however has, with only one pitcher of the four starters doing only okay and the other 3 very well I would say. The jury is still out.
The team plays in the Kingdome and the hitters were selected for it with emphasis on HR/100#, and OBP#. I would expect the ERAs to be lower in a pitcher's park.
Regular Season Pitching SimStats (Totals) |
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Verlander, Justin |
2011 |
R |
19 |
19 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
136.3 |
125 |
58 |
54 |
15 |
31 |
108 |
.240 |
.282 |
.374 |
1.14 |
3.56 |
Lowe, Derek |
2002 |
R |
20 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
124.0 |
134 |
60 |
54 |
8 |
39 |
56 |
.275 |
.333 |
.381 |
1.40 |
3.92 |
Kershaw, Clayton |
2013 |
L |
19 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
123.3 |
113 |
62 |
60 |
15 |
39 |
88 |
.245 |
.305 |
.387 |
1.23 |
4.38 |
Schmidt, Jason |
2003 |
R |
18 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
111.7 |
111 |
49 |
38 |
7 |
26 |
100 |
.255 |
.298 |
.382 |
1.23 |
3.06 |
Wilhelm, Hoyt |
1969 |
R |
33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
38.0 |
43 |
27 |
23 |
6 |
15 |
27 |
.281 |
.357 |
.451 |
1.53 |
5.45 |
Stoddard, Bob |
1982 |
R |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
36.3 |
43 |
23 |
22 |
4 |
15 |
11 |
.287 |
.349 |
.433 |
1.60 |
5.45 |
Wiltse, Hooks |
1915 |
L |
35 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
34.0 |
32 |
13 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
9 |
.234 |
.300 |
.277 |
1.29 |
1.32 |
Perkins, Chase (P) |
2014 |
L |
14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
25.3 |
40 |
20 |
19 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
.357 |
.410 |
.500 |
1.86 |
6.75 |
Honeycutt, Rick |
1995 |
L |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
25.0 |
36 |
33 |
30 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
.324 |
.392 |
.676 |
1.92 |
10.80 |
Olmstead, Fred |
1909 |
R |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
23.3 |
29 |
12 |
11 |
1 |
12 |
10 |
.293 |
.369 |
.394 |
1.76 |
4.24 |
TEAM TOTALS |
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240 |
76 |
2 |
1 |
39 |
37 |
10 |
21 |
677.3 |
706 |
357 |
316 |
71 |
208 |
426 |
.265 |
.321 |
.400 |
1.35 |
4.20 |
Here are the batting stats:
Regular Season Batting SimStats (Totals) |
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Conigliaro, Tony |
1970 |
R |
76 |
305 |
43 |
83 |
9 |
1 |
16 |
51 |
15 |
53 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
.272 |
.315 |
.466 |
.780 |
3 |
10 |
Fielder, Cecil |
1990 |
R |
77 |
291 |
44 |
71 |
7 |
0 |
20 |
51 |
45 |
83 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.244 |
.346 |
.474 |
.820 |
0 |
8 |
Richards, Gene |
1977 |
L |
69 |
285 |
54 |
83 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
25 |
26 |
39 |
0 |
36 |
6 |
.291 |
.350 |
.389 |
.740 |
9 |
9 |
Johnson, Chris |
2013 |
R |
71 |
274 |
30 |
88 |
13 |
1 |
6 |
33 |
11 |
52 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.321 |
.347 |
.442 |
.789 |
15 |
15 |
Jeter, Derek |
2003 |
R |
64 |
263 |
43 |
77 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
36 |
18 |
52 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
.293 |
.346 |
.430 |
.776 |
9 |
10 |
Randolph, Willie |
1991 |
R |
59 |
240 |
35 |
86 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
26 |
33 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.358 |
.434 |
.429 |
.863 |
10 |
12 |
Hill, Glenallen |
2000 |
R |
64 |
97 |
19 |
36 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
26 |
5 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.371 |
.390 |
.660 |
1.050 |
3 |
3 |
Combs, Evan (P) |
2014 |
R |
47 |
96 |
10 |
19 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
5 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.198 |
.238 |
.365 |
.602 |
5 |
5 |
Simmons, Ted |
1978 |
S |
16 |
56 |
14 |
21 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
18 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.375 |
.429 |
.839 |
1.268 |
1 |
12 |
Jensen, Kellie (P) |
2014 |
R |
39 |
49 |
15 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
.224 |
.344 |
.327 |
.671 |
1 |
2 |
App, Brian (P) |
2014 |
R |
43 |
44 |
5 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.205 |
.222 |
.250 |
.472 |
1 |
3 |
Snider, Duke |
1959 |
L |
12 |
44 |
8 |
15 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
20 |
5 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.341 |
.400 |
.909 |
1.309 |
0 |
5 |
Kershaw, Clayton |
2013 |
L |
20 |
39 |
6 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.231 |
.295 |
.333 |
.629 |
0 |
2 |
Verlander, Justin |
2011 |
R |
19 |
39 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.051 |
.098 |
.051 |
.149 |
0 |
1 |
Lowe, Derek |
2002 |
R |
20 |
38 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.132 |
.132 |
.132 |
.263 |
0 |
2 |
Schmidt, Jason |
2003 |
R |
19 |
38 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.053 |
.077 |
.053 |
.130 |
0 |
1 |
Coniglione, Michael (P) |
2014 |
R |
31 |
29 |
5 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.310 |
.375 |
.379 |
.754 |
2 |
2 |
Stoddard, Bob |
1982 |
R |
33 |
15 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
.200 |
.200 |
.400 |
0 |
1 |
Zeppelin, Trevor (P) |
2014 |
R |
28 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.111 |
.111 |
.111 |
.222 |
0 |
1 |
Wilhelm, Hoyt |
1969 |
R |
34 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
Wiltse, Hooks |
1915 |
R |
35 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.143 |
.143 |
.143 |
.286 |
0 |
1 |
Karluk, Matthew (P) |
2014 |
R |
30 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.286 |
.286 |
.286 |
.571 |
0 |
1 |
Olmstead, Fred |
1909 |
R |
23 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
.200 |
.200 |
.400 |
0 |
1 |
Perkins, Chase (P) |
2014 |
S |
14 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
Honeycutt, Rick |
1995 |
L |
28 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
.500 |
1.333 |
1.833 |
0 |
1 |
Howard, Frank |
1967 |
R |
57 |
231 |
30 |
50 |
8 |
1 |
11 |
36 |
14 |
62 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
.216 |
.270 |
.403 |
.673 |
0 |
8 |
Bench, Johnny |
1971 |
R |
61 |
213 |
23 |
45 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
23 |
16 |
32 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
.211 |
.270 |
.338 |
.608 |
4 |
5 |
TEAM TOTALS |
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-- |
1089 |
2729 |
393 |
730 |
95 |
16 |
98 |
372 |
215 |
522 |
21 |
41 |
14 |
.267 |
.324 |
.422 |
.746 |
15 |
15 |