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By the numbers: Cardinals 3, Pirates 2

  • 3.26: Adam Wainwright’s FIP in 13 2/3 innings pitched
  • .212: So Taguchi’s GPA vs. Salomon Torres in nine PAs.
  • .150: Chris Duncan’s GPA vs. Salomon Torres in three previous PAs.
  • .558: Chris Duncan’s GPA vs. Salomon Torres after pinch-hitting for Taguchi in the 9th inning
  • 162: Number of strikeouts Preston Wilson is on pace for
  • 167: Number of strikeouts Jim Edmonds had in 2000
  • 3.96: FIP for Jeff Suppan in 13 IPs so far
  • 3.96: FIP for Braden Looper in 13 IPs so far
  • $5 million: average annual salary for Braden Looper’s contract
  • $10.25 million: average annual salary for Jeff Suppan’s contract
  • 5.25: Combined qDIPS for Jeff Suppan, Jeff Weaver, Jason Marquis and Sidney Ponson in 2007
  • 3.33: Combined qDIPS for Adam Wainwright, Anthony Reyes, Braden Looper and Kip Wells in 2007
  • 0: Errors committed by the Cardinals yesterday, though So Taguchi could’ve been charged with one when he bobbled Humberto Cota’s fourth-inning single, allowing Brad Eldred to score.
  • 4.8: Chris Duncan’s VORP, good for third among NL leftfielders
  • -0.8: Albert Pujols’s VORP, 16th among NL first basemen
  • .241: Aaron Miles’s GPA vs. LHP
  • .218: Adam Kennedy’s GPA vs. LHP
  • .240: Scott Spiezio’s GPA vs. LHP
  • unknown: Edgar Gonzalez’s GPA vs. LHP
  • 5-4: Cardinals record after nine games in 2007
  • 5-4: Cardinals record after nine games in 2006
  • 4.50: Cardinals pitchers’ qDIPS after nine games in 2006
  • 4.15: Cardinals pitchers’ qDIPS after nine games in 2007
  • 5th: Cardinals’ place in the NL Central after first nine games of 2006
  • 1st: Cardinals’ place in the NL Central after first nine games of 2007

One Response to “By the numbers: Cardinals 3, Pirates 2”

  1. Fungoes » Blog Archive » By the numbers: Brewers 3, Cardinals 2 Says:

    [...] of fielding-independent numbers, it seems we amused the good folks over at BrewCrewBall by likening Suppan’s to-date season performance to Braden Looper’s last week. They should be thanking us for reverse-jinxing their pitcher! By the way, as we [...]

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