Justin Verlander and 8 others

by thesiberian on Sep 7, 2011 3:35 PM EDT

With a win against the tribe today, JV earned his 22nd win of the season. Here's a list of pitchers who have won at least 22 games this millenium. :

2000-

2001

Curt Schilling (22W ERA 2.98 293K)

Matt Morris (22W ERA 3.16 185K)

2002

Randy Johnson (24W ERA 2.32 334K)(won the NL Cy Young)

Curt Schilling (23W ERA 3.23 316K)

Barry Zito (23W ERA 2.75 182K) (won the AL Cy Young)

2003

Roy Halladay (22W ERA 3.25 204K) (won the AL Cy Young)

2004 -

2005

Dontrelle Willis(! Rare company indeed.) (22W ERA 2.63 170K)

2006 -

2007 -

2008

Cliff Lee (22W ERA 2.54 170K) (won the AL Cy Young)

Brandon Webb (22W ERA 3.30 183K)

2009 -

2010 -

2011

Justin Verlander (22W ERA 2.44 232K so far)

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So, in 6 days, this list will become much shorter

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981

by momotigers on Sep 7, 2011 7:03 PM EDT reply actions

No there will still be 8 players w at least 22 wins this millennium.

by MSUDersh on Sep 7, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha...you're right

But siberian will be able to post the 23-win club…which will be limited to JV and some guys from 2002.

Speaking of 2002, those are some pretty good numbers for Johnson, Schilling, and even to a lesser degree, Zito. Was this the same 2002 that Sosa and Arod, among countless others were putting up 45-50HR seasons? One of my first impulses was to say that sometimes we forget that hitters weren’t the only ones on PEDs. However, when I look at those three names, I feel like those are legit seasons, and should be viewed even more favorably in light of the environment.

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981

by momotigers on Sep 7, 2011 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Good point

Though I feel like juice gave hitters more power, and maybe endurance over the season. A lot of those huge power hitting numbers were doubles and singles and otherwise pop-outs juiced into HRs, and groundballs into singles and doubles.

I don’t know how much it helped batters against dominating pitchers as much as it helped them power through mediocre pitching. They still had to put the bat on the ball. Which has looked pretty hard to do against JV this year.

by thesiberian on Sep 8, 2011 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Zito is a tough call

I mean, he sure doesn’t LOOK the type, but he did fall off in a pretty immediate and dramatic way. Always raises and eyebrow considering he was still a fairly young guy.

by Trysdor on Sep 8, 2011 2:02 AM EDT up reply actions

You're right - Zito is an interesting case

When he was good, his bread and butter was a nasty hook that batters couldn’t hit if they knew it was coming. He was never a dominating power guy. I haven’t watched him pitch hardly at all since the SF signing. I’m guessing that guys either know is plan now or his curve just isn’t what it once was. Anyone seen enough Zito before and after to comment?

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981

by momotigers on Sep 8, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions