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Originally Posted by redsoxford
Over the course of a full season, the number of strikeouts registered by the uberpitchers ranged from 8 to 514, so I didn't get a full season zero, but I did get 8 K, and this was on over 300IP.
The guys with low K's had monstrous BB - the 8 K guy had 359BB for the season, yet the 514 K guy walked just 12.
Perhaps I should check the pitch list for the 8 K guy. Maybe he had a tendency to throw a knuckler on a 3-0,3-1 and 3-2 count.
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So you have seen what I'm seeing. Don't you think that's very wrong? A player with a stuff rating that nearly maxes out the scale should never, ever have 8 Ks in 300 innings no matter how bad his control. Steve Dalkowski had less control than a frat boy on Bourbon St., and he struck out 18 per nine in some minor league seasons.
In my case it's even more extreme. The pitcher in question is playing in a league where most of the ratings are in the 20s-40s, and this guy has 80 stuff, 40 movement, and 35 control, or thereabouts. His control is bad for a major leaguer, but probably average for the tiny indy league he's in. And he's striking out no one at all. Don't you think if Mitch Williams went to the Northern League in his prime he'd have a pretty crazy K rate?