Thursday, May 07, 2009

Changing Face of K's

Hat tip to son Conor...the numbers guy...a.k.a. "The Big Brain"

Number of instances of 30 year olds having 300+ K seasons between 1945-1996: 5
Number of instances of 30 year olds having 300+ K seasons since 1997: 9

Pedro once (the year he was God)
Schilling 3 times
Johnson 5 times

Also note that the 2001 D-Backs, in addition to Schilling and Johnson, had Luis Gonzalez's 57 homer year, Jay Bell (2 years removed from his 38-homer season which came at age 34), Matt Williams...

Player (age that year) Strikeouts Year
Sandy Koufax+ (30) 317 1966
Mickey Lolich (30) 308 1971
Nolan Ryan+ (30) 341 1977
Mike Scott (31) 306 1986
Nolan Ryan+ (42) 301 1989
Curt Schilling (30) 319 1997
Randy Johnson (34) 329 1998
Curt Schilling (31) 300 1998
Randy Johnson (35) 364 1999
Pedro Martinez (27) 313 1999
Randy Johnson (36) 347 2000
Randy Johnson (37) 372 2001
Randy Johnson (38) 334 2002
Curt Schilling (35) 316 2002

Something is different?

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