Born2Shock
04-20-2006, 04:48 PM
http://www.boydsworld.com/breadcrumbs/careervalue.html
1. Mike Pelfrey, Wichita State. You know, if you had asked me before I started looking at the numbers who would end up on top of the list, I'm pretty sure I would have gone through at least 100 players before I guessed Pelfrey, simply because there was never a year when I thought he was the best pitcher in the country. I'm still fairly sure that's true, which is why it's worth looking at career value instead of just collecting season thoughts. It turns out that top-flight years by pitchers are hard enough to find that putting three of them together (Pelfrey was probably one of the five best in the country for three straight years) is incredibly valuable, and that puts Pelfrey at the top.
YEAR ERA IP SO
2003 2.49 104.2 98
2004 2.18 115.1 125
2005 1.93 139.1 143
1. Mike Pelfrey, Wichita State. You know, if you had asked me before I started looking at the numbers who would end up on top of the list, I'm pretty sure I would have gone through at least 100 players before I guessed Pelfrey, simply because there was never a year when I thought he was the best pitcher in the country. I'm still fairly sure that's true, which is why it's worth looking at career value instead of just collecting season thoughts. It turns out that top-flight years by pitchers are hard enough to find that putting three of them together (Pelfrey was probably one of the five best in the country for three straight years) is incredibly valuable, and that puts Pelfrey at the top.
YEAR ERA IP SO
2003 2.49 104.2 98
2004 2.18 115.1 125
2005 1.93 139.1 143