Edward Mujica is good at giving up homers. In honor of his latest, a walkoff job to the Mets’ Ike Davis on Tuesday that knocked the Padres out of first place in the National League West for the first time since — wait for it — April 19, here are the 10 most homerlicious Padres pitchers ever (minimum 100 IP):
Player Years IP HR/9 ERA+ Josh Geer 2008-2009 129.2 2.01 71 Stan Spencer 1998-2000 118.2 1.74 76 Brian Meadows 2000 124.2 1.73 80 Bobby Jones 2001-2002 303.0 1.69 75 Ismael Valdez 2004 114.0 1.66 71 Edward Mujica 2009-2010 122.2 1.61 97 Kevin Jarvis 2001-2003 320.1 1.60 79 Oliver Perez 2002-2003 193.2 1.53 86 Carlos Almanzar 1999-2000 107.0 1.51 78 Josh Banks 2008-2009 108.0 1.50 72
Mujica’s got the best ERA+ of the group, so there’s that. And he still shouldn’t be allowed to pitch away from Petco Park:
G PA BA OBP SLG PA/HR Home 49 277 .237 .272 .366 39.6 Road 41 225 .285 .311 .556 15.0
That’s basically the difference between John Shelby and Sammy Sosa… sort of, but not really (Sosa had a better OBP, but you get the idea).
So… anyone know some good jokes?
Interesting that these are all gopher givers are of recent vintage (post 1998). Those are, of course, the home run years in baseball, but many of these guys pitched in the Petco era.