The Year Jake Peavy Turned Hitters into Matt Walbeck
Tuesday, March 25, 2008by Geoff Young
I recently picked up the Bill James Gold Mine 2008. There's tons of great stuff in here, as you'd expect, but two items in particular have captured my imagination (so far): the "record of opposing batters" James presents for certain pitchers, and the "comps" he offers of team batting records to individual career batting records (e.g., the Padres hit like Bobby Bonilla in wins last season and like Norm Sherry in losses).
Hey, why not mash 'em up and see what happens? Well, that's just what I've done. I examined Jake Peavy's year-by-year "record of ...
