Showing posts with label Gary Sheffield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gary Sheffield. Show all posts

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Winless in Seattle, or: How I Learned to Stop Player-Hating and Love the BBWAA

Last season, Félix Hernández won the AL Cy Young award.  In 249.2 innings he struck out 232 with an ERA of 2.27 and a WHIP of 1.06.  And yet, his final win/loss record was 13-12.  His 2010 Seattle Mariners finished 61-101 (a .377 win percentage), which was enough to finish dead last in their division and dead last in the entire American League.