Thursday, April 17, 2014
How fast does Mark Buehrle pitch?
In one of the comments here, the reader notes that in Mark Buehrle games, the game time is 2:37. That's 157 minutes. But, that's based on Buehrle pitching one-third of the time, his bullpen pitching one-sixth, and his opponents pitching one-half.
In non-Buehrle games, let's say the average game time is 180 minutes. We follow simple math:
157 = Buehrle * 1/3 + League * 2/3
Since League = 180, that sets Buehrle to 111 minutes. What does that represent? If all pitchers pitched at Buehrle's pace, a baseball game would last 111 minutes. That's 1:51.
Now, I have not verified any of my numbers. Therefore, as aspiring saberist can figure out the right numbers (weighted by year-IP), and give us Buehrle's actual pace.
Then, I'd love for someone to find the slowest pitcher, and tell us how slow his games would be, if all pitchers pitched as slowly as he did.
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