Oooops.
Yes, 2010 not 2013. My bad.
Top Sox ERA- with 100+ IP since 2004:
42 Buch '13
47 Sale '18
54 Buch '10
61 Aceves '11
63 Lester '14
63 Sale '17
64 Dice K '08
68 Beckett '11
69 Schilling '04
70 Beckett '07
71 Lester '08 & Porcello '16
73 Pomeranz '17 & Lester '09
75 Lester '10
76 Wright '16
78 Buch '15
79 ERod '19
80 Price '18
81 Wacha '22
Buch has 2 of the top 3 and 3 of the top 17!
Lester has 3 in the top 15.
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100+ IP as a SPer since 1967: Best ERA-
35 Pedro '00
37 Maddux '94
38 Gibson '68
39 Maddux '95
41 Rogers '73
42 Buchholtz '13
42 Pedro '99 & Kershaw '16
44 Gooden '85, Greinke '15, Clemens '05
45 deGrom '18, Clemens '97, Arroeta '15, Pedro '97, Verlander '22
Other Sox or ex Sox:
20. Clemens '90
21. Sale '18
24. Pedro '03
26. Kluber '17
27. Pedro '02
32. Clemens '06
35. R Hill '16
38. Pedro '01
39. Tiant '69
44. Saberhagen '89
45. Buchholtz '10
49. Anibal Sanchez '06
53. Tudor '85
19 of the top 53 pitched for the Sox at some point in their careers.
Pretty Amazing that Buch has 2 slots in the top 45, but he never did it with 180+ IP. (That was always his downfall.)
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Thanks for enlightening us on Clay Buchholz... all this time, we only knew him as the millionaire star pitcher who married a Playboy Playmate.
Would Buch be more famous today, when starters pitch less innings than ever before?
In 2013, 64 pitchers threw at least 180 innings.
In 2023, only 25 pitchers had 180 IP -- less than one guy per MLB team.
Since our magical 2004 season, which player does not belong on this top 10 wRC+ list?
550+ PAs
148 Manny
147 Papi
140 Beltre
138 AGon
135 Betts
134 J Bay
134 JD M
130 Youk
128 Casas
123 Devers
(Note: VMart belongs in the top 10.)
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Since 2004, the Sox leader in ISO with 350+ PAs is, surprisingly, Duvall at .284.
Name the one player with 1,000+ PAs who is not in the top 5:
Manny, Ortiz, JD, Betts & Devers
(Note: Moreland is top 5! Bobby Dee missed top 7 by 49 PAs! Salty is 7th!)))
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Do you know that among Sox players from 2004 to today, with 420+ PAs, Refsnyder has the 8th best OBP at .373?
Out of the top 10 with 1,000+ PAs, which does not belong?
Manny, Papi, Youk, Agon, Betts, Damon, Pedey, JD Drew, Millar and Nixon.
(Note: Mueller belongs on the list.)
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Since 2004, who is 4th on the most IP list for the Sox, behind Lester, Wake and Beckett?
Just IP after 2004...
A) ERod
B) Porcello
C) Buchholz
D) Lackey
(Note: the #4 guy is over 200 IP ahead of #5.)
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You guys are no fun!
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Don't feel bad. I started a trivia thread in 2020 and it has 51 posts.
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