The Numerical Bible:
This Phillies review is not a sabermetrics article, which means no heavy statistical analysis. But because some readers rely on stats, this is only a reference: no reason to articulate the importance of these numbers.
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Phillies statistical results toward 75-80 percent:
- Neris: 50 good, 3 so-so and 15 bad (2 blowups) out of 68 total for 77.9%
- Alvarez: 43 good (1 opener), 8 so-so and 16 bad (1 blowup) out of 67 total for 76.1%
- Morgan: 34 good, 2 so-so and 4 bad (3 blowups) out of 40 total for 90%
- Suarez: 28 good, 3 so-so and 6 bad (0 blowups) out of 37 total for 83.8%
- Dominguez: 16 good, 4 so-so and 7 bad (1 blowup) out of 27 total for 74.1%
- Pivetta: 11 good, 1 so-so and 5 bad (1 blowup) out of 17 total for 70.6%
- Velasquez: 6 good, 2 so-so and 2 bad (1 blowup) out of 10 total for 80%
- A blowup is 4 ER for less than 2 innings or 3 ER for less than 1 inning.
This was a running tally including inherited runners scoring.
Phillies basic splits:
- RP Pivetta vs. right-side bats: 48 1/3 Inn., a 6.70 ERA and a 1.49 WHIP.
vs. left-side bats: 45 1/3 Inn., a 2.97 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP. - RP Velasquez vs. right-side bats: 66 Inn., a 4.91 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP.
vs. left-side bats: 51 1/3 Inn., a 4.91 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP. - *LP Suarez vs. left-side bats: 17 1/3 Inn., a 2.60 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP.
vs. right-side bats: 31 1/3 Inn., a 3.45 ERA and a 1.53 WHIP.
* All in relief. - LP Alvarez vs. left-side bats: 29 2/3 Inn., a 2.43 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP.
vs. right-side bats: 29 1/3 Inn., a 4.30 ERA and a 1.77 WHIP. - LP Morgan vs. left-side bats: 14 1/3 Inn., a 3.77 ERA and a 0.77 WHIP.
vs. right-side bats: 15 1/3 Inn., a 4.11 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. - RP Dominguez vs. right-side bats: 15 2/3 Inn., a 2.87 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP.
vs. left-side bats: 9 Inn., a 6.00 ERA and a 2.11 WHIP. - RP Neris vs. right-side bats: 36 1/3 Inn., a 2.48 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP.
vs. left-side bats: 31 1/3 Inn., a 3.45 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP.
2018:
- RP Arano vs. right-side bats: 36 Inn., a 2.50 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP.
vs. left-side bats: 23 1/3 Inn., a 3.09 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP. - RP Hunter vs. right-side bats: 31 Inn., a 3.77 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP.
vs. left-side bats: 33 Inn., a 3.82 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. - RP Robertson vs. right-side bats: 37 Inn., a 2.43 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP.
vs. left-side bats: 32 2/3 Inn., a 4.13 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP.
Facing more than one batter:
- Velasquez: 10 of 10 for 100%
- Pivetta: 17 of 17 for 100%
- Alvarez: 60 of 67 for 89.6%
- Suarez: 35 of 37 for 94.6%
- Morgan: 29 of 40 for 72.5%
- Dominguez: 26 of 27 for 96.3%
- Neris: 66 of 68 for 97.1%
- Total: 243 of 266 for 91.4% (2 hitters or more).
2018:
- Arano: 57 of 60 for 95%
- Hunter: 63 of 65 for 96.9%
- Robertson: 69 of 69 for 100%
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