Some Billy Wagner Fun Facts (from the George Will Opening Day quiz from 2022):
1) Wagner has the lowest WHIP among pitchers with at least 900 innings in the live-ball era. (0.998 — fewer base runners than innings)
2) Wagner has allowed the fewest hits per nine innings since 1900 among pitchers with at least 900 innings. (5.99)
3) Wagner has the best strikeout rate per nine innings in MLB history among pitchers with 900 or more innings. (11.92)
4) Wagner is the only pitcher of the live-ball era, with a minimum of 750 innings pitched, against whom hitters batted below .200. (.187)
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