Goodbye Double Digit Winning Pitchers - A contest with a prize

[frankbmd]

Double Digit Winners are a dying breed. To qualify for a win starters must pitch 5 innings. The average start has been steadily decreasing in recent years as the number of arms in the pen have been increasing. The Brewers 10 game winner this year, Suter, comes out of the pen.

The number of ten game winners in baseball in random years are as follows:

1919...............................52............. .......over 3/team in 154 games
1956...............................48............. ........3 / team
1965...............................65............. ........3.25 / team in 162 games
1974...............................78
1983...............................85
1992...............................74
2001...............................80
2010...............................93
2015...............................70
2018...............................59............. ........less than 2 / team
2021 so far.......................54 ...................at season's end. 1.8 per team

If everyone with 8 or more wins 2 games in September the final tally will be 68, but that ain't gonna happen.

The first guess of the correct number of 10 or more game winners this year will win a real baseball card featuring a ten game winner. Deadline for entry is 9/12 at MN PT.

[Mark17]

42

[nineunder71]

Good first guess

44

[jcmtiger]

46. Thanks. Joe

[carlsonjok]

54

[Jason19th]

I predict that within 30 years wins becomes a secondary stat- if it is even counted at all. Scoreboards and broadcasts will show apperences, innings and relative era. And before you call me crazy, how many of us over 40 thought we would go to a game and see OBS listed next to the players names on the Jumbotron.

Wins have never been a good stat. Even when pitchers went nine and pitched every day in the 1880’s it was a bad stat. How is giving up 15 runs and being on a team that scores 16 runs equal to pitching a shutout. When pitches went nine and pitched every four days it was a bad stat. In 1968 Luis Tiant went 21-9 with a 1.60 ERA. If you can lose 9 games and still have a season ERA of 1.60 then W/L doesn’t mean much. It’s an even worse stat today. Corbin Burnes is 8-4. He has a 2.5 ERA, a whip under 1, and basically went a month into the season before he walked anyone. He literally didn’t walk anyone for his first 55+ innings. In 2018 Burnes was worse in every stat except winning percentage when he went 7-0. Wins have and always will be meaningless and we need to except that and move on

[mrreality68]

39

[insidethewrapper]

52

[Bartholomew_Bump_Bailey]

I'm going to go with 34 for some strange reason.

[5-Tool Player]

36

[jiw98]

63

[Piman58]

I'll go against the grain with 71

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

If everyone with 8 or more wins 2 games in September the final tally will be 68, but that ain't gonna happen.

Just because Frank says it ain't gonna happen, my guess is going to be 68.

Brian

[Copa7]

32 if no one has it already

[vthobby]

64

Peace and thanks Frank! Mike

[vthobby]

Duplicate post

[RCFire82]

37

[frankbmd]

I realize only a few reasonable slots are left, so an update is in order.

Going into today’s contests there are now 36 double digit winners. If you guessed 35, thanks for playing.