A.L. Pitcher of April

[love_that_reefer]

This is for any pitcher.

Roy Halladay- 4-0, 2.28 ERA, 33 K's in 47.1 IP, .89 WHIP, 1 CG

Honorable mention- Josh Beckett

[Fishercat]

I may just say Dan Haren. He has been pure ace...but it's hard to ignore Hallday's 47 innings. 47! Plus that sub-1 WHIP

[Halladay_is_God]

John Lackey has been great too

small correction, Halladay has 2 CG

[browntown653]

Beckett has been tremendous for the Sox, what is he, 5-0? But Halladay gets this one because of his 10-inning gem...honorable mention to Luis Vizcaino...NOT

[Porter]

AL Pitcher of the Month- Dan Haren, AL leading 1.64 ERA, .99 WHIP.

His two losses - Felix Hernandez's opening day game, 4 R allowed because Crosby couldn't hold on to the ball. In his 2nd loss to John Lackey, A THROWING ERROR costed him the win.

Honorable Mention -- Roy Halladay and Josh Beckett.

[brewersfan19]

going with Beckett, with no-hitter guy a close second (just for throwing the no-no)!

[CincyRedsFan30]

Beckett or Daisuke.

Both with better DIPS ERA than the others mentioned in this thread and a good K/9 (at least in Daisuke's case). Daisuke has been slightly BABIP unlucky too.

[Dry1313]

Gil Meche. That's right.

HM to Halladay and Buerhle.

[mntwinsfan]

Well fellas I am going to add in Romon Ortiz sp of the Minnesota Twins. Here is his info for the month of April 3-1 2.57 ERA is damn good.


Last 5 Games (Season Game Log) Season to Date
Date Opponent Score Dec IP H R ER HR BB K W L SV IP ERA
Apr 27 @ DET W 5-3 - W 6.0 5 2 2 0 4 2 3 1 0 35.0 2.57
Apr 22 @ KAN L 1-3 L 7.0 7 3 3 1 0 4 3 1 0 29.0 2.48
Apr 17 @ SEA W 11-2 W 7.0 8 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 22.0 2.05
Apr 11 NYY W 5-1 W 8.0 3 1 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 15.0 1.80
Apr 4 BAL W 7-2 W 7.0 5 2 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 7.0 2.57
Total 35.0 28 10 10 3 6 14 3 1 0 0 2.57

[Porter]

Gil Meche. That's right.

HM to Halladay and Buerhle.

Just wait until about June when he goes to the DL with a hangnail or implodes like every near healthy year.

[Dry1313]

Just wait until about June when he goes to the DL with a hangnail or implodes like every near healthy year.

Haha.

That should be a blanket statement, they are all injury prone.

[love_that_reefer]

DIPS ERA is a total crock of shit in evaluated anything.

[browntown653]

WTF is "DIPS ERA" anyway?

[Fishercat]

A pitcher's ERA, independent of the defense behind him. This formula, based on essays by Voros McCracken, assumes that all pitchers have consistent BIPA (See Above), and adjusts accordingly. The DIPS ratios on ESPN use the DIPS 2.0 formula, are not park-adjusted, and do not adjust for knuckleball pitchers. (DIPS ERA)

Balls In Play Average. Batting Average Against, not including home runs or strikeouts. (BIPA)

Source: ESPN

[browntown653]

Thanks...now being the fan of statistics that you are, Mr. Fishercat, what do you think of this "DIPS ERA?"