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by Jason Holbrook - 6/24/2003 Revised 10/03/2003 (0.85 addition)

Pitching Normalization Comparison

ERA IP ER AB H 2B 3B HR AVG ISO SO BB SB CS
Approximate All-Time Baseline 3.72 24275 10034 92951 24317 3926 940 1581 0.2616 0.1135 11901 8549 2195 871
All Normalizations are done to this Baseline
 
Pitching IP ERA H HR ER SO BB
AL 1924 minus Walter Johnson 1924 10668.7 4.27 12029 387 5058 3071 4071
AL 1924 per Inning 1.000 1.128 0.036 0.474 0.288 0.382
Walter Johnson 1924 277.7 2.72 233 10 84 158 77
Walter Johnson 1924 per Inning 1.000 0.839 0.036 0.303 0.569 0.277
Percent compared to league average -36.2% -25.6% -0.7% -36.2% 97.7% -27.3%
Walter Johnson 1924 Normalized 277.7 2.426 210.9 16.2 74.9 252.4 72.0
 
Pitching IP ERA H HR ER SO BB
AL 2001 minus Hideo Nomo 2001 20015.0 4.48 20681 2480 9964 14276 7143
AL 2001 per Inning 1.000 1.033 0.124 0.498 0.713 0.357
Hideo Nomo 2001 198.0 4.50 171 26 99 220 96
Hideo Nomo 2001 per Inning 1.000 0.864 0.131 0.500 1.111 0.485
Percent compared to league average 0.4% -16.4% 6.0% 0.4% 55.8% 35.9%
Hideo Nomo 2001 Normalized 198.0 3.851 166.6 16.0 84.7 161.5 94.9
 
Pitching IP ERA H HR ER SO BB
AL 1968 minus Luis Tiant 1968 14295.0 3.00 12207 1088 4771 9377 4808
AL 1968 per Inning 1.000 0.854 0.076 0.334 0.656 0.336
Luis Tiant 1968 258.3 1.60 152 16 46 264 73
Luis Tiant 1968 per Inning 1.000 0.588 0.062 0.178 1.022 0.283
Percent compared to league average -46.6% -31.1% -18.6% -46.6% 55.8% -16.0%
Luis Tiant 1968 Normalized 258.3 1.927 174.4 14.1 55.3 207.3 75.9
 
Pitching IP ERA H HR ER SO BB
NL 2000 minus Kevin Brown 2000 22873.3 4.66 23413 2984 11838 17128 9688
NL 2000 per Inning 1.000 1.024 0.130 0.518 0.749 0.424
Kevin Brown 2000 230.0 2.58 181 21 66 216 47
Kevin Brown 2000 per Inning 1.000 0.787 0.091 0.287 0.939 0.204
Percent compared to league average -44.6% -23.1% -30.0% -44.6% 25.4% -51.8%
Kevin Brown 2000 Normalized 230.0 2.141 177.7 10.6 54.7 152.6 40.3

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