7.30.2007

Colorado Rockies - Week 17

A 4-2 week against our division rivals. A good week for the Roxs who are still hanging around. Still comfortably in 4th place, 3.5 out of first and 3.5 out of the wild card race. The Roxs currently stand at 53 - 51. Currently 30-21 at home and 23-30 on the road, the Roxs have finally moved to outscoring its opponents 509-500 (expected wins is 53 versus historical wins at 48). On pace for 83 wins. A winning July! Exactly what the Roxs needed to keep in that pennant chase. A good couple of series wins against SD and LA certainly helped too. Plus those pesky D-Backs just don't seem to be going away. A real race to the finish with 58 games to go. Tough East coast swing for the Roxs this week. Still no word on any trade rumors. At least we're buyers this go around. Big game of the week was Cookie's masterful 10 - 2 win against SD. Took only 74 pitches (vs 91 pitches for that game against Seattle with Fogg pitching 6/30/06). Here is the inning by inning pitch count:

1st - 13
2nd - 7
3rd - 9
4th - 10
5th - 6
6th - 7
7th - 9
8th - 5
9th - 8

Was trying to determine some history on this. The stat I thought would mean something was James Game Score which is defined as:

Start with 50 points.
Add 1 point for each out recorded, so 3 points for every complete inning pitched.
Add 2 points for each inning completed after the 4th.
Add 1 point for each strikeout.
Subtract 2 points for each hit allowed.
Subtract 4 points for each earned run allowed.
Subtract 2 points for each unearned run allowed.
Subtract 1 point for each walk.

The highest game score for a nine inning game in the history of baseball was Kerry Wood's one-hit, no walk, 20-strikeout shutout performance for the Chicago Cubs against the Houston Astros on May 6, 1998. His game score was 105 (50 + 27 + 10 + 20 - 2). So Cook's masterful game was...67 (?). Well nothing spectacular there but it was the lowest pitch count this season. So what about game score? Here is Cookie's game scores for this season.













He actually pitched three "better" games earlier in the season. His average is 48.8. What about the other Rox's starters?





Francis has the best average and Cook has the highest game score this year at 77.0 (against the Padres again, but he lost this game on April 8, 2007). The Fogg has the lowest at 7.0!

Roxs graphical wins (home in Purple, away in grey)


Weekly WPA Leaders:

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