Comments on: Could Andy Pettitte win 300? http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/#comment-419661 Doug Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:55:57 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=12766#comment-419661 He's absolutely right that it's lots of seasons, rather a few big-number seasons, that lead to career records. Henry Aaron never even had a 50 home run season. He got 755 home runs by playing until he was 42, as well as never having an injury-shortened season. That gave him over 12,000 at-bats. Combine that with a .305 lifetime batting average, and you get nearly 4,000 hits. Some of those are bound to land in the seats. He’s absolutely right that it’s lots of seasons, rather a few big-number seasons, that lead to career records. Henry Aaron never even had a 50 home run season. He got 755 home runs by playing until he was 42, as well as never having an injury-shortened season. That gave him over 12,000 at-bats. Combine that with a .305 lifetime batting average, and you get nearly 4,000 hits. Some of those are bound to land in the seats.

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]]> By: RustyJohn http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/#comment-417398 RustyJohn Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:32:06 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=12766#comment-417398 He has to do it with the Yanks cause he ain't going to do it with the M's getting shut out by assey Liriano. He has to do it with the Yanks cause he ain’t going to do it with the M’s getting shut out by assey Liriano.

]]> By: Kel http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/#comment-417340 Kel Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:27:46 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=12766#comment-417340 Andy Pettitte will probably retire, as he has already threatened to more than once. I don't see him playing long enough. I am getting sick and tired of hearing every other talking head on Baseball Tonight say Johnson is the last 300 game winner we will see in 50 years. Coming on Kurkjian, you are smarter than that. RAB, you article was one the money and I couldn't agree more. Players today, thanks to medical advances, can play well into there 40's. Who's to say Santana or Sabathia won't stick around that long. As for Jamie Moyer, if he wins 300 he will become the first non-Hall of Famer in the group. Andy Pettitte will probably retire, as he has already threatened to more than once. I don’t see him playing long enough.

I am getting sick and tired of hearing every other talking head on Baseball Tonight say Johnson is the last 300 game winner we will see in 50 years. Coming on Kurkjian, you are smarter than that.

RAB, you article was one the money and I couldn’t agree more. Players today, thanks to medical advances, can play well into there 40′s. Who’s to say Santana or Sabathia won’t stick around that long.

As for Jamie Moyer, if he wins 300 he will become the first non-Hall of Famer in the group.

]]> By: Peedlum http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/#comment-417279 Peedlum Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:27:39 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=12766#comment-417279 every time there's a 300 game winner since nolan ryan they say its the last one. they probably said it before then to but i don't remember. there will be more. pettitte could do it, but he won't stay around long enough to do it. if he went to the no-hit NL (imagine what he could do on the dodgers in the NL West) he could do it in at least a year less. his numbers in houston were much better than in NY. if he had played in the NL his whole career he would be a hall of fame candidate. every time there’s a 300 game winner since nolan ryan they say its the last one. they probably said it before then to but i don’t remember. there will be more. pettitte could do it, but he won’t stay around long enough to do it. if he went to the no-hit NL (imagine what he could do on the dodgers in the NL West) he could do it in at least a year less. his numbers in houston were much better than in NY. if he had played in the NL his whole career he would be a hall of fame candidate.

]]> By: Drew http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/#comment-417066 Drew Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:31:37 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=12766#comment-417066 haha. I l'edol at ONLY average 16 wins over the next FIFTEEN years. Wow. haha. I l’edol at ONLY average 16 wins over the next FIFTEEN years. Wow.

]]> By: andrew http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/#comment-417064 andrew Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:26:47 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=12766#comment-417064 If Jeremy Bonderman averages 16 wins per season for the next 15 years, chances are he's not a bad pitcher. Wins aren't a horrible statistic. There might be better statistics, but you can't win 300 games if you aren't good. If Jeremy Bonderman averages 16 wins per season for the next 15 years, chances are he’s not a bad pitcher. Wins aren’t a horrible statistic. There might be better statistics, but you can’t win 300 games if you aren’t good.

]]> By: andrew http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/#comment-417057 andrew Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:12:10 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=12766#comment-417057 ...Pitching injured :) …Pitching injured :)

]]> By: Thomas http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/#comment-417048 Thomas Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:58:03 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=12766#comment-417048 My personal favorite possibility for 300 wins is Jeremy Bonderman Through their age 24 seasons Clemens had 60 wins, Maddux had 60, Glavine had 33, Johnson had 3, and Bonderman had 56 wins (at the end of last season). 56 wins all while having only one season (not counting this year) with an ERA+ over 100, which was 112, and never having a WHIP below 1.299. If he ends this season with only 60 wins total (he is already at 59), he would only need to average 16 wins for the next 15 years to get to 300 wins by age 40. Now, I highly doubt this will happen, but it is just another way to show how wins are horrible statistic. My personal favorite possibility for 300 wins is Jeremy Bonderman Through their age 24 seasons Clemens had 60 wins, Maddux had 60, Glavine had 33, Johnson had 3, and Bonderman had 56 wins (at the end of last season). 56 wins all while having only one season (not counting this year) with an ERA+ over 100, which was 112, and never having a WHIP below 1.299.

If he ends this season with only 60 wins total (he is already at 59), he would only need to average 16 wins for the next 15 years to get to 300 wins by age 40. Now, I highly doubt this will happen, but it is just another way to show how wins are horrible statistic.

]]> By: ClayBuchholzLovesLaptops http://riveraveblues.com/2009/06/could-andy-pettitte-win-300-12766/#comment-417040 ClayBuchholzLovesLaptops Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:36:26 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=12766#comment-417040 Sure, but doesn't that also proof that A-Rod was tipping pitches? Sure, but doesn’t that also proof that A-Rod was tipping pitches?

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