Phils Staff Ace: 36 Games In

STAFF (Season)
Games: 36
IP: 196.2 (5.46/game)
WHIP: 1.63 (321)
BAA: .305 (244/800)
Quality Starts: 15
ERA: 6.36 (139)
Record: 11-11

-It has not always been pretty, but the Phils have settled down a bit and seem to have at least two good, solid starters in the rotation. The move from Chan Ho Park to Happ should be good in the long term. Meanwhile, Joe Blanton and Jamie Moyer both continue to struggle. Despite all the turmoil (a terrible start, Hamels’s injuries), the Phils’ starters are 11-11 and are trimming down the ERA, BAA, and WHIP.

Individual Stats
Inning Pitched
Myers 50.0
Blanton 39.1
Moyer 35.1
Hamels 34.1
Park 33.1
Carpenter 4.1

WHIP
Myers 1.40 (70)
Hamels 1.40 (51)
Blanton 1.68 (66)
Park 1.74 (58)
Moyer 1.84 (65)
Carpenter 2.54 (11)

BAA
Myers .267 (51/191)
Hamels .296 (42/142)
Blanton .305 (50/164)
Park .308 (41/133)
Moyer .344 (52/151)
Carpenter .421 (8/19)

Quality Starts
Myers 5
Blanton 3 Hamels 3
Moyer 2 Park 2
Carpenter 0

ERA

Myers 4.50 (25)
Hamels 4.95 (20)
Park 7.29 (27)
Blanton 6.86 (30)
Moyer 8.15 (32)
Carpenter 10.38 (5)

Team Record
Carpenter 1-0
Park 5-2
Moyer 4-3 Blanton 4-3
Myers 4-4
Hamels 3-4

W/L Record
Carpenter 1-0
Myers 3-2
Moyer 3-3
Hamels 2-2
Park 1-1
Blanton 1-3

OVERALL
*Myers 12.5: Easily Philadelphia’s most consistent pitcher so far.
Hamels 22.0: ERA on April 10th: 17.18; ERA now: 4.96.
Blanton 24.0: Phils keep finding ways to overcome Blanton’s poor games.
Park 27.5: Sent to the pen after giving up 5 ER in 1.1 innings.
Moyer 28.0: 0-2, 19 ER in last three starts.
Carpenter 32.0: Did just enough to get the W

Phils Staff Ace: Circuit Five

Hamels is on the mend, so he misses a start. The rotation shifts forward. Blanton and Myers have both shown good strides. Hamels cannot catch a break. Moyer keeps doing his thing. Park might be sent to the pen.Circuit 5:

STAFF (CIRCUIT)

Games: 5
IP: 27.2
WHIP: 1.84 (51)
BAA: .330 (36/109)
Quality Starts: 2
ERA: 6.83 (21)
Record: 2-2

STAFF (Season)
Games: 24
IP: 129.1
WHIP: 1.72 (222)
BAA: .320 (172/538)
Quality Starts: 7
ERA: 6.54 (94)
Record: 6-8

Individual
Inning Pitched
Myers 37.0
Moyer 28.2
Blanton 26.1
Park 20.0
Hamels 17.1

WHIP

Myers 1.57 (58)

Moyer 1.64 (47)
Blanton 1.75 (46)
Hamels 1.79 (31)
Park 1.95 (39)

BAA
Myers .293 (43/147)
Moyer .316 (37/117)
Blanton .330 (37/112)
Park .346 (28/81)
Hamels .365 (27/74)

Quality Starts
Blanton 3 Myers 3
Moyer 2
Hamels 0 Park 0

ERA
Myers 5.35 (22)
Moyer 5.65 (18)
Blanton 6.84 (20)
Hamels 7.27 (14)
Park 9.00 (20)

Team Record
Moyer 4-1
Park 3-1
Blanton 3-2
Myers 3-3
Hamels 1-3

W/L Record
Moyer 3-1
Myers 2-2
Blanton 1-2
Park 0-1
Hamels 0-2

OVERALL
Myers 11.5: Steps up to spell Hamels, has three quality starts in last four starts.

Moyer 13.0: Good run support, no disasters have kept him looking good.
Blanton 19.5: Jekyll and Hyde, has three quality starts and two miserable games.
Park 28.5: Last chance to fight off Happ? Has not pitched one good game.
Hamels 32.5: Last two appearances: 7.2 IP, 8 Hits, 10 Ks, 2 BB, 2 ER

Howard Matches Schmidt

That did not take too long. With a bases-loaded swing Monday night against former Phil Kyle Lohse, Ryan Howard slugged his seventh grand slam of his career, pulling even with Mike Schmidt. The two are now tied for the club record.

The home run was Howard’s fifth of the season and the 182nd of his career. It also ran his season total to 19 RBI and 518 in his career. Those numbers are a long way off the club records, both held by Schmidt, but Howard continues to do things no Philly has done before, as he takes aim at a fourth consecutive 40 HR, 130 RBI season.

Howard also singled in a previous at bat. The two hits has pushed his batting average to .293 for the moment. After hitting just .251 last season, that is a welcome sign from the big man.

Phillies PROD (Productivity): April

PHILLIES PRODUCTIVITY NUMBERS, APRIL

Travis Rodgers

The productivity number (PROD) is simply a measure of the number of bases a player is able to earn per trip to the plate. It comes apart from SLG in some instances. Consider Wade Boggs (career SLG of .44, career PROD .52) vs. Rickey Henderson (career SLG .42, career PROD .53). Henderson’s ability to create bases on the base path was far superior to Boggs’s, and this typically translates to more runs produced. In fact, Henderson produced 3 more runs per 100 trips to the plate than Boggs did.  A PROD of 0.50 is a good number. Higher is better.

Starters

Ibanez .79
Utley .72
Howard .57
Victorino .55
Werth .54
Feliz .54
Rollins .33

Reserves

Stairs .80
Marson .40
Bruntlett .39
Coste .34
Dobbs .20

PITCHERS
STARTERS (Higher is better, 0.50 is still good)
Moyer .46
Park .43
Myers .39
Blanton .34
Hamels .31

RELIEVERS
Condrey .73
Madson .73
Happ .65
Durbin .54
Taschner .53
Lidge .48
Eyre .35