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Second Sunday Season Stats

It is time to peruse the ecumenical esoteria of baseball: statistics. Here for your enjoyment are some select stats for the numbers connoiseur, courtesy of the ATL Sporting Life e-zine. The normal statistics, such as batting and ERA leaders can be found elsewhere. Here we bring you the piece de resistance.

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Batting Average of Home Teams in Each Park

Park                          Avg      Games 
La Gran Estadio (1946-60)     .335      11    
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49)     .311      10    
Shibe Park (1935-54)          .309      2     
Shea Stadium (1964-1981)      .297      9     
Wrigley Field (1928-37)       .284      8     
Crosley Field (1958-70)       .283      11    
Huntington Ave Grnd (1901-11) .278      2     
Polo Grounds (1923-57)        .277      2     
Minute Maid Park (2001-04)    .272      4     
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88)  .269      6     
Briggs Stadium (1938-60)      .267      12    
Griffith Stadium (1920-41)    .262      11    
League Park (1891-09)         .252      7     
Forbes Field (1932-46)        .243      9     
Comiskey Park (1971-75)       .237      14    
Parc Jarry (1970-75)          .234      12    
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99)  .234      4     
Sicks Stadium (1969)          .231      10    
Seals Stadium (1950-57)       .214      11    
Yankee Stadium (1937-66)      .212      9     
Perry Park (1875)             .193      14    
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87)      .191      5     
Ebbets Field (1934-47)        .169      2     

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Batting Average of Visiting Teams in Each Park

Park                          Avg      Games 
Minute Maid Park (2001-04)    .131      4     
Shibe Park (1935-54)          .164      2     
Perry Park (1875)             .168      14    
Ebbets Field (1934-47)        .172      2     
Yankee Stadium (1937-66)      .210      9     
Comiskey Park (1971-75)       .222      14    
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49)     .234      10    
Briggs Stadium (1938-60)      .243      12    
Griffith Stadium (1920-41)    .244      11    
Shea Stadium (1964-1981)      .248      9     
Parc Jarry (1970-75)          .248      12    
Sicks Stadium (1969)          .249      10    
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87)      .249      5     
Crosley Field (1958-70)       .249      11    
League Park (1891-09)         .252      7     
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99)  .255      4     
La Gran Estadio (1946-60)     .257      11    
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88)  .260      6     
Seals Stadium (1950-57)       .261      11    
Forbes Field (1932-46)        .264      9     
Huntington Ave Grnd (1901-11) .284      2     
Wrigley Field (1928-37)       .293      8     
Polo Grounds (1923-57)        .306      2     

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Batting Average of Both Teams in Each Park

Park                          Avg      Games 
La Gran Estadio (1946-60)     .297      11    
Polo Grounds (1923-57)        .292      2     
Wrigley Field (1928-37)       .288      8     
Huntington Ave Grnd (1901-11) .281      2     
Shea Stadium (1964-1981)      .273      9     
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49)     .272      10    
Crosley Field (1958-70)       .266      11    
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88)  .264      6     
Briggs Stadium (1938-60)      .255      12    
Forbes Field (1932-46)        .254      9     
Griffith Stadium (1920-41)    .253      11    
League Park (1891-09)         .252      7     
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99)  .245      4     
Parc Jarry (1970-75)          .241      12    
Shibe Park (1935-54)          .240      2     
Sicks Stadium (1969)          .240      10    
Seals Stadium (1950-57)       .239      11    
Comiskey Park (1971-75)       .229      14    
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87)      .222      5     
Yankee Stadium (1937-66)      .211      9     
Minute Maid Park (2001-04)    .202      4     
Perry Park (1875)             .180      14    
Ebbets Field (1934-47)        .171      2     

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Home Runs by Home Teams in Each Park

Park                          HRs     G       HRs/G  
Parc Jarry (1970-75)          31      12      2.6    
Polo Grounds (1923-57)        5       2       2.5    
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88)  13      6       2.2    
Shibe Park (1935-54)          4       2       2.0    
Wrigley Field (1928-37)       14      8       1.8    
Crosley Field (1958-70)       20      11      1.8    
Shea Stadium (1964-1981)      14      9       1.6    
Seals Stadium (1950-57)       15      11      1.4    
Briggs Stadium (1938-60)      15      12      1.3    
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49)     11      10      1.1    
Sicks Stadium (1969)          10      10      1.0    
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87)      5       5       1.0    
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99)  4       4       1.0    
Comiskey Park (1971-75)       13      14      0.9    
La Gran Estadio (1946-60)     9       11      0.8    
Perry Park (1875)             11      14      0.8    
Forbes Field (1932-46)        6       9       0.7    
League Park (1891-09)         5       7       0.7    
Yankee Stadium (1937-66)      6       9       0.7    
Huntington Ave Grnd (1901-11) 1       2       0.5    
Minute Maid Park (2001-04)    2       4       0.5    
Ebbets Field (1934-47)        1       2       0.5    
Griffith Stadium (1920-41)    4       11      0.4    

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Home Runs by Visiting Teams in Each Park

Park                          HRs     G       HRs/G  
Ebbets Field (1934-47)        1       2       0.5    
Shibe Park (1935-54)          1       2       0.5    
Minute Maid Park (2001-04)    1       4       0.3    
Polo Grounds (1923-57)        3       2       1.5    
Huntington Ave Grnd (1901-11) 3       2       1.5    
Forbes Field (1932-46)        5       9       0.6    
League Park (1891-09)         6       7       0.9    
Green Stadium Kobe (1991-99)  6       4       1.5    
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49)     6       10      0.6    
Perry Park (1875)             6       14      0.4    
Griffith Stadium (1920-41)    7       11      0.6    
Yankee Stadium (1937-66)      7       9       0.8    
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88)  8       6       1.3    
Wrigley Field (1928-37)       9       8       1.1    
Comiskey Park (1971-75)       9       14      0.6    
Shea Stadium (1964-1981)      10      9       1.1    
Korakuen Kyujo (1952-87)      12      5       2.4    
Seals Stadium (1950-57)       13      11      1.2    
La Gran Estadio (1946-60)     15      11      1.4    
Sicks Stadium (1969)          16      10      1.6    
Crosley Field (1958-70)       17      11      1.5    
Briggs Stadium (1938-60)      21      12      1.8    
Parc Jarry (1970-75)          21      12      1.8    

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Shutouts by Home Teams in Each Park

Park                          SO      Games  
Perry Park (1875)             4       14     
Minute Maid Park (2001-04)    2       4      
Crosley Field (1958-70)       2       11     
Comiskey Park (1971-75)       2       14     
Shea Stadium (1964-1981)      1       9      
Seals Stadium (1950-57)       1       11     
Forbes Field (1932-46)        1       9      
Parc Jarry (1970-75)          1       12     
Briggs Stadium (1938-60)      1       12     

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Shutouts by Visiting Teams in Each Park

Park                          SO      Games  
League Park (1891-09)         1       7      
Yankee Stadium (1937-66)      1       9      
Sicks Stadium (1969)          1       10     
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49)     1       10     
Perry Park (1875)             1       14     

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Extra Inning Games Played in Each Park

Park                          Ex. In  
Parc Jarry (1970-75)          4       
Seals Stadium (1950-57)       2       
Griffith Stadium (1920-41)    2       
La Gran Estadio (1946-60)     2       
Sicks Stadium (1969)          2       
Comiskey Park (1971-75)       2       
Crosley Field (1958-70)       1       
Forbes Field (1932-46)        1       
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49)     1       

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Teams That Came From Behind to Win

Leones          7
White Sox       7
Eagles          6
Blue Jays       6
Tigers          5
Nationals       5
Seals           5
Blue Wave       4
Pirates         4
Yankees         4
Reds            4
Royales         4
Athletics       4
Spiders         3
Mets            3
Westerns        3
Giants          3
Grays           3
Pilots          3
Beaneaters      2
Giants*         2
Cubs            2
Astros          1

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Number of Runs Scored in Each Inning 1-9
                                                         
Team             1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
Astros           14   5    4    12   4    2    4    13   5
Athletics        15   12   2    6    8    5    5    9    5
Beaneaters       14   5    5    4    3    8    13   5    7
Blue Jays        9    7    6    12   12   10   3    14   12
Blue Wave        9    6    11   10   11   6    4    9    6
Bridegrooms      2    8    13   2    12   1    0    3    4
Cubs             4    10   7    10   12   12   15   7    5
Eagles           5    6    26   14   8    26   16   4    2
Giants           14   5    9    10   8    20   9    9    1
Giants*          9    4    14   12   8    3    4    3    4
Grays            9    9    4    9    7    18   12   6    7
Leones           14   10   15   14   16   7    10   11   6
Mets             25   10   17   12   9    6    3    2    17
Nationals        12   6    9    7    12   6    15   8    5
Pilots           11   6    4    10   3    7    9    3    4
Pirates          7    3    12   5    9    5    5    10   15
Reds             10   14   8    11   12   9    6    9    1
Royales          5    3    5    6    10   15   6    9    1
Seals            4    6    7    1    8    12   7    14   6
Spiders          7    3    20   3    11   8    5    6    5
Tigers           10   7    14   3    4    14   19   2    7
Westerns         4    8    15   10   6    12   6    1    0
White Sox        3    7    6    7    10   11   5    8    2
Yankees          8    5    7    6    5    5    12   2    5


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Number of Runs Scored in Each Extra Inning
                                                         
Team             10   11   12   13   14
Astros           0                    
Athletics                             
Beaneaters                            
Blue Jays        0    0               
Blue Wave        4    0    2          
Bridegrooms      0    0    1          
Cubs             0    1               
Eagles           0    0    0    1     
Giants           0    2               
Giants*          0    0    0    0     
Grays            0    0    0          
Leones           0    1    1          
Mets                                  
Nationals        2    0               
Pilots           0    1               
Pirates          2    1    0    0    0
Reds             1                    
Royales          2    1    0    0    1
Seals            1    0    0          
Spiders                               
Tigers                                
Westerns                              
White Sox        0    1               
Yankees                               


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Starter's ERAs

Team               ERA     ER      IP
Westerns           2.21    28      114    
White Sox          3.03    39      116    
Athletics          3.09    38      111    
Eagles             3.12    39      113    
Reds               3.17    37      105    
Bridegrooms        3.22    31      87     
Blue Wave          3.82    40      94     
Seals              3.93    40      92     
Pilots             4.12    42      92     
Royales            4.15    53      115    
Yankees            4.29    41      86     
Giants*            4.30    44      92     
Pirates            4.33    42      87     
Blue Jays          4.84    55      102    
Nationals          4.87    51      94     
Cubs               5.25    48      82     
Spiders            5.56    48      78     
Leones             5.63    55      88     
Beaneaters         5.67    59      94     
Mets               5.69    59      93     
Giants             5.70    45      71     
Astros             5.90    50      76     
Tigers             5.98    64      96     
Grays              6.07    56      83     

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Reliever's ERAs

Team               ERA     ER      IP
Westerns           1.86    6       29     
Eagles             2.36    9       34     
Astros             2.53    15      53     
Blue Wave          2.74    13      43     
Yankees            3.02    15      45     
Leones             3.10    20      58     
Seals              3.45    17      44     
Spiders            3.46    20      52     
White Sox          3.56    12      30     
Mets               3.96    17      39     
Giants*            4.00    20      45     
Pirates            4.01    23      52     
Nationals          4.02    18      40     
Bridegrooms        4.37    22      45     
Beaneaters         4.68    22      42     
Cubs               4.76    31      59     
Tigers             5.00    25      45     
Royales            5.03    19      34     
Blue Jays          5.31    23      39     
Pilots             5.61    27      43     
Reds               5.68    20      32     
Grays              5.98    41      62     
Giants             6.49    43      60     
Athletics          6.75    13      17     

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Starter's Innings Pitched per Start

Team               IP/G       Games     
Athletics          7.4        15        
White Sox          7.2        16        
Royales            7.2        16        
Westerns           7.1        16        
Reds               7.0        15        
Eagles             7.0        16        
Blue Jays          6.4        16        
Blue Wave          6.3        15        
Nationals          6.3        15        
Mets               6.2        15        
Pilots             6.1        15        
Seals              6.1        15        
Giants*            6.1        15        
Tigers             6.0        16        
Beaneaters         5.9        16        
Pirates            5.8        15        
Bridegrooms        5.8        15        
Yankees            5.7        15        
Leones             5.5        16        
Spiders            5.2        15        
Grays              5.2        16        
Astros             5.1        15        
Cubs               5.1        16        
Giants             4.7        15        

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Reliever's Innings Pitched per Game

Team               IP/G       Games     
Giants             4.0        15        
Grays              3.9        16        
Cubs               3.7        16        
Astros             3.6        15        
Leones             3.6        16        
Spiders            3.5        15        
Pirates            3.4        15        
Seals              3.0        15        
Yankees            3.0        15        
Giants*            3.0        15        
Bridegrooms        3.0        15        
Pilots             2.9        15        
Blue Wave          2.8        15        
Tigers             2.8        16        
Nationals          2.7        15        
Beaneaters         2.6        16        
Mets               2.6        15        
Blue Jays          2.4        16        
Reds               2.1        15        
Royales            2.1        16        
Eagles             2.1        16        
White Sox          1.9        16        
Westerns           1.8        16        
Athletics          1.2        15        

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Starter's W-L Record

Team               W      L      Pct.      
Reds               10     2      .833      
Eagles             9      3      .750      
Westerns           9      4      .692      
White Sox          8      5      .615      
Blue Wave          6      4      .600      
Seals              5      4      .556      
Pirates            4      4      .500      
Nationals          5      5      .500      
Athletics          7      7      .500      
Tigers             5      5      .500      
Pilots             5      5      .500      
Mets               5      6      .455      
Giants*            5      6      .455      
Leones             3      4      .429      
Cubs               5      7      .417      
Blue Jays          4      6      .400      
Grays              3      5      .375      
Yankees            3      5      .375      
Bridegrooms        3      6      .333      
Beaneaters         4      9      .308      
Astros             3      7      .300      
Giants             2      5      .286      
Royales            3      8      .273      
Spiders            3      9      .250      

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Reliever's W-L Record

Team               W      L      Pct.      
Mets               4      0      1.000     
Astros             4      1      .800      
Blue Wave          4      1      .800      
Leones             7      2      .778      
Eagles             3      1      .750      
Pirates            5      2      .714      
Spiders            2      1      .667      
Beaneaters         2      1      .667      
Blue Jays          4      2      .667      
White Sox          2      1      .667      
Seals              4      2      .667      
Westerns           2      1      .667      
Royales            3      2      .600      
Nationals          3      2      .600      
Cubs               2      2      .500      
Bridegrooms        3      3      .500      
Yankees            3      4      .429      
Giants             3      5      .375      
Reds               1      2      .333      
Tigers             2      4      .333      
Giants*            1      3      .250      
Pilots             1      4      .200      
Grays              1      7      .125      
Athletics          0      1      .000      


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Active Hitting Streaks with at Least 5 Consecutive Games

Musial ( Giants )          13   April 7 -- Still Active
Sandberg ( Cubs )          9    April 12 -- Still Active
Sewell,J ( Spiders )       8    April 12 -- Still Active
Yonamine ( Giants* )       8    April 13 -- Still Active
Torriente ( Leones )       7    April 14 -- Still Active
Manush ( Spiders )         7    April 12 -- Still Active
Johnson,HR ( Eagles )      7    April 5 -- Still Active
Cronin ( Eagles )          7    April 14 -- Still Active
Foxx ( Reds )              7    April 14 -- Still Active
Hamilton ( Nationals )     6    April 15 -- Still Active
Smith,O ( Giants )         6    April 14 -- Still Active
Olerud ( Blue Wave )       6    April 15 -- Still Active
Strawberry ( Pilots )      6    April 13 -- Still Active
Piazza ( Royales )         6    April 15 -- Still Active
Clemente ( Leones )        6    April 15 -- Still Active
Cobb ( Tigers )            6    April 15 -- Still Active
Matsui,K ( Athletics )     5    April 15 -- Still Active
Lundy ( White Sox )        5    April 16 -- Still Active
Romano ( Spiders )         5    April 16 -- Still Active
Jackson,R ( Royales )      5    April 16 -- Still Active
Roush ( Giants )           5    April 14 -- Still Active
Henderson ( Yankees )      5    April 16 -- Still Active
Rodriguez,A ( Royales )    5    April 16 -- Still Active
Bell,CP ( Grays )          5    April 10 -- Still Active
Ruel ( Mets )              5    April 11 -- Still Active
Davis,G ( Nationals )      5    April 16 -- Still Active

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A Stolen Base in at Least 4 Consecutive Games

Bell,CP ( Grays )        6    April 6 -- April 12
Morgan,J ( Beaneaters )  4    April 14 -- April 18

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A Home Run in at Least 4 Consecutive Games

Strawberry ( Pilots )    4    April 16 -- Still Active
Rodriguez,A ( Royales )  4    April 5 -- April 9
Killebrew ( Giants )     4    April 11 -- April 16
DiMaggio ( Seals )       4    April 16 -- April 20

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A Double in at Least 4 Consecutive Games

Perez,T ( Leones )  6    April 6 -- April 12
Lajoie ( Spiders )  4    April 9 -- April 14

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An RBI in at Least 5 Consecutive Games

Mays ( Eagles )       8    April 5 -- April 13
Goslin ( Westerns )   6    April 14 -- Still Active
Bench ( Astros )      6    April 10 -- April 16
Nettles ( Yankees )   5    April 16 -- Still Active
DiMaggio ( Seals )    5    April 8 -- April 13
DeMoss ( Nationals )  5    April 5 -- April 11
Alomar,R ( Seals )    5    April 16 -- Still Active
Williams,T ( Cubs )   5    April 5 -- April 10

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Team Catcher's Opponents' Stolen Base %

Team        SB       CS       SB%      G       
Seals       2        3        40.0     15      
White Sox   4        6        40.0     16      
Pirates     5        7        41.7     15      
Cubs        6        6        50.0     16      
Nationals   6        5        54.5     15      
Leones      11       9        55.0     16      
Mets        7        5        58.3     15      
Tigers      6        4        60.0     16      
Giants*     7        4        63.6     15      
Beaneaters  16       9        64.0     16      
Astros      11       6        64.7     15      
Royales     15       8        65.2     16      
Reds        4        2        66.7     15      
Athletics   11       5        68.8     15      
Pilots      12       5        70.6     15      
Westerns    17       7        70.8     16      
Yankees     15       6        71.4     15      
Grays       8        3        72.7     16      
Giants      12       4        75.0     15      
Blue Jays   8        2        80.0     16      
Eagles      18       4        81.8     16      
Bridegrooms 30       5        85.7     15      
Blue Wave   9        1        90.0     15      
Spiders     10       1        90.9     15      


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Team Catcher's Opponents' Stolen Base Attempts/Game

Team        Attempts Att/G    G       
Bridegrooms 35       2.33     15      
Beaneaters  25       1.56     16      
Westerns    24       1.50     16      
Royales     23       1.44     16      
Yankees     21       1.40     15      
Eagles      22       1.38     16      
Leones      20       1.25     16      
Pilots      17       1.13     15      
Astros      17       1.13     15      
Giants      16       1.07     15      
Athletics   16       1.07     15      
Pirates     12       0.80     15      
Mets        12       0.80     15      
Cubs        12       0.75     16      
Spiders     11       0.73     15      
Nationals   11       0.73     15      
Giants*     11       0.73     15      
Grays       11       0.69     16      
Blue Wave   10       0.67     15      
White Sox   10       0.63     16      
Blue Jays   10       0.63     16      
Tigers      10       0.63     16      
Reds        6        0.40     15      
Seals       5        0.33     15      

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Team Catcher's Opponents' Stolen Bases/Game

Team        SB       SB/G     G       
Bridegrooms 30       2.00     15      
Eagles      18       1.13     16      
Westerns    17       1.06     16      
Beaneaters  16       1.00     16      
Yankees     15       1.00     15      
Royales     15       0.94     16      
Pilots      12       0.80     15      
Giants      12       0.80     15      
Astros      11       0.73     15      
Athletics   11       0.73     15      
Leones      11       0.69     16      
Spiders     10       0.67     15      
Blue Wave   9        0.60     15      
Grays       8        0.50     16      
Blue Jays   8        0.50     16      
Mets        7        0.47     15      
Giants*     7        0.47     15      
Nationals   6        0.40     15      
Cubs        6        0.38     16      
Tigers      6        0.38     16      
Pirates     5        0.33     15      
Reds        4        0.27     15      
White Sox   4        0.25     16      
Seals       2        0.13     15      

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Team Catcher's Opponents' Caught Stealing/Game

Team        CS       CS/G     G       
Leones      9        0.56     16      
Beaneaters  9        0.56     16      
Royales     8        0.50     16      
Pirates     7        0.47     15      
Westerns    7        0.44     16      
Astros      6        0.40     15      
Yankees     6        0.40     15      
White Sox   6        0.38     16      
Cubs        6        0.38     16      
Mets        5        0.33     15      
Bridegrooms 5        0.33     15      
Athletics   5        0.33     15      
Nationals   5        0.33     15      
Pilots      5        0.33     15      
Giants      4        0.27     15      
Giants*     4        0.27     15      
Tigers      4        0.25     16      
Eagles      4        0.25     16      
Seals       3        0.20     15      
Grays       3        0.19     16      
Reds        2        0.13     15      
Blue Jays   2        0.13     16      
Blue Wave   1        0.07     15      
Spiders     1        0.07     15       

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Season Totals For Starter's Pct. of Strikes Thrown  ( 3 Games Min. )

Maddux  ( Mets )             68.8
Jenkins  ( Royales )         67.5
Grove  ( Westerns )          67.2
Marichal  ( Beaneaters )     66.8
Cuellar  ( Astros )          66.3
Roberts  ( Reds )            66.1
Phillippe  ( Westerns )      65.9
Hubbell  ( Athletics )       65.8
Schilling  ( Blue Jays )     65.7
Wynn,E  ( Beaneaters )       65.6
Adams  ( Nationals )         65.3
Williams,SJ  ( Seals )       65.3
Paige, S  ( Eagles )         65.3
Saberhagen  ( Grays )        65.0
Donaldson  ( Royales )       65.0
Redding  ( Grays )           64.6
Muñoz  ( Leones )            64.4
Brown,M  ( Athletics )       64.3
Key  ( Royales )             64.1
Sanada  ( Eagles )           63.9
Brown,K  ( Seals )           63.9
Clemens  ( Tigers )          63.9
Mussina  ( Reds )            63.7
Young  ( Blue Wave )         63.6
Johnson,W  ( Nationals )     63.6
Vance  ( White Sox )         63.5
Mendez  ( Leones )           63.2
Joss  ( Spiders )            63.0
Smoltz  ( Mets )             62.8
Wakabayashi  ( Giants* )     62.3
Walsh  ( Pirates )           62.1
Seaver  ( White Sox )        61.8
Carlton  ( Westerns )        61.8
Alexander  ( Westerns )      61.7
Mays  ( Pilots )             61.7
Foster, R  ( Reds )          61.6
Waddell  ( Giants )          61.5
Martinez,P  ( Athletics )    61.5
Mathewson  ( Seals )         61.5
Bunning  ( Tigers )          61.4
Blyleven  ( White Sox )      61.4
Rogers,K  ( Grays )          61.4
Johnson,R  ( Pirates )       61.3
Spahn  ( Yankees )           61.3
Lopat  ( Beaneaters )        61.2
Palmer  ( Cubs )             60.9
Dean  ( Pilots )             60.8
Ryan,N  ( Astros )           60.7
Tiant  ( Leones )            60.1
Gibson,B  ( Athletics )      60.1
McLain  ( Pilots )           60.0
Righetti  ( Yankees )        60.0
Smith,H  ( Grays )           59.9
Morris  ( Tigers )           59.8
Koufax  ( Bridegrooms )      59.5
Akiyama,N  ( Athletics )     59.4
Rusie  ( Giants )            59.3
Niekro  ( White Sox )        59.3
Blue,V  ( Cubs )             59.3
Cone  ( Blue Wave )          59.2
Egawa  ( Giants* )           59.1
Shocker  ( Pirates )         59.1
Yoneda  ( Bridegrooms )      58.7
Newcombe  ( Tigers )         58.6
Lemon,B  ( Beaneaters )      58.5
Bessho  ( Blue Jays )        58.3
Inao  ( Royales )            58.3
McDowell,J  ( Cubs )         58.3
Gomez  ( Seals )             58.2
Torrez  ( Astros )           58.1
Messersmith  ( Bridegrooms ) 58.0
Wood,J  ( Spiders )          57.8
Rijo  ( Grays )              57.8
Perry,G  ( Cubs )            57.7
Reulbach  ( Spiders )        57.6
Feller  ( Pirates )          57.5
Martinez,D  ( Mets )         57.5
Guidry  ( Yankees )          57.5
Tudor  ( Mets )              57.1
Ruffing  ( Giants )          56.9
Leonard,Du (L)  ( Pilots )   56.9
Grimes  ( Yankees )          56.8
McGinnity  ( Eagles )        56.7
Luque  ( Leones )            56.6
Glavine  ( Beaneaters )      54.9
Guzman  ( Blue Jays )        53.4
Parnell  ( Spiders )         52.5
McDowell,S  ( Spiders )      52.2

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Season Totals For Reliever's Pct. of Strikes Thrown  ( 6 Games Min. )

Percival  ( Pirates )       69.2
Ono  ( Grays )              67.7
Wetteland  ( Cubs )         67.2
Jackson,M  ( Seals )        66.1
Nen  ( Blue Jays )          66.0
Garber  ( Seals )           65.8
Shantz  ( Seals )           65.0
Haddix  ( Grays )           65.0
Eckersley  ( Nationals )    64.6
Reed,S  ( Eagles )          64.3
Ward  ( Pirates )           63.8
Mesa  ( Leones )            63.3
Saito  ( Beaneaters )       63.2
Stanley,B  ( Reds )         63.2
Howell  ( Spiders )         62.8
Eichhorn  ( Blue Wave )     62.4
Mossi  ( Spiders )          62.0
Aramaki  ( Reds )           61.9
Suzuki,K  ( Giants* )       61.7
Sotokoba  ( Beaneaters )    61.1
Gossage  ( White Sox )      60.6
Sutter  ( Grays )           60.5
Leiter  ( Blue Jays )       60.5
Chandler  ( Giants )        60.5
Brewer,C  ( Grays )         60.3
Wilhelm  ( Giants )         60.2
McGraw,T  ( Tigers )        60.1
Perranoski  ( Bridegrooms ) 59.9
Katori  ( Giants* )         59.9
Nelson  ( Pirates )         59.8
Kaku,G  ( Spiders )         59.5
Henneman  ( Bridegrooms )   59.4
Veres  ( Astros )           59.4
Quisenberry  ( Royales )    59.3
Radcliffe  ( Cubs )         59.1
Aguilera  ( Astros )        59.1
Lyle  ( Giants )            59.0
Williams,Mi  ( Pilots )     59.0
Reynolds  ( Yankees )       58.9
Burke  ( Royales )          58.8
Antonelli  ( Beaneaters )   58.5
Reardon  ( Cubs )           58.5
Hoffman  ( Grays )          58.4
Henke  ( Cubs )             58.4
Alvarez  ( Leones )         58.4
Lavelle  ( Astros )         58.2
Stieb  ( Pirates )          57.7
Enatsu  ( Giants* )         57.7
Pizarro  ( Leones )         57.7
Rivera  ( Eagles )          57.1
Wohlers  ( Tigers )         56.4
Cooper,A  ( Giants )        55.4
Mungo  ( Pilots )           55.4
Hernandez,R  ( Tigers )     55.2
Benitez  ( Seals )          54.8
Pena,A  ( Leones )          54.7
Franco  ( Pirates )         54.3
Olson  ( Cubs )             54.0
Abernathy  ( Spiders )      52.7
McMichael  ( Bridegrooms )  51.6
Donovan,B  ( Pilots )       50.4
Marshall  ( White Sox )     48.3


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