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Zito of 2012 vs. Zito of 2011 vs. Zito of 2002

Found May 14, 2012 on Seed Spitters: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Barry Zito,  Brian Sabean
TEAMS: San Francisco Giants
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Voumas/AP The Giants best pitcher ever, Barry Zito, has just thrown in his seventh start of the 2012 season, and has done surprisingly well so far. How well? Giants fans haven’t booed him off the mound yet (and that tells ya somethin’!). But just for fun, let’s do a blind comparison of his first seven starts this season, as well as 2011 and 2002 when he was the AL Cy Young award winner with the Oakland A’s. So here we go, Zito #1 ERAInnings pitchedBBKHRStrikes looking (StL)Swinging strikes (StS)Strikes 4.7837.21620519%7%59% Zito #2 ERAInnings pitchedBBKHRStrikes looking (StL)Swinging strikes (StS)Strikes 4.5439.21837519%9%64% Zito #3 ERAInnings pitchedBBKHRStrikes looking (StL)Swinging strikes (StS)Strikes 2.5342.22023319%6%62% Some of these Zitos are similar in several categories. The biggest differences are ERA (in this case #3 is far better), strikeouts (#2 holds a commanding lead), swinging strike percentage (again, #2) and h...
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