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Originally Posted by BirdWatcher
I find myself, as I do often these days, thinking about the improbable Harry Lyerly and what he has done so far in his brief time with the Brewers.
Part of what I find myself wondering today is what real-life MLB pitchers might have put up similar career stats in terms of HR/9 and K/9 as Lyerly has done in his admittedly very small career sample size thus far.
Now an obvious issue here is what the league environment was/is for most of these pitchers. We are talking about climates where HR numbers and K numbers are high.
Lyerly pitches in a 1986 statistical environment at this time. (WPK is currently in 1969, but statistical modifiers are 1986. I'd have to look closer at the league to see how in line, given the talent pool in the WPK, numbers actually are with 1986.)
So for Lyerly his HR/9 numbers are probably even worse, compared to league average, than most of these real-life pitchers. Though it should be noted too that he pitches his home games in the most HR friendly park in the WPK (and has pitched about half of his 9 starts in Denver) so that mitigates things a bit.
And it likely makes his K/9 even more impressive.
Can't really say what my point is here.
Just something I find myself thinking about today.
It will be interesting what path Lyerly's career takes.
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Interesting to see how the numbers look at the end of this season. He must have a pretty good stamina rating. I noticed he logged a 136 PC. Another tool in his tool kit.