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Another week has passed in the MLB and one of the most amazing Quality Start No Decision performances ever from a pitcher… errr… PITCHERS took place, which can only help to bolster my case that fantasy baseball websites should find a way to reward a pitcher quality start that results in a loss or no decision.
Last Wednesday, against the San Francisco Giants, Cliff Lee tossed 10 innings of no-run ball. Lee also struck out seven Giants. Nearly as impressive, Giants starting pitcher, Matt Cain, struck out four in nine innings of no-run ball. Ultimately, the Giants won the game 1-0 in 11 innings.
How did I miss this game?!
On to the Quality Starts and Quality Starts Plus (QS+) with Losses/No Decisions for April 16 – April 22. View all MLB Quality Starts.
MLB Quality Starts & Quality Starts Plus Stats | For the Season | April 16 – 22 | March 28 - April 15 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number of MLB Starts | 482 | 202 | 280 |
| Total Number of Quality Starts | 240 | 110 | 130 |
| Percent of MLB Starts as Quality Starts | 49.79% | 54.46% | 46.43% |
| Total Quality Starts as Wins | 127 | 56 | 71 |
| Percent of Quality Starts as Wins | 52.92% | 50.91% | 54.62% |
| Percent of MLB Starts as Quality Start Wins | 26.35% | 27.72% | 25.36% |
| Total Quality Starts as Loss or No Decision | 113 | 54 | 59 |
| Percent of Quality Starts as Loss or No Decision | 47.08% | 49.09% | 45.38% |
| Total Quality Starts Plus (QS+) | 212 | 95 | 117 |
| Percent of MLB Starts as QS+ | 43.98% | 47.03% | 41.79% |
| Percent of QS+ as Wins | 55.66% | 70.53% | 57.26% |
| Percent of QS+ as Loss or No Decision | 44.34% | 29.47% | 42.74% |
| Percent of Quality Starts NOT QS+ | 11.67% | 13.64% | 10.00% |
The second installment of this article shows some very interesting stats.
As expected, Percent of Quality Starts NOT QS+ is a few points higher, and the percentage of QS+ as wins took a jump.
As well, MLB pitchers got even better the past week, taking 47% of all starts at least 6 innings with 2 or less earned runs or 7 innings with at least 3 or less earned runs.
Also expected, the gap between the percentage of a standard Quality Start as a win and the percentage of QS+ as a win widened considerably. From 3/28 -4/15, there was not much difference between the percentage of QS+ as a win and QS as wins, with only a 2.64% difference. In the past week, the QS+ received a win more than 70% of the time, compared to 51% of the standard QS.
On the season, 11.67% of all QS are NOT QS+ and 47.08% of all quality starts result in a Loss or No Decision.
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